madonna flashback 2003

the original and uber controversial video for madonna's 'american life' video, the one in which she upset tons of people by pulling before it was released, is now making its rounds in high quality. download the masterpiece here

it's such a shame as it was the first time madonna backed down when it came to controversy, but she claimed she pulled it out of respect for the troops as the war in iraq had begun already and also feigned worry about the fact that she had kids now and they could possibly have been used as a target of the inevitable backlash. i think it's a brilliant work of art that would have made the american life era a success rather than a 'bomb' (pun intended). i always hated that there were immediate comparisons to culture club's 'the war song' video because it took away from the powerful clip created by her and longtime collaborator jonas ackerlund. the fashion show part of it is the only thing i see that remotely resembles the boy george video that i posted below.

check out the her madgesty blog for tons of madonna info all the time! it's where i found this video and lovely craig mcdean outtake from the american life photo sessions above