robster
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He's not only extremely incompetent as a writer, but also has a tendency to talk out of his ass. In an earlier review he calls "American Life" ultimately stupid, and in his Madame X review he refers to the same album as underrated! He clearly needs to get his hatred straight! Luckily he'lll quickly fade back into oblivion, where as Madame X will soon be announced #1 in the charts and continue to snag headlines for many years to come!
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Thanks everyone. My main objection with the review is how Pitchfork can ask someone who is so blatantly transparent in his hatred towards her as a person to write a review about her album! If it was done with full knowledge of this guy's background, then Pitchfork should be called out for their clickbait type of reviews and not be taken into account or taken seriously on a larger scale... not just in regards to this Madonna review. It shows intent and a malicious attitude.
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my email to Pitchfork:
Dear Pitchfork,My name is Rob Jacobs, and I live and work in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. I consider myself to be a reasonable person, but for some reason the review of Madonna's Madame X album by Rich Juzwiak really makes me wonder what the objective in this move was exactly.Of course everyone is entitled to their own opinion and had he not liked the album or music that would have been fine, no water under the bridge. However, when you as Pitchfork ask a well known Madonna hater (who has been banned from countless websites and forums for his continued Madonna trolling) to write a review about her latest offering, how do you expect to get an even somewhat objective take on said album. A quick google search combining his name with Madonna offers a long list of Madonna hate pieces all over several social media platforms such as twitter, instagram, and previous "reviews" of her work.The review is overflowing with what seems like a personal vendetta the writer has against Madonna herself, discussing various topics like her age, cultural appropriation, his undying love for Mariah Carey (whom he manages to mention in practically everything he writes) and various other things that obviously irk him, but he rarely discusses the music itself.I'm VERY curious to know what you make of this review and how you think this affects your credibility as a publication when having albums reviewed by self professed haters of the respective artists!?Kind regards, Rob -
1 minute ago, Mattress said:
OH. MY. GOD.
Told ya!
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#1 on iTunes The Netherlands
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According to a friend on fb:
Madonna offered several interviews today in London, and apparently confirms that "God Control" and "Batuka" already have their recorded videos, also mentioned that they will perform a clip of "I Rise" on the beach.
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We already knew this but now she apparently confirmed it in today's interviews:
Madonna offered several interviews today in London, and apparently confirms that "God Control" and "Batuka" already have their recorded videos, also mentioned that they will perform a clip of "I Rise" on the beach.
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Just now, Nikki said:
hi, do you know when tracking week starts in BE and NL? same as the US? it's already available in a store here but I want my sale to count for the official first week, so it's not a "lost" sale (for the charts ;))
noooooo idea!
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It is NOW released officially in the first teritory in the world!!!
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I'm soooo excited for the reactions from fans and general listeners!
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There should be an opportunity where people can rate a review, if the review was helpfull in any way. Some of these "reviews" are just lazy, phoned in, stereotypical, stupid write-up's. They should not have any influence on any metacritic scores.
Which brings me back to the point that reviews shouldn't matter as a whole, because it's ALL SUBJECTIVE! Music is an objective experience! Listen to the music and make up your own damn mind! Why does everyone in the world always care so much what the rest thinks?!?
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5 minutes ago, Ai Papi Si. said:
I actually kinda agree with this. I think the deluxe edition crap is really unnecessary too.
make a 12 song album and call it a day. Or at least recognize when stuff like Mercy belongs on the album instead of Killers or Loca
Killers is one of my fav tracks on the album! THE track on the album that cements the Lisbon and Portuguese influences in the most amazing soundscape and production! The lyrics are abrasive but for a very specific reason! Irony is her brand!
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Funana then HAS to be that track that was playing in that insta video where she asked Mercy what she thought of the music. It has to be, and it sounded awesome in that clip with an accordion.
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Awesome! @danorbit, thanks so much. I'll edit the original post in a bit!
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16 minutes ago, RoyalMadonna said:
I think it might be "savajen" as in wild, it feels like she sings the translation later on. I mean that's how I understood it xD I don't speak portuguese either though xD
Si it might be "e savajen" like later on she says "e solitario"
You are right, let me correct that
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2 minutes ago, Geiger83 said:
Wow, I haven't listened to the song yet but I am completely impressed with your Portuguese! There seems to be only two small things to be corrected!
Thanks so much. I don't speak a word of Portuguese, so it's all phonetically done and then run through google translate to get the correct spelling!
well, at the end where it says "yo se ..." there's an entire line, but I can't make that out, but we'll get it soon enough
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people who haven't heard anything, HOLD TIGHT! You are almost there! You can do this and you will be GREATLY AWARDED! Can't wait to read all of your reviews friday. This will be glorious!
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I tried to transcribe the lyrics (Anyone with knowledge of the portuguese language, feel free to add or correct because I did this fully on hearing and not speaking any portuguese!)
Killers Who Are Partying
I will be gay, if the gay are burned
I'll be Africa, if Africa is shut down
I will be poor, if the poor are humiliated
And I'll be a child, if the children are exploited
I know what I am
And I know what I'm not
O mundo, e savage (the world is wild)
O caminho é solitário, (the road is lonely)
e, e, e, e
O mundo, e savage
O caminho é solitário,
e, e, e, ee, e, e, e,
e, e, e, e
e, e, e, e
I'll be Islam, if Islam is hated
I'll be Israel, if they're incarcerated
I'll be native Indian, If the Indian has been taken
And I'll be a woman, if she's raped and her heart is breakingI know what I am (God knows what I'm not)
And I know what I'm not (And he knows what I'm not)
Do you know who you are (hmmmm)
Will we know when to stop?O mundo, e savage
O caminho é solitário,
e, e, e, e
O mundo, e savage
O caminho é solitário,
e, e, e, e
Yo se ....
Yo se ...
e, e, e, e
O mundo,
Wild is the world
Wild is the world
e savage
Wild is the world
e, e, e, eI know what I am (God knows what I'm not)
And I know what I'm not (And he knows what I'm not)
Do you know who you are (hmmmm)
Will we know when to stop?
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Looking For Mercy
Every night before I close my eyes
I say a little prayer
That you'll have mercy on me
Please dear god
To live inside the divine
Not like I want to die
Teach me to forgive myself
Outlive this hell
Is it really love if it hurts
Is it really pain if it's inside
On the outside I'm strong
Hold my hand, please sympathize
Hard enough try to forgive
Hard not try to live
Please don't criticize, yeah
Please, please sympathize, yeah
Somebody to teach me to love
Somebody to help me rise above
I need to survive
I'm looking for
Looking for, looking for, looking for mercy
Looking for, looking for, looking for mercy
I'm looking for
I'm looking for love
Looking for, looking for, looking for mercy
Looking for, looking for, looking for mercy
I'm looking for
I'm looking for mercy
Every night before I close my eyes
I say a little prayer
That you'll have mercy on me
Please dear god
To live inside the divine
Not like I want to die
Teach me to forgive myself
Outlive this hell
Is it really brave if I'm weak
Can you tell the truth when you live lies
I'm just looking for the signs
Hold my hand, please empathize
Hard enough try to forgive
Hard not try to live
Flawed , flawed by design, yeah
Please please sympathize
Somebody to teach me to love
Somebody to help me rise above
I need to survive
I'm looking for, looking for, looking for, looking for, looking for.. mercy
Looking for, looking for, looking for mercy
Looking for, looking for, looking for mercy
I'm looking for
I'm looking for love
Looking for, looking for, looking for mercy
Looking for, looking for, looking for mercy
I'm looking for
I'm looking for mercy
Somebody to teach me to love
Somebody to help me rise above
I need to survive
I'm looking for
Looking for, looking for, looking for mercy
Looking for, looking for, looking for mercy
I'm looking for
I'm looking for love
Looking for, looking for, looking for mercy
Looking for, looking for, looking for mercy
I'm looking for
I'm looking for mercy
Looking for, looking for, looking for mercy
Looking for, looking for, looking for mercy
Looking for, looking for, looking for...
Looking for mercy
Looking for, looking for, looking for mercy
Looking for, looking for, looking for mercy
Looking for, looking for, looking for...
Looking for mercy -
I tried transcribing the lyrics:
Come Alive - Madonna
I'm in the sky where I ought to be at
I've been watching you
Rocket ship taking off in that
Now I'm on to you
Mouth closed, I don't want your opinion
Who you talking to
Stand out, now I don't wanna blend in
Why you want me to
They say "Be all I can be"
And all I want is peace, please, please, please, please, please
See the world
Haven't seen all I wanna see, see, see, see, seen in his dreamsCome alive, come aliiiive
Come alive, come aliiive
Dreams real, it's alive
Come alive, come on
I can react how you thought I'd react
I won't live it for you (?!)
Wrong man, I won't stand in the back
Cause you want me to
Mouth closed, I don't want your opinion
Who you talking to
Stand out, now I don't wanna blend in
Why you want me to
They say "Be all I can be"
And all I want is peace, please, please, please, please, please
See the world
Haven't seen all I wanna see, see, see, see, seen in his dreams
Come alive, come aliiiive
Come alive, come aliiive
Dreams real, it's alive
Come alive, come on
Come alive, come alive (repeat)
Who you talking to?
Who you talking to?
I'm in the sky where I ought to be at
I've been watching you
Rocket ship taking off in that
Now I'm on to you
Mouth closed, I don't want your opinion
Who you talking to
Stand out, now I don't wanna blend in
Why you want me toThey say "Be all I can be"
And all I want is peace, please, please, please, please, please
See the world
Haven't seen all I wanna see, see, see, see, seen in his dreamsCome alive, come aliiiive
Come alive, come aliiive
Dreams real, it's alive
Come alive, come on
Come alive, come aliiiive
Come alive, come aliiive
Dreams real, it's alive
Come alive, come on
Come alive, come aliiiive
Come alive, come aliiive
Dreams real, it's alive
Come alive, come on
Wrong man, I won't stand in the back (2 x)
choir: Come Alive (repeat) -
God Control - Madonna
Everybody knows the damn truth
Our nation lied, and lost respect
When we wake up, what can we do
Get the kids ready
Take them to school
Everybody knows they don’t have a chance
To get a decent job
To have a normal life
When they talk reforms, it makes me laugh
They pretend to help, it makes me laugh
I think I understand why people get a gun
I think I understand why we all give up
Every day they have a kind of victory
Loving ourselves, spread everywhere
They say that we need love
But we need more then this
(Choir): We lost god control (4x)
This is your wake-up call
I’m like your nightmare
I’m here to start your day
This is your wake-up call
We don’t have to fall
A new democracy, god and pornography
A new democracy
People think that I’m insane
The only gun is in my brain
Each new birth, it gives me hope
That’s why I don’t smoke that dope
Insane people think I am
Brain inside my only friend
Hope it gives me birth each new
That dope I don’t smoke it’s true
Everybody knows the damn truth
Everybody knows the damn truth, wake up
We got to wake up, wake up, wake up
We need to wake up, wake up, wake up
It’s a hustle, yeah
It’s a hustle
It’s a con
It’s a hustle
It’s a weird kind of energy
A bizarre thing that happens to be
An abnormal fraternity
And I feel more then sympathy
We got to wake up, wake up, wake up
We need to wake up, wake up, wake up
People think that I’m insane
The only gun is in my brain
Each new birth, it gives me hope
That’s why I don’t smoke that dope
Insane people think I am
Brain inside my only friend
Hope it gives me birth each new
That dope I don’t smoke it’s true
Everybody knows the damn truth
Everybody knows the damn truth
We got to wake up, wake up, wake up
Wake up
Aaaah, aaaah, aaah
A new democracy!!!
Everybody knows the damn truth
Our nation lied, we’ve lost respect
When we wake up, what can we do
Get the kids ready
Take them to school
Everybody knows they don’t have a chance
To get a decent job
Have a normal life
When they talk reforms, it makes me laugh
They pretend to help, it makes me laugh
Choir: We lost god control (repeat)
Wake Up, wake up, wake up, wake up -
If this album is anything it's a testament and sign that she found the courage and conviction to finally be herself again musically!!! And I couldn't be happier!
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Call me crazy, but I might have even opened the album with "Looking For Mercy" as a first single.... it's THAT good!
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Just now, rodials said:
What a pitty the leaking!
Would have preferred an early digital.
we have to work hard on streaming to diminish this.
I have tried, but it’s raining links everywhere in twitter and they are going to other platforms like telegram.
Is there something we can do?
Nobody could have prevented this but the label itself. They KNEW the risks of releasing it digitally at the same time as the physical. Physical releases ALWAYS leak. A few days before the intended release isn't THAT bad. Especially with an album THIS good! Trust me, this album will SOAR! There is nothing we can do other then report links, but it's out there now and you can't stop it...
"You're going to have to be more specific". Madame X annihilates Dutch interviewer
in ARCHIVE - The MADAME X Forum
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Well, in his last interview with her asked her what it was like to be a middle aged woman....
he always seems intent on offending the people he’s interviewing! And he does this with everyone. He gets on everyone’s nerves. And on mine which is why I never watch his shows. It’s okay to ask hard hitting questions and be critical, but he always comes across as some shady, bitter, backhanded evil queen. Must be a personality thing!