MUSIC

     Released in August of 2000, "Music" became Madonna's 12th #1 hit. The song was a worldwide smash, often cited as one of the best songs of the 2000's. "Music" has become a staple in Madonna's live shows, as she has performed it in five of her tours.

     Madonna first performed the song on her DROWNED WORLD tour from 2001, and it's one of her best live performances, if you ask me. The energy is off the charts here.







     Madonna brought back the song in her following tour, the RE-INVENTION tour. This one is always special to me as it was my very first Madonna concert.







     Madonna completely re-imagined "Music" in her CONFESSIONS tour. Brilliantly mashing it with "Disco Inferno", it's an amazing performance with Madonna pulling out all the stops here.








     Madonna slays us yet again with this next performance of "Music". Once again fusing a disco classic in the mix this time with "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life", it's a stellar singing-and-dancing extravaganza that only Madonna could deliver.








     Madonna skipped the song on her 2012 MDNA tour, but brought it right back in a deliciously jazzy, 20's-inspired number on her REBEL HEART tour in 2015. The Queen of Re-Invention, she effortlessly proves time and time again how to give us a fresh new take on a beloved song every time.

JOAN OF ARC

     One of the songs off Madonna's 2015 REBEL HEART that seemed to strike a chord among fans was "Joan of Arc". She sang the beautiful ballad on the ELLEN show.

STRIKE A POSE- ELLE MAGAZINE, 2000

HARD CANDY PROMO

GHOSTTOWN

     Life can be so strange sometimes. "Ghosttown", the second single released off Madonna's criminally underrated REBEL HEART album from 2015, is widely considered one of her most-loved tracks in years, yet hardly made a wave in pop music. Had this song been released by Taylor Swift (oddly who appears in a live version of this song later in this post...) or Katy Perry, it would have been a massive hit, but for some reason it was by Madonna and was virtually ignored. However, the song made an impact and is slowly finding an audience. Madonna made a stunning, return-to-classic-form video that should have pleased fans who continually bitch about how she "sucks now" and "used to be good".  She also delivered some knock-out live performances of the song as well, proving to long-standing critics who say she cannot sing. Here's a taste of the great "Ghosttown".


Here's a taste of Madonna singing the song live.