Madonna
Is HOT
Madonna Drowned World Tour
You've heard all the hype, and seen all the tkt scalpings
on EBay, but only a few hundred thousand of her closest
friends will actually get the opportunity to see Madonna
live in concert this time around. I had previously seen
her in "The Girlie Show", which was kind of
disappointing, and I got tkts to this concert with some
apprehension. My fears mounted when a friend who had seen
the concert in HOTlanta warned me that the Material Girl
doesn't sing very many songs that aren't from her last
two albums.
Someone asked me the day before the concert if I was
excited about going, and I told her that I wasn't. In
fact I wasn't excited at all until about 5 minutes before
the show started. Then I suddenly realized "in a few
minutes, I'm going to be seeing MADONNA". When she
came out, the Palace of Auburn Hills exploded with cheers
and applause. She started with "Drowned World
(Substitute For Love)", from the "Ray of
Light" album, this was followed by "Impressive
Instant" from her current album, then "Candy
Perfume Girl" where she paid homage to Courtney
Love. Next she went into a double feature packed with
HEAT "Beautiful Stranger" and "Ray of
Light", before leaving the stage for her first
costume change.
This next segment was, for me, the worst part of the
show, and even it wasn't too bad. There was a whole odd
Japanese theme to it, and she sang "Frozen" and
"Nobody's Perfect", among other songs. Then
came the HOT cowboy-themed set, where she sang
"Don't Tell Me", "Secret", and
"Human Nature" among other songs. She was
supposed to sing "You'll See" in this set too,
but for some reason was skipped at the show I went to.
Then came the final set, which included "What It
Feels Like For a Girl" performed in Spanish (for
whatever reason), "La Isla Bonita",
"Holiday" and ended with "Music"
which featured a HOTter than HOT montage of clips of ALL
her videos shown in rapid order on the giant video
screen.
Overall, this concert was SO much better than I had
expected, and at LEAST 10 times better than "The
Girlie Show". The crowd was more into it, I was on
the floor and didn't sit down once. The people in the
regular seats weren't sitting down either, and at
"The Girlie Show", I was in regular seats and
we were sitting down more than half the time. The other
thing I noticed was that Madonna herself was actually
having a great time performing. At "The Girlie
Show" it was like she was doing a job, but here she
was actually having fun. Maybe her kids and marriage have
really helped her outlook on life, and helped her enjoy
her work more. Hopefully if you like Madonna you'll be
able to catch her on tour, if not this time around, then
next time she tours.
From the Home Office in Toledo, OH, we now present
tonight's Top 10 list
The Top 10 Madonna Songs of All Time (in tkt's humble
opinion)
10. Open Your Heart
9. Angel
8. Vogue
7. Hanky Panky
6. Don't Cry For Me Argentina
5. Live To Tell
4. Beautiful Stranger
3. Ray of Light
2. Justify My Love
1. Like a Prayer
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