Sunday, April 20, 2008

War and Military in Music, Lyrics, Style

Every channel we watch, there is some War or military influence that we see whether we recognise it or not. It's the camoflage shorts that Tila Tequila is wearing on her show, it's Toby Keith's patriotic invoking hymn to "Red, White, and Blue", it's in Mary J Blige's or Ciara's backround dancer's costume to their new music video or last concert performance it's in System of a Down's lyrics to "Bombs over Bagdad", and 50 Cent's struggle with war on the streets. War and the military have a profound influence on our entertainment. On MTV's Real World vs. Road Rules or Real World Extreme Challenge, they have an obstacle course and cammo tees to wear, we have Maury's Boot camp for troubled teens. War splits and unites the pop culture all together. It slpits us when our views and opinions come into play, but unites us under one cause, one struggle, and one fear... Another attack... "Them terrorists f****d with the wrong building, they meant to hit ours" - Eminem "A sucker punch came flying in from somwhere in the back.." -Toby Keith

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