MADONNA/REBEL HEART and More — Page 10

Just been lurking the last few months, but thought I'd throw my 2 cents in. Haven't heard the new album but got all excited about the tour announcement last week and paid the $20 for the presale code so I could get lower bowl tickets at $196CAD for the Vancouver show. At the current exchange rate this is $155.11US according to g00gle. Which is pretty close to the price of the balcony tickets to Hamilton for this summer that I was checking out on the weekend. (but not yet definite on my travel dates so didn't book)
Anyways just checked on the Vancouver show on ticketmaster and it looks like there are still lots of both good lower bowl and floor ($386 CAD, $305 US)available. So I didn't need to fork out the extra for the presale.
There's no Seattle show but maybe the passport factor is making Seattlites decide to make the longer drive down to the Portland show.
It does look like the show in Edmonton might be sold out. It is a much smaller city, which I don't think she has played before, and there is a lot of oil money there.
So anyways, yeah, Namo makes some good points questioning who is buying the super high priced tickets.
I also have to agree with JC that I have never left one of her shows feeling like I didn't get my money's worth. Whereas I have left plenty of plays or musicals, where I might have spent less, and felt both my time and money were sorely wasted.

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Inception, You got a really good priced ticket. The "lower bowl" tickets at my show were the same price as the floor. Close to $400 with fees. Curious, is the lower bowel in Vancouver the first level off the floor?

Well, she said she wears it because it pisses people off. Which any therapist would tell her is counter-productive for getting her needs met.

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Body Shop! More of this please Madonna.

another #1 in the UK fer sure...

interesting how the itunes charting system has changed with pre-sales.....




http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a634380/madonnas-new-album-rebel-heart-takes-early-chart-lead-in-uk.html#~p6xRZJvsm3Ucm4
digital spy- rebel heart #1 in UK

I agree with you about S.E.X. Easily the low point of the album. But I kind of like Holy Water. Although it's no Secret Garden.

It's a great song. And way sexier than S.E.X. or Holy Water.

I'm really happy (and also surprised) so many people like "Body Shop". When I first heard it I thought it would definitely be One of the songs that only me and a few other people really liked.

I think SEX and Holy Water is definitely geared to a younger audience that did not experience Erotica or Justify my love.

But Erotica and Justify My Love were not only products of their time, they didn't disappear. They still exist. The only thing that made the Erotica album any sort of "experience" was the concept of the album (for Madonna, anyway) and the tie-in with the Sex book. A couple of tracks on this album (and other albums scattered about) isn't recreating any sort of experience. It's just another tired variation on a theme everyone has either already heard or can hear whenever they want. I just feel like she's exhausted the sex/religion themes to the point of schtick. Perhaps she feels obligated to do it because it's expected of her by some fans? If so, it sort of negates the idea that she continues to evolve or reinvent herself or that she has created something "fresh" (and Madonna + sex + fresh is not a word salad I particularly want to experience ever again). I imagine the reason we keep hearing "return to form" consistently used as a descriptive indicator for her post-American Life albums is simply to come up with a positive spin on "nothing new". I don't mean as a statement of quality, but of expectations. I think that's why Body Shop sticks out like a sore thumb to me on this album. An entire album based on the unexpected could have brought her another Ray of Light. Instead, we get the third installment of the Hard Candy/MDNA trilogy with one bonus track.

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Updated On: 3/10/15 at 01:44 PM

I agree, I don't see them as being similar in any way at all.

I totally agree that SEX is the low point of the album. I think if it had been left off, the album would feel a bit more cohesive and dare I say mature? I'm no prude, but it just feels trashy. It belongs on a CD single that was included with her Sex book back in 1992. It would have felt a little shocking. Now it's just a bore and a bit embarrassing.

On a side note. Anyone remember the days when it was stressful to try and get a ticket to her show? It would sell out in minutes and then they'd add a show which would sell out, and they'd add a show....before you knew it, there was 5 sold out shows at MSG within a couple of hours. Well, there's still plenty of decent tickets to the single show at MSG. Interesting. Mad I paid $20 for a presale code....and can actually find better seats now than I got with the presale.

I'm not crazy about SEX.


but i like to strip to Holy Water.