Los Angeles Times: When a song is mistaken for an anthem
Outkast’s "Bombs Over Baghdad" is the latest song to be embraced as a pro-war anthem. But, as often happens, that’s not what the author intended.
It's time to place rap duo OutKast's "Bombs Over Baghdad" alongside Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." and Bob Dylan's "Masters of War" as examples of how pop songs can assume a dramatic life of their own.
OutKast's Big Boi was more than a little surprised when tennis pro Jennifer Capriati requested recently that "Bombs" be played as a sign of support for the troops in Iraq as she took the court for a match.
He watched with equal interest a few days later as radio stations started playing the record in the same Iraq context and some U.S. troops reportedly sang the song while going into battle.
The problem is Big Boi was strongly opposed to the U.S. invading Iraq without United Nations support and he never intended the song as a pro-war exercise. Click the link above for the whole story, including quotes from Big Boi.
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Posted by: dfadvocate on April 25, 2003 12:14 PMYo, you shouldn't think of the song B.O.B. as a song that was ment one day cause a big contravercy (mispelled) this song was made way before all this sh*t happened.
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Oh my goodness. How long ago was that song made as opposed to when this war started? GET A LIFE.
While you are trying to pick apart this song why don't you pick up your Bible and pick apart the
prophecy in the Bible Book of Daniel? Pick apart who in todays modern world is the King of the North and the King of the South and put that in the newspaper and let us discuss that. Who in this modern world is pictured as being Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots? Too deep for you? That's what I thought. Leave Outkast alone.
You are just mad cause these are TWO BLACK EDUCATED MEN BOTH IN SCOLASTICS AND RELIGION.
This could have been seen from a mile away. The name of this song gave house wives (Barbara Bush) all over the country something to complain about. Pretty soon people are going to be saying thier are subliminal messages or somthing stupid like that. I guess we are just going to have to get used to the fact that people need something to complain about.
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