Mother and Father

Mother and Father from RIT is one of my favorite Madonna performances.  She's gorgeous and fantastique!  EAT IT!

Fire Ball "American Life" Interview 2003

All Knowing



I just think life is full of endless possibility. - Madonna 2003

I love this Dutch "American Life" interview. It's in two parts. Honesty always in the moment of her life. So ahead of it. Beautiful, smart and tapped into something spectacular. She has always had something to say and in this interview - she's gonna say it! Eddy Zoe is a bit of a dingle - she catches that fast and, like a tiger, goes in for the kill. No time for stupidity! Not Our Lady.

Madonna.

The only thing that is going to bring you happiness is love.

American Life

But in the Process I Forgot

On April 22, 2003, Madonna gave an extraordinary performance of X-static Process from her brilliant American Life album on MTV, although this performance was left off the proper broadcast. I believe they showed it later on M2.

American Life is either very loved or very disliked by fans and critics alike but I tend to believe that this is the most experimental progressive album that Madonna has ever produced. I find it as personal and introspective as Like a Prayer or Ray of Light, if not more. I name those albums because they have the all around reputation of being pioneering and confessional. In my opinion, Madonna, more often than not, writes with the honesty of her moment, therefore I find most of her songs introspective.

As for the modern, radical, wicked sound of this record, Mirwais is up there as my favorite Madonna co-producer/writer along with Stephen Bray and Pharrell Williams. Mirwais' avant garde production tendencies match the innate funk of the aforementioned. Interesting that the track X-static Process was co-written by Stuart Price, not really his style. It's in songs like this that I sense Madonna's proficiency as a powerfully skillful lyricist and record producer. Credit she rarely receives.

I believe that American Life will have the respect it deserves one day. Sometimes great work is better left out of the mainstream. This was released at the height of the hideous Boy Bands and Teen Queens phase, which inevitably lead to MTV's deterioration. She was way too ahead with this piece for common mortals.

I'm Not Myself When You're Around

Record Collector - Most Wanted - February 2010

Hollywood

They Wanna Make It In The Neighborhood

Techinikart 2003

And the world can look so sad

I don't care what they say, this is everything.

American Life TV Commercial plus Album Art