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Live Performances[edit]
Madonna first performed "Deeper and Deeper" during The Girlie Show World Tour of 1993. The beginning of the song was connected to the end of the previous performance, "Express Yourself".[1] This performance began with a male member from the audience jumping onto the stage trying to dance with Madonna, who starts calling out for security. The man then proceeds to rip off his breakaway pants revealing himself as one of the dancers from the show. For this performance, Madonna and her dancers were dressed in a Donna Summer-style disco ensemble, which consisted of a blond afro wig, 1970's style halters and royal blue bell-bottom pants, and sang the song in a retro-seventies mode, with disco balls sparkling across the stage.[2][3] John Pareles from The New York Times felt that it was during the performances of "Express Yourself" and "Deeper and Deeper" that the show reached it's climax; "The core of the show takes place in a disco stage setting with glittering Mylar curtains and mirrored balls. Madonna and the dancers, wearing wildly patterned neo-1970's halters and bell-bottoms, romp through "Express Yourself" and "Deeper and Deeper" -- songs about freeing desire."[4] Towards the end of the performance, Madonna and her dancers found themselves engaging in an hedonistic orgy, which gave way to the next performance of the show; "Why's It So Hard".[5]
11 years later, during 2004's Re-Invention World Tour, a slowed-down cabaret, jazzy-style version of "Deeper and Deeper" was included on the show's Circus-Cabaret segment. Following the energetic performance of "Hanky Panky", Madonna performed the song flanked by her two back-up singers Donna De Lory and Siedah Garrett. Dressed in a in a sequined red-and-white striped showgirl corset with flapper headband and red high-heels, Madonna sang the phrase "when you know the notes to sing, you can sing most any - thing" instead of the original "when you know the notes to sing, you can sing most anything".[6] Critics praised Madonna's vocals during the performance. A reviewer from The Washington Times commented that the Madonna "brought a jazzy touch to “Deeper and Deeper,” which showed vocal nuances we didn’t know she had."[7] Liz Smith from The New York Times commented that "The arrangements are forcefully driven or sensually slowed" and praised Madonna's ability of turning a dance song into a slow romantic one; "who knew her 1992 'Deeper and Deeper' dance hit had such erotic/romance resonance?".[8]
- ^ Kaye, Jeff (1993-09-23). "The Blue Material Girl Pop music: Madonna's lusty `Girlie Show' tour opens in London to cheers of 72,000 fans". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
- ^ Metz & Benson 1999, pp. 22
- ^ Lenig, Stuart (June 16, 2010). The Twisted Tale of Glam Rock. p. 145. ISBN 9780313379864. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- ^ Pareles, Jon (October 16, 199). "Review/Pop; From Madonna, a New Palatability but Still Spicy". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ^ Madonna: The Rolling Stone Files : The Ultimate Compendium of Interviews, Articles, Facts and Opinions from the Files of Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone Magazine. 1997. ISBN 978-0786881543. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
{{cite book}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Timmerman, Dirk (2007). Madonna Live! Secret Re-inventions and Confessions on Tour. p. 145. ISBN ISBN 90-8595-002-3.. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: invalid character (help) - ^ "Madonna serves up dull inventions". The Washington Times. June 14, 2004. Retrieved 2013-23-03.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Smith, Elizabeth (2004-05-24). "Liz Smith review of the Re-Invention Tour". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 2009-10-29.