just thought i'd throw out a reminder in case anyone forgot. the wonderful confessions tour will be airing on nbc tonight at 8pm/7 central. it was a fun show and i am looking forward to watching it while i bake my sweet potato pie and mac n' cheese for part of tomorrow's dinner.

meh

if they cut the best song, erotica, i'll be pissed

sallysassalot said:

I almost forgot! Thanks for the reminder...

I saw this show twice in LA and both times I had shitty seats.

i much prefer the way the tv broadcast aired live to tell over the way i saw it live. i really think the message, which is so powerful, was just not done justice by the spectacle of her on a cross. that image took away from the severity of what she was speaking about.

oh my god, that was fucking AWESOME!!!!

WOW, I just watched it. She did her fucking thing.

i wish they didn't drop lucky star! what the f? aside from that, the tv version was hot. i've never had so much fun watching a concert from my couch! for real, i was all smiles and clapping...what a dork. yeah, that's what i spent all that money on back in may. and yeah, it was totally worth it!

edited much better than DWT was

I must say that this was totally brilliant. The editing was top-notch too and has me wishing there was a full version of Re-Invention like this. The scenes from her tour documentary were too good not to see the full thing!

"Erotica/You Thrill Me" is rocking my world right now.

I was going crazy watching this show last night!! Brought back so many memories.After seeing the show again,I have now come to the conclusion that the 'Confessions' tour was much more enjoyable than 'Re-Invention' and 'Drowned World'.All three tours are incredible,but I really think I enjoyed this one the best.

At first,I was pissed at NBC for wimping out and removing the "cross" segment,but you know what? They did a good job editing it out,and I'm glad they didn't remove the song "Live To Tell" from the show altogether.Her message was still very clear.

badujunkie said:

It was there that was one of the highlights of the show.

GangstaFam said:

When I first saw the show,I was stunned at what she did to this song.One of her best live performances EVER!

GangstaFam said:

I swaer,she had BETTER release this full show on DVD!!! There are rumors that it will be released in early January.

I would love to know where are all the madonna haters now...

ehuffnsd said:

the editing was SUPERB.

sallysassalot said:

Yeah,it's a shame they dropped "Lucky Star".I like the way that song segues into "Hung Up"....bridging the gap between the old and the new.So,here's a list of the songs that were edited out:

"Paradise (Not For Me)"
"Drowned World/Substitute For Love"
"Lucky Star"
"Sorry" remix (video footage)


anything else?

SoulAlive said:

Those songs are so insulting...especially Lucky star...

I caught a couple of performances, the one where she was acting like a psycho and "Music". That was enuff for me.

Adisa said:

I think you're referring to "Let It Will Be"? She acts like a drunk woman during this performance very Courtney Love-ish

SoulAlive said:

I can half understand dropping Drowned World (even though i love this acoustic version), and Paradise as they slow the momentum of the show down completely, but Lucky Star - why? Its a direct part of the shows best section. Id have rather been without Issac or Like It Or Not rather than Lucky Star.

That said, i guess they have to conform to the time restrictons, and we all will have something to look forward to for the DVD release. Lets hope the DVD has some great extras (there's a rumour its got behind the scenes footage, the Coachella gig, and Im hoping well get to see some of the rehersals of Everybody & Deeper & Deeper).

CrozzaUK said:

Yeah,I'm not even mad that they dropped "Drowned World" and "Paradise (Not For Me)" because,as you say,those two songs do slow down the momentum a bit.So I guess my only complaint is that they dropped "Lucky Star",but hey...it will be on the DVD release have you heard any more news on this? Any rumored release dates? I don't see why they can't release it before Christmas.

I was shocked by how unimpressed I was when it started. In general it reminded me just how excited I orignally was for COADF only to find it pretenious most of the time and boring. That being said, she sure does bring it home toward the end and remind people why she is still such a force in pop culture, all others be damned. I'm very happy they included "Erotic/You Thrill Me" and "La Isla Bonita", which were the highlights if you ask me. The funniest part of the show (that I saw).

badujunkie said:

I kept watching and saying "Holy shit, these songs are long....are they going to cut "Erotica/You Thrill Me" for this new shit....".

ehuffnsd said:

I agree. I was that the very show that the DWT special was used for. I wasn't impressed with the editing (although it was live and unlike this, they didn't cut anything).

VinnyM27 said:

Did you see TRON and Moonbeam? They were at that show too,in the front row.If you watch the DWT DVD,you can see them,jumping up and down during "Beautiful Stranger" and "Candy Perfume Girl"

VinnyM27 said:

For me,these are the highlights of the show:

Ray Of Light---love the choreography! I love when Maddy "rocks out" during her shows.

Future Lovers/I Feel Love---her entrance is just amazing! It's even more exciting if you were there.

Erotica/You Thrill Me---very sexy performance!!

SoulAlive said:

I'm so glad I have a studio version of this too. I probably listened to it 10 times in a row last night.

SoulAlive said:

PLEASE!!!