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MDNA will forever be Madonna’s best record because it’s about her own life. Her second Rock Opera!

Like most of you on this site I am a die-hard and think (maybe a little too) carefully about the method to her madness. So I will dissect it for anyone who cares to humor a deeper perspective on her latest contribution.

The thing I love about MDNA is that for the first it seems she looked backwards at her own past journey whereas her previous albums seemed to look forward from her current journey. With her previous albums she assumed a certain persona and became that character, whether it be a troubled catholic school girl, a misunderstood mistress, an urban poet, a spiritual guru, a revolutionary, dancing queen or fighter. MDNA was simply about Madonna and the road she personally traveled. There were nods to ALL stages of her life. My husband and I had a theory that much of the songs were either from her perspective of other people in her life and the industry(Some Girls about wannabes like Gaga, Love Spent about Guy, I Don’t Give A about her public image, I’m A Sinner about The Vatican) and others were from the perspective of her fans, I’m Addicted could easily be the words of any of her fans as they listen to her music in the club, same with Superstar. Masterpiece sounds like it’s a song about her sung from the perspective of her past lovers and Girl Gone Wild could be a song she sings in the mirror. BASICALLY, she did the genius move of finally dissecting her own career and reworking the best moments for the 21st century. She has club worthy stunners, campy ditties, rock and folk inspired tunes. Throw in some classical strings and modern electronic elements and there you have it. Every part of Madonna we’ve ever loved.

She only solidified my theory in her tour. MDNA in my opinion is her best tour to date. Confessions held the top spot before because it was so refined and cohesive beginning to end(not to mention it was MY virgin tour of hers) but after seeing S&S which was fun but less structured for sure, it lacked the “sexy” element and steered away from getting too dark. MDNA on other hand was Everything you’d want and expect and then some. She knew exactly what she was doing naming her album MDNA because that’s exactly what it is, the DNA of her Madgesty. In addition, the tour took us on her 30 year journey in just under 2 hours:

Transgression: The early Madonna who thrived on controversy and challenged the religious right who has boycotted her since the beginning of her career. This section is all about selfishness and reckless impulsiveness with no absolutely no apologies for her actions.

Prophecy: This section is all about enjoying the reputation the public bestows on her, whether it be good or bad and her proclamation and adoration for her fans.

Masculine/Feminine: My favorite segment for 2 reasons. 1) It takes a magnifying glass to her most notable contribution to everything sex with many nods to one of my favorite eras: Erotica. More cleverly the second reason I love it is because she took the sexiest songs in her catalogue and told the story of her own sexuality. She comes out fierce and fashionable en vogue and then slowly strips down the walls. It’s almost as if she ages before our eyes. Like A Virgin was beautifully somber and her rendition gave a new meaning of the virgin she once was and still longs to be, all made more clear by the young man who’m she finally pushes away leaving her alone and (practically) naked in a final farewell to her affair with Sex.

Redemption: All about picking herself back up and loving herself for who she is on the inside. She first proclaims and reinforces her love and addiction to her one TRUE love: dance music. Then she reconfirms her self-acceptance as a sinner and finally surrenders her humanity to a higher power. ( I also like to take note that she uses the same 3 singers to start and end the show. In the intro, the 3 singers represent a religious consciousness and in the end the same 3 singers evolve to a spiritual consciousness, exchanging their constricted black gregorian gowns for free flowing white Tibetan clothes. This in itself represents her evolution to something higher than any one religion) She finally drops into the ground from whence she came at the end of the Like A Prayer, as if transcending to another dimension.

Encore: She emerges from another dimension and it’s all about the Celebration of Madonna and her true legacy which at the end of the day always goes back to one thing. Making US move on the dance floor.

Phew, that is my take on the genius of MDNA. Yes, I sound like a fanatic, but that’s only because I am. Obviously I don’t know if that was exactly what she hoped to achieve with this album and tour, but that’s what I took from it and like any art, it’s always open to our own interpretation. I know one thing, Madonna is a force to be reckoned with and she knows exactly what she is doing every step of the way. She has truly changed my life. To be a woman with so much power and to realize one day that not everything is what it seems and to still stay in the pop world and fight for something bigger than pop music is impressive. She is more conscious than she was and manages to use pop music as a vehicle for her activism because she knows if you want people to listen in this modern world, you gotta get down and dirty. After all, it IS a material world. Long Live The Queen!

Now if only she would release MDNA in theaters in 3D. Just think, 3Decades of Madonna call for an extra special release. She’s never done 3D and if miley cyrus and glee can sell out 3D concerts, there’s no doubt she could, especially with those phenomenal background screens. It would feel like everyone in the audience really was on MDMA…just sayin ;)

MDNA was a decent pop album for those of us who wouldn’t be caught dead with a Katy Perry or Rhianna album, which I’ve got to assume, there’s quite a few of us. Hard Candy was M trying to appeal to that audience (and failing, somewhat). MDNA was Madonna back to just being her self and succeeding, comfortably. For those who hate it so much, I hear Lady Gaga has a new one coming out.

I kicked mdna into the bin after just 2 weeks of its release and it also makes me don’t wann hear a new m album for the next 4 years…

to make this one short…

a cheasy, cheap, lacklustre album full of clueless lyrics and beats.