I love how you both went so intently with your eyes to the screen when it started, you both know by now that you can't miss one moment of a Madonna video or you could miss what she is conveying, I love your reactions and just know, the best is yet to come !!! FOR REELZ !!!
Good to see you back, looking good and hearty with another fine reaction.❤ Madonna has had a checkered relationship with Hollywood. In 1984, she learned how to play its game and charmed it when she released her video of Material Girl. She moved residence to L.A., married one of its ‘bad boy’ idols in Sean Penn. She also wrote soundtrack music for Hollywood films then and appeared in Vision Quest (cameo role) and co-starred in Desperately Seeking Susan. In 1990 she released her video of Vogue where she paid homage to Hollywood Golden Age icons that influenced her. She also co-starred in Dick Tracy with Warren Beatty, one of Hollywood’s old lion and playboy with whom she had a brief romantic affair. In 1992 she appeared in the film A League Of Their Own. She continued to write soundtrack for movies. She also starred and won acclaim for her role in Evita in 1996. By this time she knows the ins and outs of Hollywood’s celeb culture and establishment that’s sexist, superficial and ageist that’s dominated by men, by the media and a conservative Academy that awards the Oscars. By 1998 ROL era, in her video of Drowned World/Substitute For Love, she has no illusions about what Hollywood is all about. By 2000 she had moved to England after marrying Guy Richie. By the 2003 American Life era, in this Hollywood song, she exposed and criticized the Hollywood facade, its ills, and its complicity for glorifying violence and war and for foisting to the public the pursuit of superficial values. She was shunned, shamed, and vilified for this, but she is a true artist, willing to pay the price for speaking truth to power. She may have her detractors, but she persisted and fought the good fight-and for this she has many more admirers.😊
Aww, thank you! ❤️❤️ "By the 2003 American Life era, in this Hollywood song, she exposed and criticized the Hollywood facade, its ills, and its complicity for glorifying violence and war and for foisting to the public the pursuit of superficial values. She was shunned, shamed, and vilified for this, but she is a true artist, willing to pay the price for speaking truth to power." Very well said! Big hugs to you. ❤️
Such an awesome video!! My favourite song from this album. There is an incredible live performance, which everybody’s going to recommend… For the VMAs performance with Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera, and Missy Elliott. You’ve surely heard the story of this live performance before, but now you need to see it. Wonderful reaction and commentary ladies. Well done! Now with social media, everybody has their 15 minutes of fame, right? Can’t wait for the next video! Have a lovely day! ♥️
I’ve watched this video many times, but I never got tired of it, I find a different symbol and meaning each time!! Madonna is just amazingly smart and funny!!! ❤❤❤ 🙌🙌👏👏👏👏👏
Cannot wait for the next single/ video Love Profusion. It was released as a double A Side in Europe with Nothing Fails. Nothing Fails does not have an official video but is worth checking out as well as that was played on the radio in Europe and kind of was a single as part of the double A-side.
@@Marc-zi5cq and nothing fails was released in the USA as a double a-side with Nobody Knows Me. There is a remix video for NKM from that time but let’s be honest, we count the 2012 MDNA interlude as the official video 😂
Fun fact: the album American Life was supposed to be called Hollywood. It was a last-minute decision to change its name. This song would be the first single but Madonna decided to use it as the follow-up to American Life. There is a making the video for it, made by MTV. It’s very interesting to see her interacting with her long-time friend and director of this video, Jean-Baptiste Mondino
I hope you can react to her promo show on MTV On Stage and On The Record and her Jonathan Ross performances (She does a stripped down Dont Tell Me which is amazing)
Another good video and song,fun video❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤thanks ladies for your reaction ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤there are two sides to Hollywood as you ladies said there is the glamorous side and the not so glamorous side of Hollywood. Hollywood is a fantasy.
Music video was inspired from the photography of Guy Bourdin for this single '. please check his photos-you will see how cleverly M was using art for her pwn art…genius
When her references are obvious nobody makes a big fuss about it, but when research is needed to get some of the not-so-obvious references, it's theft.
@@MrDemimonde yeah interesting how this process worked. I mean, who's responsible for using these images as an idea and then actually using it without thinking about legal actions! It is a beautifully done clip and M is gorgeous.
Hey lighting girls! This song is not one of my favorite but I love the video.... You should react the VMA's live with britney and christina!! It is wonderful and the provocation during the performance (I don't spoil it) shocked so much but it is Madonna! For single, if I am not fan of Hollywood, I'm so in love with the next one "nothing fails" which is one of her best single ever (without a video.... so unfair!!!!) but I'm sure Brenda will use a tissue during this song..... .... and after "love profusion" with one of the most beautiful video of her career..... And "mother and father" (included on the celebration tour..) which was a promo single .... So happy to see your reactions, I'm with you from France, Take care. With kindness and hugs. Your frenchy guy.
Aww, thank you so much - We're always happy to see you here! ❤️❤️ And thank you for the live performance suggestion - Can't wait to see it! Guess we'll need to buy more tissues for the rest of the album though... Thank you for letting us know! Big hugs to you. ❤️
Another great reaction, so on point and interesting as usual. Even though I’m a big Madonna fan, I should admit this is not my fav song/vid, but I enjoy your reaction anyway, thank you so much!! Can’t wait for Love Profusion, a personal favorite ❤️
Another early video and I love it!!! EDIT: I am certain that your other viewers will tell you the name of the photographer who's work inspired the shots in Hollywood, and I can't think of his name right now. However, I've ALWAYS thought this video sort of brings to mind the 1978 fashion/neo-giallo/slasher film "The Eyes of Laura Mars" which starred Faye Dunaway. There's a dangerous feel to the fashionable poses and moments. This is one of my favourite Madonna videos.
"However, I've ALWAYS thought this video sort of brings to mind the 1978 fashion/neo-giallo/slasher film "The Eyes of Laura Mars" which starred Faye Dunaway. There's a dangerous feel to the fashionable poses and moments." Completely agree with you!!! There was definitely a dangerous undercurrent throughout the video. Big hugs to you! ❤️❤️
Brenda sat there in her cardigan and I’m here sweating away in Cyprus. Love your reactions to Madonna. It’s great to see that she blows you away, the same as she did to us.
Aww, thank you! ❤️❤️ "Brenda sat there in her cardigan and I’m here sweating away in Cyprus." It's been very hot and humid here too, but the aircon vent is almost directly above us (so we're either cold or hot 😂). Big hugs! ❤️
Oh yes I just knew you would both love this song. It’s one of my all time favourites. As you say has a great beat but the lyrics and video are just awesome. Looking forward to all your reactions to this album. As I said before it’s a masterpiece & such a shame it got slammed when it came out.❤
I like the part when she reaches out and holds her maid’s face as though as she’s admiring her because the seems to be younger than her and she wishes that looks as youthful as her maid does
"One of my all-time favorite Madonna videos. Her look in 'Hollywood' is simply amazing and beautiful. I also love the song for its irony. I can’t wait to hear your reaction to 'Nothing Fails,' one of Madonna’s most haunting and beautiful ballads. 'American Life' deserves a full album reaction, as there are so many great songs on it."
I LOVE this song. The bass line rhythm/tempo of the synths and guitar are so beautifully/perfectly produced. The lyrics are definitely subversive. All the imagery of the vignettes in the video were directly inspired by a 1970s fashion photographer named Guy Bourdine. Some of his images of that era very controversial by todays standards. For whatever reasons, both Madonna and video director Jean-Baptist Mondino chose not to ask the estate of Guy Bourdine to use his style for the video. Bourdine's estate sued Madonna and Co. for her interpretation/intellectual property use of Bourdine's work and visual styles. The video cost over 1+ million dollars to make, Madonna had to pay an additional $700k after the fact for not asking permission to interpret Bourdine's work. The irony, Bourdine's estate said had Madonna asked to use it, they would've said yes, for a lot less money. MTV aired a "Making of" the Hollywood video. So much info there, she wears Gucci, Stella McCartney, and Prada in the video. Please react to her iconic 2003 MTV Awards performance of Hollywood.🙏
Thank you so much for sharing that info about the video! ❤️❤️ "Please react to her iconic 2003 MTV Awards performance of Hollywood." We think that can be arranged. 😉❤️
"This bird has flown". Madonna leaving her Hollywood career behind. Although Madonna made some very good movies, the Hollywood community never embraced her. Too smart and too outside the lines for those folks who are actually very conservative, banal and politically correct in the shallowest of ways. Oh well, their loss. I believe that this album was a face the truth, warts and all, project for her. Love it.
@@ThrifterPicker I agree. When the role is true to her spirit, she is great. When it is not, she seems artificial. She is so mesmerizing in her music videos, I believe, because it is her art.
@@s.tupper4159 So true. She said in one interview that it’s different in films where she appeared-where the narrative/screenplay, character roles and other film elements have been largely orchestrated by the film director, unlike in her music videos and live concert performances where she is expressing her own art and creative vision.
Ageism started to hit Madonna around this point form US Radio. After American Life, the song, fell quickly off the chart, radio was hesitant to add this song even though it was a bop. Funnily enough, this hit #2 in the UK and lit up the dance charts (there are some AMAZING remixes for this song that you should definitely check out!). The remix was used in the Re-invention tour.
"Ageism started to hit Madonna around this point form US Radio. After American Life, the song, fell quickly off the chart, radio was hesitant to add this song even though it was a bop." What a shame (at least the song was very successful in the UK though). Can't wait to see the Re-Invention version! ❤️❤️
It’s a great point about age and Madonna. I remember hearing “she’s in a race against time “ when she was in her early thirties. Her longevity has defied a lot of norms but it hasn’t come easy i.e. her recent health scare.
Agree with the other person that commented, love the hair Emily.! You are both spot on about ageism and expectations for female artists which Madonna seems to have thrown at her far more than most. She opened the Girlie Show Tour in London in 1993 and shockingly one of the reviews had calm down Grandma in the headline. She would have been 35 at the time. Utterly ridiculous. There are not many people in their 60s who still have the drive, energy and commitment that she puts into her work. There are a lot of 30 year olds that can’t match her either. I’m looking forward to your review of nothing fails, I think you will love it Brenda, but may need your trusty tissues ❤️
Aww, you're very kind - Thank you! ❤️❤️ "She opened the Girlie Show Tour in London in 1993 and shockingly one of the reviews had calm down Grandma in the headline. She would have been 35 at the time. Utterly ridiculous." Even at 35...So crazy. "I’m looking forward to your review of nothing fails, I think you will love it Brenda, but may need your trusty tissues" Thank you for the heads up on the tissues! ❤️
Great reaction ladies! 😊 In my humble opinion, you might want to react to Britney Spears music video for Me Against The Music featuring Madonna. It's the next release after Hollywood and I believe before the next single Nothing Fails. The Britney song is quite a fun bop. Lol
It's become such a no-win situation. If a "public" woman (and tbh even men, though still to a lesser degree) allows themselves to age naturally it gets a "omg...they've really gotten old" or "what happened? They used to be hot" But the opposite also happens. So much derision in saying "they've had a lot of work done" And even the same line of "they used to be hot" when someone has altered their looks to appear younger. This video relied heavily on the 1970s work of edgy French fashion photographer Guy Bourdain. His estate actually sued Madonna and director Jean Baptiste Mondino (he also directed Don't Tell Me, Human Nature, Open Your Heart, Justify My Love) for appropriating the images and settled out of court.
"It's become such a no-win situation. If a "public" woman (and tbh even men, though still to a lesser degree) allows themselves to age naturally it gets a "omg...they've really gotten old" or "what happened? They used to be hot" But the opposite also happens. So much derision in saying "they've had a lot of work done" And even the same line of "they used to be hot" when someone has altered their looks to appear younger." So true! And as you said, a no-win situation. Thank you for sharing the info about the photographer as well! ❤️❤️
Madonna always pushes the envelope.... praise to the production designer for finding that swivel TV that is a perfect prop for much of her movement and dance. The culture has certainly changed in Hollywood since the Me Too movement, my husband is a costume designer for film and Tv and the behavior toward women especially when he started in the mid 90s, has drastically changed. Sexual inuendo, unwanted touching, etc. is no longer tolerated behind the scenes, and thankfully women over 40, 50 and 60 can still have amazing careers, even in front of the camera.
"...praise to the production designer for finding that swivel TV that is a perfect prop for much of her movement and dance." Right? That was perfect! "The culture has certainly changed in Hollywood since the Me Too movement, my husband is a costume designer for film and Tv and the behavior toward women especially when he started in the mid 90s, has drastically changed. Sexual inuendo, unwanted touching, etc. is no longer tolerated behind the scenes, and thankfully women over 40, 50 and 60 can still have amazing careers, even in front of the camera." So wonderful to hear - Thank you for sharing that with us!❤️❤️
Ladies thank you once again for a great reaction. As you mentioned you will be doing reactions of the specials for this era…I’m sure this one is in the list but PLEASE react to the Meghan Mullaly interview. The interview was filmed shortly after Madonnas guest appearance on Will and Grace and it’s spectacular! She describes the album and her procreating it precisely! Please check it out. On UA-cam there are 2 parts.
This song never clicked with me, but the remixes are great! Especially Oakenfolds. I did love the blonde look in the Hollywood video, but the rest of the looks were a big miss for me. It will be fun to watch your reaction to the MTV VMA performance if you guys watch that. 🥰🥰
Looking forward to you reacting to the live performance of this at the MTV VMA'S. Not going to give too much away but put it this way it's iconic and kind of a Pop Culture moment
As someone else already mentioned the images and scenes in the video are recreations and homage to Guy Bourdain photos. Almost exactly. She was sued by his estate.
Binge watching your videos. Huge new fan. I can’t wait until you get to Madonna’s Confessions from a Dancefloor album in 2005. Some of her best songs ever - starts with ‘Hung Up’
It could have been just a catchy popsong but there is this underlying darkness and melancholy about it thanks to its lyrics. Great underrated album. This song hit #2 in the UK but did not even chart in the US due to the backlash to the American Life song and video. The album still went #1 in the US like everywhere else in the world and sold over 5 million, so it was a success but compared to what she did before numberswise, it was her lowest selling album up to this point. Fans who really get into it and the lyrics mostly love it though. There are some great albumtracks, stripped back, acoustic, almost folk, that are definitely worth listening to. It works well as an album imo. Just like with Erotica people could not handle the first single and video, so it overshadowed the whole album. Die Another Day remains her only US top 10 single from this era.
"It could have been just a catchy popsong but there is this underlying darkness and melancholy about it thanks to its lyrics." Great way to describe it! ❤️❤️ "Just like with Erotica people could not handle the first single and video, so it overshadowed the whole album." Really good comparison (and a shame that so many people missed out on some great songs).
Love this reaction, yes Emily is correct it's getting worse these days with the influencers! "Hollywood" is a great song but I always imagine a far better video for it. This video is only okay, I only love when she's in the black dress and seen with the maid. Re-Invention Tour is her WORST tour 😂😂Bland and milquetoast, except for a few performances. Holy hell I'm gonna have it ROUGH for many days then, help me Emily and Brenda 😂
@@rol_rob2603 “low budget tour”? Not at all. After her debut 1985 Virgin Tour, all her succeeding world tours spent lavishly on state-of-the-art staging including audio/visual/lighting technology; multi-media backdrop/screens, costumes, the best dancers and back-up musicians, artistic/music/choreo directors, a small army of technical, administrative, marketing and security staff-that she had to hire, take along the tour, pay for their travel and lodging. For this 2004 Re-Invention World Tour the initial cost of the stage alone was $1mil ($1.663mil adjusted to today’s inflation rate). The logistics and costs to transport the staging equipment included a jumbo cargo jet and several 18-wheeler semi-trailer trucks to haul the equipment from city to city of the tour. A technical crew had to set up and dismantle the stage for every venue of the tour. She had to rent out concert venues, pay commissions on ticket sales, spend for rehearsals, and free promo mini concerts prior to the main tour. Her elaborate production is one reason why her world tours are successful in terms of attendance and ticket sales.
You still have about another 40% her content to get through. Thats how proflic she is. Plus i think love profusion is next. Personally i think its one of her most underrated songs, lyrically it's brilliant.
Funny thing about this song is that Madonna forgets the lyrics almost everytime she performs it and she even admits to do so, that's probably the reason it was only used as an interlude on the Re-Invention tour 😃There's also a behind the scenes video of making the music video floating around the internet, she was suffering in some scenes due to various reasons😃
@@OurAnxiousReactions I've found it, there's this 1 hour long version ua-cam.com/video/Qgsz02cYvzA/v-deo.htmlsi=DXqcWCV7DUObcTM4 and turn there's a shorter ~20 min version as well, if you write 'madonna Hollywood behind the scenes'
Are there any links in the comments? Sometimes they seem to have issues with links (and sometimes comments just disappear for a few days for no apparent reason). Hopefully they'll reappear. ❤️❤️
Some information about this video. It recreates frame by frame photographs by the photographer Guy Bourdin. The photographers son sued Madonna for the blatent theft of his father's work.
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the MTV VMA performance of this with Britney, Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott is something I'm really looking forward to you reacting to.
I reckon they will love it. 😁
I loved that.
That performance was so stupid though 💀
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Yasss!!!
This song has phenomenal remixes too 🎉
Now you must do the MTV VMA performance of Hollywood its amazing .
"Me Against The Music" together with Britney Spears was also made in 2003, don't miss that ❤
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This is a really messy video for me, the least "Madonna" video somehow. But it (the song) brought us the infamous MTV awards performance 😅
I love how you both went so intently with your eyes to the screen when it started, you both know by now that you can't miss one moment of a Madonna video or you could miss what she is conveying, I love your reactions and just know, the best is yet to come !!!
FOR REELZ !!!
Aww, you're so sweet - Thank you! ❤️❤️
And yes, we definitely don't want to miss a second!
One of my fav Madonna’s videos.
I think this album is a great listen sonically, personally, and emotionally. It's a gradual journey to take.
Love that description! Looking forward to the rest of this album. ❤️❤️
Good to see you back, looking good and hearty with another fine reaction.❤
Madonna has had a checkered relationship with Hollywood. In 1984, she learned how to play its game and charmed it when she released her video of Material Girl. She moved residence to L.A., married one of its ‘bad boy’ idols in Sean Penn. She also wrote soundtrack music for Hollywood films then and appeared in Vision Quest (cameo role) and co-starred in Desperately Seeking Susan. In 1990 she released her video of Vogue where she paid homage to Hollywood Golden Age icons that influenced her. She also co-starred in Dick Tracy with Warren Beatty, one of Hollywood’s old lion and playboy with whom she had a brief romantic affair. In 1992 she appeared in the film A League Of Their Own. She continued to write soundtrack for movies. She also starred and won acclaim for her role in Evita in 1996. By this time she knows the ins and outs of Hollywood’s celeb culture and establishment that’s sexist, superficial and ageist that’s dominated by men, by the media and a conservative Academy that awards the Oscars. By 1998 ROL era, in her video of Drowned World/Substitute For Love, she has no illusions about what Hollywood is all about. By 2000 she had moved to England after marrying Guy Richie. By the 2003 American Life era, in this Hollywood song, she exposed and criticized the Hollywood facade, its ills, and its complicity for glorifying violence and war and for foisting to the public the pursuit of superficial values. She was shunned, shamed, and vilified for this, but she is a true artist, willing to pay the price for speaking truth to power. She may have her detractors, but she persisted and fought the good fight-and for this she has many more admirers.😊
Aww, thank you! ❤️❤️
"By the 2003 American Life era, in this Hollywood song, she exposed and criticized the Hollywood facade, its ills, and its complicity for glorifying violence and war and for foisting to the public the pursuit of superficial values. She was shunned, shamed, and vilified for this, but she is a true artist, willing to pay the price for speaking truth to power."
Very well said!
Big hugs to you. ❤️
This song is so underrated and sounds even better super loud
Such an awesome video!! My favourite song from this album. There is an incredible live performance, which everybody’s going to recommend… For the VMAs performance with Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera, and Missy Elliott. You’ve surely heard the story of this live performance before, but now you need to see it.
Wonderful reaction and commentary ladies. Well done!
Now with social media, everybody has their 15 minutes of fame, right?
Can’t wait for the next video! Have a lovely day! ♥️
Aww, thank you! ❤️❤️
And yes, we're looking forward to that VMA performance!
Have a wonderful weekend! Big hugs. ❤️
I’ve watched this video many times, but I never got tired of it, I find a different symbol and meaning each time!! Madonna is just amazingly smart and funny!!! ❤❤❤ 🙌🙌👏👏👏👏👏
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Cannot wait for the next single/ video Love Profusion. It was released as a double A Side in Europe with Nothing Fails. Nothing Fails does not have an official video but is worth checking out as well as that was played on the radio in Europe and kind of was a single as part of the double A-side.
@@Marc-zi5cq and nothing fails was released in the USA as a double a-side with Nobody Knows Me. There is a remix video for NKM from that time but let’s be honest, we count the 2012 MDNA interlude as the official video 😂
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Fun fact: the album American Life was supposed to be called Hollywood. It was a last-minute decision to change its name. This song would be the first single but Madonna decided to use it as the follow-up to American Life. There is a making the video for it, made by MTV. It’s very interesting to see her interacting with her long-time friend and director of this video, Jean-Baptiste Mondino
Thank you for sharing that info with us! ❤️❤️ Very interesting that they decided to go with the last minute change.
I hope you can react to her promo show on MTV On Stage and On The Record and her Jonathan Ross performances (She does a stripped down Dont Tell Me which is amazing)
One of my favorite Madonna's song. I think maybe it's number one in my top 5 in the American Life era ❤
Another good video and song,fun video❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤thanks ladies for your reaction ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤there are two sides to Hollywood as you ladies said there is the glamorous side and the not so glamorous side of Hollywood. Hollywood is a fantasy.
Aww, thank you for being here! ❤️❤️
"Hollywood is a fantasy."
Great description!
Music video was inspired from the photography of Guy Bourdin for this single '. please check his photos-you will see how cleverly M was using art for her pwn art…genius
So I forgot: didn't she get sued for using these images? Or was that just a rumour?
@@weekhasyou are right. Settled out of court
When her references are obvious nobody makes a big fuss about it, but when research is needed to get some of the not-so-obvious references, it's theft.
@@MrDemimonde yeah interesting how this process worked. I mean, who's responsible for using these images as an idea and then actually using it without thinking about legal actions! It is a beautifully done clip and M is gorgeous.
@@JonBD-q6r Thanx! One of Madonna's best video clips. I think even the last one that's really eye candy.
Reinvention Tour!!!! The one I was lucky enough to see 5 times live! I think it’s one of her best. ❤
5 times!! That's so incredible! ❤️❤️
One of my fav songs🎉❤
Hey lighting girls! This song is not one of my favorite but I love the video.... You should react the VMA's live with britney and christina!! It is wonderful and the provocation during the performance (I don't spoil it) shocked so much but it is Madonna!
For single, if I am not fan of Hollywood, I'm so in love with the next one "nothing fails" which is one of her best single ever (without a video.... so unfair!!!!) but I'm sure Brenda will use a tissue during this song..... .... and after "love profusion" with one of the most beautiful video of her career..... And "mother and father" (included on the celebration tour..) which was a promo single ....
So happy to see your reactions, I'm with you from France, Take care. With kindness and hugs. Your frenchy guy.
Aww, thank you so much - We're always happy to see you here! ❤️❤️
And thank you for the live performance suggestion - Can't wait to see it!
Guess we'll need to buy more tissues for the rest of the album though... Thank you for letting us know! Big hugs to you. ❤️
Love the layers of lyrics/imagery interwoven with Madonna’s life story
Thanks again Ladies👊🏼🥳💯🙏🏼🥰
Thank you for being here! ❤️❤️
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Another great reaction, so on point and interesting as usual. Even though I’m a big Madonna fan, I should admit this is not my fav song/vid, but I enjoy your reaction anyway, thank you so much!! Can’t wait for Love Profusion, a personal favorite ❤️
Aww, you're very sweet - Thank you! Big hugs! ❤️❤️
Great song. ❤ Madonna is amazing. 🤩
Another early video and I love it!!! EDIT: I am certain that your other viewers will tell you the name of the photographer who's work inspired the shots in Hollywood, and I can't think of his name right now. However, I've ALWAYS thought this video sort of brings to mind the 1978 fashion/neo-giallo/slasher film "The Eyes of Laura Mars" which starred Faye Dunaway. There's a dangerous feel to the fashionable poses and moments. This is one of my favourite Madonna videos.
Mine too
"However, I've ALWAYS thought this video sort of brings to mind the 1978 fashion/neo-giallo/slasher film "The Eyes of Laura Mars" which starred Faye Dunaway. There's a dangerous feel to the fashionable poses and moments."
Completely agree with you!!! There was definitely a dangerous undercurrent throughout the video.
Big hugs to you! ❤️❤️
Never seen this video but I love the VMA performance. Cheers ladies!
Can't wait to see that VMA performance! ❤️❤️
Brenda sat there in her cardigan and I’m here sweating away in Cyprus. Love your reactions to Madonna. It’s great to see that she blows you away, the same as she did to us.
Aww, thank you! ❤️❤️
"Brenda sat there in her cardigan and I’m here sweating away in Cyprus."
It's been very hot and humid here too, but the aircon vent is almost directly above us (so we're either cold or hot 😂).
Big hugs! ❤️
Oh yes I just knew you would both love this song. It’s one of my all time favourites. As you say has a great beat but the lyrics and video are just awesome. Looking forward to all your reactions to this album. As I said before it’s a masterpiece & such a shame it got slammed when it came out.❤
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I like the part when she reaches out and holds her maid’s face as though as she’s admiring her because the seems to be younger than her and she wishes that looks as youthful as her maid does
"One of my all-time favorite Madonna videos. Her look in 'Hollywood' is simply amazing and beautiful. I also love the song for its irony. I can’t wait to hear your reaction to 'Nothing Fails,' one of Madonna’s most haunting and beautiful ballads. 'American Life' deserves a full album reaction, as there are so many great songs on it."
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Uwielbiam piosenkę i teledysk ❤ A Was, drogie Panie uwielbiam za spokój i inteligentne komentarze wobec Madonny. Dziękuję ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Aww, thank you so much! Sending lots of love to you. ❤️❤️
I LOVE this song.
The bass line rhythm/tempo of the synths
and guitar are so beautifully/perfectly produced.
The lyrics are definitely subversive.
All the imagery of the vignettes in the video were
directly inspired by a 1970s fashion photographer
named Guy Bourdine. Some of his images of that
era very controversial by todays standards.
For whatever reasons, both Madonna and video director Jean-Baptist Mondino chose not to ask the estate of Guy Bourdine to use his style for the video. Bourdine's estate sued Madonna and Co. for her interpretation/intellectual property use of Bourdine's work and visual styles.
The video cost over 1+ million dollars to make, Madonna
had to pay an additional $700k after the fact for not asking permission to interpret Bourdine's work. The irony, Bourdine's estate said had Madonna asked to use it, they would've said yes, for a lot less money.
MTV aired a "Making of" the Hollywood video. So much info there, she wears Gucci, Stella McCartney, and Prada in the video.
Please react to her iconic 2003 MTV
Awards performance of Hollywood.🙏
Thank you so much for sharing that info about the video! ❤️❤️
"Please react to her iconic 2003 MTV Awards performance of Hollywood."
We think that can be arranged. 😉❤️
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"This bird has flown". Madonna leaving her Hollywood career behind. Although Madonna made some very good movies, the Hollywood community never embraced her. Too smart and too outside the lines for those folks who are actually very conservative, banal and politically correct in the shallowest of ways. Oh well, their loss. I believe that this album was a face the truth, warts and all, project for her. Love it.
Madonna has some amazing acting work and some terrible acting work.
@@ThrifterPicker I agree. When the role is true to her spirit, she is great. When it is not, she seems artificial. She is so mesmerizing in her music videos, I believe, because it is her art.
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So true. She said in one interview that it’s different in films where she appeared-where the narrative/screenplay, character roles and other film elements have been largely orchestrated by the film director, unlike in her music videos and live concert performances where she is expressing her own art and creative vision.
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Ageism started to hit Madonna around this point form US Radio. After American Life, the song, fell quickly off the chart, radio was hesitant to add this song even though it was a bop. Funnily enough, this hit #2 in the UK and lit up the dance charts (there are some AMAZING remixes for this song that you should definitely check out!). The remix was used in the Re-invention tour.
"Ageism started to hit Madonna around this point form US Radio. After American Life, the song, fell quickly off the chart, radio was hesitant to add this song even though it was a bop."
What a shame (at least the song was very successful in the UK though).
Can't wait to see the Re-Invention version! ❤️❤️
It’s a great point about age and Madonna. I remember hearing “she’s in a race against time “ when she was in her early thirties. Her longevity has defied a lot of norms but it hasn’t come easy i.e. her recent health scare.
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Agree with the other person that commented, love the hair Emily.! You are both spot on about ageism and expectations for female artists which Madonna seems to have thrown at her far more than most. She opened the Girlie Show Tour in London in 1993 and shockingly one of the reviews had calm down Grandma in the headline. She would have been 35 at the time. Utterly ridiculous. There are not many people in their 60s who still have the drive, energy and commitment that she puts into her work. There are a lot of 30 year olds that can’t match her either. I’m looking forward to your review of nothing fails, I think you will love it Brenda, but may need your trusty tissues ❤️
Aww, you're very kind - Thank you! ❤️❤️
"She opened the Girlie Show Tour in London in 1993 and shockingly one of the reviews had calm down Grandma in the headline. She would have been 35 at the time. Utterly ridiculous."
Even at 35...So crazy.
"I’m looking forward to your review of nothing fails, I think you will love it Brenda, but may need your trusty tissues"
Thank you for the heads up on the tissues! ❤️
You should react to Madonna performing nothing fails from this album on MTV live on stage. It's a great performance . You will love it and the song
Thank you for the suggestion! ❤️❤️
Great reaction ladies! 😊
In my humble opinion, you might want to react to Britney Spears music video for Me Against The Music featuring Madonna. It's the next release after Hollywood and I believe before the next single Nothing Fails. The Britney song is quite a fun bop. Lol
Aww, thank you! ❤️❤️
And thank you for the recommendation too!
It's become such a no-win situation. If a "public" woman (and tbh even men, though still to a lesser degree) allows themselves to age naturally it gets a "omg...they've really gotten old" or "what happened? They used to be hot"
But the opposite also happens. So much derision in saying "they've had a lot of work done"
And even the same line of "they used to be hot" when someone has altered their looks to appear younger.
This video relied heavily on the 1970s work of edgy French fashion photographer Guy Bourdain.
His estate actually sued Madonna and director Jean Baptiste Mondino (he also directed Don't Tell Me, Human Nature, Open Your Heart, Justify My Love) for appropriating the images and settled out of court.
"It's become such a no-win situation. If a "public" woman (and tbh even men, though still to a lesser degree) allows themselves to age naturally it gets a "omg...they've really gotten old" or "what happened? They used to be hot"
But the opposite also happens. So much derision in saying "they've had a lot of work done"
And even the same line of "they used to be hot" when someone has altered their looks to appear younger."
So true! And as you said, a no-win situation.
Thank you for sharing the info about the photographer as well! ❤️❤️
Madonna always pushes the envelope.... praise to the production designer for finding that swivel TV that is a perfect prop for much of her movement and dance. The culture has certainly changed in Hollywood since the Me Too movement, my husband is a costume designer for film and Tv and the behavior toward women especially when he started in the mid 90s, has drastically changed. Sexual inuendo, unwanted touching, etc. is no longer tolerated behind the scenes, and thankfully women over 40, 50 and 60 can still have amazing careers, even in front of the camera.
"...praise to the production designer for finding that swivel TV that is a perfect prop for much of her movement and dance."
Right? That was perfect!
"The culture has certainly changed in Hollywood since the Me Too movement, my husband is a costume designer for film and Tv and the behavior toward women especially when he started in the mid 90s, has drastically changed. Sexual inuendo, unwanted touching, etc. is no longer tolerated behind the scenes, and thankfully women over 40, 50 and 60 can still have amazing careers, even in front of the camera."
So wonderful to hear - Thank you for sharing that with us!❤️❤️
Great thoughtful, intelligent reaction as always! Thanks ladies ❤❤
Aww, thank you - You're very kind! ❤️❤️
Great song! I like this video but the MTV VMA version is soooo iconic!
Ladies thank you once again for a great reaction.
As you mentioned you will be doing reactions of the specials for this era…I’m sure this one is in the list but PLEASE react to the Meghan Mullaly interview. The interview was filmed shortly after Madonnas guest appearance on Will and Grace and it’s spectacular! She describes the album and her procreating it precisely! Please check it out. On UA-cam there are 2 parts.
ua-cam.com/video/vuwVf7S2OXk/v-deo.htmlsi=W2fbxcRpx6cuCdT-
ua-cam.com/video/Nows8kuzMg8/v-deo.htmlsi=dsUXV1bdTp23CEXK
Aww, thank you so much! ❤️❤️
And thank you for the interview suggestion too!
Edit: Thank you for the links as well. ❤️
not released as a single but i hope you check out easy ride from the album.
Amazing song
The next sungle after this was NOTHING FAILS, unfortunately it has no video, but it is one of her best ballads. Need to check it out.
This song never clicked with me, but the remixes are great! Especially Oakenfolds. I did love the blonde look in the Hollywood video, but the rest of the looks were a big miss for me. It will be fun to watch your reaction to the MTV VMA performance if you guys watch that. 🥰🥰
Looking forward to that MTV performance! ❤️❤️
Looking forward to you reacting to the live performance of this at the MTV VMA'S. Not going to give too much away but put it this way it's iconic and kind of a Pop Culture moment
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As someone else already mentioned the images and scenes in the video are recreations and homage to Guy Bourdain photos. Almost exactly. She was sued by his estate.
Amazing video. Really artistic. The Jacque Lu Cont remix of this song is amazing!! You will listen to when watching the MTV performance later 😀
Binge watching your videos. Huge new fan. I can’t wait until you get to Madonna’s Confessions from a Dancefloor album in 2005. Some of her best songs ever - starts with ‘Hung Up’
Aww, thank you! We're so glad you're here with us! ❤️❤️
@@OurAnxiousReactions you are awesome
Can’t wait until you watch and listen to ‘Hung Up’ from 2005 - Madonna is in full happy dance mode
It could have been just a catchy popsong but there is this underlying darkness and melancholy about it thanks to its lyrics. Great underrated album. This song hit #2 in the UK but did not even chart in the US due to the backlash to the American Life song and video. The album still went #1 in the US like everywhere else in the world and sold over 5 million, so it was a success but compared to what she did before numberswise, it was her lowest selling album up to this point. Fans who really get into it and the lyrics mostly love it though. There are some great albumtracks, stripped back, acoustic, almost folk, that are definitely worth listening to. It works well as an album imo. Just like with Erotica people could not handle the first single and video, so it overshadowed the whole album. Die Another Day remains her only US top 10 single from this era.
"It could have been just a catchy popsong but there is this underlying darkness and melancholy about it thanks to its lyrics."
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"Just like with Erotica people could not handle the first single and video, so it overshadowed the whole album."
Really good comparison (and a shame that so many people missed out on some great songs).
Love this reaction, yes Emily is correct it's getting worse these days with the influencers! "Hollywood" is a great song but I always imagine a far better video for it. This video is only okay, I only love when she's in the black dress and seen with the maid.
Re-Invention Tour is her WORST tour 😂😂Bland and milquetoast, except for a few performances. Holy hell I'm gonna have it ROUGH for many days then, help me Emily and Brenda 😂
Idk about the worst tour, I always liked it more than Sticky&Sweet
I saw the reinvention tour live and it was jut amazing.
@@arrividerci17Reinvention Tour to me always looked like low budget tour
Aww, thank you so much! ❤️❤️
"Holy hell I'm gonna have it ROUGH for many days then, help me Emily and Brenda 😂"
We've got you - You can do it! 😂😂❤️
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“low budget tour”? Not at all. After her debut 1985 Virgin Tour, all her succeeding world tours spent lavishly on state-of-the-art staging including audio/visual/lighting technology; multi-media backdrop/screens, costumes, the best dancers and back-up musicians, artistic/music/choreo directors, a small army of technical, administrative, marketing and security staff-that she had to hire, take along the tour, pay for their travel and lodging. For this 2004 Re-Invention World Tour the initial cost of the stage alone was $1mil ($1.663mil adjusted to today’s inflation rate). The logistics and costs to transport the staging equipment included a jumbo cargo jet and several 18-wheeler semi-trailer trucks to haul the equipment from city to city of the tour. A technical crew had to set up and dismantle the stage for every venue of the tour. She had to rent out concert venues, pay commissions on ticket sales, spend for rehearsals, and free promo mini concerts prior to the main tour. Her elaborate production is one reason why her world tours are successful in terms of attendance and ticket sales.
Great video
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Emily, love the hairstyle
Aww, you're so sweet - Thank you! ❤️❤️
I love Madonna’s face in the 2000’s especially 2009
You still have about another 40% her content to get through. Thats how proflic she is.
Plus i think love profusion is next. Personally i think its one of her most underrated songs, lyrically it's brilliant.
"You still have about another 40% her content to get through. Thats how proflic she is."
Amazing! ❤️❤️
Funny thing about this song is that Madonna forgets the lyrics almost everytime she performs it and she even admits to do so, that's probably the reason it was only used as an interlude on the Re-Invention tour 😃There's also a behind the scenes video of making the music video floating around the internet, she was suffering in some scenes due to various reasons😃
We'll have to find that behind the scenes video - It sounds intriguing! Thank you for sharing that info with us! ❤️❤️
@@OurAnxiousReactions I've found it, there's this 1 hour long version ua-cam.com/video/Qgsz02cYvzA/v-deo.htmlsi=DXqcWCV7DUObcTM4 and turn there's a shorter ~20 min version as well, if you write 'madonna Hollywood behind the scenes'
Thank you so much for the link! ❤️❤️
mtv live performance with Britney-Hollywood live-that is the real thing pls watch that-you will see why…
Love this reaction. You are watching her best era in terms of creativity .
Aww, thank you! ❤️❤️ Really looking forward to the rest of this album.
Just one thing to say: that hair pulling.
Kisses girls
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Where r ye based ? I’m going to Chicago in September 😊
We're in western NC. Hope you have a great time in Chicago! ❤️❤️
Hi please react to Morissette Amon cover of Rise Up on wish bus thank you.
Trying to leave you a comment but UA-cam keeps deleting them.
Are there any links in the comments? Sometimes they seem to have issues with links (and sometimes comments just disappear for a few days for no apparent reason). Hopefully they'll reappear. ❤️❤️
Some information about this video. It recreates frame by frame photographs by the photographer Guy Bourdin. The photographers son sued Madonna for the blatent theft of his father's work.
Thank you for sharing that info with us! ❤️❤️