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Yeah I think so too - regardless on whether MDNA was a good album the interest was there for it when it was launched and think people were hoping for something better than Hard Candy after a 4 year wait between albums but I think the single choices were so poor the interest quickly dropped upon release though. Had Warners been involved I think we would have got a different version of the album with some of the tracks worked on a bit more and better single choices and promotion and most likely a set list on the tour that had more hits like she did for Re-Invention after American Life perform as well as Music and Ray of Light commercially. When she attended the premieres around the world for W/E around the same time the public went crazy to see her on the red carpet and not so much the actors in the film - was so obvious everyone was far more interested in Madonna being there - so think there was still so much interest around the time of MDNA anticipating it's release. I do think the move from Warners and not having their expertise and clout with promotion and when Liz Rosenberg retired too that didn't help and was around the time she seemed to do alot of celebrity endorsements that I don't think helped her brand and how interested people were in her as an artist compared to period before

I believe they had rehearsed a section that had Music and 2 or 3 other songs that were cut out. At least that is what one of the other members mentioned way back in this thread.

I also think that she lets a lot of time pass between each album release, during which time, new artists rise to stardom and threaten her status and relevance in the music industry (only Sade can allow herself to put out albums every ten years). Look at Swift, Beyoncé and Lana Del Rey: they release albums almost every year, whereas Madame X came out in 2019! Sometimes I think that making abums bores her, but she is compelled to continue for the sake of relevance, it's just my impression

Genuinely the MDNA era was the last time she was front and centre. Which is pretty good to have 12 albums where you are the Queen. Regardless of different opinions on the MDNA album (I think its great honestly) but the last time the general public people showed massive interest in her music was the MDNA album and the tour. There was a definite shift in the public's perception and attitude of her from 2014 onwards.

Agreed. It kind of seems like it’s only the “theme” of the night as it somewhat bookends the production. The beginning with Bob and then the end of the show. But I would have loved to hear the verses before the chorus.

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Physical Attraction Living For Love or What it Feels Like For A Girl?

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"Celebration" totally should have been a full song in the set list! So weird that she'd title the tour after it and not really include it. I've always thought about that.

I like them both but...........Come on take a chance Get up and start to dance! Physical Attraction or Till Death Do Us Part?

Immaculate Collection is still the best animated cover on Apple Music Can’t believe they still have updated the album with the correct versions of Lucky Star and Borderline though

Reminds me of animated transitions on a deck of PowerPoint slides 😬

Interesting! I do think we all agree Hard Candy, MDNA, and Rebel Heart were less experimental and more mainstream-of-the-time. Which is why I personally love Madame X the most of her post-Confessions projects, because it was so experimental and offbeat again!

Something to Remember Ain't No Big Deal or Everybody?

Music has an animated cover on Apple Music as well

Love Song Something To Remember or I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You?

I feel like there was a time, if I can recall, where I argued how the Celebration track would be in the show rather than not at all. I think at one point I actually thought it might have been the opener. And then she got sick. And the rumours of NRM opening surfaced. And I couldn't see it as a strong opener. Boy was I wrong. And boy did that opening change me. At this point, I can say I'm excited at the possibility of new additions. However, how the show is right now, is how it's meant to be. The rest is a little gift to us to end on the best high note of her career.

I knoooooowww I knoooowwww... I'm a dreamer

That’s from a very unreliable source named Jonny Madder but I’m going tonight I’ll let you all know

I do love You Thrill Me! Love Song or Sky Fits Heaven?

It's so good to see this pic in a magazine cover

I'd say the "Music" album / Drown World Tour. Then she had a peak with COAD but mostly outside de US. I define "relevance" in terms of being copied, emulated and setting trends, not in terms of sales. Then, I think, she herself reverted to copy, emulate and follow trends. This doesn't mean what she did after Music wasn't good, it was and still is, but somehow she locked herself in a pretentious artistry and took herself too seriously, which is pretty close to being a bore.

Another magazine cover. Very beautiful

LDLHA Erotica or Erotica You Thrill Me?

Vogue Better Video: Love Don't Live Here Anymore or Give It 2 Me?