I would cut Hold Tight (sounds like a OneRepublic reject or something), Best Night (Inside Out covers similar ground much more effectively 2 tracks prior), Vedi Vidi Vici (too on the nose for an already self referential album) and S.E.X. (Holy Water does the same thing better)
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Yes I was, thank you!
I would not cut anything from Rebel Heart but I would add Queen and split the album in two parts as mentioned to make it a little more digestible.
I haven't played Rebel Heart in full for years must admit. Lots of fantastic songs on it including two of her strongest ever singles full stop for me via Living For Love and Ghosttown. But, just find it rather long and don't ever really seek it out either. As albums go, I prefer MDNA.
To this day, I still can’t believe Living For Love and Ghosttown weren’t hits.
Same, I really thought Living For Love in particular was gonna go much better than it did.
I realized last night that I'd never shown my fiance the video my tattoo came from. He'd asked before, obviously, and I'd told him it came from a Madonna video but I'd never actually shown him and since I've been back on my Madonna bullshit the last couple of weeks, I figured it was a good opportunity to torture him with more Madonna videos show him the actual video.
It's truly one of her best for me. The remix works perfectly with the video and I love the juxtaposition of her soft vocals gliding over those synths while she takes grandma on a crime spree. It's at least in my top ten of her videography, for sure, tattoo inspiration or not.
It's truly one of her best for me. The remix works perfectly with the video and I love the juxtaposition of her soft vocals gliding over those synths while she takes grandma on a crime spree. It's at least in my top ten of her videography, for sure, tattoo inspiration or not.
Ugh, Ol Kuntz Guest Home is such a Guy Ritchie joke.
That said, it is a great video and I like that the remix and video combo expose all the hurt and frustration that is simmering under the surface of the album version. A statement on the patriarchy before those matters were public discourse.
That said, it is a great video and I like that the remix and video combo expose all the hurt and frustration that is simmering under the surface of the album version. A statement on the patriarchy before those matters were public discourse.
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She looks badass with that severe short cut, too.
I think the Rebel Heart era has some absolute classic Madonna in it (Living For Love, Ghosttown, Devil Pray, Wash All Over Me, Heartbreakcity, Rebel Heart) but the editing and sequencing process was severely hurt by the leaks.
It almost feels like they weren't even trying with that 14-track standard edition not featuring the title track and the 25-track super deluxe featuring just too much.
And let's not get started on the artworks — stunning pictures here and there but no cohesion at all.
Letting go of the Rebel/Heart concept was such a missed opportunity. I hope they can revisit this album with special care when it's time for the reissues.
It almost feels like they weren't even trying with that 14-track standard edition not featuring the title track and the 25-track super deluxe featuring just too much.
And let's not get started on the artworks — stunning pictures here and there but no cohesion at all.
Letting go of the Rebel/Heart concept was such a missed opportunity. I hope they can revisit this album with special care when it's time for the reissues.
Rebel Heart was my first era as a stan and as an 18 year old in the formative age of embracing my queerness her general aura that era was such a comfort. Like probably the most recent period of truly cruel press surrounding her especially post BRITs and she really just...kept going and kept pushing. It was really special as I felt a lot of early pushback regarding changes in my own self perception and outward presentation.
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Is it? It always seemed pure Madonna to me, seeing as she followed it up with “Alright, boys and girls, it’s time to get your dance shoes on. You’re listening to K.U.N.T – it’s all Madonna, all the time!” on the Confessions Tour
Well, it's Guy Ritchie talking as the dj at the beginning of the Music perfomance on Confessions.
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Cunt just seems like a Madonna word to me. It’s not like she’s any better at making jokes dd.
Its her word because she invented serving it