Starting in 5 minutes! I understand if you are still recovering from the disaster of yesterday, but today should be better. Actually probably not. Y'all have been having meltdowns since Autotune Baby was eliminated
Only one song in this update is from before the 2000s
Host commentary - I still don't understand why this didn't make the standard version of MDNA. The strings instrumentation alone outdoes half of MDNA. It does kind of sound like she was stuck somewhere in between writing another James Bond song and another Austin Powers song though.
Guest commentary Lifeline -A shame that it wasn't a single and on top of that on the same CD with B-Day-Song. Nowhere was MDNA more radio friendly. Her performance of 'Beautiful Killer / Die Another Day' at Olympia in Paris 2012 remains one of her most inspired recent performances.
eli’s_rhythm - I enjoy this song
Subomie- I love this, especially the mashup from it's one performance on tour. Complete bop.
Host commentary - The biggest mystery of the Rebel Heart era. What happened to Queen? While it was never confirmed, it was widely thought of to be part of the super deluxe for a while due to it being part of the leak of the full finished album. Autotune Baby was shunted to a random store exclusive, but Queen just disappeared. Was it Madonna punishing her fans for the leak? Was it saved for a self-curated posthumous album? Was she worried it would lead to more retirement questions in interviews and cut it? We may never know.
Guest commentary Eeveelution- I don't understand, are the lyrics supposed to be some metaphor for the current state of her career?
mrmikefern - There’s no reason this shouldn't have been on RH, unless she's saving it for Something 2 Remember.
LoveLiveMusic - I think the appeal of this song is that we think it could be autobiographical and she is really speaking about herself, or if she is referring to other pop stars and how they’l never touch her legacy. I think fans will hold this song to a high regard and complete a trinity of The Power of Good-Bye, Take A Bow final farewell performance.
Host commentary - One of the simpler songs on Music. I appreciate it just because it is one of the few tracks I can listen to all the time without getting annoyed (I love Music, but I really have to be in the mood for its glitchy production to be able to deal with it). It isn't really a standout track though by any means. Like it does its job, but it never sticks out in my mind.
Guest commentary Subomie- It's just there for me, never really cared but I like the anchor line.
Alongoria13 - It's not good but it's not bad....just there.
Idk why this is so dead today. Maybe people really did jump ship after yesterdays flop update. Is some big event happening that I don't know about? I'm gonna finish the update though. People will catch up later. Plus I wanna keep it on schedule so the rate ends on Friday.
Host commentary - Sometimes my criteria for giving a song a 1 is just "can I listen to this song when I have a headache". Also this is one of many American Life moments where I can't help but roll my eyes at the lyrics. It was a serviceable interlude for the MDNA tour I suppose, but it is mostly trash. Byeeee!
Guest commentary Subomie - The tour performance is cute and it definitely has the benefit of being surrounded by complete turds on the tracklist, but as a song it's okay at best.