78 SCORE: 7.952 2015 PLACEMENT: DOWN 17 - 62 of 210 (7.902) HIGHEST SCORE: 10 x 21 (@nikkysan @Sprockrooster @JMRGBY @DJHazey @Remyky22 @matthew. @soratami @Andrew.L @Jonathan27 @fatyoshi @torontodj @Babylon @RetroPhysical @joeee @Crisp X @eliminathan @Trinu 3.0 @nametag @Markus1981 @happiestgirl @Music Is Life) LOWEST SCORE: 2.5 x 1 (@Chezam) MY SCORE: 8/10 And the noose tightens around Hard Candy's neck, leaving it with just two tracks left! This song has been knocking around for a long time. Originally conceived with Joe Henry for the ill-fated Hello Suckers musical (WHAT was this musical even going to be about considering the breadth of songs we've heard that were for it?!) and even apparently rehearsed for Re-Invention Tour, "Devil..." finally found its way out into the wide world on Hard Candy after M reworked it a lil with Justin Timberlake before handing it off to Timbaland and Danja of Britney's Blackout fame. Apparently one of Madonna's favourite songs off the album too, "The devil not recognising you. Imagine that!" she said about it in an interview... I mean I'm paraphrasing a bit, but that's generally what she said about it nn. I really like this track! I like that it deviates from the album's M.O. of fairly standard pop-RnB to offer something a little bit different and more atmospheric, and Madonna locked in emotional warfare with a man that only she can see through while no one else can clock him is a great premise for the song. I also enjoy that it takes its time to unfurl a little; Miss Timberlake provides an appropriately dramatic vocal breakdown as he howls and yowls over the instrumental as it breaks down to its barest parts, and the lyrics across the board are solid. The verses in particular are some poetic nonsense that Madonna fills with just the right amount of danger and intrigue. So yes, a good track! However, probably the right time for it to go. The song was performed during Sticky & Sweet in that super cool light cylinder thing at the end of the runway, in which Madonna serves dementor realness with her outfit (and not her vocals, which is a rarity for this tour) on top of the piano before shucking her cloak to reveal... that fucking outfit with the beads that seemed to be the only costume for Sticky & Sweet that wasn't sports wear. Enjoy!
Lucky Star Borderline Burning Up Holiday Material Girl Like A Virgin Dress You Up Papa Don't Preach Open Your Heart Live To Tell True Blue La Isla Bonita Like A Prayer Express Yourself Till Death Do Us Part Cherish Oh Father Vogue Erotica Deeper And Deeper Bad Girl Waiting Thief Of Hearts Rain Secret Human Nature Sanctuary Bedtime Story Take A Bow Drowned World/Substitute For Love Swim Ray Of Light Skin Nothing Really Matters Sky Fits Heaven Frozen The Power Of Goodbye To Have And Not To Hold Mer Girl Music Impressive Instant I Deserve It Don't Tell Me What It Feels Like For A Girl Paradise (Not For Me) Gone American Life Hollywood Love Profusion Nobody Knows Me Nothing Fails Intervention X-Static Process Die Another Day Easy Ride Hung Up Get Together Sorry Future Lovers Forbidden Love Jump Isaac Give It 2 Me Miles Away Living For Love Devil Pray Ghosttown Bitch I'm Madonna (Feat. Nicki Minaj) Medellín (Feat. Maluma) God Control Crave (Feat. Swae Lee) I Don't Search I Find Into The Groove Crazy For You Justify My Love Rescue Me You'll See Beautiful Stranger
I’m living for the Sticky & Sweet shade. I often sit back and watch camera footage performances to hear the real vocals for a good laugh.
All of these amazing album tracks falling while True Blue and Material Girl continue to take up space simply for being singles... I mean I expected it but I'm still mad.
Jesus Christ, so to review Who's That Girl, Spanish Eyes, Mother and Father, plus Devil Wouldn't Recognize You? This has gotten just brutal lately!
I do like Devil Wouldn't Recognize You, but the Timbaland-crashing-drum production leaves me a bit cold. I much prefer the warm bounciness of Hard Candy's Pharrellian disco-funk. Miles Away is easily Timbaland's best contribution, and Give It 2 Me deserved to be a global smash, so I'm glad they're bearing the torch for the album. Promise to Try is a wonderful, iconic little nugget of an album track. Hot take: Words is great and should be here instead of Waiting. Anyways, loving the minuscule discrepancies in decimal points separating songs!
nn this is the reason I knocked off a 0.5 from my original 10. It's still my favourite from the album but it sounds a bit dated in general now.
Y'all wanna know what's egregious? FUCKING "Love Profusion" making it into the Top 100 let alone into the Top 80. Like, what is the matter with some of you to have let that fucking empty mess continue on as long as it has? I got you under my skin I got you under my skin I got you under my skin I got you under my skin I got you under my skin I got you under my skin I got you under my skin I got you under my skin
Devil Wouldn't Recognize You went off at the Sticky and Sweet Tour. And I already loved it. But it is now steady among my Madonna top 20. Every time I listen is still a moment.
Um. So. We're gonna do another elimination today. Because I've just discovered. I made another score input boo boo. And turned someone's 10 into a 19. So now. We have to eliminate No.82 again. And move everything in that bracket up one space.
