It's hilarious for a song that is not all that complicated:

https://en.wikipedia.org/...onna_song)

"Set within a simple song structure, "Express Yourself" plays with ambiguity through a subtle control of harmony and the avoidance of diatonic closure. The song appears to be in the key of G major but its actual composition seems to be written in the key of C major. But the first note of the melody, "don't" in B♭ major, implies the G Dorian mode.[10] This is also evident in Madonna's vocal nuance on the words "express yourself", which initially centers on G, before moving down a semitone to E minor, the raised 6th in G Dorian.[10] Per the sheet music published by Alfred Publishing Co. Inc., "Express Yourself" is set in time signature of common time, with a tempo of 120 beats per minute. Madonna's voice range spans from G3 to C5 with a chord progression of G–F/G–C–G.[11][11]"

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"Authors Santiago Fouz-Hernández and Freya Jarman-Ivens commented that "the video portrayed the deconstructive gender-bending approach associated with free play and self-reflexivity of images in postmodernism." They had initially thought the video as a feminist approach to sexuality, leading them to say that "the video might also relate to several core political questions raised by feminism."[13] However, they deduced that the scenes showing Madonna in a seductive manner and chained to her bed do not portray women in an empowering position, but emphasizes the fact that women can be in control because of their sexual prowess.[13]"

some people love to over-analyze things,lol

GREAT SONG AND GORGEOUS VIDEO

SoulAlive said:

some people love to over-analyze things,lol

Someone surely expressed themselves. But really, who gives a shit?

I love when they go in on music theory You could do this for any song and make it interesting.

I am sure there are a lot of implied notes/modes/scales even in today's minimalistic approach.

PatrickS77 said:

SoulAlive said:

some people love to over-analyze things,lol

Someone surely expressed themselves. But really, who gives a shit?

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I do.

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I don't understand your post. So someone analyzed the song.

You sound like the person who made fun of the kids that were smarter than you.

Vannormal said:

PatrickS77 said:

Someone surely expressed themselves. But really, who gives a shit?

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I do.

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Yeah. And who gives a shit that you do?

nextedition said:

I don't understand your post. So someone analyzed the song.

You sound like the person who made fun of the kids that were smarter than you.

Rest assured, I was the real life version of characters like those in "The Big Bang Theory" if they were kids.

Someone overanalized the song.

Don't get it wrong, I'm a fan of the song and album and her videos from it. But I do believe that Madonna works through instinct and gesture rather than intellectually deliberated conceptualization. Just watch "Truth or Dare".

Be that as it may, still is a great video, those visuals are amazing, and much more when is in a dystopian world like set.

PatrickS77 said:

Vannormal said:

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I do.

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Yeah. And who gives a shit that you do?

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You do.

Thanks for replying.

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PatrickS77 said:

Vannormal said:

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I do.

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Yeah. And who gives a shit that you do?

Why so rude, please remember being polite please.

Playboy: What do you say to those who insist that all rock since the Beatles has been the Beatles redone?

John Lennon: All music is rehash. There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme. Try to tell the kids in the Seventies who were screaming to the Bee Gees that their music was just the Beatles redone. There is nothing wrong with the Bee Gees. They do a damn good job. There was nothing else going on then.

Playboy: Wasn't alot of the Beatles' music at least more intelligent?

John Lennon: The Beatles were more intellectual, so they appealed on that level, too. But the basic appeal of the Beatles was not their intelligence. It was their music. It was only after some guy in the 'London Times' said there were Aeolian cadences in 'It Won't Be Long' that the middle classes started listening to it... because somebody put a tag on it.

Playboy: Did you put Aeolian cadences in 'It Won't Be Long?'

John Lennon: To this day, I don't have any idea what they are. They sound like exotic birds.