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Eminem Mosh. He says 'Fuck Bush'. He says 'No more blood for oil'. He says 'Kerry on, give me hope'. He says 'Vote on November 2nd'. And the imagery in the video says a lot more. A message like this, from a star as big as Eminem, could actually change the outcome of the US election. Who says pop music is all neutered, spayed and tame? Who says that nothing anyone says makes a blind bit of difference? As brilliantly political as anything Bob Dylan did at the height of the 60s protest boom. Positively Brechtian.
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Date: 2004-10-27 02:10 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-27 02:28 am (UTC)ITS viewers to vote!
Date: 2004-10-27 02:30 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-27 02:35 am (UTC)Re: ITS viewers to vote!
Date: 2004-10-27 02:36 am (UTC)Sure, but over the past four years we've been so used to the American media swinging only one way that it's incredibly heartening to see the tide beginning to turn.
Re: ITS viewers to vote!
Date: 2004-10-27 02:41 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-27 03:21 am (UTC)Re: ITS viewers to vote!
Date: 2004-10-27 03:31 am (UTC)I think almost all of us who believe in the ideals of a participatory democracy hope every citizen votes educated and aware about the representatives and policies they choose to support. But the reality is, until this election year, there was a steady decline in interest and voting, especially amongst the youth demographic. If it takes celebs to get people motivated to even consider voting, its a good thing, since in reality that initial participation leads to the possibility of awareness (instead of the ideal situation of the other way around).
Unfortunately, the landscape is so partisan now, this has become an ideological, high-stakes war, not an election.
Re: ITS viewers to vote!
Date: 2004-10-27 03:36 am (UTC)Re: ITS viewers to vote!
Date: 2004-10-27 03:46 am (UTC)Re: ITS viewers to vote!
Date: 2004-10-27 04:09 am (UTC)Re: ITS viewers to vote!
Date: 2004-10-27 04:16 am (UTC)But I guess I just disagree with you about celebs making an effort to endorse candidates and motivate others to participate in government. I think if anything, its very American, since its a public call for action. Nobody forces you to checkmark that ballot when it comes down to it.
Well, unless you live in Florida.
pop music is all neutered, spayed and tame...
Date: 2004-10-27 04:27 am (UTC)Re: pop music is all neutered, spayed and tame...
Date: 2004-10-27 04:39 am (UTC)Re: pop music is all neutered, spayed and tame...
Date: 2004-10-27 04:40 am (UTC)Re: pop music is all neutered, spayed and tame...
Date: 2004-10-27 05:01 am (UTC)admittedly that's all i've read on it.
Re: ITS viewers to vote!
Date: 2004-10-27 05:56 am (UTC)Re: pop music is all neutered, spayed and tame...
Date: 2004-10-27 06:07 am (UTC)Re: pop music is all neutered, spayed and tame...
Date: 2004-10-27 06:13 am (UTC)Re: ITS viewers to vote!
Date: 2004-10-27 06:16 am (UTC)Re: ITS viewers to vote!
Date: 2004-10-27 06:16 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-27 06:17 am (UTC)I wasn't aware the article did pass judgement on the current state of the music industry, I was just suggesting to
Re: pop music is all neutered, spayed and tame...
Date: 2004-10-27 06:51 am (UTC)Re: ITS viewers to vote!
Date: 2004-10-27 07:02 am (UTC)Re: pop music is all neutered, spayed and tame...
Date: 2004-10-27 07:05 am (UTC)