Rebel Heartbreaker
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Also, 'Alone With You' has a slight Blondie melody happening at the start.......
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Anyone notice that Score has the same melody as Jesus Christ Superstar?
Starting at 1:06
Yeah, a couple of us noticed that in the previous thread.
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3 weeks after the final leak and initial hype, I still consider Rebel Heart one of her strongest records since Ray Of Light.
I'm the same, as the leaks have not diluted my love and enthusiasm for this album.
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What a lovely anecdote!
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It's all so unbelievable. When she said the 'creative juices were flowing' a year back, she wasn't lying.
This album feels like a real 'event'!!!
It is a real event. Roller coaster crazy!
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It is hard to believe that there are pretty much 55 demos/variations that were leaked for RH. This dripfeed has done my head in pretty much since before Christmas.
Normally, I would say listening to so many in-progress works would put me off anybody's new album, but it has just added another level of intrigue and genius to the Rebel Heart process. I know someone elsewhere on this forum has said that they felt that the moment has 'come and gone' for this album, but I think they are dreaming!
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I liked that one!
Fair enough, it is one of the memorable lines from MDNA!
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<<< Some of the lyrics are pretty grand on this album. I think we go so used to her using generic lines for the last few albums that we forget to 'really listen' to some of the new stuff (except the obvious ones like 'Joan of Arc')
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Funnily enough, that is the same thing to a certain degree. People should be given the chance to hear new music and not have radio programmers force what they consider should be listened to and their trite opinion of what is a good song. I have seen that argument be used by the ghastly repetitive radio stations in Australia which play the same 5 or 6 songs from the same artists all the time in virtually hourly sessions. Then they say that it is their right and choice to play the songs they like and who their listeners will like. It is just another cop-out and excuse to try and explain the bias they show. They are so corrupt and have too much say and power.
Yeah, apart from listening to JJJ on the odd occassions in the car, general commercial radio in Australia is beyond appalling!! I just had a car journey from Adelaide to Melbourne and ended up listening to either MMM (for the pop 'classics') or ABC Radio National (!!!) when I needed a break from 'Rebel Heart' (LOL).
There was once a time when all you would hear from one radio station to another was P!nk, P!nk and more P!nk ("The Bogan's Pop Princess" as one of my friends tags her).
Funnily enough, I only ever hear Madonna tracks when I am shopping in Coles or Woolworths and they are playing over the p.a.
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I wholeheartedly agree.
The finished version has a cohesive feel that you can't get from throwing in demos and mixing them up. The problem with the demos is that they were very basic productions. They were beautiful because of their simplicity and of course everything else (lyrics, melodies, Madonna's voice etc...)
The album itself pushes the album to a concept and a fresh new sound for M.
You hit the proverbial nail on the head: the demos ARE basic productions and they ARE beautiful because of their simplicity. Very well put!
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Anyone else love Take It Back?
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She should just wear "56" emblazoned across her outfit.
That is a fantastic idea!
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That synth in Trust No Bitch....*drools*
Yeah, really sets off a spark in the pleasure centre of my brain!
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Trust no bitch is exactly what i wanted it to be., Knowledge is power, you can't trust no bitch, they can flip the switch....And by the way you're as cheap as your wig and as fake as your tits.
I think she says 'You're as cheap as your weave...'
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Oh, hearing it now....
Love it! The sinister synths are rocking my world.
'Wipe your tears and console me....'
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I gather 'Trust No Bitch' has been entrusted to the internets now...
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^^^ Yeah, one of my favourite non-inclusions on the album.
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I think its time to accept I'm getting old! As much as I love this album, I'm loving Alone with you, 2 steps behind and the original RH demo more. Classic, camp and fun. Whats wrong with a bit of cheese?
Also, is it me, or does Score remind anyone of Jesus Christ Superstar?
OMG -- I was listening to 'Score' and thought the EXACT same thing. Some of the melody lines are very similar!!
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^^^ I get what you mean. And as we get older, we become more nostalgic. Nothing touches Ray of light, erotica, and Madonna for me.
We must be a similar vintage: my favourite albums in order are -- Ray of Light, Madonna, Confessions, Erotica, Bedtime Stories and then American Life. Nostalgia plays a huge part in 'Madonna'.
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why just germany? Surely Australia will get a bonus track to make up for not touring here.
We will get one less as further punishment!
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But also the demos feel disjointed. The finished album is so cohesive, it's almost the only way to listen to it. The demos are premature to them. It's great to have them but I don't listen to them together. I'm either listening to the demos, the album, or the demos that didn't make the final cut
I'm pretty much the same! The deluxe version of the album is what I run through from beginning to end (if I am in the mood). There's a folder with the could-have-been-contender ones, kicking off with Back That Up.
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You can't tell the hungry that they have to eat noodles when you want steak!
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Literally, we can make our own playlists based on demo vs final mix. The reality is that the final product is what M wanted us to hear (as a cohesive whole).
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This is definitely one of the highlights of the whole RH project.
Rebel Heart Reviews
in ARCHIVE - The REBEL HEART Forum
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Yeah, this is a good review. We live in a nasty world, how hard is it to just enjoy the fruits of Madonna's labours without the negative energy from elsewhere?