Have you heard "Mosh"?

[elfrangel]

It's by Eminem. Personally, I don't like him much, but I just heard this song. WOW!!!! I looked up the lyrics and was impressed. Here's a snippet.

<snip>
Imagine it pouring, it's raining down on us
Mosh pits outside the oval office
Someone's tryina tell us something,
Maybe this is god just sayin' we're responsible
For this monster, this coward,
That we have empowered
This is Bin Laden, look at his head noddin'
How could we allow something like this without pumping our fists
Now this is our final hour
Let me be the voice in your strength and your choice
Let me simplify the rhyme just to amplify the noise
Try to amplify the times it, and multiply by six...
Teen million people, Are equal at this high pitch
Maybe we can reach alqueda through my speech
Let the president answer a higher anarchy
Strap him with an Ak-47, let him go, fight his own war
Let him impress daddy that way
No more blood for oil, we got our own battles to fight on our own soil
No more psychological warfare, to trick us to thinking that we ain't loyal
If we don't serve our own country, we're patronizing a hero
Look in his eyes its all lies
The stars and stripes, they've been swiped, washed out and wiped
And replaced with his own face, Mosh now or die
If I get sniped tonight you know why,
Cause I told you to fight.
<snip>

[LynzM]

1. Yup

Great song... actually came out just before the election, and made HUGE rounds on the internet. People were hoping it'd get a lot of younger people out to vote, but it was too late for many to register by the time it came out. Still, great song, video rocks, still don't like Eminem's opinions on many things.

[expatriot]

2. I love it... I still listen to it every now and then here is the link....

http://www.gnn.tv/videos/video.php?id=27

They remade the ending after the election but i can't find the updated version anywhere.

[jono]

3. Here is a link to the updated version

http://gnn.tv/videos/28/The_Mosh_Continues

[ChiciB1]

6. Great Link! n/t

[kittenpants]

9. Did you see Kucinich clapping in the new version

when the protestors burst in?

[CalebHayes]

4. it came out like 2 weeks before the election

[ChiciB1]

5. My Daughter And I BLASTED It All Over

Sarasota County BEFORE the election! Unfortunately it was a little late in coming out and I wish it had been available for several months before.

Great Stuff! And I'm a Boomer!

[kittenpants]

7. here's a link to the original video

http://mosh.eminem.com/video/

This got me so fired up before the election and made me really believe we were going to win. Now it's kind of painful to watch, but a great video with some cool animation too. I wish it would have been released earlier before the election.

[mahina]

8. Thanks, I forgot about that...

welcome to DU!

[ChoralScholar]

10. I believe

it was released in October. I love how he just comes out and *BAM*, you know. The video was really cool too, I just loved the symbolism he used.

Found this on the Guerrilla News Network:

<snip>

It’s a question I’ve been asked a million times since the video premiered: “But did it turn out the youth vote?” Released too late to influence voter registration in almost all states, there is no clear way to gauge the effect, if any, it had.

We do know this: Despite early misleading reports, the youth vote did show up on election day. According to CIRCLE , 20.9 million Americans under the age of 30 voted in the election. That’s 4.6 million more than cast ballots in 2000. This turnout represents a 9.3% increase nationwide and in the battleground states turnout was even higher, up 13% over 2000. But young people weren’t the only ones who showed up. Voters of all ages also showed up in record numbers and the 18-29 demographic was the only group to favor the Democratic ticket (54% – 44%) in the presidential race.
<snip>

Here's a link to the rest of the article:

http://www.gnn.tv/content/eminem_mosh.html

I think it also has the videos, the original and new ending.

Thanks for the welcome...:-)

Hubby got me hooked on this site..I used to be uber republican. Now, I can't stand the hypocrisy. My family is very republican, so it's very nice to be able to know that there are others out there who think the way I do.

Edit: Ooops!!!Sorry, posted under hubby's login. Just boosted his post ###, oh well...

[elfrangel]

11. Kick!!!

:kick: