M.I.A - BORN FREE
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- lowimpakt
i just noticed it is in the PC but....
some people may be offended/disturbed
- whereRI0
awesome, i hadnt seen that. i really liked it.
im a ginga too
- inteliboy0
disappointed by the track! clip is good tho.
- Bluejam0
nice video although the 'bloody' bits seemed pointless
- lukus_W0
Absolutely amazing - stunning concept / film. The music suits the film and works really well.
Track probably isn't so suited to a club environment - but why should it be. Shows M.I.A. as diverse, intelligent and talented.
- Beautifully shot, but I didn't get it. What's she trying to say og tell with it?Suave
- vaxorcist0
arrrgh...
"this video contains content from UMG It is no longer available in your country"anyone have an alternate URL?
- lukus_W0
@Suave;
By supplanting one group for another (e.g. 'suspected terrorists', for 'gingers') we're forced to consider the way a group is treated in a more objective way. Our prejudices and impressions, born of familiarity, are potentially challenged.
I don't think it's meant to be taken literally. I think it's probably designed to make people think and consider 'what if'.
While the gore is a little over-the-top, and the vilification of Army is extreme - I think it challenges its audience in a worthwhile manner. It's not attempting to be superficial, and I think that's rare in a music video. I like it a lot.
- pillhead0
Nice video, but!
- MHDC0
- scrap_paper0
Great video. Just showing what "the land of the free" has become and will continue to embody if society continues forward with closed eyes.
Regarding "vilification or the army" I don't think that was the point. They were not in fatigues and looked more like SWAT then army. These agents were cogs in the violent wheel of a merciless system.
- true - but the cogs had US flags on their arms.lukus_W
- .. which is quite a pointed statement. Though, in the light of wikileaks, maybe it's also a worthy one.lukus_W
- (yawn)
when was the last time any of you were loaded on a bus and executed in America?identity - I don't think that's the point identitylukus_W
- oh, i know - the video, thematically paints a pretty "seen it before picture" - however, my comments wereidentity
- directed at those saying "America and the UK are turning into totalitarian states!" which sounds like whining fromidentity
- a bunch of privileged trustafarians who read too much VICE magazine...identity
- cannonball19780
it wasn't that interesting to be honest
typical cop archetype
oppressed minority
droning freedom messagei get it already
- must_dash0
really liked the music at the start... but that was about it.
- prophet0
needs more RUMI tricycle.
- PonyBoy0
sucks... i was hoping they'd fight back... instead I'm left feeling like shit...
... *thumbs down (both the video and the track)
- garretttt0
fucking stupid
waste of time
not at all original
and racist...
against the most popular stereotype out there...
gingers...come on...
- quack0
red heads aren't a race?
- prophet0
just throwing this out there... you poo poo this yet it slays on about 90% of the crap out there at the mo. i mean would you rather have this or the faaaame mooooonster, ooooh...
i like her, alot actually.
- ts just another version of that. it caters to people who want "a message"cannonball1978
- lol. it sounds rad who gives a shit about a message. what is this fear of a black planet?prophet
- it's the flava, a life sava.prophet
- and that's it.prophet
- Very few people want a message, hence Gaga.CyBrain
- acescence0
and it's gone
