'Urbane' track by track - 06 Madonna @ 80...

A song about getting older - and who more poignant an example of the rigours of the ageing process than Ms. Ciccone, here imagined getting it on down at Studio 54 well into past her meals on wheels delivery. Cracked skin, fading memory but she can still squeeze herself into a Gaultier eye-popper whimple brassiere and a pair of 12 inch heels. Well, we need a bit of light relief before the themes on 'side two' - the corrupt nature of the ruling elite, disability, child abuse and global nuclear extinction - kick in. The normal wisdom is that you bung all the 'hits' at the beginning and then the rest of the album can get on with it. Hopefully, if there's enough good material left over, the remainder won't be too disappointing an experience for the listener. I'm not sure that I don't prefer the second half of this one - but that may be as much through the weakness of the first five songs. Maybe depth and accessibility don't make good bedfellows. Anyway, it's out of my hands now and down to you, the listener. And time.