I’m shocked Pepsi never aired this, even to this day as they own the rights and paid for it. I would love it, if they would go retro and start airing this and all their 80’s commercials.
I taped that ad on VHS but haven't been able to watch it in years. Tysm for this dl! It really marks a turning point for Madonna that she couldn't come back from. Excellent.
Madonna is a provocateur on par with Marilyn Manson and the like. People often conflate the antics of pop stars today with the statements Madonna’s made throughout her career, particularly with her sexuality. But I’d argue those are Madonna’s duller feats. It’s her need to defy, challenge, and shock, that has constantly set her apart from even contemporary pop stars. Like A Prayer’s imagery is so controversial, even to this day! WAP is baby mush next to it. Look at the contents, she’s made such bold cultural statements.
There’s no comparison. At her peak Madonna was so famous she rivaled the President of the United States. I know that sounds ridiculous but it’s true. The 1980s were simply a different time.
Honestly whats wrong with this commercial, nothing, its beautiful and its so Madonna, I wish they would have put it on tv...its better then most commercials today.....💗
It was because Pepsi was afraid that (stupid) people would mistaken the commercial for the Like A Prayer video that got some groups panties in an uproar and they didn’t want to get to close to that fire. But, hey, Pepsi still sponsored her tour, Madonna got 5 million for a commercial that aired once, we got one of her best music videos and the world didn’t end to the chagrin of those groups.
I remember this well. I saw the commercial first and then later the video for #likeaprayer. In the commercial she had a completely different look; like #AnnaMagnani and that #Mystique lock of white hair, and in catsuit dancing with children. The video was completely different. Here she had all brown hair looking like Sophia Loren and wearing a slip, dancing in a field of burning crosses. I don't know how people confused the two.
The Family Research Council and some other evangelical groups along with the Catholic Church were threatening to boycott Pepsi because they felt they had a part in bankrolling/sponsoring Madonna, so this commercial had to go. Madonna kept the $5 Million though
I would always have liked to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony. Louise Chicconi didn't need to - her dad is the top Mafia henchman Kouros. He had an architects business in Kensington Church Street Burrows Developments - I worked there. I made more impact in London than he did apparently. He killed the architect with an ashtray - was this funny haha or funny peculiar X
I don’t think this is really Madonna’s ‘brand’ or at least if it was she shed it quickly. It’s basically the idea of the ‘American Dream’… Dream big, work hard and have talent and you will make it. Her younger self is dreaming about being a star and her adult self is encouraging her to ‘make a wish’. I appreciate that she not only used classic symbols of ‘white America’… the diner, the cool kids in leather and muscle cars of the 50s, but also black culture with churches and gospel music, which is basically the roots of the song (and the history of rock music). This is kind of a nostalgia of an America that never really was. Her actual video showed the America that actually is… violence, racism, religious hypocrisy and police bias, and that’s why she was censored and criticized after it. America wasn’t ready to face the truth of what it really is.
This was pulled off air as pepsi PANICKED after seeing the LIKE A PRAYER VIDEO because they didnt want to be associated with upsetting the religious groups. And they didnt want ANYTHING to do with any BACKLASH she was possibly going to receive from the video. The BIG MISTAKE pepsi made was they EXPECTED Madonna to pay back the 5 million and she said NO ! LOL she laughed ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK.
Pepsi pulling the campaign was the best thing that could have happened for her. The massive free press and street cred it gave her made her a mega star.
I remember the controversy. Madonna was already a star, but this made sure she was known in all corners of the world. The commercial implies that her then up coming video of the this song would be as innocent as a fairytale, involving Madonna revisiting her schooldays memories, dancing in the corridors of a school with children and celebrating Mass in a church. It couldn't be further from the truth. When the real video aired Pepsi company CEOs gasped for air, as the video portrayed a murder by a white man blamed on a black guy, Madonna making out with a black saint in a church, dancing in front of burning crosses and experiencing stigmata! The company officials run to cancel all the airings of their Madonna collaboration, since the catholic church was already threatening to remove all Pepsi vendor machines from their churches (or maybe from everywhere :P). But, of course, Madonna kept the 5 million dollars, she didn't really violate their contract :).
HISTORICAL... Madonna was so ahead of her times, controversial, a true genius... there was always an underlining message of truth wether be good/ bad, positive/ negative in her music... *it was real, she was true to herself and her purpose ~ there will never be another like her the one, the only; MADONNA ❤️ (she said/ did wat others were afraid to say or do, no regrets 👍) *for certain an icon/ legend of her times, of which never got the recognition she so truly deserved... ❤️ MADONNA ❤️
@@martianboy I don't think so. Here voice is clearly straightened out in lots of places, removing all vibrato. A wobbly VHS tape could never do that. The glitches and breaks can occur from autotune or melodyne, but the straightened parts could never happen like this from a compromised tape or VHS player.
Who ran autotune/melodyne over the vocals and why? Autotune didnt exist back then. And it doesn't make it sound better. Irons out all personality. And it has introduced artifacts. Just dumb and unnecessary.
I was around for madonna. To me she just looked italian, not a gorgeous face like angela jolie or Janet jackson. Perhaps because I'm italian I can not see her beauty, I simply see her as an Italian face, not a outstanding beauty. I don't mean to offend anyone or hurt anyone's feelings, I'm just stating my opinion that's what this comment section is for.
Basically L.A.P. was about a woman, or girl, or just a female having a lucid O.O.B experience like the Catholic saints would, or estacy without the drug named...whatever..mads as per usual, as you would being...just hashed it and vibed it and always sexed it up
Another testament of her talent!!! The Icon!!!!
Can you explain her talent? Pretty please explain her talent.
@@dentindahousee9635 the very reason why ordinary people like you gravitate towards her is a testament of her amazing talent.
I’m shocked Pepsi never aired this, even to this day as they own the rights and paid for it. I would love it, if they would go retro and start airing this and all their 80’s commercials.
I know I would. I would take the chance and make it as a: “it’s ok to use this now” commercial. It would piss Madonna so much lmao.
They did air it - once. During the Cosby show. I’m not kidding.
This was aired.
@@kenwapnicksson7915 - I know they did the one time, I mean they should air it again as a retro thing.
On MTV Australia they did.
She looks so beautiful in that LOOK!
Yes but she couldn't even act in her own commercial.
@@Canadiana71 she couldn't act in shit. the movies she was in that were successful, she wasn't the lead.
She did. Going back to her roots. By all accounts she made herself under so her hair could take a break.
No, that hairstyle is trash
@@joanna7350 so she wasnt the lead in EVITA?
I taped that ad on VHS but haven't been able to watch it in years. Tysm for this dl! It really marks a turning point for Madonna that she couldn't come back from. Excellent.
I really miss The Material Girl of the 80s and 90s!
When it was healthy for kids to drink pepsi 🤣
It was never healthy for kids to drink Pepsi.
Madonna omg cuando era demasiado hermosa
Madonna is a provocateur on par with Marilyn Manson and the like. People often conflate the antics of pop stars today with the statements Madonna’s made throughout her career, particularly with her sexuality. But I’d argue those are Madonna’s duller feats. It’s her need to defy, challenge, and shock, that has constantly set her apart from even contemporary pop stars. Like A Prayer’s imagery is so controversial, even to this day! WAP is baby mush next to it. Look at the contents, she’s made such bold cultural statements.
There’s no comparison. At her peak Madonna was so famous she rivaled the President of the United States. I know that sounds ridiculous but it’s true. The 1980s were simply a different time.
This song is still great.
1985 was madonnas year, but 1990 with the blond ambition tour made her an uber super star
Honestly whats wrong with this commercial, nothing, its beautiful and its so Madonna, I wish they would have put it on tv...its better then most commercials today.....💗
It was the official MTV video that was controversial...and that is why Pepsi banned this commercial.
It was because Pepsi was afraid that (stupid) people would mistaken the commercial for the Like A Prayer video that got some groups panties in an uproar and they didn’t want to get to close to that fire. But, hey, Pepsi still sponsored her tour, Madonna got 5 million for a commercial that aired once, we got one of her best music videos and the world didn’t end to the chagrin of those groups.
I did not know that Madonna was also photographed for a Pepsi commercial, like Michael Jackson♥️👍
I remember this well. I saw the commercial first and then later the video for #likeaprayer. In the commercial she had a completely different look; like #AnnaMagnani and that #Mystique lock of white hair, and in catsuit dancing with children. The video was completely different. Here she had all brown hair looking like Sophia Loren and wearing a slip, dancing in a field of burning crosses. I don't know how people confused the two.
The Family Research Council and some other evangelical groups along with the Catholic Church were threatening to boycott Pepsi because they felt they had a part in bankrolling/sponsoring Madonna, so this commercial had to go. Madonna kept the $5 Million though
I saw this ad before it was pulled, and found the move confounding.
Regardless, the most memorable Pepsi commercials featured MJ 🤷♂️
Her current boyfriend won't be born for another 5 years.
Icono y reina del pop
Ciao Madonna Dio ti AMA
Day before like a prayer music video
Nice
This was around when I was 3 1/2 and Lindsay was born.
I would always have liked to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony.
Louise Chicconi didn't need to - her dad is the top Mafia henchman Kouros.
He had an architects business in Kensington Church Street
Burrows Developments - I worked there.
I made more impact in London than he did apparently.
He killed the architect with an ashtray - was this funny haha or funny peculiar X
Apparently he's tried to stop Louise's dad from abducting me for sex trafficking: The police grassed him up X
I don't understand the video, and I don't understand why it was pulled as it has nothing to do with the actual music video. Madonna even looks bored.
I don’t think this is really Madonna’s ‘brand’ or at least if it was she shed it quickly. It’s basically the idea of the ‘American Dream’… Dream big, work hard and have talent and you will make it. Her younger self is dreaming about being a star and her adult self is encouraging her to ‘make a wish’. I appreciate that she not only used classic symbols of ‘white America’… the diner, the cool kids in leather and muscle cars of the 50s, but also black culture with churches and gospel music, which is basically the roots of the song (and the history of rock music). This is kind of a nostalgia of an America that never really was. Her actual video showed the America that actually is… violence, racism, religious hypocrisy and police bias, and that’s why she was censored and criticized after it. America wasn’t ready to face the truth of what it really is.
This was pulled off air as pepsi PANICKED after seeing the LIKE A PRAYER VIDEO because they didnt want to be associated with upsetting the religious groups. And they didnt want ANYTHING to do with any BACKLASH she was possibly going to receive from the video. The BIG MISTAKE pepsi made was they EXPECTED Madonna to pay back the 5 million and she said NO ! LOL she laughed ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK.
💞💞💞⚘
😢😢😢😢
Cuando era la reina!!!!
Portraying a saint? He was portraying Jesus!
Ah, the days when artists were exciting and controversial......for a reason
I wanna go back to 1989
As bad as 89 was for myself, I'm with you...
I wanna go back to 1989 too
I had a great 1989....yeahhhh
same here...time travel
Me too
Pepsi pulling the campaign was the best thing that could have happened for her. The massive free press and street cred it gave her made her a mega star.
She was already a mega star.
i hope pepsi will consider airing this now. i think it would be great for the company. the commercial is beautiful too.
The contract was broken by Pepsi, Madonna kept the 5 mil and Pepsi did not sponsor her tour. They no longer have rights to promote it on tv or ads
When I watched this back then, I liked just as much as the real video.
I remember the controversy. Madonna was already a star, but this made sure she was known in all corners of the world. The commercial implies that her then up coming video of the this song would be as innocent as a fairytale, involving Madonna revisiting her schooldays memories, dancing in the corridors of a school with children and celebrating Mass in a church. It couldn't be further from the truth. When the real video aired Pepsi company CEOs gasped for air, as the video portrayed a murder by a white man blamed on a black guy, Madonna making out with a black saint in a church, dancing in front of burning crosses and experiencing stigmata! The company officials run to cancel all the airings of their Madonna collaboration, since the catholic church was already threatening to remove all Pepsi vendor machines from their churches (or maybe from everywhere :P). But, of course, Madonna kept the 5 million dollars, she didn't really violate their contract :).
Good though this was. The Religious video was far more powerful
I love both videos....Madonna is awesome. I love her voice, her dancing, and all of her music.
And then the whole world went nuts..
That was a awesome commercial!
HISTORICAL... Madonna was so ahead of her times, controversial, a true genius... there was always an underlining message of truth wether be good/ bad, positive/ negative in her music...
*it was real, she was true to herself and her purpose ~
there will never be another like her
the one, the only; MADONNA ❤️
(she said/ did wat others were afraid to say or do, no regrets 👍)
*for certain an icon/ legend of her times, of which never got the recognition she so truly deserved... ❤️ MADONNA ❤️
go ahead...make a wish
I could not wait to see this original clip when is 19, loved it.
Queen of pop Forever ✨
1:00 goosebumps O_O
Who ruined this with auto tune? The original song didn’t have it.
I think its because of the old video tape which is making her voice sound like that!
@@martianboy I don't think so. Here voice is clearly straightened out in lots of places, removing all vibrato. A wobbly VHS tape could never do that. The glitches and breaks can occur from autotune or melodyne, but the straightened parts could never happen like this from a compromised tape or VHS player.
Thanks 4 uploading this!
I loved that commercial, that was what really made her, i love that era, she has evolved but, not for the better.
without the logo it would have been perfect.
I think he deserves credit for restoring the video's quality...
It sort of sounds like the eurovision performance....
2021
i didn,t wacht this till, now! is wonderfull! but she choose to be the bad girl as usual ! Kool
Who ran autotune/melodyne over the vocals and why? Autotune didnt exist back then. And it doesn't make it sound better. Irons out all personality. And it has introduced artifacts. Just dumb and unnecessary.
Is this the original aspect ratio? A pity if you’ve cropped it for 16:9.
That would have made an awesome alternative video for the song too if they wouldve just aired this instead. I loved the original video too
She sure knew how to stir the pot, that's for sure.
That song would have been so much less powerful without the real video.
Meglio la coca cola ragazzo biondo con gli occhi azzurri più alto di me magro
A commercial advertising another commercial!
Madonna 80's then Spice Girls 90's then Britney 2000's
Decent
Tragedy
Tragedy
Madonna 80s, 90,s 2000, and more
Buon weekend ragazzo bellissimo biondo con gli occhi azzurri più alto di me magro
That was before mads kind of lost it..
I am living at the back of Pepsi cola in the Philippines but since 10 yrs does not operating.
Linda!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰💕
Più buona la coca cola Madonna
Ya me provocó tomarme una Pepsi. (Asteartea, 2021.eko ekainak 15a, 9:01pm)
Plant of Pepsi in mabolo Cebu Philippines
They should make a video our of this remake of it
Why is it in the wrong aspect Ratio.
Sharing 🎼🎤👌
I imagine if this is the actual music video that year, Madonna could've been less controversial and won a Grammy or two.
But nobody would have remembered it... lol
tbe grammys are about politics& performative gestures anyway. shes never courted awards, thankfully!! love her! 💯👑
... and sound and dance like Beyonce....
@@erregi4946 and sound and dance like Beyoncé? What do you mean?
And nobody would have cared about the song and it wouldn't become iconic.
Que fome
💘💘💘💋
In '89, I wonder if Madonna really drank Pepsi. Pop aka soda is a nasty drink.
Linda! ❤
Maybe the devil in whom she sells her soul, wasn’t fan of Pepsi but coke and in which would make things turn out quite different
They did air this. I remember.
Big deal !
L'Antonella Di Tonno che da infermiera mi disse anni fa non bere Giulio la coca cola che non ti fa dormire di notte
Black people power 😎
What is Pepsi?
The rival to Coke.in some countries people have died placing the wrong vending machine in their corner store. TIME magazine ran a 5 page report on it.
I was around for madonna. To me she just looked italian, not a gorgeous face like angela jolie or Janet jackson. Perhaps because I'm italian I can not see her beauty, I simply see her as an Italian face, not a outstanding beauty. I don't mean to offend anyone or hurt anyone's feelings, I'm just stating my opinion that's what this comment section is for.
This is better than the actual video. I always thought like a prayer video just made no sense. Religious mess.
It is pretty good.
I'd say you did NOT understand the video.
Basically L.A.P. was about a woman, or girl, or just a female having a lucid O.O.B experience like the Catholic saints would, or estacy without the drug named...whatever..mads as per usual, as you would being...just hashed it and vibed it and always sexed it up
The video is not 100% religious, it’s way above your intellect to understand it definitely.
she looks like tongolele