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#51

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 5/31/12 at 1:04am

"It must be awful to be locked into essentially an iron-clad setlist. My favorite post-punk band has never played the same set twice. It must be really satisfying for musicians to have breathing room."

I could see her band getting frustrated, but I doubt madonna hersle wwoulf like to have a setlist she didn't have planned down to the last middle finger. But that spontaneity of a good rock show is definitely missing from these theatrical pop concerts, though some acts manage to compromise.

It's typical of Madonna to highlight her last album, flop or not--for all the talk about her Reinvention Tour being the greatest hits, it still was basically her American Life concert. the last two tours I saw I did find it amusing to see all the primarily casual, middle aged fans going out of nostalgia looking baffled at the new songs--but I guess flop or not she'd be less bored than always doing her GHs.

The main WTF moment for me is Candy Shop. I've heard she wanted it to be a single, but it's just such a crappy song--and one I don't know many fans of even among her most devoted fans.

I'm still looking froward to the concert, and I hgave much more excitement than Sticky and Sweet, although at the moments I'm more excited to see Scissor Sisters again (although I was more excited to see them after Night Work--this new album is maybe more fun, but less interesting, but should translate well live). As for all the Orbit stuff, I admit I find it downright bizarre that some of his Madonna material will end up sung on a... Chris Brown CD. Sigh.

#52

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 5/31/12 at 1:16am

She's Madonna. She could cartwheel and fart and people will show up. She can sing whatever she wants and people will pay top dollar. Flop or not, she's at the stage of her career where she really has nothing to lose nor does she give a f@#.

"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello

#53

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 5/31/12 at 7:09am

'It's fine that you can admit she's a touring act'

Namo you crack me up, it's like you only read and see parts of things you want to, i said she is a touring act with a major difference, that she can still sell albums. I like when you just jump over things and ignore things to make your 'point' true.

'As for the Scissor Sisters, you can tell they were invested in the making of their new CD in just the way most people can tell Madonna was not in hers'

Do we have to go through this each time Namo? it's not most people it's YOU, it's YOUR opinion, why do you feel the need to add the world in to your points?

Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna

#54

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 5/31/12 at 10:09am

It takes a lot of effort to hate someone...So much, in fact, one has to wonder why anyone would devote much time and energy quantifying their level of disdain for another person.

Like her or not, Madonna continues to be a relevant creative force and a cultural icon. Her back catalogue and her whims continue to trend. Her continued influence in pop culture is incomparable... She has exceeded any expectation anyone ever had of a "talentless" hack of a girl from Michigan and that is impressive to me. Does she have TV and MTV in particular to thank for this? ABSOLUTELY, but no more than the current crop of poplettes have the internet to thank for their sales.

I can't claim to be privy to Madonna's thoughts, but I have to believe, despite what others on this board have asserted in other posts, I think she actually DOES still care about her creative output. Does she have the same objectives she had 20 years ago? Probably not, but do any of us? Especially if you've achieved what you set out to accomplish? It seems to me that she is now defending her "legacy."

I believe in the absence of a certain 4 syllable pop tart, that "legacy" would have remained unchallenged... After all, Britney-Christina-Jessica-Gwen and a slew of others have hit the scene, borrowed generously from M's blonde ambition blue print and gone on to become their own brands.

I think it's great that a woman of 53 is still enjoying what she does, still dancing, still wearing what she wants, screwing what she wants and is looking damn good doing it.

#55

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 5/31/12 at 10:41am

Very well said CAX!

#56

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 5/31/12 at 12:59pm

I love the Scissor Sisters.

but nobody is buying their records either.

so it's kind of a moot point.

Madonna is laughing all the way to the bank this year.
$500 million earnings in 2012 alone... with all her endorsements and tour sales and merchandising.

i wouldn't consider anything she did this year a flop.
and im sure MDNA has sold more than Scissor Sisters sold with the new album along with the last album combined. But if people are moved by it- cool. if not, no biggie.

so. MDNA is not #1 or on the charts for a long time. who cares? if it moves you, it moves you- if it doesn't it doesn't. to each their own.

#57

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 5/31/12 at 1:15pm

I wasn't holding up the Scissor Sisters as being financially more successful than Madonna.

I was holding them up as an example of a band that has recently released a good album, an album on which each of its members sounds invested and present. You know, in contrast to the Madonna album.

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#58

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 5/31/12 at 1:43pm

In your opinion (or should i say an opinion you read in an article posted about 8 weeks ago and ran with it)

For real Madonna fans, the wait is over, the first show kicks off in about 30 mins. The stage is HUGE.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=392921800753936&set=a.179062072139911.43915.166941820018603&type=1&theater

Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna

#59

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 5/31/12 at 2:32pm

That made me excited for September! :)

#60

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 5/31/12 at 6:58pm

Pro shot footage from the opening song of the tour Girl Gone Wild, it looks amazing. She has 100 percent gone back to the Blonde Ambition type tours from the looks of it and i could not be more thrilled. She also looks fantastic.........and that amazing moving stage, wow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frXplZm-MLY

Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna

#61

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 5/31/12 at 8:21pm

Did she steal that set from The Lord of The Rings Musical?! That's craziness and I love it!

She herself has said she gets tired of singing the same songs over and over, so I don't blame her.

As to the concert, she's already sold out, no refunds! But if you don't like the set list, I'd be happy to grab that ticket from you

"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008

#62

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 5/31/12 at 8:39pm

"She could cartwheel and fart and people will show up."

Wasn't that the extent of her Superbowl halftime show?

I could have sworn I saw her flash her meat wallet AND her fart box.

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#63

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 5/31/12 at 10:12pm

Video of the incredible opening to the tour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WdimZYepu_8

So far the tour seems to be going down well, some are disappointed that it is so dark and many seem to dislike Celebration at the end.

Personally i love the dark stuff, Drowned World is one of my faves so im excited.

Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna

#64

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 5/31/12 at 10:29pm

That was incredible. I can't wait to see this tour!

#65

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 5/31/12 at 10:58pm

I think Madonna's biggest failing is her utter lack of a sense of humor about herself. Having said that, the prop microphone is hilarious.

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#66

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 5/31/12 at 11:15pm

Prop microphone, you really are a bloody tit, it's very very clear on these tracks she is singing live (she has her voice on pre record that she is singing over in some sections) but she is live. Just go on You Tube and check some vids. Everyone is saying how shaky she sounded singing and that nerves were getting in the way. You don't half just say stuff for the sake of talking.

Oh and no sense of humour? she is dressed as a 1940s batton twirling cheerleader.

Namp you really need to let the Madonna fans have this thread and enjoy the tour without your dense and ill-informed opinions.

Go get help for your 100 percent creepy negative obsession. Cax is totally right in what they say.

'It takes a lot of effort to hate someone...So much, in fact, one has to wonder why anyone would devote much time and energy quantifying their level of disdain for another person'

Now go and listen to your Scissor Sisters album dear and leave the Madonna thread to the fans who are excited about the tour, your second rate repetitive bitching is sleep inducing.

Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna

#67

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 6/1/12 at 2:02pm

Even the part where the mic was up in the air, at the end of her extended right arm and "she" was still singing the lead vocals?

You're right, you should have this thread. But don't you think a little reality added to your assessment that everything looks and sounds "amazing" is in order? How can she sound amazing in one of your posts of the long, long Enigma-revival intro to the Tel Aviv show and then your critique of my assessment of the prop mic is how shaky and nervous she sounded?

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#68

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 6/1/12 at 2:15pm

Well reviews are also saying she is singing live, but as per usual Namo you are right. It's VERY CLEAR AS I SAID SHE IS SINGING OVER HER OWN VOICE, Thats why you can hear her voice when she steps away from the microphone. Go on You Tube and search for Turn Up the Radio, Masterpiece, Gang Bang, Like a Virgin, Express Yourself etc, then tell me she aint singing live luv.

Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna

#69

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 6/1/12 at 2:36pm

At THAT point, I would be doing the very thing you accuse me of in your previous post, expending vasts amount of energy. It takes a few seconds to look at the things that get posted here and labelled "amazing" (though, be fair, weren't your bored by minute 2:30 of jawa/Enigmonks waiting for Her arrival onstage?). Masterpiece and Gang Bang are two things I don't ever need to hear again in my life, in any format, amazing or not.

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#70

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 6/1/12 at 3:43pm

Nice to see the flying monkey are getting work.

#71

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 6/1/12 at 5:33pm

Well then Namo, dont judge what you have no basis to do so on

Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna

#72

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 6/1/12 at 5:40pm

That looked very boring. Hopefully the show will be better when it gets to LA. Might sell my tickets. Was kind of pissed I succumbed to peer pressure from my queens and bought them in the first place.

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#73

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 6/1/12 at 5:43pm

Geez, you're like for real invested in this, aren't you? I actually hope she was signing live, because otherwise someone deserves to be fired. She sounded horrid.

Mixing Born This Way with Express Yourself is pretty damn funny, but chick just looks tired!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHywJ3ySKNQ&feature=relmfu

Damn, I wish I could unsee that ass flapping.

Eh, I like vocalists. I have never been one for shows like this. It's like she's just trying too hard.

Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!

Updated On: 6/1/12 at 05:43 PM

#74

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 6/1/12 at 6:33pm

Which brings us back to the Graham Norton quote of six or seven years ago: "I used to think Madonna was really pretty but now all I see is grim determination."

She does her best trying to convey "fun" but she doesn't seem capable of having any. She's like Raul Esparza, it's all work work work. It's like the last time I saw her live, she badgered the audience into jumping up and down in a sweltering barn not as a spontaneous sense of communal fun, but because "I'm working my ass off up here". But we were at a concert, not one of her gyms. For somebody who gets so much credit for being so great at her kind of spectacle, how did she miss the adage about never lettin' 'em see ya' sweat? Instead, she called attention to it.

No wonder she looks tired, according to sanddm2 she's been doing nothing but rehearsing for this show for months.

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Updated On: 6/1/12 at 06:33 PM

#75

First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour

Posted: 6/1/12 at 6:46pm

I like big production shows. I loved Cher and that was ALL production, though well planned and timed. She knew her audience and gave them exactly what they were looking for. I saw her with Cyndi Lauper all three times and as polar opposite as the two performances were, they were both perfect shows. Neither tried to pretend they were exactly the same as they were at the beginning of their careers. Neither tried to compete with "current" artists. They came out and did what they do. Madonna is trying to mix elements of her past incarnations with current artists and, for me, it just doesn't work. MUST. STAY. RELEVANT. to the point of desperation.

Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!

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