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That's Diplo.

You forgot to mention that she is giving us GREAT face, hair, voice, and fierce dancing. Madonna really deserves our support this era.

Is it true that the grammy performance isolated vocals are online? The one where her she is apparently singing live and the music volume is very low. If it's true, how was her singing? Anyone got it?

Greaterness definitely. There isn't one single bad track in this album, with an average score of 8.5-9 out of 10 for every single track.

Just not in Messiah.

Well I like to listen to albums as wholes so I'm not one to replace tracks. Having said that, I have another album on my ipod called 'Iconic' with the best demos, which includes Avicii's wonderful contributions, such as Rebel Heart, Beautiful Scars, WAOM, and Messiah (Demo 2!)

I conceded to that point already. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but at the very least I feel she should've kept the climactic violin driven chorus, if not for the first chorus, then for the final chorus. Meh, still a fantastic album.

Fair point. The new RH fits better in the context of the new album and as an album closer, so I can see some logic behind her choice of changes. However I still don't think it is the better of the two, and the Avicii sound is what she asked for, that's like saying, Ray of Light is a William Orbit record.

Nice attitude you got there.

Sorry but there is nothing that could convince me that the original Rebel Heart demo is not the best version. There was a general consensus among fans on different boards that the song should've been lead single or second single and with good reason, it had all the ingredients of a perfect pop song. The album version simply has no bang, and no power.

Joan of Arc!!!!! JOAN OF FUCKING ARC! Borrowed Time is GREAT Hold Tight is GREAT Holy Water is EPIC SEX is SEX! Inside Out is GREAT (and doesn't sound like a rip off of NIN's Closer anymore) Body Shop is GREAT Iconic is ICONIC VVV is GREAT and so is NAS! Graffiti Heart is LOVELY! ADDICTED! HeartBreakCIty! AAAAHHH! *breathes* Pretty much everything on the album is superior to every demo, but there are exceptions... WAOM - First demo is still the best. The album version is boring. Messiah - How can you hear Messiah (Demo 2) and not think it is the best one? The album version is back to being boring. So powerless. Rebel Heart - Don't get me started on this one. The first demo needed a little fine tuning, she could've kept the violin orgy during the chorus at least and made it longer than 3:20. This isn't a bad version per se (like the previous two) but it was still heartbreaking to listen to. Such a shame, shame, shame. Beautiful Scars - Dreadful disco. It was such a cute and sweet track, this one is really a case of less is more. Ugh.

Joan of Arc!!!!! JOAN OF FUCKING ARC! Borrowed Time is GREAT Hold Tight is GREAT Holy Water is EPIC SEX is SEX! Inside Out is GREAT (and doesn't sound like a rip off of NIN's Closer anymore) Body Shop is GREAT Iconic is ICONIC VVV is GREAT and so is NAS! Graffiti Heart is LOVELY! ADDICTED! HeartBreakCIty! AAAAHHH! *breathes* Pretty much everything on the album is superior to every demo, but there are exceptions... WAOM - First demo is still the best. The album version is boring. Messiah - How can you hear Messiah (Demo 2) and not think it is the best one? The album version is back to being boring. So powerless. Rebel Heart - Don't get me started on this one. The first demo needed a little fine tuning, she could've kept the violin orgy during the chorus at least and made it longer than 3:20. This isn't a bad version per se (like the previous two) but it was still heartbreaking to listen to. Such a shame, shame, shame. Beautiful Scars - Dreadful disco. It was such a cute and sweet track, this one is really a case of less is more. Ugh. ---

Move over Ray of Light...

Who are these fine black gentlemen? In particular the one on the right? He can father my children anyday. <3

So do we get to keep the drums or not?