Ai Papi Si. Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2upWfFhCJzw Uhhhh.... yeah??? So it's basically perfect? The beat up, bloody icon resurrected as a warrior fighting for her life? I'm dying? Can we talk about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5iVe Elements Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Upon first watch, the Mike Tyson parts excited me most. Wish she wore that nose/bull ring for the tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 New video from the second show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdHhUXNoyfM LOL @ wow shes on time again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad4mad2 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 It is perfection! I want it on vevo now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai Papi Si. Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 New video from the second show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdHhUXNoyfM LOL @ wow shes on time again She sooo learned her lesson after 2012!!! Those ticketmaster reviews probably spooked her. Anyway, enough about THAT. I'd love to hear everyone's nterpretations of the photoshoot and video! At first I was like "um what does Sooner Or Later Madonna have to do with a samurai warrior?" But now I think I'm kinda getting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gemini1313 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Me love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Gold Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I hope she releases it at some point! It's too good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Ugh. You don't know how hard it is for me not to push play. Its taking every fiber of my being to not watch it!!!!!!!! Just have to keep thinking, "5 more days. 5 more days. 5 more days. 5 more days." How does it compare to MDNA and Confessions opening which are my top 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VogueMusic Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I have the same questions Papi... I'm looking forward to seeing all the various interpretations here. I'm still not sure myself. The imagery carries into parts of the background for the 'Iconic' performance itself, esp. at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5iVe Elements Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I guess Sooner or Later was artistic Madonna? And then those police or whatever were trying to imprison her art? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Ugh. You don't know how hard it is for me not to push play. Its taking every fiber of my being to not watch it!!!!!!!! Just have to keep thinking, "5 more days. 5 more days. 5 more days. 5 more days." How does it compare to MDNA and Confessions opening which are my top 2? It's more in line with the Confessions opening but not quite as epic as MDNA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai Papi Si. Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 Ugh. You don't know how hard it is for me not to push play. Its taking every fiber of my being to not watch it!!!!!!!! Just have to keep thinking, "5 more days. 5 more days. 5 more days. 5 more days." How does it compare to MDNA and Confessions opening which are my top 2? I'll be honest, it's not as good as those two, but it comes pretty close. Those two openings are hard to top anyway. I won't give anything away. I think what made CT and MDNA so powerful (for ME...) was everything just meshing together perfectly; imagery, song choice, choreography, and costuming. It was like lightning in a bottle on both those tours. It's not as instantly iconic (to use an overused word) on this tour, but that's not a read, it's still really intense and thrilling, it's just VERY different costume-wise, and maybe a bit more "tame" this time. It's definitely better than S&S of course, and it's actually better than RIT for me. I am positive i'm in the minority on that, but I felt The Beast Within intro dragged too long and I'm just not a huge fan of that weird mix they used for Vogue, or those silly yoga poses, and I really feel it was rendered irrelevant by the Confessions intro. It was great at the time but it hasn't aged well, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Sounds good enough for me. Even what many consider to be her least thrilling opening (For Sticky and Sweet) was still pretty cool live. Way better in person then the way they captured it on the DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai Papi Si. Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 I feel like the intro video is maybe her visual take on a song like Joan of Arc, only this time Madonna's not willing to burn at the stake. The nastiness of social media or the the press or just the world in general, hellbent on destroying the spirit of an artist, and nearly succeeding. She survives the vicious assault and strips away her performance garb to come back as a fearless warrior and leads her troops to battle. Pretty straightforward now that I'm writing it out I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Music Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 After all I've read, I didn't expect so much dance moves. I love it ! Will be great in the arena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apples388 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Still dying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idro Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 MY VISION first they want to know you (I m a woman /blond / tits &ass ... ) then they want to love you ( M making love /BLACK&WHITE ) then they ridicule you ( show your ass baby / do that dance you do so well for us baby ) there were times when an artists had to perform in front of their oppressor to save lives ) then they kill you ( the fascist army torture the artist and M is on blood ) and only after they build monument to celebrate you ( the living statue carried on altar by people/wannabes ) but in the video she let her statue first carried on that altar brought down to pieces while M.Tyson scream " I ll never fall and if I did I ll come back " and there she she is . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider of the lost Ark Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 The most important question: Are those the original 20 million dollar Harry Winston jewels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VogueMusic Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 MY VISION first they want to know you (I m a woman /blond / tits &ass ... ) then they want to love you ( M making love /BLACK&WHITE ) then they ridicule you ( show your ass baby / do that dance you do so well for us baby ) there were times when an artists had to perform in front of their oppressor to save lives ) then they kill you ( the fascist army torture the artist and M is on blood ) and only after they build monument to celebrate you ( the living statue carried on altar by people/wannabes ) but in the video she let her statue first carried on that altar brought down to pieces while M.Tyson scream " I ll never fall and if I did I ll come back " and there she she is . Wow. This makes a lot of sense...was kind of what I was thinking too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat.Guy Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Yes, please. It's one of the best videos of her career. The concept is the same of the Secret Project. The death of the "pop icon" as we know and the birth of the "rebel icon". LOVE IT! Someone please beg Guy Oseary to upload this asap. The "ARE YOU WITH ME?" part it's already one of my favorites things of her existence. Lead your army Madonna!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graffitiheart Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 "ARE YOU WITH ME?" *camera zooms out ala Game of thrones* *DIES* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyenzed Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I feel like the intro video is maybe her visual take on a song like Joan of Arc, only this time Madonna's not willing to burn at the stake. The nastiness of social media or the the press or just the world in general, hellbent on destroying the spirit of an artist, and nearly succeeding. She survives the vicious assault and strips away her performance garb to come back as a fearless warrior and leads her troops to battle. Pretty straightforward now that I'm writing it out I guess Yeah agree. It's her best video intro ever. The intro also reminds me somewhat of what we saw of the visuals in Michael Jacksons This Is It - very military, mixed with the RIT and Confessions intro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I need to rewatch it. I can't get the visuals out of my head. When it got to the cage portion of the video, I honestly thought MJ and Prince would be in cages too, showing the beaten and used icons of their former self. I loved the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moka Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 PERFECTION. And I love your interpretations. I think it's a metaphor of our society : our icons are beaten up, but Madonna survives because she's a fighter with ideas, and because she's helped by an army (her fans). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HavenHigh Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I think Chance The Rapper's part also reflects on the message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattress Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Like several of the images from 2005's Confessions On A Dance Floor, the statue bits of the "Iconic" video are lifted from The Who's Tommy. In Ken Russell's film, a blind Tommy is taken to a Church Of Marilyn (read: cult) where he is promised to regain his vision: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Gold Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 ^^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Apples388 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Here is my rankette of her tour openings: 1. MDNA 2. Re-Invention 3. Confessions 4. Blond Ambition 5. Rebel Hert 6. Girlie Show 7. Who's That Girl 8. Virgin 9. Drowned World 10. Sticky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Oh the rankette is so hard right now! I need to see Iconic again!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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