For a woman who has been in the music industry of almost 23 years it is not hard to believe why she is considered to be the most famous woman in the world; just ask Michael Jackson.
Madonna, the mother, wife, dancer and singer/ songwriter has had a impact with her music.
It is no surprise that her latest album, “Confessions on a Dancefloor” (Warner Bros. Records) has the greatest impact on one thing: the dance floor.
As I began to listen to the album I realized that I was in for an energetic, fun filled CD.
There are no ballads. There is no excuses just pure 70s inspired music brought into the 21st century.
I think of it as the 1999 hit “Beautiful Stranger” from the “Austin Powers” soundtrack.
The 12-track Stuart Price produce CD was first for the talented DJ after the success of Madonna’s “Drowned World” (2001) and “ReInvention” (2004) Tours.
Price, like William Orbit (“Ray of Light”) and Mirwais Ahmadzai (“Music” and “American Life”) before him brings the future of sound into the mix of the album.
For her part Madonna not only co-produced, but co-wrote all the songs for “Confessions” and that is where Madonna draws her strength from; where to look for inspiration.
As the album progress the album was non-stop because it was one song after the other.
It is something that the likes of DJs Paul Oakenfold, Peter Rauhofer, or Tracy Young would release.
The inspiration of the song, “Push” comes from her relationship with husband filmmaker Guy Ritchie.
It uses a line from the 2000 song, “I Deserve It.”
The inspiration for the song, “Isaac” comes from the 1998 smash “Frozen.”
What I love most about the song is at the beginning when Jewish mystic/Kabbalah scholar Yitzhak Sinwani is speaking in the Yemenite language throughout the song.
Despite the controversy from rabbis saying that Madonna should be knocked out of the Kabbalah religion because she is profitting from his name I defy anyone who will not be blown away by this track
If you remember the video for the song, where Madonna is in the desert, it is the similar feeling for “Isaac.”
Even her brother-in-law Joe Henry pens with Madonna on the song, “Jump” as he did on her 2000 “Music” album co-writing, “Don’t Tell Me.”
I love it! Very creative.
In the song, “I Love New York” Madonna pays tribute to the city that jump-started her career.
For some reason I was thinking that I was walking down the street in the Big Apple.
She sings, “If you don’t like my attitude/you can f off” I thought, “very brave.”
She also mentions that city of Los Angeles is, “where people sleep.”
The closing song, “Like It or Not” is a song in which Madonna tell the critics to accept her as she is.
Not surprisingly Madonna sings, “You can call me a sinner/You can call me a saint/This is who I am/you can like it or not.”
Madonna has said that she has no regrets for the artistic choices she has made in her life, but one thing about her remains true, that no matter what people think of her she will always, and always has been one step ahead of everyone else.
This album is a testment to that.