MADONNA - AMERICAN PIE (Music Video Reaction - first listen!)
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- Опубліковано 29 бер 2024
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Don McLean fans: dont hate me!
Don McLean praised the cover, calling it sensual and mystical.
He said "I've received many gifts from God. This is my first from a goddess."
It was also more successful globally than his own version (chart-wise), making him a lot of money in the process 🙂
ohh, I didn’t know about those Don McLean’s words!!! How beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing!!
Madonna’s co-star Rupper Everett was the one who convinced Madonna to cover this song which was also, part of the soundtrack for their film “ The Next Best Thing “
They are not friends now😂
I później bardzo tego żałowała. Nie lubi tej piosenki i nigdy nie wykonywała na żywo. Jej kosztem przepadła najpiękniejsza ballada M. Time stood still.
@@jeremevr6 Sadly, no. He and Guy Ritchie didn't get along, so Rupert was squeezed out of her life.
@@scottgc633 also probably because their movie together was not good at all 💀
@@omarxperez Actually, he admitted that Madonna doesn't trust him any more, because he shared private details about her in his memoir. He didn't think he'd breached her trust, but she felt he had, so that was the final nail in the coffin (he also acknowledged that the failure of the movie had a devastating effect on his career and that this didn't help their friendship, either, although they remained friends for years after the movie).
I have no major attachment to the original American Pie and like Madonna's cover. The video is resonant today. America is so divided, and all those people are here. Madonna putting a lens on it is pure Madonna.
Your honesty is awesome. I've always loved Madonna's version of this song. Thanks for reacting to it.
I'm not normally *this* honest, but thank you!
The song appears on the European version of the "Music" album. It was the last song on the album. Personally I love it, and think it fits in well on the album as its a William Orbit production.
Rupert Everett convinced Madonna to record it for the movie they did together “The Next Best Thing”. She was very reluctant, but agreed to it ONLY if he sang on the track too, which he did, doing the backing vocals.
It also was a big hit for her, getting to #1 in many countries, including the UK, Australia, Canada, Italy, Spain, Germany and many more...so people did like it 🙂
I am happy for her success and am genuinely happy that people enjoy it!
I love this version even tho Madonna eventually disliked it
@@jackkolero She didn't, though. She left it off GHV2 and when questioned about it, she said it was the song's "punishment" for its appearance on the European/Australasian version of "Music" (which she didn't want but allowed her record company to talk her into). Jo Wiley (I think it was) from BBC specifically asked her whether she liked her version or not and she said she did. She hasn't commented on it since that interview back in 2001.
@@scottgc633 thank you its great to hear she at least liked it
I literally just laughed out loud.
When you said" "took my Chevy to the Levy.....UGH!" 😅😅😅😅😅
This song is included in my Music album version. I absolutely adore this cover (normally I don’t). Her vocals are lush and the production IMO is just great. Don McLean himself praised the cover, saying it was "a gift from a goddess", and that her version is "mystical and sensual".
I love this song soooo much!!!
I don't know the background much, so I heard this song first time by Madonna and love it till now.
To me one of the best Madonna songs and music production till today!!!
This song bringed the retro soung of the 1960s and smashed it with a futuristic sound of Orbit's production. Real banger anf feel good song.
And it was a super smash hit in Europe in spring 2000, charting in every single top and playing non-stop all spring, summer.
On many radio statioms in Europe, that play 2000s hits, this song is still playing on a daily basis.
It was a huge hit here in Australia, reaching No.1… It’s not a Madonna song that I play regularly but definitely don’t hate it…
Rupert Everett sang the background Vocals on this Song.
This is one of her finest moments. She sounded like an angel,over William Orbit’s pristine production. Wow
It was a big hit in UK and I can understand why. I love it as it brigs me back to a great time in London when I arrived here.
In Don McLean’s iconic song “American Pie”, the phrase “whiskey and rye” appears in the chorus:
“And them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, ‘This’ll be the day that I die.’
‘This’ll be the day that I die.’”
Let’s delve into the meaning behind this intriguing line:
Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie: Contrary to popular legend, the title “American Pie” was not the name of the plane that Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson tragically crashed in on February 3, 1959, in Clear Lake, Iowa. The actual plane had the identification number N3794N. McLean himself clarified that he coined the term “American Pie.” Nonetheless, the crash site is memorialized, and fans still visit it annually for tribute concerts.
Drove My Chevy to the Levee: These lines symbolize the death of the American dream. The Chevy represents a popular car among youth, and the levee refers to a gathering spot where teens hung out without adult supervision.
Them Good Old Boys Were Drinkin’ Whiskey and Rye:
The phrase “This’ll be the day that I die” is a play on Buddy Holly’s hit recording “That’ll Be The Day.”
There’s no evidence that Holly and Richardson were drinking whiskey or rye on the night of the crash.
An alternate theory suggests that McLean might be singing “drinking whiskey in Rye,” as rye is a type of whiskey.
Interestingly, McLean’s hometown, New Rochelle, featured a bar called “The Levee.”
So, the song weaves together nostalgia, tragedy, and cultural references, leaving us with a timeless piece of musical storytelling. 🎶🥃
I actually love this song to this day. Idk why but I feel so happy when I hear M’s American Pie
This was the single that returned Madonna to #1 in Australia for the first time since "Vogue" back in 1990. It was a global hit, reaching #1 in over 15 countries and the Top 10 in another dozen. I've never liked the original but love Madonna's version.
In Europe has been n.1 for months, it was everywhere
Please please please react to Nothing Fails by Madonna, hands down one of her best songs
Love it or hate it, u can’t deny it’s damn catchy. 😅
I love both the original and the cover
It was still a number one everywhere except the U.S. because it wasn’t released as an official single.
Having not seen in this in a long time, I’m seeing LDR and I love it ❤
Beautiful video for a beautiful rendition of a Classic. And Don McLean approved💪💪
It went straight to number 1 on the German charts, selling hundreds of thousands of CD copies in one week, weirdly enough. That had never happened before in the single charts. Which is also so weird for a Madonna song being a number 1 there, since the last one had only been La Isla Bonita (Germans are so strange).
It sold 400,000 copies in the UK (just read it on Wikipedia). 🤐
UK number 1
I love it!
Madonna sent American pie to number 1 in the UK, it was popular at the time.
Good Cover
Madonna was convinced to record this so the soundtrack to her and Rupert Everett’s movie Next Best Thing would have a radio friendly single as her song “Time Stood Still” wasn’t seen as single material. It was never intended for Music, but after it was successful her record label added it to the Music album’s international pressings as a bonus track which pissed Madonna off and is why she didn’t include it on GHV2. She later said she probably should have included it on the greatest hits album because it’s not a bad song and it was successful, but it shouldn’t have been added to Music as it was never intended as part of that project.
Rupert Everett was in the video to coincide with their movie The Next Best Thing and he convinced her to cover the song for the movie's soundtrack.
It wasnt hated in rhe UK it was number 1 on the charts
It was for her "Next Best Thing' movie.. why they'd attach it to 'Music', I don't know.
You should listen to the dance remixes of this. Victor and Richard mixes are great.
Hey J, its probably been mentioned 1000 times. (Sorry to bore you). The songs just quite an important part (not sang like this) for a dying friend with Rupert in it. 'The next best thing' (Dont bother watching it). Rupert made her do a remix to the song so this is it. Its obvious she just wanted it left on the soundtrack. She didnt want it on Music. (It wasnt in all countries) but it ended being a bloody smash (number 1 in the UK) So its stuck on in the countries it was a smash in at the end to get sales.
Think how random Vogue was on stuck on the end of Im Breathless lol. Out of her stubborn strops. Later stages she left Warners. She had a tantrum about Impressive Instant not being a single too. Mustve been some heated meetings! You can tell by the video she did for American Pie she didnt intend for it to be a hit. Haha Bless her, she was so popular in the UK/EU ect then people lapped it up. I dont think she's ever sang it live and didnt promote it. Guess good luck to her, im not keen of the song but she did it the best.
So many Madonna fans I know couldn't be bothered with this single. Rupert Everett was the one who instigated the boring cover for their film. Off with his head! We don't care for this song really even though it was no.1 in the UK! LOL!
I can't believe I missed it at the time, but then I literally never listen to the radio and would not have sought this out by myself!
hello madonna also made the video with the remix version of this song American Pie (Richard 'Humpty' Vission Radio Mix) very disco. In the video, Madonna was 4 months pregnant
You sure about that? She was pregnant in the "Music" video, which was shot months later, so she couldn't have been pregnant in both.
@@FindingMadonna hello, in the video American Pie was recently pregnant for music she was in the final stage of pregnancy
Despite being American, I was never that familiar with this song. I'd heard the chorus enough to know it but that's about it. It was a mystery to me when she covered it (Rupert apparently coerced her into doing it because there was a brief moment where they sing the song in the film they did together). I never loved it and thought the Orbit sound was played out by this point. THAT SAID, years later, I actually kind of dig it. As you said, her vocals are great and the production is very nice. But I also think it makes a lot of sense in retrospect. She's an American icon and the verses she chose to highlight are all about the power of music (and dancing). The mention of the holy ghost also fits in really well with her identity. I don't know. It just clicked with me years later, probably because I had practically no attachment to the original at all. I agree that some of the lyrics are cheesy, but I think her version is kind of ironic. And yeah, it was a HUGE hit in the UK and other parts of the world, ironically. That's probably why they tacked it on overseas. But I agree it had no business being on the album. And it's not on the US version so I don't even consider it a Music song.
I never cared one way or the other for the original, but Madonna’s cover is just beautiful and especially how she incorporated unity within diversity, which still holds true to her message in her own work.❤😊
Off topic sort of, but there is remix of it that I think is a little better. Richard Humpy Vision mix... Would hear that one more on the radio.
Am I the only person who really likes this? Glad you picked up in her gorgeous vocals on this
I love it too
Even though it was a big hit in certain territories Madonna "punished" the song by leaving it off her second greatest hits album, GHV2 🤣
And punished us by putting the radio version of Don't Cry for me Argentina on it, rather than the miami mix.
Buddy, prepare to be roasted by music fans. It's not about how great the 60's were... it's a sad and nostalgic look back at the tragedy of his idol Buddy Holly's death who had a #1 hit with "That'll Be The Day (When I Die)" hence the similar line in this chorus. The plane crash was coined "The Day The Music Died" due to Richie Valens and The Big Bopper also dying in same plane) but also a look back at key events in music and American events in not a direct manner but using impressionistic references.
I think the problem with Madonna's version is, as she herself mentioned, even attempting a cover of a classic well-known song. She cuts the verses which mention all the historic and tragic elements which is fine for the purposes of her version but I think the biggest problem is it removes all the emotion (except maybe in the intro) and the lines "This'll be the day that I die" and "The day the music died" lose all their meaning. The synth music backing is too cringey for fans of the original.
You need a pallet cleanser. Follow this with some Kelly Clarkson!
U must play Madonnas club mix of this song, iMO it’s the best ❤️
#MegaMichiganMFan84
I'm not a huge fan of this song but I do like it and it's too bad that you feel this way about the song. I think that the song overall is catchy and melodic especially the chorus. I hope that it grows on you. I agree that this song should not have been included on the Music album but instead with The Best Thing album.
Madonna was suggested to record this song for her soundtrack to her movie The Next Best Thing by her costar Rupert Everett who is also in the music video of this song. He felt that the song would be perfect and appropriate for one of the scenes in the movie. The movie was released in March of 00 and it's about a close friendship between a gay man and his best friend a single woman who is feeling the biological time clock.
People mainly missed the mark on this one - just like Justify My Love was a precursor to Erotica the album, this was an "intro" to the American Lie (no f in pronouncing).
The video got awards for "cinematography" and the song came about at the funeral scene in the movie The Next Best Thing.
However if you watch closely, she's in rags with horrible makeup, dancing disjointed moves and portraying a classic American bimbo's outlook, while the video depicts every single oppressed and down rotten group of common folk which make up the majority of working-class Americans.
With the middle section where cheerleading turns to saluting the Military Industrial Complex, It's obviously an extreme criticism of the whole notion of "the land of the free and the home of the brave".
I hate the song as much as you do, the only redeeming quality being her singing it, but take a look at the video again through the prism of what late stage capitalism brought to the class devide in the ol' US of A❣️
This was before Iraq#2, she was years ahead on this one as well, people generally just choose not to understand cause it takes putting up a mirror and taking a look at the worst aspects of American Empire.
Brilliant if you ask me 🤷
This is a very interesting take and shows me that it is still possible for me to underestimate Madonna!
Just observe where she was artistically at this time:
Two previous videos were Beautiful Stranger which was a perfectly executed tongue in cheek homage to the 60's Bond era AND
Nothing Really Matters which you already covered - an insanely perverted but deep & futuristic portrait of "love, life and humanity".
In American Pie she spits on every aspect of what constitutes "Americanism" showing in full detail all the cracks of the system.
Unfortunately, she didn't have the balls to bring the "observation" to full circle by releasing the original American Lie (again no f) video, but the watered down version, and this is where her downfall as a "rebel" begins.
After that she went from a profound anti-establishment critic who was always questioning and pushing the envelope to a classic neo-liberal shill. I guess age, children and having lots to lose in the 00's were too much of a bargain even for her.
Until she got her b@lls back with Madame X@@gordonmershe1351
@bridgethegapreactions yes I'd not paid attention either! It seems there is something in this theory of editorial images ...
"If the bible tells you so" has guns and police. (Christian Right wing).
""Out of luck" has young black child (marginalised).
"Lovers cried" has lesbian couple, and "Church bells all were broken" has gay couple (marriage illegal).
"Happy news" has pregnancy, and "sang the blues" has funeral.
@@zanyzander 💯
I love the classic version and Madonna's version. It is a great song! But it's obviously not your preference, and that is okay.
I neither hate nor love this song. I mean I wouldn’t turn it off it it came on, but I wouldn’t seek it out either. The Billy Joel song you mentioned, that one I would definitely skip. I can’t stand that song. Lol Thanks for posting!
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lol. Your revulsion for the chorus was just funny to me for some reason. I think I may be a little older than you, and I remember this song being considered iconic when I was a child. I’ve always liked it, even if it was a little indulgent being so long, but my favourite Don McLean song is Babylon. Just simple and beautiful, with an amazing Round Robin live performance on his greatest hits collection
Oh I'm aware that people think it's iconic, haha! I know it's a meaningful song to a lot of people, I just can't get behind it. You saw me trying, but then that chorus came in and I couldn't hold it any longer!
Blame Rupert Everett for this (who you can clearly hear on this backing vocal). There was a funeral scene in the film "The Next Best Thing" where Madonna and Rupert's characters (along with others) start singing this song. So he convinced her to record it. Not one of my my favourites of hers.
It seems to me that this is Madonna pushing buttons again, probably she’s trying to invite us to rethink about customs, “traditions” and culture itself… is it fine for everybody that TIME STILL STOOLS? (this is what I get from this Madonna message within this “old” song)
This is a pretty unpopular opinion but this is better than the original I find that one boring
Madonna edited the lyrics, giving it enough to make it better and more open to interpretation if you can ignore the original.
Think you are taking music too seriously mate ..If you like it enjoy it....uf you don't move on
Remember one mans (or woman) meat is another mans poison....If we all liked the same thing would be pretty boring...I liked this cover
Glad I’m not the only one who hated the original. I actually prefer Madonna’s version.
Yes 2 out 7 Billion. Seems about right.
You don’t have to like everything Madonna does dude. This is one of her worst moments.
I’d say bad cover of a classic that should never have happened.
It’s perfect. Even Don McLean said he love Madonna version
And you'd be wrong. It is a great cover.
I never liked the original American Pie there's lots of songs I don't like that lots of people love. Livin' on a Prayer by Bon Jovi I find incredibly irritating lol
Dreadful. Eek.
As a fan, one of my least favorites. It's not bad, but it ain't great. Yep, its bad. But good. Ha.
Bad song bad cover
I love Madonna's version, but the reason why she covered it is because it's a classic song. The song is not pretentious at all, it tells a story of that time period.