Eric, agreed on all counts.
I think the media and Madonna's sex-a-thon in 92' ruined Erotica's run.
Although I must admit I lined up at midnight to get that Sex book at HMV in NYC on 72nd street- ahh those were the days....
True on 'Why's It So Hard' as well.
Same goes for when 'Bedtime Stories' was released.
people went 'uh-oh'... especially when song titles like 'Inside of me' surfaced.
But if you went and listened,.. it was a song about her mother. (one of my faves on the album).
Madonna has been using double entendre since the beginning of her career ('like a virgin') and that was what made her so much fun. it meant everything to all kinds of people. people took it in so many different ways and I think she still continues that tradition with play on words.
On MDNA- In 'Addicted' she sings I'm a dic-I'm a dic- I'm ad-dic-ted.
It's fun, playful and has surface and layering. Simple, yet says much about her state.
She's clearly not out to be thought provoking or a create a forceful movement- just out to have more fun after a crappy divorce and heavy film schedule for a few years.
i think MDNA will fare fine and it seems it is a 'COnfessions' meets 'Ray of Light'- based on these early reviews from London....
and that's surely fine by me.
Now,.. back to the dance floor please...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1LKkVaDGN4&feature=player_embedded