Posted on 04/01/2003 5:59:14 AM PST by fuzzy122
| Madonna scraps war video for new single |
Madonna has scrapped the controversial video for her new single American Life just days ahead of its premiere on America's VH1 network.
The singer is withdrawing the video out of "sensitivity and respect" to the armed forces involved in the Iraq War.
It was thought she was considering re-editing the video, which depicts the catastrophic repercussions and horror of war.
But in a new statement, Madonna said: "I have decided not to release my new video.
"It was filmed before the war started and I do not believe it is appropriate to air it at this time.
"Due to the volatile state of the world and out of sensitivity and respect to the armed forces, who I support and pray for, I do not want to risk offending anyone who might misinterpret the meaning of this video."
The single is released in the UK on April 14, followed by an album of the same name a week later.
Story filed: 09:25 Tuesday 1st April 2003
She's easily among the Top Ten musicians of all time.
Dixie Chicks Backlash Hits "Home" On Albums Chart;
Sales Down 42% This Week
MTV News via VH1.com ^ | March 26, 2003 | Joe D'Angelo
Posted on 03/26/2003 6:10 PM PST by L.N. Smithee
50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin' will top the Billboard albums chart for the fourth straight week after selling more than 234,000 copies, according to SoundScan figures released Wednesday (March 26). Of the album's seven-week chart life, it's led the pack for five of them, for a grand total of 3.5 million copies sold.
Both Norah Jones and R. Kelly will remain in their respective #2 and #3 spots from the week before. Sales of Jones' Come Away With Me, a chart fixture for over a year, were upwards of 175,000 copies, a depression of more than 67,000 from the week before. Kelly's Chocolate Factory also slid in sales, from 128,000 to 104,000 copies.
The disparaging remarks the Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines made about President George W. Bush in London two weeks ago ("Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas ..."), has hit Home, so to speak. In response to outrage from many Bush supporters, the country trio's songs were pulled from several radio stations' playlists, despite Maines' public explanation ("My comments were made in frustration ...") issued almost immediately after the news broke. The controversy took its toll at retail, as sales of Home fell by more than 42 percent, from 123,000 copies to 71,000. The LP, which has resided near the top of the chart for 30 weeks, will slide three spots to #7.
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Really? I had no idea.
Are you serious? She did this to keep her name in front of the public and did so in a clearly anti-American venue.
Madonna's voice is only a shadow of what it once was, her acting career is a disaster, she's aging and not handling it well, and fewer and fewer media outlets are paying attention to what she does and thinks.
Like so many other former "superstars," her craving for the attention she once received is the motivating factor behind her disgusting and immoral behavior.
Certainly she's not up in the Beatles, Elvis or Fleetwood Mac penthouse.
Seems like they'd be a "day late and a dollar short" if they didn't check this forum from time to time.
Stupid bitch!
Just my take on the matter.
($.02 worth at least!)
Sounds like she saw what happened to the Dixie Chicks. Money talks.
Headline should have read: Madonna Dixie Chickens Out of Releasing New Video
Come to think of it, the silence out of Hollywood lately is deafening...
Click on HOT HOT HOT.
Lots of T&A in fatigues, thongs, a very bad Madonna rap and yes, he grenade landing in Bush's lap(Looks like the guy from That's My Bush) and lighting a cigar.
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