William Orbit: Madonna and I BOTH produced Ray of Light!
About ROL: Think of it this way: it came about very spontaneously. We were in this studio in a rather unfashionable part of LA where nobody came. I do remember M telling to a guy from the record company “This is art. This is how we are doing it.”
It was a very pure experience; it was all about making that record and nothing else. She’s an amazing person, producer and it was a true collaboration. It’s important to get this across;
I don’t like it when people assume that I was the clever one doing the whole job.
I’d feel mortified if I was her because she didn’t put her name on the production out of vanity, she was ****ing in there with me.
We didn’t have a plan and though she’s good at driving things along, I didn’t expect to see her nervous during the first listening party for people at Warner. She never shows it and I mean, that woman has never lost money even on a bad year but still, we were biting our nails!
she’s a great mixer. We have spirited debates about things but we both always end up in the same direction.
This hurts her more than she realises. Madonna doesn't give herself enough credit so people think she's just singing some tunes in a studio while she does half of the production and most (sometimes all) of the songwriting!
Poor Madonna, she always gets ignored as a musician. People only praise her for things like being a 'good businesswoman'.
She deserves so much more respect than that.
She was receiving that respect until the Hard Candy era. That particular era hurt her so much. For the first time, she became desperate and she couldn't back it up with sales, charts, critical acclaim or her personality. I agree with her on ageism, but if you're going the young route at that age, you could've at least try it with a sense of self-awareness. The S&S tour was pretty decent imo.
Madonna really is a talented artist and musician and deserves more respect as such. She's not just somebody who records vocals over productions and calls it a day.
She was receiving that respect until the Hard Candy era. That particular era hurt her so much. For the first time, she became desperate and she couldn't back it up with sales, charts, critical acclaim or her personality. I agree with her on ageism, but if you're going the young route at that age, you could've at least try it with a sense of self-awareness. The S&S tour was pretty decent imo.
The MDNA era can be summed up with one picture:
But the MDNA era was very political and about anti sexism and pro feminism. she talked about ***** riot, her show brought up a lot of discussion about marine le pen, the intro of the show alone was absolutely so GROUNDBREAKING.
people choose to ignore it and focus on cheerleading, but the MDNA era (especially the tour) was absolutely beautiful and so much better than the sticky & sweet show. Now THAT was ****ing embarrassing. I don't get when people always say MDNA was. NO. the MDNA tour was ****ing epic and no other pop girl could ever reach that level.
The MDNA tour is her blond ambition tour II, but even more political and dark.
Give me the name of ONE pop artist (heck ONE artist) who creates a show as deep/dark/political and groundbreaking as that intro, that LV/LS performance, and that video message? NO ONE could do that. ONLY Madonna.
