There was a time when the release of a new Madonna video, song or album caused a sensation. The most famous of these was when Madonna was set to premiere the video for Like A Prayer.
The release of Madonna's video caused a huge drama. The official video premiered the day after Pepsi released a commercial that featured Madonna. The commercial was sweet and innocent and had no controversial imagery. It premiered during a telecast of The Cosby Show. The official video of the song is another thing: images of violence, religious symbols, race crimes, stigmata. These images, plus the outcry of people who confused Madonna's video with Pepsi's commercial, caused Pepsi to pull their commercial off the air after only the one showing. Here is Pepsi commercial:
As you can see, its clearly meant to advertise and sell Pepsi. Here is Madonna's video for Like A Prayer:
As you can see, these two videos are so different in style and content. But when the senseless crowds scream 'fire', no one has time to think correctly. This is an amazing song and an amazing video. Madonna was truly expressing personal beliefs. She was expanding her music as an art form. She was singing mature songs and she was pushing people's buttons. That's what I like about Madonna and this song. Let's see what news Madonna will make tomorrow. I'm sure it will be amazing...
John
