TheProdigy

I have to vent my feelings here, I'm only glad this track and video is by South Central, if it was a Prodigy track I think I'd pay for laser treatment to have my WDF tattoo removed!

Really this is not good for your image in view of events in the UK such as the Raoul Mote incident - shock us in other ways, just please do not endorse this video by putting your name against a remix.

John Taylor wrote:


Yeah the video was the only thing I remembered, and that wasn't too great. I mean, Rage Against The Machine have their own political and activist views to back any shocking images, System Of A Down have some shit about some Armenian genocide, but this video seems to be made out of mindlessness. What's the point? So people will watch it and think 'ooh'.

The Prodigy said before (don't ask me for source ) that they're not a political band and that's the way it should be. A band that makes music for the masses; no hidden messages, no agenda, and no shocking videos to carry some message...just pure fun.


The South Central video seemed to have no meaning behind the video to save it from being a mindless shocker :/

Rage Against The Machine - Saw it in the record store today

I think that cover of Rage Against The Machine is great. It's the Buddhist Thich Quang Duc who set himself on fire on the 11th of June 1963 during Vietnam war. While he made a big statement Ngo Dinh Dhiem's (the leader of South-Vietnam) wife Madame Nhu only said: "'I would clap hands at seeing another monk barbecue show." I love the story behind it. Just had to tell it.

I don't know what to think about this video. I like the song though.

from the director of the video

Yeah I read that, and was slightly pleased to see a message was intended to be behind it (even though it fails in the video in my opinion), but as I read it, I can't help but disagree with the director...comes off as real damn pretentious

Fuck it, here goes a big ol rant...


Reminds of me damn art students...What does this have to do with the music or the lyrics? Or the message of the band/song? It's a video, a shock one at that.


Point made; shock. To rile up the audience and make them pay attention. Not to the message though, but the blood.


Manhunt came out 8 years ago, wasn't a big seller, and Manhunt 2 underwent too much controversy to sell well either. Not to mention Mh1 was a masterpiece, depicting the dirty lower rungs of life in the world, using snuff films, ambiguous lack of dialogue and gore to it's advantages. Call Of Duty is a manufactured success, as well as being a straight up war game. GTA is a videogame satirical epic with great allusions to modern cinema and literature. I'd even call it videogame modernism.


I don't think ANYONE watching the video would see this. No one would see them walking through the deaths and draw parallels to them watching the news. There's no other analogies, personifications, nothing. Just them walking through deaths. I could tack any reason onto that and it's seem to fit. 'They represent the rich in the world as Zambians die' or 'They represent the media as the public's truths go unheard and killed'. If anything, saying that they represent us being oblivious to war is a patronizing as fuck statement. What, the director knows some crazy shit that no one else does? That the 'oblivious mass media driven society' don't know? Well guess what fucknut, if they're so 'obliviously mass media driven', your hidden message in a MUSIC VIDEO isn't going to mean much, is it?


You tell me. I'm pretty detatched yet fully aware of it, as is anyone who knows anything. Fucking hippy. War is horrible, we GET IT, through common sense, not a South Central video.


Oh, beautiful, not only is he patronizing us by calling it's viewers obliviously mass media driven, he's guilt tripping us. We're the grim reaper. Well that's where as a video, the analogies shit on themselves, as I thought SC were meant to represent us? But we're also pulling the trigger in first person? But SC are also the grim reaper? WAT.


K, my view is simple;
Song is ok, I'm sure lots will like it
Video is a mindless shocker from initial views
From directors intentions/message, video is uber fucking retarded, insulting and ignorant.

The explanation for this video from the director- bullshit! It was just a cool video about a fucked up situation

Good post Martin.

I think in this day and age we're reminded daily of the tragedies that are occurring and we don't need some self-righteous music video reminding us of that fact, and trying to make us feel guilty about it at the same time.

...just woke up at 2am (bad toothache) and read my post. Damn that's big lol But yeah you nailed it in a sentence Majin

Watched it before i finished work yesterday and it made my mind spin as i was walking down to the car park thinking how easy that shit could go down on any of us!

Cool tune though!