Awww, I would have liked to have followed Namo's live tweeting of this
I thought it was... pretty good, I guess. Just a few random things--it reminded me of the short promo concerts she did before her previous two albums that were broadcast live (or the hour one off concert, before her album, Kylie did for Body Language--Money Can't Buy). Which makes me wonder why they didn't do this before the CD release. Add a couple more MDNA tracks instead, and it would have made perfect sense, even if I'm not going to pretend it would have made the album sell more to the mainstream.
I did like that at the opening she actually looked HAPPY! Even when she swore it wasn't the now standard "f*ck you" but a "f*ck yeah", and no flipping the bird to her fans. It was a welcome change for me.
I thought it was kinda structured weirdly--opening with her now obligatory "some European folk/rock group will now play a section with me because I discovered them and LOVE them" for one third of it struck me as odd (are they the same group playing on her tour? I haven't been following it, though I see it in Vancouver the end of Sep). But it was OK, Masterpiece sounded nice, and at least she only played her guitar for one song.
Doing Vogue in a straightforward way made me happy, as well, and was one of the highlights--thoughit was hysterical how lip synched the vocals were (which is expected with that song when she does it live) and then when she went into Candy Shop suddenly the sound, and the vocals, were way worse--I guess theydon't even bother to try. (Random comment, but the whole head mic thing that she helped to pioneer in concerts now seems to only be used when they clearly want the audience to know it's mainly not being sung live--which I've never gotten).
I don't understand her continued love for Candy Shop, but the choreography was cute, and it did sound better with the Pettibone 90s house inspired beat (I hope if she continues to do it on tour this is the version she's been doing).
Loved that she did Beautiful Killer--one of the few true highlights of the album and a song I still don't understand why it's not on the tour (maybe it will be now), and was left to the bonus disc. I liked the dancers, though wasn't too into the creepy terrorist clowns thing.
Ending the whole thing with her shooting the Alain Delon stand-in to Je T'aime, Moi Non Plus (which Donna Summer covered far better
), was I guess her "ary" moment, but it seemed like a kinda mean spirited way to end a show which she had been going on earlier was all about her love for her fans and for France. *shrug* I think that's one reason people found it short--it was longer than most of these mini, promo concerts, but it ended on such an odd note.
As for her long ramble at the start--it was nice, I almost hate to admit, to hear her just address the audience and not sound scripted. But it was also slightly ridiculous (I mean to come out and compare yourself to Napoleon because you're all about revolution and fredom for the people--umm does she know her history?)
