"Dark Ballet" thread

[Cerro de Casa]

Next pre-album track, out on Friday. We've already heard snippets of it at the Met Gala & Eurovision performances. The 'Madonna's own Bohemian Rhapsody' description somehow fills me with dread but I remain hopeful.

 

[lolly]

I'm hoping the Bohemian Rhapsody comparison is as lazy (and accurate) as the Medellin/La Isla Bonita one.

 

[Jark]

It will be Gang Bang by way of I'm So Stupid and we'll all deal

 

[Iguana]

I'm hoping the Bohemian Rhapsody comparison is as lazy (and accurate) as the Medellin/La Isla Bonita one.

And Mother and Father was her Wuthering Heights

 

[Pipo]

does that mean Crave is her Touch My Body?

 

[Halli]

According to all sources, this is her 'Its Heaven its Hell' (Being Geru Halwell)

 

[Cerro de Casa]

 

[RS]

It all sounds so promising. I can’t wait!

 

[Halli]

Future is her Holler, according to Dan Wooton

 

[Zu]

It all sounds so promising. I can’t wait!

 

[HeLikedTurner]

I genuinely haven’t been this excited for a new Madonna track in years!

 

[Dr Lecter]

Future is her Holler, according to Dan Wooton

Future still not as good as noted B Side “G—A-Y”

 

[HeLikedTurner]

It's definitely out in NZ. Anyone heard it yet?

 

[Dr Lecter]

Clip here

https://video-ssl.itunes.apple.com/...vf_4694179960121917095.640x478.h264lc.U.p.m4v

 

[HeLikedTurner]

I've listened to the whole thing twice and I honestly think it's spectacularly awful. It's not even crazy in a good way. The first couple of minutes are dull, and the "experimental" part is just...NAFF. Everyone involved in this should be ashamed.

We're a very, very, very long way from "Paradise(Not For Me)".

 

[OutSynk]

Poor Raspberry will be so disappointed.

 

[Cerro de Casa]

I LOVE IT !

 

[HeLikedTurner]

I LOVE IT !

In an IRONIC way surely?

 

[Cerro de Casa]

In an IRONIC way surely?

No! It's bonkers but in a good way...

 

[HeLikedTurner]

No! It's bonkers but in a good way...

See, I was hoping for bonkers and we got bonkers...but I just don't see it in a good way. Not yet anyway. Perhaps I'll love it eventually.

 

[Iguana]

Is it Gang Bang bonkers?

 

[Sheena]

Where can I hear this HOT SHIT?

 

[HeLikedTurner]

Is it Gang Bang bonkers?

Oh it’s WAY more bonkers than Gang Bang. This is full-on BATSHIT.

And yet still feels oddly forgettable and throwaway. It’s more like a sketch of a song.

 

[Sheena]

Well where can we hear it then?

 

[OutSynk]

Oh wow that new avatar of yours in celebration of queen's upcoming opus is amazing @Zu-Klara.

 

[Zu]

Oh DARLING you’re just TOO TOO KIND!

I’ll have you know it was VERY EXPENSIVE

 

[OutSynk]

I hope you're wearing an eyepatch as I'm typing this.

 

[Dark Carnival]

Based on this thread and nothing else I’m going to predict it’s a 5/10

 

[Jark]

It's infinitely better than Gang Bang. It does have the feel of a long interlude but I think it's excellent actually. The "they are so naive" part from Eurovision is tremendous.

I like it more than Crave and think it's the second best thing from Madame X so far. 8.5

 

[HeLikedTurner]

I'm not a massive fan of Gang Bang, but I'll take it over this any day. At least Gang Bang builds to a climax, and has some musical tension and drama...and a sense of humour. Yes, this has some different sections, but they bear no relation to each other and then the song just ends.

It's wannabe experimental.

 

[HeLikedTurner]

The extremely dull, pretentious, reductive, Madonna-free video can be seen here:

https://m.weibo.cn/status/HxGAlAcrg?fid=1034%3A4380282762000515&fbclid=IwAR36VJLAXpWnBeockIXZTkU_Eb1PXBgVlWPhLBmcuySsumrcmL3CpKYFBGE&jumpfrom=weibocom#&video[URL]https://m.weibo.cn/status/HxGAlAcrg?fid=1034%3A4380282762000515&fbclid=IwAR36VJLAXpWnBeockIXZTkU_Eb1PXBgVlWPhLBmcuySsumrcmL3CpKYFBGE&jumpfrom=weibocom#&video[/URL]

 

[Sheena]

OMG I LOVE IT

 

[Sheena]

(Thanks @HeLikedTurner for your assistance!)

 

[Sheena]

The video is great too- it’s a shame she isn’t in it. The visuals really have been something this era. I wish she was doing the whole visual album thing...

 

[HeLikedTurner]

Glad y’all are enjoying it. I don’t HATE it, but I was expecting something much more epic. I like how batshit it is, but I just wish it had some more musical meat on its bones.

 

[northernlad]

This is terrific. Thank fuck she didn't leave it as the MET Gala version.

 

[Cerro de Casa]

Shaking and crying violently in the corner to be honest.

 

[Mats]

team @HeLikedTurner. not much going on, is there

 

[Mats]

Shaking and crying violently in the corner to be honest.

get well soon x

 

[lolly]

I think it's good. Perhaps really good.

Really wanted her to break into 'everyone's a fruit and nut case', though