If I'm not mistaken, Madonna only appeared on TOTP three times?

Holiday

Like A Virgin

Youll See

Music

Don’t Tell Me

 

Borderline was featured on re release but with the crowd dancing . Many madonna lookalikes.

Living for love

I'm listening to Body Shop, it is a cute track :cheer:

Changes all the time but currently relistening to some of the Mirwais stuff and rediscovering I deserve this and Easy Ride and Gone.

And Paradise (not for me)

Heartbeat, Miles Away and Masterpiece.

Had ray of light the album on play today,gave power of goodbye a few plays.

Heard the LMFAO remix of Give Me All Your Luvin' last night and I am unashamed to say I loved every moment of it.

 

This is a BOP! Love those sax(?) moments! To think it was scrapped for 'Fever'! :drama:

Been playing the Confessions Tour Live soundtrack a lot this week. So many moments throughout it. Obviously the Lucky Star/Hung Up flow, but also love the live version of Get Together and the haunting Isaac. Erotica too *.*

I am really into 'im going to tell you a secret' right now!!!

Been playing the Confessions Tour Live soundtrack a lot this week. So many moments throughout it. Obviously the Lucky Star/Hung Up flow, but also love the live version of Get Together and the haunting Isaac. Erotica too *.*

Stuart Price really worked his magic on those older Madonna songs and completely revitalised them. 'Like a Virgin' and 'Live to Tell' are two of my favourites along with 'Erotica' and 'Lucky Star' as you mention. 'Hung Up' is her best tour finale by far and up there with her very best, if not the best, performances. The way she hypes the crowd is incredible and you just don't see that nowadays.

 

I recently watched the Sticky & Sweet Tour in full and find myself still returning to performances. 'Candy Shop' and 'Beat Goes On' is such a 1-2 punch of an opener; I'm never usually a fan of the former song but Madonna completely owns the stage and has bucketloads of charisma and confidence. 'Ray of Light' works fantastically as a rock song and has to be my favourite performance of the tour. The DVD version where, at the end of the performance, the crowd clap with their hands held high and chanting 'Ma-doooona' is just breathtaking. Madonna shows her appreciation for the audience and asks someone to request a song, to which they respond 'Like a Virgin'. This another incredibly touching moment with a call and response sing-along.

 

Where do people stand on the MDNA Tour? I just can't get into it. :( Bad vocals and style over substance.

I do appreciate the MDNA tour the more I watch it.

The beginning is particularly good .

 

After LAP I think it’s strange to then go into I’m addicted and I’m a sinner.

 

The open your heart performance and the vogue performance are KILLER . I listen to the live version of revolver a lot due to ‘dont f*** with the queen’!!

Been ages since I listened to the album in full but the Revolver performance is fun ~

There are some good moments throughout but overall I feel there's a lack of what makes Madonna tours so special. Kind of hard to specify what that is exactly but I know I didn't come away from watching the MDNA Tour with the same feelings I did from watching Confessions or S&S for instance. I found the parts that were meant to be seen as highlights like 'Girl Gone Wild'/'Revolver'/'Gang Bang' and the 'Like a Virgin'/'Love Spent'/'Evgeni's Waltz' sections just not doing much for me, whereas the small 'Papa Don't Preach' verse and all the interludes gave me more satisfaction. I did like 'Express Yourself' and thought the inclusion of 'Born This Way' and 'She's Not Me' was clever and funny, 'Masterpiece' was a tender moment with lots of heart and humanity and 'Vogue' was pretty glam, although fell short of placing among my favourite performances of that song. The only killer moment for me would be 'Celebration' which had lots of energy and great dancing.

 

The editing of the tour DVD is pretty shoddy; too much frantic camera movement and not enough focusing on the actual performances.

I’m a very late Madonna listener. Ghosttown go me into her!

Ghosttown is one of her best!!!

I’m a very late Madonna listener. Ghosttown go me into her!

Great introductory song! One of her best in terms of recent output (and overall) for sure.

 

Have you gone back through her back-catalogue since?