boy skeffington
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I live for NOT warm and fuzzy Madonna so can’t wait to see. Love the look and bra it’s pure M.
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5 minutes ago, acko said:
Madonna stole EDM from others
The insanity of that statement.
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1 minute ago, HolidayGuy said:
The Associated Press and Chicago Sun-Times reviews will probably bring the score down below 70. More positive reviews that *count, where are ya?
The Chicago Sun Times reviewer is listed as AP, Entertainment Writer...maybe it's the same? If not AP hates her and they shouldn't get two counted reviews.
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I love the BONKERS BUT BRILLIANT headline. I think that should be the albums nickname..."Madame X - Bonkers but Brilliant"!
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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.
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https://www.breatheheavy.com/madonna-madame-x-review/
MADONNA IS MANY THINGS ON NEW HER ALBUM, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY… SHE’S ‘MADAME X’ (REVIEW)
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MADONNA IS MADONNA IS MANY THINGS ON NEW HER ALBUM, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY… SHE’S ‘MADAME X’ (REVIEW)MANY THINGS ON NEW HER ALBUM, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY… SHE’S ‘MADAME X’ (REVIEW)
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I hope it's submitted for SONG OF THE FUCKING YEAR and RECORD OF THE FUCKING YEAR at the Grammys. It's that good.
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Madonna’s ‘Madame X’ Is Bizarre And Brilliant: Review
Madonna’s Madame X is a prime example of an A-list artist who knows she can do what the heck she wants – and boy, she does.
Her 14th studio album could just play it safe with the sort of infectious music that has taken dance floors by storm since the 1980s. It doesn’t, though this was implied by the first single, a duet with Colombian reggaeton singer and songwriter Maluma. “Medellín” came blasting out with so-fashionable Latin pop. The track pretty much defies you to keep still. You think Luis Fonsi had the market nailed? On the album,, we find Madonna, again with Maluma, doing a Latino workout on “Bitch I’m Loca.” Songs like this are straightforward enough.
Madame X is not Madonna playing it safe after four years away. Instead, she takes risks, some of which pay off brilliantly. While it may baffle some and not be so commercially-friendly as some predecessors, Madonna has been here before. Hands up, those who remember American Life in 2003 which mixed the mainstream, even her Bond theme “Die Another Day,” with daring concepts that were perplexing to some and misunderstood by others.
Straight after the “Medellín” opener, Madonna kicks into her “strange days” mode with the next two tracks.
First, “Dark Ballet” has a six-minute video with images of Joan of Arc. The lyric is incendiary too: “people tell me to shut my mouth, that I might get burned.”
Then “God Control” is also six minutes, starting with a languid rap and then breaking into choral backing, strings and lyrics such as “This is your wake-up call/ I’m like your nightmare/ I’m here to start your day… People think that I’m insane/ The only gun is in my brain/ Each new birth, it gives me hope/ That’s why I don’t smoke that dope.”
Madonna feels free to add some serious political comment with “Killers Who Are Partying.”
We perhaps had inklings that this was going to be a challenging Madonna album, from the time she announced that the Madame X persona was its cornerstone concept. For those who don’t know, Madonna has explained that “Madame X” was a nickname given to her by her dance teacher Martha Graham, who told the 19-year-old Madonna Louise Ciccone: “Every day, you come to school, and I don’t recognize you.” Madonna says that it gives her the chance to be a chameleon: anybody from a mother to a head of state, saint, nun or whore.
Albums where stars get weird on us or divert from their normal style can divide the critics: Bob Dylan’s Street-Legal, U2’s Achtung Baby, Radiohead’s Kid A. If anyone is dismissive, the creator can say that they are being ironic and usually win some kudos for trying something different rather than being stuck in the same creative rut.
Madonna, at 60, is definitely not stuck in a rut and is always interesting even with the flaws. Anyone who expects her to be making another Like A Virginis both misguided and outdated. This is not a classic album to sit alongside Like A Prayer or Ray Of Light, may not win her many new fans and may not set the charts alight, but that’s not what this is about.
At its best Madame X has some moments that rate with her finest, such as the mid-pace, catchy Spanish-guitar tinged “Crave.” She croons “you’re the one I crave, and my cravings get dangerous.” Long may she remain a dangerous lady.
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2 minutes ago, Genevieve Vavance said:
I noticed this too, I can hardly keep them apart
Me too. I can't tell except on the obvious Anitta verse.
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I think Anitta is the new Donna DeLory. The perfect compliment to M's voice. Madame X tour backup?
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I LIKE TO PARTY PARTY PARTY...YASSSSSSSSS
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Interesting article...
"Madame X is, at its core, a model strategy for diversity and inclusion with Madonna the executive sponsor driving it to fruition..."
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2 hours ago, IsaacHarris said:
STRAIGHT UP FIRE
Astonishing. A classic already. Madonna is a genius.
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16 minutes ago, dollhouse said:
Faz Gostoso
A smash! It’s incredible.
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Here for the Anitta duet album. They sound incredible together.
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MAGIC indeed! It could’ve been called magic!
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5 minutes ago, Phineaspoe said:
Literally dead. Role model of how to live a life.
This gif is literally Madonna owning the world after dropping this masterwork.
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Ok last minute til US release! So grateful Madonna is here in my lifetime serving such brilliance. Another album first listen memory to bookmark my life!
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1 hour ago, Ai Papi Si. said:
I understand but your post made no sense. There's a plan for what?
I think she's referring to the tweet that Springstein's team is purposely feeding the trolls and creating a Bruce V Madonna narrative to trash her, like Janet and Mariah before. It certainly appears that way...in the US...did you see the drudgereport over the last 48 hours.
Of course it's coordinated.
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1 hour ago, side_streets said:
LA Times compared and contrasted Madonna and Bruce in the same review and guess who has a better album...
White man reviews and celebrates white man (and I'm a gay white man) sheesh. He's not her target audience.
I also think Bruce and Madonna have very little in common as artists. He's a legacy act since 1990.
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1 hour ago, Hobbit said:
Variety review is out
https://variety.com/2019/music/news/madonna-madame-x-album-review-1203242374/
I actually hate this review. It's the male anecdote of the NYT profile. All how dare the rich white woman be political and thank God for the beats of Mirwais and Mike Dean (the men). I found the review completely dismissive even if positive.
Comparing her/pitting her against to Whitney, Ariana, JLO, Michelle Obama (who has a ghost writer for everything and that is fine)...it all annoyed me.
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It arrives at 9pm tonight on US Spotify on west coast...so just over 12 hours to go! It will be a long day.
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I hope it’s streamable on Spotify soon
I want to hear these songs too on Friday!
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2 hours ago, svperstar said:
Might as well open discussion on the bonus tracks since they are out there. Carry on.
Lyrics:
Disco Dancin'
Disco Dancin'No more crying
No more yelling
No more waiting
No more fighting
TIme's are-a-changing
We all need freedom
More understanding
Cause our hearts are bleedingNow Funana
Now Funana
Now Now Funana
Now FunanaNo more sirens
No more sickness
No more hungerNo more sadness
Tonight we go dancing
Our souls are starving
Let's get together
Happiness my darlingDisco Dancing
Disco DancingWe need Elvis
And Bob Marley
We need Whitney
We need James Brown
Tonight we go dancing
Our souls are starving
Let's get togetherHappiness my darling
Now now Funana
Now now Funana
Now now Funana
Now FunanaDisco Dancing
Disco Dancing
Disco Dancing
Disco DancingNow Funana
Now Funana
Now now Funana
Now FunanaWe need Aretha
And George Michael
We need Bowie
We need Tupac
And Avicii
And Mac Miller
Freddie Mercury
Prince Rogers NelsonDisco Dancing
Disco DancingWe need Elvis
We need Bowie
We need Whitney
We need James Brown
And Bob Marley
Aretha Franklin
We need Tupac
Prince Rogers NelsonThanks for the lyrics!
"I Rise" thread
in ARCHIVE - The MADAME X Forum
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Essential to this album and her library. A fantastic and timeless song.