["I Rise" thread]

I can see how this remix would divide some people. I’m personally a fan of this remix, I think this song sounds good over a  house beat.

Even if Tracy Young doesn’t bring too much new to the table like maybe a Offer Nissim remix would, I think the important thing is the way she’s re-imagined the song as a house track so effortlessly. The vocal effects already on Madonna’s voice really lend themselves to the house beat, especially when it gets really talkbox-y.

Definitely not a “banger”, but definitely fun to listen to

[“I Don’t Search I Find” thread]

Does anyone else think she's talking about life after death here with this song? I haven't heard anyone go too deep into the lyrics here, but I've found the spoken-word interlude to be the most telling and curious aspect of this song.

The spoken-word interlude essentially says that life is suffering("there's no rest for us in this world"), which is a Buddhist belief, and that it's only in our "gypsy blood" to move on and "shake hands with our fate," which ultimately is death. Like almost every ghost story in a movie, those who cling on to life and this world aren't able to "walk past" and move on. 

Take into account also that Easy Ride has been teased for the tour, and according to her folder seen on IG, might be slated to follow IDSIF on the tour's setlist. Easy Ride is essentially about life/death and alludes to life being a circle("I go round and round"), which obviously is a sentiment that also is found in both Buddhist belief and is plainly said on Extreme Occident.

For the longest time I couldn't understand why Easy Ride would be slated to follow IDSIF in the setlist, as musically these songs are WORLDS apart, but when I look at the lyrics closer, they're thematically very similar. 

After everything she's learned and experienced in the past few years and album cycles, and with her own mortality more than likely coming into view more presently than ever before, I'm not surprised to hear her talking about this kind of topic.