Much like I’m Going to Tell You a Secret, the accompanying album to The Confessions Tour gives listeners selected highlights from the tour, but not the complete picture. And, inexplicably, two of the highlights are just segues between the sections of her concerts. No one pays attention to those Madge. Those are typically the “break time” for the fans. So, instead of including live highlights... read more
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The world can't get enough of Madonna, and with CD/DVD sets like The Confessions Tour dropping regularly, it's little wonder why. As a thrower of fantasy dance parties, she is peerless. As a physical role model for the 40-ish women who grew up on her music, she rules. And as an arbiter of what's going to sound shockingly orT
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The world can't get enough of Madonna, and with CD/DVD sets like The Confessions Tour dropping regularly, it's little wonder why. As a thrower of fantasy dance parties, she is peerless. As a physical role model for the 40-ish women who grew up on her music, she rules. And as an arbiter of what's going to sound shockingly original in any given decade--well, duh. The Confessions Tour rounds up songs from way back--"Ray of Light" and "La Isla Bonita" make the DVD, and "Lucky Star" and "Like a Virgin" are on the CD as well as the DVD--but this concert, filmed in 2006 at London's Wembley Arena, aims its sturdiest spotlight on Confessions on a Dance Floor, Madge's 2005 disco disc. You could argue, then, that unless you're in it for the sheer DVD spectacle (and what a spectacle it is), there's no sense in owning this package. Only you wouldn't be right. Because as any on-the-ball Madonna fan knows, what she's doing musically is telling a story--you may already know the characters, but that doesn't mean she hasn't completely reworked the plot. To that end, "I Love New York" gets its rock on, "Let It Will Be" has a musical temper tantrum, and "Hung Up" goes for the drama queen award. You've heard these songs before, but you've never heard them quite like this, to borrow a bad informercial phrase. As twisted and hopped-up as they've become, they're all worth getting to know again. --Tammy La Gorce
“Much like I’m Going to Tell You a Secret, the accompanying album to The Confessions Tour gives listeners selected highlights from the tour, but not the complete picture. And, inexplicably, two of the highlights are just segues between the sections of her concerts. No one pays attention to those Madge. Those are typically the “break time” for the fans. So, instead of including live highlights like “Ray of Light,” “La Isla Bonita,” or “Paradise (Not For Me)” we have “Confessions” and the remix of “Sorry.” For shame! Luckily, the remixed old songs in the set are consistent highlights and everything from “Let It Will Be” on is just fantastic. “Lucky Star” is now a long-lost ABBA song, complete with the “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!” sample at the end as it segues ” read more
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