I like both DWT and Re-Invention...they both don't seem like "typical" concerts for her. Not that the others are bad, but those two had much variety and "coldness" that shows a side we don't often see to her.
Best thing about Madonna tours is that they're all very different, thematically and otherwise.
I like them all for different reasons, my least favourite would have to be Sticky & Sweet Tour though... it just didn't feel like Madonna, it felt more like a Jamie King production featuring Madonna.
That said, there were some great moments in S&S: Vogue, Into the Groove, La Isla Bonita... that was it for me, really. 4 Minutes is still as boring as ever and I didn't like the version of Like A Prayer she was peddling. Also, Candy Shop, though a good song, is probably her worst show opener ever, talk about a non-event!
She pretty much fixed all of that with MDNA Tour, but her MDNA song choices were ****ing abysmal. I Don't Give A and I'm A Sinner over Some Girls? Please. She also butchered Hung Up to the point where it wasn't enjoyable. Her ATTEMPT at performing I Don't Give A live suggests to me that it should've had the vocoder treatment over Hung Up, which could've done with a much better arrangement itself. MDNA Tour version reminds me of elevator music. I'm Addicted was lethargic and wasn't done justice - I have a feeling she didn't have it as the closer because it would've been "too predictable". Rest of the show was great though.
She needs to give Human Nature a rest now.
Her most consistent shows are probably Blond Ambition Tour and Confessions Tour - high quality and great pacing all throughout. I would've added Reinvention Tour, but the Mother & Father section is a bit dull and lacks the theatrics of the slower parts of Blond Ambition and Girlie Show that made them so engaging.
I would love to see her with a real live band again ala Girlie Show.
Hard Candy is an atrocious title, it should have been called Voices and had a darker and sleeker cover. Something like this, but with white petals and Voices written vertically down it.
Hard Candy is an atrocious title, it should have been called Voices and had a darker and sleeker cover. Something like this, but with white petals and Voices written vertically down it.
I still think it should have been called Black Madonna.
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