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Showgi l, can au o a, di ec o a de cine, au o a de lib os, Madonna en el nue o milenio no pa a. El
ma ido Guy Ri chie la di ige en Swep Away 1, emake de la película de 1974 de Lina We mülle T a ol i
da un insoli o des ino nell’azzu o ma e d’agos o. La ac iz in e p e a el mismo papel que Ma iangela Mela o
con Ad iano Giannini, cuyo pad e, Gianca lo, ambién se me ió en la piel del mismo pe sonaje. La
película ue odada en Ce deña du an e el e ano del 2002. En oc ub e del mismo año Madonna publica
Die Ano he Day, ema po an e de la banda sono a de la homónima película de Lee Tamaho i que an icipa
la salida de su no eno álbum g abado en es udio. En es e ilm Madonna eci a un b e e cammeo, el ole
de una moni o a de esg ima. En ab il del 2003 sale Ame ican Li e2, disco con sono idades elec ónico-
acús icas y con ex os de na u aleza polí ica y espi i ual. Según S ephen Thomas E lewine (2012):
Ame ican Li e is an album pe o med by a ocalis who has abandoned he U.S. o he U.K. and
co-p oduced by a F ench echno mas e mind, eco ded du ing a ime o s i e in Ame ica, and
eleased jus a e he coun y comple ed a wa . Gi en ha con ex and gi en ha he ocalis is
a guably he bigges s a in he wo ld, he i le can’ help bu ca y some impo , ca y he weigh
o social commen a y. And i ollows h ough on ha p omise, some imes explici ly and some imes
implici ly, bu ei he way, Ame ican Li e winds up as he i s Madonna eco d wi h ambi ions as
se ious as a ex book. I plays as sombe ly as ei he Like a P aye o Ray o Ligh , jus as i del es
in o an insula da kness as deep as E o ica while e aining he club sa iness o he b illian , mul i-
colo ed Music. This is an odd mix u e, pa icula ly when i ’s in used wi h a sea ching, dissa is ied
unde cu en and a musical sensibili y ha is a once despe a e and ad en u ous, pi ched hal way
be ween singe /songw i e isms and skimming o cu en club cul u e. I ’s pulled igh be ween hese
wo ex emes, pa icula ly because he in ima e gui a -based songs (and he e a e a lo o hem,
almos all beginning wi h jus he and a gui a ) a e all pe sonal medi a ions, wi h he dance songs
usually unc ioning as ehicles o social commen a y. E en i he spa e ballads a e in ospec i e,
hey’ e ea ed as soundscapes by p oduce Mi wais, gi ing hem an unse ling ee ie quali y ha is
mi o ed by he gene al hollowness o he club songs. While he e a e some in e es ing sounds on
hese acks, hey sound bleak and he me ically sealed, sepa a e om wha ’s happening ei he in he
mains eam o in he unde g ound. Pe haps ha ’s because she’s aligned he sel wi h such lash-in-
he-pan ends as elec oclash, a hips e mo emen ha ’s mo e heo e ical han musical, whose ill
e ec s can be hea d on he oundly panned James Bond heme “Die Ano he Day,” ea u ed owa d
1) Un ilm di Guy Ri chie. Con Madonna, Ad iano Giannini, Jeanne T ippleho n, B uce G eenwood, Elizabe h Banks. Commedia, du a a
93 min.- G an B e agna 2002 (Ri chie, 2002). Ambe (Madonna) si eca in acanza nel Medi e aneo col ma i o An hony e alcuni amici
in imi. A i a i in G ecia decidono di noleggia e una ba ca e di assolda e alcuni ma inai del luogo pe aghe a e ino in I alia. Pe la icca
e izia a Ambe pe ò, i con o o e i non sono all’al ezza delle aspe a i e e così inisce pe s oga e la sua us azione su Giuseppe (Ad iano
Giannini), un pesca o e i aliano. Una se a, pe ò, Ambe e Giuseppe es ano in balia delle co en i e lì, in mezzo al ma e, i appo i di o za
si ibal ano. Remake di un ilm di Lina We mulle , da a o 1974. Più che un emake, un en a i o di clonazione cinema og a ica; Giannini
j eplica l’indimen icabile pad e con qualche o a di pales a in più e mol o cha me in meno. Madonna e la Mela o, in ece, due gemelle che
più di e se non si può. “T a ol i dal des ino” a ebbe po u o as o ma e la pops a in una a ice au oi onica e ma u a. Ma il peso di esse e
“di a” incombe e il compi o di Guy Ri chie e a di icile. Madonna; oppo glamou pe ende la c edibile come “sciu a”, oppo “s a ” pe
a si so ome e e, seppu obbliga a dalla sceneggia u a, da un a o e semi-eso dien e i aliano, sconosciu o alle pla ee in e nazionali. A ques a
g a i à, gli spe a o i i aliani aggiungono un al o “peso”: il ico do della pellicola della We mulle in cui Giannini e la Mela o u ono sì,
“ a ol i dal des ino”, ma anche da un cinema che a e a adici p o onde nella sa i a di cos ume (Pa igi, 2012).
2) 1. Ame ican Li e – 4:58 (Madonna, Mi wais Ahmadzaï – Madonna, Ahmadzaï). 2. Hollywood – 4:24 (Madonna, Ahmadzaï – Madonna,
Ahmadzaï). 3. I’m So S upid – 4:09 (Madonna, Ahmadzaï – Madonna, Ahmadzaï, Ma k “Spike” S en *). 4. Lo e P o usion – 3:38 (Ma-
donna, Ahmadzaï – Madonna, Ahmadzaï). 5. Nobody Knows Me – 4:39 (Madonna, Ahmadzaï – Madonna, Ahmadzaï). 6. No hing Fails
– 4:49 (Madonna, Guy Sigswo h, Jem G i i hs – Madonna, Ahmadzaï, S en *). 7. In e en ion – 4:54 (Madonna, Ahmadzaï – Madonna,
Ahmadzaï). 8. X-S a ic P ocess – 3:50 (Madonna, S ua P ice – Madonna, Ahmadzaï). 9. Mo he and Fa he – 4:33 (Madonna, Ahmadzaï –
Madonna, Ahmadzaï). 10. Die Ano he Day – 4:38 (Madonna, Ahmadzaï – Madonna, Ahmadzaï). 11. Easy Ride – 5:05 (Madonna, Mon e
Pi man – Madonna, Ahmadzaï). (Madonna, 2003a).
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he end o Ame ican Li e. Then again, i could also be ha his is he i s ime ha Madonna has
elec ed o ap -- equen ly and ene ically -- on a eco d, some hing ha logis ically would i
wi h Mi wais’ dense, house-hea y p oduc ions, bu sound emba assingly awkwa d coming ou o
he mou h. Bu ha insula eel also comes om he smalle -scale, con essional songs, pa icula ly
because Mi wais doesn’ gi e hem dep h and he songs hemsel es a e imbalanced, ne e qui e
ha ing a no able hook in he music o wo ds. E en so, he e’s a lo ha ’s in e es ing abou Ame ican
Li e -- he hal -hea ed s abs a poli ics all aside, and he e a e hings bubbling in he p oduc ion
ha a e qui e in ec ious, while he s e ch om “Nobody Knows Me” o “X-S a ic P ocess” in he
middle o he eco d can be qui e mo ing. Bu , o e all, Ame ican Li e is be e o wha i p omises
han wha i deli e s, and i ’s be e in heo y han p ac ice.
Ame ican Li e, publicado po Ma e ick Reco ds y dis ibuido po Wa ne B os Reco ds ha sido
p oducido en e amen e po Madonna y Mi wais Ahmadzai, el mismo p oduc o de Music. Conside ado
un concep album, con emas ecu en es sob e el “sueño ame icano” y sob e el “ma e ialismo” y compues o
esencialmen e po pop, elec ónica, ock y música dance-pop, los c í icos han no ado in luencias de música
acús ica en canciones como X-S a ic P ocess e In e en ion. Mi wais es un g an músico y un g an gui a is a:
es genial. Su in luencia sob e la a is a ha sido muy g ande. Madonna, hablando de la g abación de la
i le ack, a i ma que el p oduc o Mi wais la había animado a un ap espon áneo y que la secuencia de
ap p esen ada en la i le ack ci a los obje os ma e iales que le gus aban a ella misma. Se desa an mil
polémicas ligadas al ideo Ame ican Li e ambien ado en un des ile de moda su eal cuyos modelos des ilan
con uni o mes mili a es y se mues an escenas iolen as de gue as, explosiones y mue os. Publicado en
el mismo momen o en el que salen las p ime as expediciones con a I ak, los epublicanos in e p e an el
ideo como an i-ame icano y la adminis ación Bush consigue e i a lo del me cado. Rikky Rooksby, au o
de Madonna - The Comple e Guide o He Music, ha decla ado que un ema ecu en e de la p oducción
discog á ica de la can an e ha sido el ex o seco y sencillo. Madonna exp esa su con a iedad a a és de
palab as e imágenes du as. El mensaje que la pops a había in en ado lanza es un mensaje uni e sal con a
cualquie ipo de es ago en el mundo, y, sob e odo, es una in i ación a la paz.
Do I ha e o change my name?
Will i ge me a ?
Should I lose some weigh ?
Am I gonna be a s a ?
I ied o be a boy, I ied o be a gi l
I ied o be a mess, I ied o be he bes
I guess I did i w ong, ha ’s why I w o e his song
This ype o mode n li e - is i o me?
This ype o mode n li e - is i o ee?
So I wen in o a ba looking o sympa hy
I li le company - I ied o ind a iend
I ’s mo e easily said i ’s always been he same
This ype o mode n li e - is no o me?
This ype o mode n li e - is no o ee?
Ame ican li e
I li e he Ame ican d eam
You a e he bes hing I’ e seen
You a e no jus a d eam
I ied o s ay ahead, I ied o s ay on op
I ied o play he pa , bu somehow I o go
Jus wha I did i o and why I wan ed mo e
This ype o mode n li e - is i o me?
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This ype o mode n li e - is i o ee?
Do I ha e o change my name?
Will i ge me a ?
Should I lose some weigh ?
Am I gonna be a s a ?
Ame ican li e
I li e he Ame ican d eam
You a e he bes hing I’ e seen
You a e no jus a d eam
I ied o be a boy, I ied o be a gi l
I ied o be a mess, I ied o be he bes
I ied o ind a iend, I need o s ay ahead
I ied o s ay on op
Fuck i
Yeah, uck i
I’m d inking a soy la e
I go a double sho e (sho )
I goes igh h ough my body
And you know I’m sa is ied
I d i e my mini coope
And I’m eeling supe -doope
Yo hey ell me I’m a oppe
And you know I’m sa is ied
I do yoga and pila es
And he oom is ull o ho ies
So I’m checking ou he bodies
And you know I’m sa is ied
I’m digging he iso opies
This me aphysics shi is dope
And i all his can gi e me hope
You know I’m sa is ied
I go a lawye and a manage
An agen and a che
Th ee nannies, an assis an
And a d i e and a je
A aine and a bu le
And a bodygua d o i e
A ga dene and a s ylis
Do you hink I’m sa is ied
I’d like o exp ess my ex eme poin o iew
I’m no a Ch is ian and I’m no a jew
I’m jus li ing ou he Ame ican d eam
And I jus ealized ha no hing
Is wha i seems
Do I ha e o change my name?
Am I gonna be a s a ?
Do I ha e o change my name?
Am I gonna be a s a ?
Do I ha e o change my name?
Fuck i .......
(Madonna, 2003a).
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La po ada del álbum e ae a Madonna en e sión Che Gue a a. Además de Die Ano he Day
y Ame ican Li e, se publican o os es single: Hollywood, No hing Fails y Lo e P o usion. En Hollywood
Madonna habla de la anidad del éxi o y c i ica el mundo de Hollywood; la a is a con B i ney Spea s,
Ch is ina Aguile a y Missy Ellio p esen a un medley de Like a Vi gin y Hollywood en los MTV Video
Music Awa ds, du an e la pe o mance Madonna se besa en la boca con Spea s y Aguile a. Algunos meses
después la seño a Ciccone colabo a nue amen e con Spea s, con la que b a a el op en Me agains he
Music, que se á incluido en el álbum de la jo en a is a In The Zone. No hing Fails es una in ensa balada
acompañada po un co o gospel y Lo e P o usion cuen a con un ideo di igido po el di ec o Luc Besson.
Cabe señala o os dos éxi os: X-S a ic P ocess donde cuen a su elación con Jesús C is o y Mo he and
Fa he donde uel e a su dolo pa a la mue e de la mad e y al esen imien o hacia el pad e que no le
ese ó odo el a ec o que ella necesi aba.
En no iemb e sale el EP Remixed & Re isi ed3, que con iene algunos emix ex aídos del álbum
Ame ican Li e y un inédi o. El EP con iene la e sión Headclen Rock Mix de Lo e P o usion y el medley li e
de Like a Vi gin/Hollywood de los MTV Video Music Awa ds. El ex o In o he Hollywood G oo e ealizado
po los Passenge z, mezclando la céleb e In o The G oo e y Hollywood. El único inédi o es You Hones y.
En 2004 pa e el Re-In en ion Tou con 56 echas en odo el mundo que, según Billboa d Magazine,
con i man la longe idad de la popula idad de Madonna. El ou nace de la idea concebida po Madonna
y su eam de e isi a los más impo an es momen os de su ca e a musical. Según S ephen Thomas
E lewine (2012):
Ame ican Li e was he a e s umble in Madonna’s ca ee , an album ha ga ne ed nei he sales
no c i ical acclaim and ailed o gene a e a hi single. Disa med by i s lack o success, Madonna
sc ambled o e i e he success, i s appea ing in a Gap comme cial wi h Missy Ellio , hen
causing a commo ion a he 2003 MTV Video Music Awa ds by F ench kissing B i ney Spea s
and Ch is ina Aguile a as a p elude o a pe o mance o he ailed single “Hollywood,” which did
mo e o B i ney han Madge, and hen inally o e ing Remixed & Re isi ed o he 2003 holiday
season. This con ained ou emixes o songs om Ame ican Li e, he VMA pe o mance o “Like
a Vi gin/Hollywood” wi h B i ney, X ina, and Missy, he Gap ad “In o he G oo e”/”Hollywood”
usion “In o he Hollywood G oo e,” and inally and inexplicably, he Bed ime S o ies ou ake
“You Hones y.” E en i he bea s a e a li le da ed, his la e ack is he bes song he e, since i has
bo h a s ong hook and a s ong sense o un, some hing ha was en i ely missing om he sombe
Ame ican Li e. I ’s missing om Remixed & Re isi ed oo, since no amoun o ejigge ing can
b ing hese mo ibund songs o li e, pa icula ly when he app oaches o he emixe s a e as sub le as
a jackhamme , whe he i ’s on he me allic- laked “Ame ican Li e” by Headclean o he ‘90s- e o
Ne ins mix o “No hing Fails.” On all hese mixes, Madonna sounds as i she’s ou o s ep wi h
he music o 2003, and ha ’s also ue on he wei d VMA pe o mance, whe e she’s o e shadowed
by B i ney sounding exac ly like ea ly Madonna and Ch is ina sounding exac ly like Che , be o e
all o hem a e s eam olle ed by he ampaging Missy Ellio on he “Hollywood” segmen o he
medley. And ma ching he iconic “Like a Vi gin” wi h he anemic “Hollywood” no only does he
newe song no a o s, i poin s ou how lacking he Ame ican Li e ma e ial is -- a si ua ion ha is
only ampli ied by i s inclusion on his EP, whe e “Like a Vi gin” and he Bed ime S o ies le o e
bo h p o e ha he newe ma e ial is subs anda d. Madonna will likely bounce back om his bad
yea , bu no ma e wha she does, she can’ sal age Ame ican Li e.
Siemp e en 2003 Madonna publica The English Roses, p ime olumen de una colección de lib os de
cuen os pa a niños cuyas en as es án des inadas a la asociación Spi i uali y o Kids. Pa icipa ambién a un
3) No hing Fails (Ne ins Mix) – 3:40. 2. Lo e P o usion (Headclean Rock Mix) – 3:16. 3. Nobody Knows Me (Moun Sims Old School
Mix) – 4:44. 4. Ame ican Li e (Headclean Rock Mix) – 4:01. 5. Like a Vi gin/Hollywood Medley - 2003 MTV VMA Pe o mance – 5:34.
6. In o he Hollywood G oo e (The Passenge z Mix) ea . Missy Ellio – 3:42. 7. You Hones y – 4:07 (Madonna, 2003b).
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episodio de la quin a se ie de la se ie Will & G ace, i ulado Dolls and Dolls, di igido po James Bu ows,
en el que in e p e a el papel de Liz, coinquilina de Ka en. Después del sunami en Asia, Madonna apa ece
en un especial de la NBC in e p e ando Imagine de John Lennon. En julio de 2005 pa icipa en Lond es
en el concie o bené ico o ganizado po Bob Geldo , el Li e 8, con inuación ideal del Li e Aid de 1985,
siguiendo es g andes éxi os: Like a P aye , Ray o Ligh y Music.
En no iemb e de 2005 Madonna publica Con essions on a Dance Floo 4, su décimo álbum en es udio,
co-p oducido po Madonna, S ua P ice, Mi wais Ahmadzaï e Bloodshy & A an . Con essions on a Dance
Floo ca ac e iza el eg eso de Madonna a la dance y al géne o de sus comienzos. Según Billboa d, es el
álbum con más núme os “Uno” de la his o ia y según S ephen Thomas E lewine (2012):
Gi en he cold shoulde Madonna’s 2003 album Ame ican Li e ecei ed by c i ics and audiences
alike -- i may ha e gone pla inum, bu apa om he Bond heme “Die Ano he Day,” eleased
in ad ance o he album, i gene a ed no new Top Ten singles (in ac , i s i le ack ba ely c acked
he Top 40) -- i ’s ha d no o ead i s 2005 ollow-up, Con essions on a Dance Floo , as a back-
o-basics mo e o so s: a e a s umble, she’s e u ning o he oo s, namely he discos and clubs
whe e she launched he ca ee in he ea ly ‘80s. I ’s no jus ha she’s e u ning o dance music -- in
a way, she’s been making ha dco e dance albums e e since 1998’s Ray o Ligh , he i s ull-on
li a ion wi h elec onica -- bu ha she’s e amping and upda ing disco on Con essions ins ead o
pu suing a bolde di ec ion. While i ’s ue o a ce ain ex en ha con empo a y dance music is s ill
ecycling and ein en ing hese songs -- besides, any hing ‘80s is in ogue in 2005 -- coming om
Madonna, i sounds like a e ea , an inad e en apology ha she’s no longe on he cu ing edge,
o a leas an admission ha she’s inching e e close o 50. And no ma e how she may disguise i
benea h glis ening laye s o syn hs, o by sequencing he album as a nons op pa y, Con essions on
a Dance Floo is he i s album whe e Madonna seems like a e e an musician. No only is he e a
sense o conscious c a o he album, in how he sounds and he songs segue oge he , bu in how i
explici ly e e ences he pas -- bo h he own and club music in he la ge sense -- he music seems
disassocia ed om he p esen ; Madonna is ewo king amilia e i o y, no pushing o wa d, in a
manne no dissimila o how he o me opening ac he Beas ie Boys e u ned o old-school ap
on hei de ian ly old- ashioned 2004 album To he 5 Bo oughs.
Bu whe e he Beas ies a e buoyed by hei cama ade ie, Madonna has always been a s ubbo n
indi idual, wo king well wi h collabo a o s bu always, wi hou ques ion, exis ing on he own e ms,
and his obs ina e na u e is calci ying sligh ly in o isola ion on Con essions. The e’s no emo ional
hook in he music, ei he in i s icy su ace o in he ly ics, and he ha d-headed in en ion o deli e
a ha dco e dance album means ha his eels cold and calcula ed, ne e wa m o in ec ious. O
cou se, Madonna has always been calcula ed in he ca ee , o en o g ea e ec , and his calcula ion
does pay some di idends he e. Taken on a pu ely sonic le el, Con essions on a Dance Floo does i s
job: wi h he assis ance o co-p oduce S ua P ice (Bloodshy & A an p oduce wo acks, Mi wais
p oduces one, while ano he was o iginally p oduced by Ande s Bagge and Pee As om), she no
only main ains he mood, bu keeps he music mo ing nicely, ne e le ing one ack linge any
longe han necessa y. This is shimme ing music alling jus sho o sexy, ye i ’s allu ing enough
on he su ace o make o a pe ec sound ack o pi ch-black nigh s. Tha ’s wha he album
was designed o do, and i wo ks well on ha le el. I wo ks well as a whole, bu as a collec ion
o indi idual acks i alls apa , since he e is a dis inc lack o melodic o ly ical hooks. Bu
4) 1. Hung Up (Madonna, P ice, Ande sson, Ul aeus) – 5:36. 2. Ge Toge he (Madonna, Bagge, Ås öm,
P ice) - 5:30. 3. So y (Madonna, P ice) - 4:43. 4. Fu u e Lo e s (Madonna, Ahmadzaï) - 4:51. 5. I Lo e
New Yo k (Madonna, P ice) - 4:11. 6. Le I Will Be (Madonna, Ahmadzaï, P ice) - 4:18. 7. Fo bidden
Lo e (Madonna, P ice) - 4:22. 8. Jump (Madonna, Hen y, P ice) – 3:46. 9. How High (Madonna, Ka ls-
son, Winnbe g, Jonback) – 4:40. 10. Isaac (Madonna, P ice) – 6:03. 11. Push (Madonna, P ice) – 3:57.
12. Like I o No (Madonna, Ka lsson, Winnbe g, Jonback) – 4:31. Nella e sione speciale a i a u a
limi a a è disponibile anche il b ano Figh ing Spi i - 03:32 (Madonna, 2005).

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Con essions wasn’ in ended o be pop music -- as he i le makes clea , i was made o he dance
clubs o , in o he wo ds, Madonna’s co e audience, who will su ely be pleased by his sleek slice
o s yle. Bu he ac ha she’s making music jus o he co e audience, no o he mass audience
ha she’s had o 20 yea s, is ye ano he indica ion ha Madge is slyly, slowly se ling in o he new
s a us as a e e an (o pe haps as a su i o ), and while she succeeds a he handsomely on hose
modes e ms, i ’s mo e han a li le odd o hea Madonna scaling back he ambi ion and se ling
o less a he han hunge ing o mo e.
Del álbum hay dos e siones, una mixed y o a unmixed de los que se han sacado cua o single: Hung
Up, So y, Ge Toge he y Jump. El p ime single Hung Up, publicado en oc ub e, an icipa el álbum. Con
es e single la can au o a i alo-ame icana log a conquis a las a enciones de la c í ica y ob iene dos Guinnes
Wo ld Reco ds. So y es un up- empo años ochen a-no en a, y es como una con inuación del p eceden e
Hung Up. Ge Toge he , al con a io de los dos p eceden es, es menos bailable y Jump ha sido incluido
en la banda sono a de la película The De il Wea s P ada de Da id F ankel, jun o con Vogue. En agos o
de 2006 sale I’m Going o Tell You a Sec e 5 compues o po un CD li e que con iene algunas canciones
g abadas du an e el Re-In en ion Tou del 2004 y un DVD con un documen a io que cuen a las in igas
de la ou née. El disco, que se ab e con la canción The Beas Wi hin (b-side del single Jus i y My Lo e en
el que Madonna lee algunos pasos de la Apocalipsis), con iene ambién un emix de Hollywood, la co e
de Imagine de John Lennon, la canción Lamen de la banda sono a del ilm E i a, Mo he and Fa he con
e sos de In e en ion del álbum Ame ican Li e y una e sione ock inédi a de I Lo e New Yo k del álbum
Con essions on a Dance Floo . Según S ephen Thomas E lewine (2012):
Released jus as he wo ldwide Con essions ou was hi ing he S a es in he summe o 2006, I’m
Going o Tell You a Sec e is a CD/DVD package ha isn’ so much a sou eni o he ou bu as
a way o ad e ise i . The DVD con ains a leng hy -- o e wo hou s! which is longe han T u h
o Da e! -- look a he ou , including i s ehea sal plus some pe o mance oo age, while he CD
o e s a 14- ack sample o he se lis , hea y on songs om Music, Ame ican Li e, and Con essions
on a Dance Floo . Wi h he no able excep ion o “Vogue,” he oldies on his CD ha e been gi en
a makeo e , so “In o he G oo e” and especially “Holiday” eel like hey could i he Eu o ash,
campy e o-disco eel o Con essions, while “Like a P aye ” is now a chilled-ou come-down une.
Good, logical ewo kings one and all, and hey help gi e he disc a cohesi e eel e en i he li e
pe o mance, like he album i ’s hawking, is kind o humo less. Tha said, as Madonna’s i s li e
CD, I’m Going o Tell You a Sec e is s ong and en e aining, and e en i he excessi e minu iae on
he accompanying DVD means only ha dco e ans will si h ough i s wo hou s, i ’s also qui e well
done. Which means I’m Going o Tell You a Sec e se es i s pu pose well: i will con ince anybody
who is on he ence abou going ou o see he 2006 ou o go ahead and buy hose expensi e
icke s al eady (al hough yea s om now, his combina ion o p omo ion and e ospec i e will
p obably seem odde han i al eady does).
Madonna apoya en Á ica un p oyec o humani a io pa a la cons ucción de un o ana o y sigue
con la campaña de p e ención del SIDA. Jun o al ma ido Guy Ri chie adop a un niño, Da id, na u al
del Malawi nacido el 24 sep iemb e 2005. La adopción del niño ha gene ado muchas polémicas po unas
p esun as iolaciones de las leyes en emas de adopciones. En el p og ama de Op ah Win ey, en di ec o,
5) 1. The Beas Wi hin (Lenny K a i z/Madonna - pa ole a e dalla Bibbia). 2. Vogue (Madonna/Shep Pe ibone). 3. Nobody Knows
Me (Madonna/Mi wais Ahmadzaï). 4. Ame ican Li e (Madonna/Mi wais Ahmadzaï). 5. Hollywood ( emix in e lude) (Madonna/Mi wais
Ahmadzaï). 6. Die Ano he Day (Madonna/Mi wais Ahmadzaï). 7. Lamen (Tim Rice/And ew Lloyd Webbe ). 8. Like a P aye (Madonna/
Pa ick Leona d). 9. Mo he and Fa he (Madonna/Mi wais Ahmadzaï). 10. Imagine (John Lennon). 11. Susan MacLeod/In o he G oo e
(Donald MacLeod/Madonna/S ephen B ay/Mi wais Ahmadzaï). 12. Music (Madonna/Mi wais Ahmadzaï). 13. Holiday (Cu is Hudson/
Lisa S e ens). 14. I Lo e New Yo k (Rock Ve sion) (Madonna/S ua P ice) (Madonna, 2006).
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Madonna explica la si uación y se de iende de odas acusaciones in undadas. En oc ub e de 2008 se
anuncia o icialmen e el di o cio en e la can an e y el ma ido y di ec o Guy Ri chie.
Du an e el e ano del 2006 Madonna pa e con su Con essions Tou , con la canción I Lo e New Yo k
ealiza el ideoclip p omocional. Nue o escándalo po la elección de la a is a que du an e el ou se hace
c uci ica . La gi a es sold ou . En ene o de 2007 publica el doble (cd y DVD) The Con essions Tou 6 que
con iene el concie o en e o di igido po Jonas Åke lund. Pa a p omo e el disco sólo po la adio se han
emi ido Fu u e Lo e s/I Feel Lo e y Music In e no. Según S ephen Thomas E lewine (2012):
Like I’m Going o Tell You a Sec e be o e i , The Con essions Tou is a CD/DVD sou eni se
documen ing a new millennium Madonna conce -- his ime, a London show a Wembley suppo ing
he 2005 neo-disco album, Con essions on a Dance Floo . Unlike Sec e , whose cen e piece was
a leng hy documen a y, his is a s aigh -up li e album wi h he DVD cap u ing a ull 21-song
se and he CD culling 13 highligh s om he se , a whopping eigh o hem om Con essions
(“So y” and “So y [Remix]” coun ed sepa a ely since hey a e, a e all, indexed sepa a ely he e).
E en i he newe songs don’ sound adically di e en om hei album inca na ions -- hey’ e
ei he deli e ed s aigh o pu ed ou like ex ended 12” emixes -- he hand ul o oldies ha do
show up he e a e gi en disco makeo e s: “Like a Vi gin” pulses wi h elec o keyboa ds; “Lucky
S a ” e en ually gi es away o he ABBA sample ha d i es “Hung Up.” This helps gi e he CD
on The Con essions Tou a sonic cohesion ha ’s abou as s ylized and chilly as i s accompanying
album -- he uni y means i holds oge he , ye ha icy ese e means i ’s no all ha much un o
hea , e en i he ein e p e a ions o he 20-yea -old hi s a e in e es ing. The DVD doesn’ eel as
cold hanks en i ely o he pizzazz o he isuals and he de e mined e iciency o he show, bu e en
so, his is p ima ily o in e es o he dieha ds who don’ mind pu chasing ano he li e CD/DVD
se jus a yea a e he i s .
El CD con iene ece canciones del ou , en e ellas, las más ep esen a i as del álbum Con essions on
a Dance Floo con Fu u e Lo e s que al inal se ans o ma en la his ó ica I Feel Lo e de Donna Summe y
con So y en una nue a e sión emix. Encon amos la canción E o ica en una e sión inédi a de su demo
o iginal i ulada You Th ill Me. El hi Music es á p esen e en la e sión Music In e no mixed con el céleb e
Disco In e no, ci ación de la banda sono a de La ebb e del saba o se a.
Siemp e más empeñada en lo social, pa icipa en 2007 en el concie o e en o o ganizado po Al
Go e en el nue o es adio de Wembley de Lond es a a o de la de ensa del medio ambien e. P esen a Hey
you co-p oducida po Madonna y Pha ell Williams, desca gables solo ía web en la página Li e Ea h,
una nue a e sión de La isla boni a con los Gogol Bo dello, Ray O Ligh y Hung Up.
Madonna di ige su p ime a película, Fil h and Wisdom7, p esen ada en eb e o del 2008 en el Fes i al
de Be lín. Esc ibe la his o ia de Fil h and Wisdom y decide ocupa el luga de ás de la cáma a, su sogno nel
6) CD. 1. Fu u e Lo e s/I Feel Lo e. 2. Like a Vi gin. 3. Jump. 4. Con essions (In e lude). 5. Isaac. 6. So y. 7. So y Remix (In e lude). 8.
I Lo e New Yo k. 9. Le I Will Be. 10. Music In e no. 11. E o ica. 12. Lucky S a . 13. Hung Up. Pe gli u en i di iTunes sono sca icabili
anche i b ani: Ge Toge he y Ray o Ligh . DVD. 1. Fu u e Lo e s/I Feel Lo e. 2. Ge Toge he . 3. Like a Vi gin. 4. Jump. 5. Con essions
(In e lude/Dance s). 6. Li e o Tell. 7. Fo bidden Lo e. 8. Isaac. 9. So y. 10. Like I o No . 11. So y (Remix - In e lude). 12. I Lo e
New Yo k. 13. Ray o Ligh . 14. Le I Will Be. 15. D owned Wo ld/Subs i u e o Lo e. 16. Pa adise (No o Me). 17. Music In e no. 18.
E o ica/You Th ill Me. 19. La isla boni a. 20. Lucky S a . 21. Hung Up. (Madonna, 2007a).
7) Un ilm di Madonna. Con Eugene Hu z, Holly Wes on, Vicky McClu e, Richa d E. G an , Inde Manocha. Commedia, du a a 80 min.-
G an B e agna 2007 (Madonna, 2007b). So p enden e eso dio alla egia della pops a Madonna (che l’ha anche sc i o con Dan Cadan).
In Pano ama del Fes i al di Be lino 2008 ebbe un successo deli an e di pubblico e u accol o da c i ici pe plessi. A e a agione il pubblico.
Ha a o bene la Sache di Nanni Mo e i a dis ibui lo. Non è un ilm “da es i al” e nemmeno comme ciale: basso cos o, a o i igno i,
indipenden e, i i e en e, asg essi o. E edele al i olo (o iginale): spo cizia e saggezza. Fa ide e spesso, ma è anche i onico, spudo a o,
ene o, malinconico. Lascia mol o spazio a Hu z/AK, can an e uc aino di nasci a e anglo ono di mes ie e, capo dei Gogol Bo dello, band
punk-gi ana, o ni o e di mol a musica in un ilm che a i suoi me i i an a la b e i à. Hu z campa a Lond a, soddis acendo il masochismo
di insospe abili benes an i bo ghesi con un cinismo solo appa en e. Doppia o da M. Cu e a, a il ma a o e, esibendosi in monologhi di
saggezza popola e che cominciano con “nel mio paese si dice...”. Ha mol i amici a cui due g aziose coinquiline. Spensie a o e complesso, è
un ilm di e so (Mo andini, 2012).
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casse o desde mucho empo. Es una comedia que cuen a la his o ia de es pe sonas que in en an en a
en el mundo del espec áculo. James Ch is ophe de The Times de Lond es e una g an po encialidad en
la neo-di ec o a.
En ma zo del 2008 se lanza en odo el mundo 4 Minu es, p esen ado in due o con Jus in Timbe lake
y con la colabo ación de Timbaland, es el p ime single que p ecede la salida del álbum Ha d Candy8.
Es e nue o abajo con sono idad R&B y u ban hip-pop cuen a con la impo an e pa icipación de
Timbe lake, que ha co-esc i o cinco canciones, y en cua o de ellas can a jun o a Madonna. Una nue a
mu ación pa a la pops a Madonna que abaja á con p oduc o es como Timbaland, Jus in Timbe lake,
Pha ell Williams y Danja, con la colabo ación de Swizz Bea z, Sean Ga e , Akon y Kanye Wes . Po
p ime a ez después de decenios de angua dia y de modas an icipadas, Madonna, pa a su álbum, se pone
en manos de p oduc o es que ya es án a i mados. Ha d Candy es el decimop ime álbum ealizado en
es udio. Según S ephen Thomas E lewine (2012):
All h ough he ca ee , i has been impossible o di o ce Madonna’s music om he image, as hey
eed o each o he o he poin whe e i ’s ha d o ell which came i s , he concep o he songs.
Glancing a he agg essi ely ugly co e o Ha d Candy -- i s blis e ing pinks and assaul i e lea he
sugges ing cheap bo om-ba el po no -- i ’s ha d no o wish ha his is he one ime Madge b oke
om adi ion, o e ing music ha wasn’ qui e as ga ish as he g aphics. Tha is no he case. Ha d
Candy is all b u al ha d edges and bla ing p ima y colo s, a elen lessly me cena y collec ion o cold
bea s and chilly innuendo. Sex has always been a d i ing o ce o Madonna, bu she’s ne e been as
u hlessly po nog aphic as she is he e, no e en when she cu E o ica as a companion o he so co e
co ee- able book Sex back in 1992. Fo all o i s ca nali y, E o ica was coy, belonging o he classic
bu lesque easing adi ion, bu Ha d Candy is u e ly mode n, a s eely sex album o he age o
Cialis. This new millennium is also an e a when Top 40 has p e y much ceased o exis and a pop
a is as sha p as Madonna knows his, so she has abandoned he idea o a big c osso e hi -- he
kind ha E o ica cou ed wi h such go geous, shimme ing adul con empo a y ballads as “Rain”
and “Bad Gi l” -- and pi ches Ha d Candy di ec ly owa d he co e audience o club-conscious,
ashion- o wa d endse e s.
This is a sma play, as his is he audience ha has always consis ed o Madonna loyalis s, and
i ’s also is a sa y way o nego ia e he explosion o niches in 2008, bu he e a e p oblems in he
execu ion. Madonna elies on he Nep unes and he pai o Timbaland and Jus in Timbe lake o
mos o he mode n makeo e -- a good idea in heo y as hey a e some o he bigges hi make s o
he decade, bu he p oduc ions hey’ e cons uc ed he e sound a couple yea s old a bes and a wo s
eel like hey’ e d essing Madonna in Nelly Fu ado’s p omiscuous hand-me-downs. Some imes
his can esul in easonably appealing g oo es -- “Candy Shop” cap u es Pha ell Williams’ lai
o slim, sleek g oo es, “Dance 2nigh ” conju es Timbe lake’s O he Wall obsession nicely, and
he icy hea b eak o “Miles Away” is a wo hy successo o “Wha Goes A ound Comes A ound”
-- bu his also poin s ou he album’s main law: he ack comes be o e he song. Madonna’s
g ea ness has always hinged on how she channeled dance ends in o pop songs, placing equal
emphasis on sound and melody, which p o ided a nea way o sneak unde g ound club ends
in o he mains eam. He e, she cedes melodic hooks o hy hmic hooks -- wi ness he clanging,
8) 1. Candy Shop ( ea . Pha ell Williams) – 4:16 (P.Williams, Madonna). 2. 4 Minu es ( ea . Jus in Timbe lake & Timbaland) – 4:04
(Madonna, T.Mosley, J.Timbe lake, N.Hills). 3. Gi e I 2 Me ( ea . Pha ell Williams) – 4:47 (P.Williams, Madonna). 4. Hea bea – 4:04
(P.Williams, Madonna). 5. Miles Away – 4:49 (Madonna, T.Mosley, J.Timbe lake, N.Hills). 6. She’s No Me – 6:05 (P.Williams, Madonna).
7. Inc edible – 6:20 (P.Williams, Madonna). 8. Bea Goes On ( ea . Kanye Wes & Pha el Williams) – 4:27 (P.Williams, Madonna, K.Wes ).
9. Dance 2nigh ( ea . Jus in Timbe lake) – 5:03 (Madonna, T.Mosley, J.Timbe lake, H.Lane). 10. Spanish Lesson – 3:38 (P.Williams,
Madonna). 11. De il Wouldn’ Recognize You ( ea . Jus in Timbe lake) – 5:08 (Madonna, T.Mosley, J.Timbe lake, H.Lane, J.Hen y). 12.
Voices ( ea . Jus in Timbe lake) – 3:39 (Madonna, T.Mosley, J.Timbe lake, N.Hills, H.Lane). iTunes S o e Deluxe Edi ion. 13. 4 Minu es
(Bob Sincla Space Funk Edi ) – 3:00. 14. 4 Minu es (Junkie XL Remix Edi ) – 4:00. 15. Gi e I o Me (Paul Oaken old Edi ) – 4:59 *Nella
e sione iTunes S o e Deluxe di alcuni Paesi (No d Ame ica, Aus alia, Ge mania, F ancia, G ecia, I alia, Aus ia, Po ogallo e S izze a) la
p ima accia è nell’edizione Pe e Sa es New Yo k Edi (Madonna, 2008).
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clu e ed “4 Minu es,” whe e she’s d owned ou by Timbaland’s a ing ou -no e syn h -- which
migh no ha e been so bad i he acks we e eshe and i he whole en e p ise didn’ eel qui e
so joylessly mechanical. Madonna doesn’ e en sound despe a e o si a op cu en ends; a he ,
she’s ollowing hem because she’s expec ed o do so. The e’s a palpable sense o disin e es he e, as i
she jus handed he eins o e o Pha ell and Timba-Lake, us ing hem o polish up his piece o
s ale candy. Maybe she’s no in o he music; maybe she’s jus unning ou his las album o Wa ne
be o e she mo es on o he g eene pas u es o Li e Na ion -- ei he way, Ha d Candy is a a e hing:
a li eless Madonna album.
En la po ada del disco Madonna apa ece sen ada con las pie nas abie as, con encima un co se o
ne o es ilo in age i mado po Dolce & Gabbana, bo as de piel neg as ceñidas y al as, y las manos con
endajes simila es a los que u ilizan los púgiles. En o no a la cin u a lle a un eno me cin u ón do ado con
la “M” de Madonna que con i ma el halago al mundo del boxeo con las insc ipciones “Gi e i o me” y
“M-dolla” (diminu i o de dolla ). Como ondo de la imagen hay unos ca amelos osas y blancos. El ema
de los ca amelos acompaña a odas las o os del bookle . Después de 4 Minu es, llegan Gi e I 2 Me con el
appe Pha ell Williams y Miles Away con ideos inédi os de la nue a gi a, odos éxi os mundiales. Pa a la
s a un nue o ou mundial y un nue o li e S icky & Swee . Según S ephen Thomas E lewine (2012):
Ha d Candy may no ha e been Madonna’s bigges hi , bu i -- like so many o he albums -- was
suppo ed by a majo in e na ional ou . Madonna dubbed i S icky & Swee -- a none- oo-sub le
allusion o Ha d Candy’s i le -- which is also he name o his 2010 DVD/CD se cap u ing he s op
a Ri e Pla e S adium in Buenos Ai es in 2008. Since so much o he ou depended on o e blown
spec acle, S icky & Swee Tou is be e expe ienced as a ideo ins ead o a CD -- pa icula ly
because he audio po ion is hal he leng h o he ideo, and he songs included he e end o be
medleys, no indi idual songs -- bu e en as a ideo his doesn’ ank among he bes Madonna li e
albums, as he e’s oo much p ecision and no enough inspi a ion in he whole show.
Pa a celeb a la e ce a década de éxi os se publica en sep iemb e del 2009 el e ce g ea es hi s de
la can an e, Celeb a ion9. El disco con iene dos inédi os: la i le ack Celeb a ion, y Re ol e . En la e sión
digi al download hay un e ce inédi o I ’s So Cool. El a wo k ha sido c eado po el s ee pop a is M .
B ainwash. Celeb a ion es á disponible ambién como Video Collec ion. En una in es igación e ec uada
en e el 2000 y el 2009 Madonna esul a se la celeb idad más escuchada en el Reino Unido, sus canciones
han sido las más e ansmi idas po la adio, más que las de los Bea les, Robbie Williams y los Take Tha .
Según S ephen Thomas E lewine (2012):
Madonna’s un a he op o he cha s las ed so long, longe han almos any o he s a , i ’s almos
impossible o squeeze all he hi s on o one collec ion. And so i is ha Celeb a ion, a double-disc,
36- ack se ha also has a companion single-disc condensa ion, misses a ew songs, hi s as go geous
as “Rain” and as goo ily camp as “Hanky Panky,” bu u h be old, hey’ e no g ea ly missed on
his pa ade o pop genius ha ’s hampe ed only sligh ly by i s non-ch onological o de . Ou o o de ,
i does emphasize Madonna’s consis ency, and he bigge p oblem wi h he collec ion is ha i
mixes up album mixes, single edi s, Q-Sound mixes pulled om The Immacula e Collec ion, and
a couple o s ay odd edi s and mixes. This is a mess, bu no qui e enough o dilu e wha is one o
9) 1. Hung Up. 2. Music. 3. Vogue (The Immacula e Collec ion Ve sion). 4. Minu es ( ea u ing Jus in Timbe lake e Timbaland). 5. Holiday.
6. E e ybody (Single Edi ). 7. Like a Vi gin (The Immacula e Collec ion Ve sion). 8. In o he G oo e. 9. Like a P aye . 10. Ray o Ligh
(Radio Edi ). 11. So y (Single Edi ). 12. Exp ess You sel (Video Ve sion Edi ). 13. Open You Hea (The Immacula e Collec ion Ve sion).
14. Bo de line. 15. Sec e (Edi ). 16. E o ica (Edi ). 17. Jus i y My Lo e (The Immacula e Collec ion Ve sion). 18. Re ol e . D ess You Up
(Radio Edi ). 1. D ess You Up (Radio Edi ). 2. Ma e ial Gi l. 3. La isla boni a. 4. Papa Don’ P each. 5. Lucky S a (Radio Edi ). 6. Bu ning
Up. 7 C azy o You (The Immacula e Collec ion Ve sion). 8 Who’s Tha Gi l. 9 F ozen. 10. Miles Away (Radio Edi ). 11. Take a Bow. 12.
Li e o Tell. 13. Beau i ul S ange . 14. Hollywood. 15. Die Ano he Day. 16. Don’ Tell Me. 17. Che ish (The Immacula e Collec ion Ve -
sion). 18. Celeb a ion. (Madonna, 2009).