Madonna made a Nelly Furtado album. Although she is the queen of transformation, Hard Candy feels more artificial than her usual shifts in style. I’m not a big fan of it because I feel like she’s guest starring on her own release.

In fact, you finally get the Madonna we know and love in the last two songs on the album ‘Devil Won’t Recognize You’ and ‘Voices’ — songs that feel sexy and emotive and feel like sentiments that are actually coming from her.

Its not ridiculous that Madonna is an older pop star. Its ridiculous that on Hard Candy, she often seems embarrassed of her age as well.

Won’t it be great the day AFTER she’s done turning 50?!?!

THEN maybe her media will hopefully just shut-up… (But especially her!) ; )

I do not heart Madonna.

To Rob who posted about LZ. Yes, they are fantastic. Probably in my Top 10 groups of all time. You’re right, she’s not them. And they are not her either. But to say that she has no musical talent is a joke. One does not get by for 25 years on no talent. It’s impossible. She’s been accused of making it by on the talent of producers but, please, someone explain to me, if that’s the case, why doesn’t everyone just sustain 25 years of work by doing the same thing? Clearly, she brings plenty to the table apart from fantastic producers.

I really should’ve stopped there. This review is meanspirited and just badly written. Don’t know why the writer even bothered. To brag he was there?

I love some LZ sometimes, not much of a Who or PF fan, but then I’m more of a fan of pop.

Get it ?

Once inside it was fab despite the drunken Z-100 crowd and the jerks who smoked ciggies in the club, gross.

But yo, Madonna was fierce, she just was, and I had given up on her sometime around the ‘Music’ album. The songs from Hard Candy were sooooo much better live than on the CD, really everyone there was fucking jamming out. WHO CARES IF SHE’S (almost) 50??? That just makes it even more amazing that she looks great and pulled it off. Hello, she’s an entertainer, not a diplomat or scientist,this is what she does, and she did it, for 35 solid ass shaking minutes.

I saw the Who a few months later. Another awesome show, except I wrecked my car on the way when a woman ran a stop sign. I was actually not driving since my best friend was driving because I was rolling the joints for the concert. After the wreck but before we got out of the car, she told me she didn’t have a driver’s license. I shoved the baggy down my pants and exited out the driver’s side so in the confusion and the pouring rain everyone just assumed I was the driver.

The most AWESOME performance I ever saw was Pink Floyd in 1975, again, in a stadium. That was incredible, shit, it was beyond incredible. Maybe the beyond part came from the fact that we were smoking some really killer weed.

Madonna just never worked for me. She has almost no musical talent but was lucky enough to appear during the MTV phenomenon. In her early stuff, she had this squeaky, nasally voice that just made me cringe. When she brought her voice into a more natural range, she was tolerable.

Young whippersnappers just don’t know good music.

I’m just glad that 1-it was free, 2-it didn’t last long.

At that, I’m 39 and in shape.

btw; THE SHOW FUCKIN’ ROCKED !!!!

I was there, and the show was amazing. Madonna rocked it, and looked great doing it.

So sick of the ageism directed at this woman. The obsession with her being 50(when she’s still 49) is both disturbing, and a sad commentary on a society OBSESSED with youth. Madonna is a great performer, and is in no way ready for a retirement village. Her body alone puts women (and men) half her age to shame. Madonna is the last great star, and when she decides to go, so goes an era.

Lay off the fucking snark, and enjoy some Hard Candy. Madonna aint goin nowhere, no time soon.

N E HOO…

I think she can do whatever she wants regardless of her age. It’s music. Why do you care how old she is? She still looks good. She looks better than any 50 year old, more than likely better than your mother. Nobody said that you had to die at 50. She can be sexy if she wants. Who gives a shit?

I’ll bet you’re the kind of person who worships Paris Hilton, that good for nothing bimbo. Even Britney Spears, once the hottest performer in my opinion, cannot outdo Madonna who is now 50.

Appreciate the talent and stamina if you won’t appreciate the music and the show.

Just blow it out your ass buddy, your “review” was disturbing, painful, and just stupid all around.

I watched the show on msn live and then again this morning, it was a hot, hot show!

I sure am glad I don’t know you, I have this feeling we wouldn’t get along.

The writer–how old is he, by the way–states it was a “fucking awesome show.” That’s all that counts. Would it have been more awesome if the artist were 25? Why?

Oh, wait. This is queerty. I’m proably being baited with purposefully provocative statements.

Never mind.