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A year already? That mysterious X was such a great strategy to kick things off.
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Well, today's my first day of self-quarantine. Not easy, but necessary.
A little story as to how I got to this moment, I was in Barcelona on Thursday morning for a project that was abruptly cancelled late that night. The companies involved in this trip and the Spanish government assured us that they had taken all necessary precautions to ensure our safety, but as we all now know everything went into a frenzy. Couldn't leave until Sunday, so I stayed inside the hotel because the city was already shutting down. As a preventive measure, the company's asking all of us who traveled to self-quarantine and send in results of daily temperature checks.
As for home, it's more or less the same situation as other countries. An island-wide lockdown for residents until March 31st and a 9 PM to 5 AM curfew. Everything canceled. We're at 5 confirmed cases but there's still a long way to go. Stay safe and clean, everyone.
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On 12/12/2019 at 6:11 AM, I Don’t Search I Find said:
Slant Magazine includes “God Control” in its list of the “The 50 Best Songs of 2019”.
https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/the-50-best-songs-of-2019/4/12. Madonna, “God Control”
Madonna has a reputation for being a trendsetter, but her true talent lies in bending those trends to her will, twisting them around until they’re barely recognizable. Madame X’s pièce de résistance, at least in that regard, is the six-minute “God Control,” which begins with the queen of pop conjuring the spirit and disaffected monotone of Kurt Cobain—“I think I understand why people get a gun/I think I understand why we all give up,” she sings through clenched teeth—before the whole thing implodes into a euphoric, densely layered samba-disco-gospel mash-up. Madonna’s vocals alternate between Auto-Tuned belting, urgent whispers, and Tom Tom Club-style rapping as she takes on the gaslight industrial complex and so-called political reformers. On paper, it might sound like the ingredients for a musical Hindenburg, but—somewhere around the midpoint, when she declares, “It’s a con, it’s a hustle, it’s a weird kind of energy!”—it all coheres into the most exhilaratingly batshit thing she’s done in years. CinquemaniWell deserved, it's a gem of a song.
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Regardless of the grillz, it's a great cover.
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Still enjoying Madame X, such a unique album.
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01 - Crave
02 - God Control
03 - Looking for Mercy
04 - I Rise
05 - Batuka
06 - Crazy
07 - I Don't Search I Find
08 - Faz Gostoso
09 - Dark Ballet
10 - Extreme Occident
11 - Medellín
12 - Come Alive
13 - Future
14 - Bitch I'm Loca
15 - Ciao Bella
16 - Killers Who Are Partying
17 - Funana
18 - Back That Up to the Beat
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On 6/26/2019 at 8:36 PM, jjmor95 said:
I think I'm ready for an initial ranking. The bottom 3 kept changing with the first few listens, songs are still growing on me.
1. Crave
2. God Control
3. Looking for Mercy
4. I Rise
5. Crazy
A small update...
1. Crave
2. God Control
3. Looking for Mercy
4. I Rise
5. Batuka
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That’s such a great pic. To be a fly on the wall...
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I Don’t Search I Find
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For me, it’s starting to sink in that this album is her most consistent since Confessions and now my favorite of the 3 post-Hard Candy albums.
We are incredibly lucky to be listening to an album of this caliber nearly 40 years into her career.
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Definitely Faz Gostoso.
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God Control. Powerful.
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Love, love this video. Batuka is really growing on me as well!
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This is your wake up call
I’m like your nightmare
I’m here to start your day
What a song. It throws you in so many directions (emotionally) while keeping the message in focus.
If the Pride performance was any indication, this song is going to be a highlight on the tour.
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I’m still flipping between Crave, God Control and Looking for Mercy. They are my top 3 and I’m still going back to them.
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Fantastic interview, their time in the studio has been nothing but fruitful.
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I love this song. Vulnerable, honest, dramatic instrumentation...it also gave me Oh Father vibes.
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Well this song is no longer my least favorite on the album. I would probably rank it higher but Quavo just doesn't add anything to it.
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Better than Bitch I'm Madonna, probably at the same level as Soltera. Should have been a bonus track.
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Great find, loved that.
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Surprised but very happy with Looking for Mercy's placement, it's my #3 as well!
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Oh wow, this is getting interesting.
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A bit surprised "I Rise" is low. Now I'm glued to this show
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I think she's in better shape now than what she was towards the end of the Rebel Heart Tour!
For the record, Plumpdonna looked fantastic as well.
Pitchfork (s)hit-job review
in ARCHIVE - The MADAME X Forum
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Seriously though, life hit him hard.