Young people don't know what happened because of this music video. At the time of this was released she was immediately blocked by USA radios and music channels and it hasn't been possible for her to recover until today. It was almost the end of her career but Europe saved her and then in 2004 Confessions sold more the 5 million copies outside the USA and almost 2 million inside the USA even knowing that at that time she was blocked by mainstream American media. She is Madonna and her career has survived thanks to Europe and Latin America because for most pop artists this would have been the end of the road.
I've been a fan of Madonna since Music in the year 2000, and I remember here in America she was played on radios her movies concerts on tv etc like Gaga, or Jlo nowadays actually I remember a big promotion for The Tour in 2001 and for the yellow cd the GHV2 album that btw It was the last I got as a gift from someone living here. Ghv2 limited edition for My birthday in November (I think it was her last major success here in the USA or at least last time American people talked about her, you could see adverts for GHV2 or for the dvd of tour on tv all the summer and fall of 2001, actually you probably can find them here on UA-cam ). Now by the time she released the American Life video EVERYTHING changed for her career in the US and still up to today when I mention something about her to relatives or friends they say: "oh! "that woman" 🙄 come on. I can't believe you still listen to her please! “Does she still making music? oh? I thought she left the States to never come back” blah blah like she was disgusting for them… she touched negatively the Patriotism of the American People so she was never played on Radios, none oof her movies on tv. The only 2 songs they play at least here in Fl and PA where I have lived are “into the groove” & “like a prayer” and only 2 times a month. Many people think that Erotica would end up with her career when American Life was the one which really did it here in the US. I traveled to Europe few years ago and I heard her music in the radio it was like traveling to the past. Kind of weird
A very powerful and intelligent video criticizing the so-called American dream, the American obsession with war, destruction, material wealth, fashion and popularity. And I am amazed that Jack Nicholson and Sophia Loren were in it! The fact that this video was replaced with a new and not-so-politically-charged one is proof that America does not want to confront the real face of the American dream.
This video landed with a thud when it was released. The video was banned. Watching it in 2021 shows us just how far ahead of her time she was. If this video came out today, it would be the best video of the year.
@@julhest Madonna has a heavy hand in everything she does and quite often it's to her detriment. Her Madame X show was amazing live, but her Madame X Paramount Plus "movie" was awful. She needs more people around her who tell her no and she needs to stay out of the editing room. She hires the best people in the biz and even though he directed it, I can promise you she was right next to him the entire time making sure her vision came to life. So you can keep your dismissive LOL.
Actually it wasn't banned. Madonna pulled it before it premiered. She said she did it because she thought the video was insensitive. I based this on an entertainment weekly article; "Madonna Pulls Controversial 'American Life' video".
Wow. I felt this. The ending when all of that chaos was going on and everyone was around clapping. We need an American Life pandemic version of this video.
I have not seen such an intelligent & powerful expression by any artist around the world about American wars describing American 'dream'. Hats off to Madonna for this original video. I'm heart broken she did not release it & the world did not see her true expression over the subject.
I got to see this on TV when the first song came out. I remember sitting there with my parents, so idk, controversies always pop up but I'm sure many people still saw it as it happened and are rediscovering it now.
@@ollietaro She made it then she freaked out and pulled it herself shortly after and released the one with the flags. It is a too frivolous, superficial and phony video though, I am glad she decided to pull it. The war is not a thing that you can critisize easily by just dressing you up as a sexy soldier and all this stuff, no matter how much satire you want to put in a provokative video.
For the first time I saw this version of video and must say that have a strong message ! Nothing is changed even in this days in 2020! This video is really strong !
Ultimately, she didn't either, which is why this wasn't the official video despite being the original. Watching what happened to the Dixie Chicks spooked even Madonna.
A very artistic video that helps set the mood for the song. Made me fall in love with the song. The censored video is confusing. Just now loving whole era
After 'Ray of light' she trusted Jonas Åkerlund (the swedish director) fully. This is the result of his mind with her playing a role he assigned her - to her credit she accepted.
I'm asking everybody if we can get American Life to number one on the iTunes charts. Come one guys wake up!! We can do it. Lets get it to number 1. iTunes baby.
The Song And This Video Are Both Perfect! I Don't Know What a Demon Entered Into Her While She Decided To Ignore This Wonderful Work Of Art And To Change It With Video That Doesn't Pay a Dollar..
The best video of all time! Well done Madonna! I do remember that you started to be a controversial issue for the Bush administration! I will never forget it✨♥️✨🙏🏼
Can't believe they released this dumbed down censored version when this version is 1000 times better and conveys the message she was trying to say in a more potent way. Guess the censor board didn't like this version very much.
Just like others have said, can't believe it's 2020 & I'm just now seeing this. The part of 2:53 onward, just amazing. The censored video definitely didn't do the song/lyrics justice.
@@Tedelius In the rap she mentions soy latte, Mini Cooper and trooper, all which appear in the video. At the end she says "Nothing is what it seems". It all makes sense now in visual form. Just knowing the song, the rap didn't make much sense.
I wish Madonna was able to release this back in the day instead of it being leaked years later. A decade later, we can agree the War in Iraqi was morally wrong. And people needed to see critiques on the American Military Industrial Complex at the time. The sad thing is, if this was released today, it would still cause an uproar.
hm.... I saw the "art - pictures", how is good to be a soldier... And some documentaries.... And the problem is, some people wanna to kill. Problem - if they see smth like the last scene - they gonna to love it. And wanna it - go to the war. oK. We damaged this world from the beginning and has sick souls.
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Young people don't know what happened because of this music video. At the time of this was released she was immediately blocked by USA radios and music channels and it hasn't been possible for her to recover until today. It was almost the end of her career but Europe saved her and then in 2004 Confessions sold more the 5 million copies outside the USA and almost 2 million inside the USA even knowing that at that time she was blocked by mainstream American media. She is Madonna and her career has survived thanks to Europe and Latin America because for most pop artists this would have been the end of the road.
Very true
I've been a fan of Madonna since Music in the year 2000, and I remember here in America she was played on radios her movies
concerts on tv etc like Gaga, or Jlo nowadays actually I remember a big promotion for The Tour in 2001 and for the yellow cd the GHV2 album that btw It was the last I got as a gift from someone living here. Ghv2 limited edition for My birthday in November (I think it was her last major success here in the USA or at least last time American people talked about her, you could see adverts for GHV2 or for the dvd of tour on tv all the summer and fall of 2001, actually you probably can find them here on UA-cam ). Now by the time she released the American Life video EVERYTHING changed for her career in the US and still up to today when I mention something about her to relatives or friends they say: "oh! "that woman" 🙄 come on.
I can't believe you still listen to her please! “Does she still making music? oh? I thought she left the States to never come back” blah blah like she was disgusting for them… she touched negatively the Patriotism of the American People so she was never played on Radios, none oof her movies on tv. The only 2 songs they play at least here in Fl and PA where I have lived are “into the groove” & “like a prayer” and only 2 times a month. Many people think that Erotica would end up with her career when American Life was the one which really did it here in the US. I traveled to Europe few years ago and I heard her music in the radio it was like traveling to the past. Kind of weird
A very powerful and intelligent video criticizing the so-called American dream, the American obsession with war, destruction, material wealth, fashion and popularity. And I am amazed that Jack Nicholson and Sophia Loren were in it! The fact that this video was replaced with a new and not-so-politically-charged one is proof that America does not want to confront the real face of the American dream.
they are lookalikes
This is the reality in 2002 and beyond. One of Madonna's greatest video for me
This video landed with a thud when it was released. The video was banned. Watching it in 2021 shows us just how far ahead of her time she was. If this video came out today, it would be the best video of the year.
Lol she wasn't even really that much involved in making the video. We have Jonas Åkerlund to thank.
@@julhest Madonna has a heavy hand in everything she does and quite often it's to her detriment. Her Madame X show was amazing live, but her Madame X Paramount Plus "movie" was awful. She needs more people around her who tell her no and she needs to stay out of the editing room. She hires the best people in the biz and even though he directed it, I can promise you she was right next to him the entire time making sure her vision came to life. So you can keep your dismissive LOL.
Actually it wasn't banned. Madonna pulled it before it premiered. She said she did it because she thought the video was insensitive. I based this on an entertainment weekly article; "Madonna Pulls Controversial 'American Life' video".
@@ValleyOfTheKens I always thought it was under pressure from the label so they didn't look like the bad guy.
This album still reminds me of a 2000’s Madame X
Wooow I wasn't ready... Why I just discovered this in 2019??!
Me in 2020. Very shocking...
enjoy! #Queen
2021
2021
Me in 2021
This video is one of her most iconic and the song itself does not deserve the slander it gets
Wow. I felt this. The ending when all of that chaos was going on and everyone was around clapping. We need an American Life pandemic version of this video.
much better than the censored version
Only Madonna can do that . This video should already have many million views . Watch it , share it .......
This is the Madonna that I loved
watch god control
I have not seen such an intelligent & powerful expression by any artist around the world about American wars describing American 'dream'. Hats off to Madonna for this original video. I'm heart broken she did not release it & the world did not see her true expression over the subject.
I got to see this on TV when the first song came out. I remember sitting there with my parents, so idk, controversies always pop up but I'm sure many people still saw it as it happened and are rediscovering it now.
yes!
UK too, not just America. The most powerful and true and brave expression of a popular artist EVER.
Daring and ahead of time and still relevant till today. I watched this at the album launch at a club in Kuala Lumpur back then.
It's 2020 almost, it seems like she is always the boss!
you damn right
Ok this is one of the most epic and powerful video I've seen. This should have 100 million views.
Please... it is so void, superficial and and trying so hard to be epic that it hurts...
@@conatcha Definitely not my opinion.
@@conatcha At least Madonna had the balls to make it. What did the other divas do?
@@ollietaro She made it then she freaked out and pulled it herself shortly after and released the one with the flags. It is a too frivolous, superficial and phony video though, I am glad she decided to pull it. The war is not a thing that you can critisize easily by just dressing you up as a sexy soldier and all this stuff, no matter how much satire you want to put in a provokative video.
@@conatcha 你是傻逼么？video里出现的虐囚和屠杀平民最后不都是被证实了的。你还是去听我爱你就像老鼠爱大米比较好
For the first time I saw this version of video and must say that have a strong message ! Nothing is changed even in this days in 2020!
This video is really strong !
The best Madonna song!
This goes hard, no artist today have those balls
Ultimately, she didn't either, which is why this wasn't the official video despite being the original. Watching what happened to the Dixie Chicks spooked even Madonna.
ikr and new generations pray singers who got videos hooking with the devil and fake pregnancies?
M.I.A. does tbh
@@LucSulla she got bigger balls than you why you think they ban the original video because she was speaking facts
This is infinitely better than the censored version. I like the song even more after watching this.
Omg I never seen this version before ! Omg Madonna I love her 😍😍
I've never seen this video before... Masterpiece!
First time I've seen this version of the video and all I can say is Wow!! Very powerful, sad it was taken off
Omg this is so much better than the other video. That scene at 2:52 is amazing. And 3:22 omg this whole part is gold.
She needs to upload this in her official account
The power this video has. 🙌🏻🔥 Still ahead of the times. 🖤🇺🇸
One of the best mv I've ever seen
One of her best videos so far
A very artistic video that helps set the mood for the song. Made me fall in love with the song. The censored video is confusing. Just now loving whole era
Never seen this version before. Quite powerful!
My favourite Madonna song!!
Director: how shocking do you want it to be?
Madonna: yes yes
After 'Ray of light' she trusted Jonas Åkerlund (the swedish director) fully. This is the result of his mind with her playing a role he assigned her - to her credit she accepted.
I'm glad I'm finally getting to see this version after all those years thanks to youtube!
Wow!!!! I never knew about this version. This is amazing.
I've always loved this song but "Madame X" made me love it even more. The interpretation of the song for the "Madame X" tour was awesome.
I loved that she performed this on that tour
I want to give this all the likes of my life.
I've been lied to. The mainstream version was very weird but this makes sense.
Epic.
This is hard hitting and so creative.
I'm asking everybody if we can get American Life to number one on the iTunes charts. Come one guys wake up!! We can do it. Lets get it to number 1. iTunes baby.
madonna is not just ‘M a d o n n a’
she is so much than what we knew.
The Song And This Video Are Both Perfect!
I Don't Know What a Demon Entered Into Her While She Decided To Ignore This Wonderful Work Of Art And To Change It With Video That Doesn't Pay a Dollar..
shit that was intense. thanks for existing Madonna x
Found this in August 2020. During pandemic
Wow! Powerful, thought provoking, well done, Mo!
Goosebumps!
This 📹 is excellent !
Good one in 2020.
Wow. What a bomb
Sex-bomb. Bomb. Sexbomb!
OMG! Madonna really Did that. I am shooked
Espectacular. Obra de arte.
Words fail me. Great!
Amazing 😻
*MASTERPIECE.*
The best video of all time! Well done Madonna! I do remember that you started to be a controversial issue for the Bush administration! I will never forget it✨♥️✨🙏🏼
Hell yes Madonna 🙌🏻
Can't believe they released this dumbed down censored version when this version is 1000 times better and conveys the message she was trying to say in a more potent way. Guess the censor board didn't like this version very much.
13.000 + how sad is this. Such a good video 👌👌👌
HOLY FUCK. 16 YEARS AND I JUST KNOW NOW THAT THIS VERSION EXISTS.
Wow!
Yay!
Just like others have said, can't believe it's 2020 & I'm just now seeing this. The part of 2:53 onward, just amazing. The censored video definitely didn't do the song/lyrics justice.
powerfully done. I could only handle parts of the video because of CPTSD. . But well done.
i remember seeing this video when i was 5 y/o. Madonna was metal as fuck
madonna being maddona
Fiquei em choque
I had never watched this video. I do remember the controversy around it and how it was censored.
This version should have more views and replace the editted one
Where's the Bush scene? :(
+Rob Bow Wow It was added to the video by government (I believe) when they banned it. As an insult, you know.
this video more powerful...
The soy latte rap makes so much sense now
Omg right!!!!
explain me pls
@@Tedelius In the rap she mentions soy latte, Mini Cooper and trooper, all which appear in the video. At the end she says "Nothing is what it seems". It all makes sense now in visual form. Just knowing the song, the rap didn't make much sense.
Actually, this video is more than popular today. It's just that not everyone will understand it.
No one talks about the edited flag version anymore please... No more!
It was an insult and we all trying to forget about it... ALL OF IT!
This should be o her main channel
someone watching this? April 2022???
This video makes more sense than the flags one.
* " FUCK IT " !! 100% X3
La verdad duele
I wish Madonna was able to release this back in the day instead of it being leaked years later. A decade later, we can agree the War in Iraqi was morally wrong. And people needed to see critiques on the American Military Industrial Complex at the time.
The sad thing is, if this was released today, it would still cause an uproar.
And she had Big girls as her backup dancers! No else would back then
*Mouth Drops Open*
2:26
Chills ❤ So heartbreaking
HABITATEureka!* Executive Cosmic Order ACTIVATED
#HOLAEureka!*
#HABITATEureka!*
quelle claque !
There isn't final scene of the video :( In the end George Bush catches and lights from a grenade
Alternative end
I liked the original:) but if you ppl remember, this video was taken off every channel...
where is that one, do you know? I have been trying to find it for forever
American Life (2003) Madonna
3:05
It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.
- George Carlin
Raps better then drake
Cnc Red Alert GENERAL starred with MADONNA... 😂😂😂
...and starts to think: could I teach Tatyana to be a Madonna.
2:35 Is that Sophia Loren?
This is the best video and album but this really didn't age well cause of February 24....
Sophia Loren is in the place Why i see that in 2021 ??
Wow... it's crazy how neutered the other version is compared to this one...
Gaga sería capaz de hacer algo así?
No creo.
This is the best she looked. Now shes messed around with too much surgery and fillers
There's another version with 'George Bush' lights up a cigar at the end of the video.
Too late, but it would have not stop war in Iraq. Art never stops a war
hm.... I saw the "art - pictures", how is good to be a soldier... And some documentaries.... And the problem is, some people wanna to kill. Problem - if they see smth like the last scene - they gonna to love it. And wanna it - go to the war. oK. We damaged this world from the beginning and has sick souls.
watching this thinking of ukraine
I'm more offended by the Eurovision "performance" than any of her videos.
anyone here after that Pro-Trump Protests in US Capitol?
Show the original ending with ex president Bush
GAGA WHO?
don't start that now. that madonna-gaga rivalry joke is old and dead. people are allowed to be fans of both.