27monster27 12,578 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 20 years ago on March 24th Madonna released the lead single from her ninth studio album American Life. The title track is an experimental pop record with dance elements and perhaps most notably a section featuring Madonna rapping. The song tells the story of Madonna's changing perspective on the music industry as she became a more mature person, something the album would further go into depth about. The timing of the album's writing with the 9/11 attacks and the 2003 Iraq War caused Madonna to include imagery of war in the songs promotion. This was included in a pulled original cut of the video. Clear Channel's (now iHeartMedia) right leaning political values caused them to blacklist all songs perceived as anti-war and anti-American during 9/11 and the Iraq War. As a result, this song (and album) would put Madonna under a blacklist in the US that she would never fully recover from. This is similar to Janet Jackson and Britney Spears blacklists (though Britney would recover from hers). The song received mixed reviews, with many particularly taking into question the rap. Retrospectively however, most have begun to appreciate the songs campiness and experimental nature. The song to this day still generates debate and controversy. ---- Thoughts on this song? he/him/his Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexxx 5,594 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Iconic song, amazing bridge. So underrated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelby loved 381 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Seriously the best of all time right here. Nothing will ever compare 🐚 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudraCNG 14,738 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Thank you for posting the uncensored video. One of her best videos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 107,619 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Drinking soy latte, and never feel satisfied to celebrate (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ 𝐿𝓊𝓃𝒶𝓇 𝐿𝒶𝓇𝓇𝓎'𝓈 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝓇𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sillynate 6,170 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Such a great song with so many layers both sonically and lyrically. My absolute favorite is how she says “American Lie I live the American dream” recently I’ve been getting into her many, many remixes and the Felix Da Housecat remix of AL absolutely slaps Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
27monster27 12,578 Posted March 26, 2023 Author Share Posted March 26, 2023 2 hours ago, sillynate said: Such a great song with so many layers both sonically and lyrically. My absolute favorite is how she says “American Lie I live the American dream” recently I’ve been getting into her many, many remixes and the Felix Da Housecat remix of AL absolutely slaps I actually recently learned about that lyrics and that made me love the song even more. Also I agree that that remix is great too. he/him/his Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sillynate 6,170 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 2 hours ago, 27monster27 said: I actually recently learned about that lyrics and that made me love the song even more. Also I agree that that remix is great too. Also can’t forget the Missy Elliot remix! It’s much more in line with the original track but has a feature! I love Madonna’s rare features although lately there’s been more than, say, 20+ years ago Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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