headonfire
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@boy skeffington What a load of rubbish, and actual lack of knowledge of Madonna's work. I wouldn't even call this a review.
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Just rewatched it, and there's absolutely nothing wrong in her appearance. Those who hater, will always find something nasty to say! Just look at Piers Morgan!
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22 minutes ago, Kim said:
Enjoyed this interview which for once had a couple of interesting nuggets. Glad she recognises how great the Avicii collabs were (and could have been)
Yes, this was a great one. And loved how she clearly mentioned that songwriting camps aren't for her... Madame X is a testament that she doesn't need them, and that she is in fact at her best when she is in the front seat taking creative control.
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Brazil is going crazy over Faz Gostoso! Number 1 across multiple platforms.
M should definitely release this one as a single... And considering that she isn't going to Latin America with this tour, it would be a nice gesture to give Brazilian fans a funk single. It would be a hit in Brazil for sure.
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1 minute ago, Toni said:
Ugh, just seen twitter.
I was waiting to see her hit number 1 on that kworb site after the show with everything being all fabulous and positive... fuck sake
What did she do to warrant being critizised? I'm not even gonna to go on twitter, but let me guess, 'she's old', 'she needs to retire', 'she's past it', etc... Fuck them, really.
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6 minutes ago, MattyMads said:
She’s being ripped apart on Twitter as per usual
Just ignore that stuff. There's nothing that she did or say that would warrant any criticism, so if anyone is ripping her apart, well, fuck them.
The UK at the moment is filled with Piers Morgans types! Just look at the state of the country. No surprise they can't handle a strong woman like M, and need to bring her down at every opportunity.
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1 hour ago, boy skeffington said:
Meh. Not posting the text. White man reviewing....
Ok...this sentence...Madonna here is sticking with the same gimmick that made her a mega-star: borrow cool stuff from others — voguing, Marlene Dietrich, Latin music, EDM — and adopt it as her own.
Anger inducing. As if she's never ever ever ever done anything original in her life and she's a mega star because she steals.
Oh, wow. This absolutely disgusting! What the fuck? I'm raging! So much ignorance in a single sentence.
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5 minutes ago, Danmacevents said:
I have to get my coach in three hours. I shall report tomorrow. XXX
Thank you.
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1 minute ago, jonur said:
OMG OMG THE ALBUM IS LOADED IN MY ITUNES ALREADY!!!’ And I’m in the USA so i thought I would have to wait another 3 hrs for midnight!!!
That's amazing! Go listen and enjoy the brilliance of this album!
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Tell us everything!
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Loved this one!
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I love Killers, and totally disagree with the reviews that complain about the lyrics.
Here a part of Boy Cultures review that perfectly sums up why the criticism of this song's lyrics is unjustified: https://www.boyculture.com/boy_culture/2019/06/madonna-madame-x-review.html
Reviewers seem to dislike the awkwardly titled — it reads like a poor translation back into English — “Killers Who Are Partying” because it is an example of a “white savior” attitude: “I'll be Africa/If Africa is shut down” delivered in a strange (and distracting) African-inflected accent. But perhaps SJWs should hold their fire on white allies when they have, for 30 years or more, used their platforms not to steal from other cultures and factions, but to share their platforms with them. If the end goal is to achieve sincere empathy and if allies are a plus, Madonna, a self-made woman, is an example of both things. She is also approaching the concept of desiring to understand the position of others as the white mother of four black, African children; a biracial daughter; and a white son. It's not tone-deaf to sing, “I will be gay/If the gay(s) are burned,” not when the person singing is also admitting firmly, “I know what I am/And I know what I'm not.” It's musical empathy, not musical exploitation, her somber version of Machine's “There but for the Grace of God Go I,” and the song is blissfully ready to be sung on her intimate tour.
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Batuka is one of my favourites. It's a brilliant and unique song. Love the tribal very experimental vibe. M also revealed a bit more info about Batuka from an NPR interview she gave. Really interesting because it gives even more meaning to the song, both musically and thematically.
You have obviously been on a musical journey. Tell me about "Batuka" and how it came about.
Living in Lisbon, going to places where people play music — which is everywhere — I befriended a gentleman named Dino de Santiago. One day, he said, "I've got a surprise for you. You've got to come to this place." It was off the beaten path; it was very bizarre. It had, like, deer antlers on the walls, and I don't really know what it was, it was like a club that nobody went to. But suddenly, it was full of people.
There was a DJ playing for a little while, and suddenly the music stopped, and the crowd parted, and then sitting in a semi-circle were these women called Batuqueros. They're from Cape Verde. And they started playing on these drums called djembe. And they were beating out a triplet rhythm, and singing in Creole call-and-response, and taking turns getting up and doing ritualistic dancing and singing. It blew my mind and really inspired me. And I ended up collaborating with them on my record.
There's something really powerful about women singing together in that way.
Yeah. The first title of this song was "Fernalism," because it was meant to be a feminist manifesto, this song. And I didn't want to say "feminism," because that sounds so conventional or predictable, so I just did a play on words. But then I decided, "Oh, no one's gonna get that either. That's just too abstract." So I called it "Batuka" because that's what it is, that's the style of music that it is. That seemed to work. Created by women, played by women.
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1 minute ago, TXIII said:
Just a little over 3.5 hours! But then I realized I have another week until I get to hear the 3 bonus tracks from the box set. The waiting never ends!
Hang in there! Not long now.
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As of right now, it's number 1 in 32 countries on iTunes. I have posted in other threads, but thought I would post it here too:
#1 in lots of important markets where it has been officially released.
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23 minutes ago, ziggyfrommars13 said:
No.1 on UK iTunes
Yes, get that number 1! As of now, it's number 1 in the UK and 31 other countries.
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1 minute ago, Jairo said:
Go on Twitter. Europeans are LOVING the album!! #MadameX
Yes, the album is getting lots of love. So good to see. This record totally deserves it.
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1 hour ago, Lament said:
Variety doesn't count (only their movies reviews count)
Stereogum doesn't count
The LA Times obviously count (and feels like a 40, at most………… terrible and unfair review)
That LA Times review really shouldn't count! Making a review of two albums comparing them? What even? Madame X should have its own review. Two completely different artists, with two differently styles.
1 hour ago, fandonna said:metacritic now 73
suck. uncut counts.
la times will make it worse.
Uncut have Bruce Springsteen album as their header on twitter, so of course they would score Madonna low. Payola wouldn't be too surprising in this case.
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10 minutes ago, Marcello77 said:
Thanks (Do you know how to download them?)
If you use Google Chrome, you can download a Video Downloader extension, and then when you open the webpage with the video, the extension will let you download it to your computer.
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I just read the whole piece, and it's such a great interview and write up. Loved it.
And yes, it seems there's still a lot to come. Hope we see that piece by Nuno Xico which elaborates on the link between the songs. I assume it's the video she filmed in the Miradouro in Lisbon, where she announces the name of the album.
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3 minutes ago, Wunderkind said:
But calling it her best work in 20 years.
Well, that's an exaggeration.
I'm getting more and more convinced that this 'woke' twenty or thirty year olds that are asked to write reviews have absolutely no idea how to write about music.
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3 hours ago, fandonna said:
And on “Looking for Mercy”, it would be the sampled speech from survivors of the Parkland school shooting.
did the independent really listen to the album?? lol
Just ridiculous that this so called journalists are allowed to review an album, and don't even get their facts right!
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4 hours ago, dollhouse said:
Clash Music sucks, they should retire
4 hours ago, santiago said:ClashMusic reviews was added to Metacritic,
77 now
4 hours ago, side_streets said:That review is a piece of shit.
The Clash review is absolute shit. One of the worst things I have ever read. What, like 2 paragraphs reviewing an album with 15 songs? The woman writing wouldn't know what good music is even if it hit her in the face.
All I took from the review was how critical she was of Madonna for writing/singing about political and social issues when she comes from a position of privilege. How woke of her!
If it were Beyonce, she would be praising her to high heavens. She had no knowledge of the music, no knowledge of M's work -- it was basically a review from a basic person with no expertise in music whatsoever.
Madame X - - UK Chart/General Promo Discussion
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I can't believe she has made front cover because of those statements.
