Madonna - 'American Life' REACTION!! (Director's Cut UNCENSORED Version)
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We missed Madonna Sunday because of this video! Usually, for our Madonna reactions, the video is what UA-cam blocks, but this time it was the actual song audio. This led to the video having to be constantly edited until finally, YT let us post it. I couldn't tell you why this song in particular was so heavily blocked, but we finally got it. If you want to watch the full uncut version of the reaction, we have it posted on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/TriFate
Thanks for watching!
Okay!
Thanks for the effort. There are still a power that rules and support war industry.
Please react to "god control" by madonna in 2019 it's a real masterpiece
I would complain to you about the kkkk edit but I'll see the complete link. The video must have been censored by YT because it speaks truths about the illusion of the American dream. Many Americans were offended by these criticisms and Madonna was wronged because of that this was so bad for Madonna because since 2003 she has been boycotted and her singles do not play on American radio.
hi babe
The problem is not Madonna going too far. The problem is us, we tend not to see things as they really are. This video is a masterpiece, raw but real.
This is not even the original version. The original has a President George W. Bush look-a-like catching the hand grenade.
This is why Madonna is no mere pop star…she is a true artist of the highest degree and makes statements. You have to realize Madonna sacrificed her 20+ year career of major radio play to make a statement with this song. She had US hits after this song but never got the same love on radio ever again for her anti war stance (remember most radio stations are owned by conservatives). Similar to Janet Jackson after the super bowl
"I was able to make an album full of my own music that’s a complete success to me. If one person buys it and enjoys it that’s success to me."
- Madonna about American Life album
I agree with what you said. The song itself wasn't political. It was a critique of the modern American life and culture that glorifies fame, glamor and material fortune. It was the music video that was political and antiwar.
Madonna chose to not release the video and instead stood in front of a backdrop of flags from around the world. It was controversial because the song wasn’t good on its own.
@@kozmikoblivion I think American Life is a great song; especially in 2003, it was a great fresh sound. Mirwais is a brilliant artist. And American Life album is regarded as Madonnas most underrated classic album. Madonna has a few albums that suffered because of controversies. Her music always upped the quality with each album.
I guess you missed Madam X @@TheeePinkPanther
Guys, your analysis was spot on. American Life also makes a critique about how media turned war like a spectacle, therefore the war is portrayed in this video as a fashion show. It’s brilliant.
yes my friend. this video is genius
And that everyone only got horrified about the war when the granade dropped off on the stage for them... that's a BIG message.
This was the start of Madonna's revolution.. she was more political and pushing.
I must slightly disagree, for one instance 🤭. But her revolution began since ever... Even politically she made controversy since Papa don't preach... Her Erotica era made her realize that we all are political subjects by defending ourselves and freedoms. But, yeah more openly since this work
American Life was the necessary criticism.
The album came in a troubled moment in the US, shortly after 9/11.
Madonna dialogues with the present, makes social critics & already opens the album with a deconstruction of the American way of life (American Life).
It goes through the flashes that chase the celebrities, the exaggerations that mark Hollywood (Hollywood).
It enters on a more intimate wave (Nobody Knows Me), then Madonna talks about her past (Mother and Father) & on the disappointments of the life (Love Profusion).
Also yielded the theme song from the movie 007 - Die Another Day & one of the best clips ever (Die Another Day).
This is definitely Madonna at her most political. As much as I love her, I wonder where she's been on political issues the last 4 years
@@yngguy4u Where? Well... Butaka, Dark Ballet and God Control... 3 official singles with their video from Madame X (2019), are also political statements. Check on them....
@@yngguy4u God Control and Dark Ballet videos...
Also another video similar to this is her last video released GOD CONTROL in 2019 omg so underrated that was the best video of the year
Yes!!! I don’t even think it was nominated for any awards ☹️
@Math Thias hahaha i looove Madonna too
@@apollokain2542 A german music choose God Control as the best 2019 video
To understand this video, you have to know that it was political statement against Iraq War in 2003. She was mocking American way of life and moved to UK.
That's pretty much exactly what they said sooooo, looks like they understood.
She moved to the UK before because of Guy Ritchie lol.
She married Guy Ritchie in Dec 2000, and thereafter she lived in the UK until 2008
This is when she washed up in the USA
@@Patrick3183 really? 'Confessions On A Dance Floor' debuted at number 1 and sold 2 million copies in the U.S. (over 10 million worldwide). It won her a Grammy and the Confessions Tour was the highest grossing U.S. Tour of 2006 (it also became the highest grossing tour by a female artist of all time up to that point).
Then there was 'Hard Candy' in 2008 which debuted at number 1 in the U.S. (but it did underperform pretty bad in overall sales, I'll give you that). The 'Sticky & Sweet' tour went on to become the highest grossing tour of 2009 in the U.S. and the highest grossing tour by a single artist (male or male) up to that point.
"Washed up in the U.S." with 'American Life' doesn't really apply here.
She did THAT. QUEEN OF THE WORLD
Nice to see people who get what she was trying to say about the juxtaposition of war and how it fuels the casual comfortability of our way of life. She's constantly misunderstood so I have a feeling most people wouldn't have gotten it.
One of the greatest Madonna’s masterpiece
Your interpretation is spot on. This came at a time in 2003 when almost everyone was pro invading Iraq, Madonna got so much hate and criticism for releasing this video. She had to pull it out off air.
I think her career has never recovered since then:(
@@OneDamnBoy COADF: Hold my beer
Actually she never released this version of the video, nor the official version... neither one of them ever aired, per M's (spot on at the time) instruction. But of course the rumours clashed with that post 9/11-pre Iraq War sentiment brewing in the US. Plus, related or not, radio (ESPECIALLY NY metro) abso HATED the AL kickoff single. She was toast before she even hit the fire...
@@FranklySpeaking. well the confessions era didn't have that much success in the US, which is the main market, as far as I know. Sure it had a lot of success in Europe
I have seen footage from her saying that she pulled it off because she didn't want to offend the soldiers that were being sent over to Iraq
A very good reaction guys - you seemed to get it exactly, a lot of people much older than you two don't. Kudos. ✌️
Unfortunately Madonna had to pull this video because her and her family were getting death threats for her anti-war stance. US radio also blacklisted her at the time because of this song.
People didn’t like the song anyways whether or not there was a radio ban.
Wasn''t really a ban or blacklisting. She pulled the video before it aired and had a flag version replace it. However, some conservative political media like FOX decided to comment on the original video as if it was released. No one really saw this version until it was leaked and which later was used in the tour backdrops of her 2004 Tour. Radio didn't blacklist her. It was becoming a time that radio felt Madonna was too old for their audience (which I find extremely ridiculous). The song itself is far more lighter than the video. The song wasn't about anti-war or Anti-American. Unfortunately, people took the album out of context. I'm sure the cover/photos on the album didn't help and much of the press she did, she was quite political. That said; the song just didn't work for radio. A lot of people, even some fans, took issue with the song along with the self indulgent rap. While "Music" was her real last hit on American radio, she was struggling then in getting airplay, especially by the third single release of WIFLFAG. It didn't help she had a spat with the record company in what singles to release. The record company wanted "Amazing" as the fourth single, and Madonna wanted Impressive Instant. Madonna kinda got her way, as Impressive Instant got a promotional release, but she did everything to keep Warner from releasing "Amazing" as well as refusing to perform it on the Drowned World Tour as they were hoping to use LIVE footage for an official video.
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Well it was a hit everywhere, #2 in the UK for example...in the U.S. it reached a mere #37, because it's toooo shocking for americans...
Your analysis was very accurate. A very thought provoking video. Madonna is almost always trying to get a message out.
Next one should be Die Another Day, which came out right before this one.
This videoclip is a masterpiece! Congrats on this reaction!!!! 👏👏👏🇧🇷🇧🇷
Great reaction guys! So cool to listen your commentary too. It is very much about what you said, she was pretty vocal against the irak war during the bush years and the shallowness of modern life. The whole album (American Life) had lots of social topics on it. Hope you can check out the Reinvention Tour live version of American Life too, is epic! Thanks
Your reaction is on point! Madonna is a great anti violence advocate and this song hit her career (once again everybody was against her and she was banned from radio and tv for being “anti-patriotic”... that made that album flop but you should listen to it for sure!)
People didn’t like the music, that’s the reason the album flopped. If it was for all the reasons you mentioned, it wouldn’t have underperformed overseas but it did... global sales fell of ~65% from Music.
In the US the promotion and sales of the album were harmed by the campaign against her. Not even the MTV performance of Hollywood saved the album
@@alexgiron8148 I understand that, but my point was that people didn't like the album even when it got highly promoted. The VMA performance only increased sales of the album by a couple thousand. You can't claim she's the biggest female popstar in the world and then in the same breath say she's an underdog. That's not how it works. The singles all tanked and people just weren't feeling the acoustic electro-folk sound. Maybe a hit like Music or Don't Tell Me could have helped but tbh, none of the singles sounded like hits to me.
@@elizabethschubert7803 too bad she was ahead of her time. American Life would’ve been a hit today
@@elizabethschubert7803 it went to #1 in the US went platinum and sold 5 million worldwide, it wasn't a flop but a huge underperformance
Your interpretation was pretty spot on and the comments should fill in any missing blanks. It’s pretty frigging brilliant when you think about it…..and genius and ahead of its time if you put in into the context of when it was released. Overall the Afghanistan war was widely popular as it was in retaliation of 9-11 but by the time we got to Iraq, public opinion was somewhat divided at first and later became much more unpopular as it was evident we were lied to.
Great reaction guys! Insightful and spot on yet again.
The best American Life reaction I have ever seen, you should react to the whole album
I remember the first version of this music video aired on MTV on the release date! It had a different ending with former George Bush president lightening up a cigar and nodding. Madonna is such an icon!
a real clip! KUDOS to Jonas Akerlund, the video director! I recommend to watch RAY OF LIGHT and MUSIC by the same director also for Madonna! the f**** QUEEN
I love that you guys saw the intensity behind this. You’re reactions are getting so much better. Smart bunch of cookies.
There's another version, alternative ending, with Sadam Hussein and George Bush (actors) in the audience using the grenade as a lighter for their cigars.
I'm Madonna fan, and this video is so Amazing! 😍 Good Reaction!
Every time I watch your videos I'm always waiting for you guys to say "Party on Wayne, party on Garth!" 😄
American life! Madonna's best album!
From Portugal, I love Madonna. Thank you guys 💖
Love this video Madonna pushing boundaries with an important message. There is another version where the grenade goes in the direction of George Bush who is next to Hussein. Bush picks up the grenade and it’s rendered innocuous. He uses it as a lighter in the end.
So glad to see 2 young men who happen to be American get it, have an opinion and share that opinion. Good men ❤️
She paid for it, the industry never forgave her. And since this videoclip, Madonna never got any other success ever again in America. Even Confessions on a Dance Floor, with all its success, wasn't a huge hit in the US as it was all around the world.
With all this, she survived... She's the Queen of Pop, after all.
This is a good reaction! I like how you guys tried to figure out the deeper meanings of the song and video because it has interesting lyrics and visuals which make you think
Awesome reaction guys. As usual
I love how you guys are now delving more into the messages behind her videos and music. There are many aspects that people can get from a Madonna video and/or songs. There’s the superficial aspect of simply enjoying the music and beats, and if you go deeper there’s the underlying point she is making.
She made this video right before the attack on Iraq, as a kind of warning and by the time it was ready to be released, the war had already started so she chose not to release this version of the video. She didn’t want people to think she was trying to disrespect the men and women who fought.
A masterpiece. Lots of Americans didn't 'forgive' her for this video...
Hi guys, I'd love to see a Madonna poster behind you... True Blue Album cover poster!!! xoxoxo
Hola chicos !!!!! 🇲🇽
Please react to the "Gang Bang" performance from MDNA Tour and "God Control" Madonna's music videos 🙏🏼
I adore you guys! Great vids always!
I love your take! You are so spot on! She's a warrior, a prophet, a mom, a millionaire, a target, a businesswoman, no mere pop star. She's on the level of David Bowie, kind of having transcended herself and her own identity... I fathom some future generation will discuss her work in 20th century America philosophical context... sounds kinda crazy but her indictments on 80s and 90s and 00s America are still being felt
You guys!! Killing it!❤️
You are great and you are right about the interpretation. That video is amazing!!!
Great critique and observation.
Madonna has conviction and integrity and balls of steel and has been unofficially blacklisted and boycotted because she remains unapologetic for it. I love her
There’s a catwalk showcasing war outfits and what is trendy (the war idea), while Madonna prepared to invade the show and fight the media (by hosing them) and through a bomb before she exits. She was branded anti american, the album flopped as its songs were forbidden to play on radio and she had to remove the video from circulation. Nowadays we would say Madonna was cancelled, which she was. Good reaction guys.
Excellent reaction and conversation!
You guys got everything right, and you MUST listen to this album because is one of the best ever!
FINALLY AAAAAAA😍😍🥺 Thank u for this react
Amazing! You guys are very very smart 👏👏
If you did a reaction to this guys you have to do a reaction to Madonna's live American Life reinvention tour you'll love it
I love your Madonna reactions...it’s the best !
You guys nailed it!!
Spot on reaction. Please react to The power of goodbye and Ghost town. Her most underrated ballads. So beautiful 👌❤️
This should be a great reaction, excited for this 💗 💫
You guys profoundly got the meaning of these track and video. Hard topic, especially in US, especially 3 years after september 11. But you guys are the evidence that, often, people are able to think with their own mind. Even very young people! And that's absolutely beautiful 👍👍👍
Guys we love you for expose madonna’s art to the new generation !! She is the only star to push boundaries that way , she is marvelous and you guys are fantastic, your reactions to Madonna’s are my favorite
you guys get it.. bravo . your commentary is on point.
these boys get it. so proud of them! keep up the good work!
There’s another version that ends with bush snuggling up to Saddam Husain in the fashion show crowd
This is so refreshing given your generation and how you interpret it. This is why Madonna is head and shoulders above 99% of artists in her field. She is exceptionally masterful.
This video protested Bush's war against Iraq and those who in the U.S. who didn't care or who supported the war. Madonna was excoriated for this video and banned from radio play, something she is still experiencing. Madonna, George Michael, and the Dixie Chicks were just a paltry few who spoke against the war and/or the Bush regime at the time. The album "American Life" is a political album that also entertains social commentary. It's also an introspective album with some of the most lovely acoustic songs by Madonna, and one of my favorites.
This was a very controversial video for that time. Madonna always showed her true point of view to the point of being singled out. Excellent 🙌🏻
i love your reaction and appreciation for Madonna as an artist. it was never about her voice
loved this reaction ... !!
Totally agree with your interpretation. A 2003 "pop" video that still feels actual and relevant, as showing to the safe public the attrocities of war.
Legendary
You guys are so cool, great Madonna reactions... Do more Madonna.
thanks for this reaction!!
Great points.. Very intelligent ! Respect , guys 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
The director's cut uncensored doesn't have "President Bush" at the end catching the grenade. That was the version played on European Music channels (the Bush version) before the video get pulled by Madonna and FBI due to serious life threaths she and her famlily received. The video still played for about 3 weeks in Europe before being replaced by the flagged video on her UA-cam channel. The directors cut was featured on a special DVD series specialized on Directors. This video is from March/April 2003 (Her video with Britney was from November/December 2003).
Bravo guys. Proves that our actions today will be judged by future generations through different eyes. Keep up the fun videos.
Ray of Light
the live version from the Reinvention Tour 2004 is just a master pease!
Vejo Madonna e venho correndo !
Thanks for the reaction.
Oh the American Life era...so profound, incredible, ahead of it's time...and truly truly incredible...brilliant album! Worth listening to beginning to end.
She’s amazing! ICONIC ❤️
You guys rock .. you got it ..:Take a bow.
It’s refreshing to see young American guys actually get it.
The comment where they mention America being the aggressor in all major conflicts since WW2 really stood out for me.
Nice point of view 👏
really well done review! this video was indeed a reaction to the Iraq War and actually Madonna decided to not release the original version and made a censored edited version because of how Controversial it would have been at the time. Great job on looking at the intricacies of the symbolism of the video between our American life and their reality.
Madonna never really got the recognition for doing such a brave and incisive music video like this. Like really, I’ve never seen any artist THAT big going THAT far! I guess the USA government just wants very hard everyone to ignore her American Life era.
OMG, the part where you were like "Maybe we got it all wrong and she's pro-war and loves guns" made me laugh out loud so hard!
Since you seem to be discovering the studio version of songs and then watching a live version. You should defo check out The Re-Invention Tour performance, which is basically the video images but ramped up to 10! It opened the military section of the show.
You both talked about not yet seeing a live performance where she really let's loose and does full on Choreo. I would for you to check out Into the Groove, her first number 1 single. Watch Into the Groove on the 1987 Who's that Girl Tour, live in Italy, she is half Italian. The video DVD was not called Ciao Italia. The dancing, Choreo and vocals are all 10/10. You can tell from the stage that it is the 80's, her first world tour. The little kid from the Open your heart video is on this tour as one of her dancers. It's so great to see young guys appreciating her genius. You should both consider watching Madonna: Behind the American dream, a BBC documentary made in December 1990 that shows just how famous she really was, no one had been that famous before and her movie Truth or Dare that followed her backstage during the Blond Ambition tour, you will not believe what her life was like. ❤️ Anyway love you guys for listening to a range of music. Get your girlfriends involved. ❤️✖️
I AM COMMENTING FIRST AND WATCHING LATER BECAUSE FINALLYYYYYYYYYYYYY
my favorite video from her omg
After the SEX/Erotica era of 1992/93, American Life video (censured) was her next major political statement which was critical of the then potential war in Iraq.
When war was declared, she pulled the video, but the damage to her career was done.
Most people now agree the war was unnecessary and illegal
Iconic video
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She never recovered her US stardom like pre this era, after this but I’m sure she’d never regret it.
And omg yes speak in America and it being the war instigators since world war 2. Boys. Hats off
You guys have to watch the original ending because the directors cut toned down the original ending. Skip to the last 30 seconds of this link: ua-cam.com/video/XZ7tZrQtHgo/v-deo.html
It is only 20-30 seconds of your time and you will absolutely love it.
(P.S. The lighting of the cigar symbolizes who is responsible for starting the war.)
Lord, the Bush years/the Iraq war.....Terrible time in America.
I am so impressed with both of your reactions to this video. Very spot on. At the time though, you could not say what you said. Anyone that expressed those thoughts would have been considered a traitor, thankfully most Americans, especially the youth of today understand what really happened then. As a long time fan of Madonna, it did feel a bit disappointing that she chose for the first time in her career to back down to pressure. She always paved the way in terms of strength in conviction and telling the truth. But on the other hand she was also a mother, she couldn't be as defiant as she was in her youth, she knew the backlash could put her family in danger as it did when the Dixie Chicks spoke out around the same time against the war. I also think she realized it was better to play the long game, this music video wouldn't change the war, but her staying in the publics good graces, rebuilding her career and staying relevant gave her a pedestal to speak from, a position from which people could hear her speak the truth on tour and not be cancelled by conservatives or the right wing.
Hey guys! You should watch and react to her performance of Bedtime Story at the Brits Awards 1995!
That was absolutely ICONIC!!!
These guys ❤️❤️❤️
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I wish they would react to M’s Sex Book. I’d love to hear their commentary.
this was the tipping point for Madonna's career. pro Bush clear channel and Viacom started to cut her from stations. her airplay momentum in her mid 40's never recovered.
The other version of the video she trow the granade to president bush, the granade never explode and he ignite a cigar with it…. What a statement !!!
Great reaction. I think I’ve seen a version of this where a George W Bush lookalike catches the Grenade at the end, which makes a very pointed statement. This is a brilliant Madonna video either way.
Have you done Bad Girl? It’s amazing.
In a postmodern culture, entertainment becomes news and news become entertainment.
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This video basically ruined her career in the US, when COADF was doing incredible in the world, it didn't have the chance to hit really hard in the US along with her next albums.