KUMBAYA / Sir Ivan / I AM PEACEMAN
I couldn't make the decision on if I should be mad at the condescending nature of this video, or laugh my butt off at the out right tackiness of the whole thing including the song.
What it looked like to me was some one with good intentions just making a mess of things, like a little kid who tries to cook breakfast for mom but burns the house down, kind of like liberal racism.
Hell, the truth is I was more pissed with the blacks in the video than the "musician" Sir Ivan.
I wanted to hit them over the head with a history book and say wake your ignorant butts up, or are y'all that hard up for some chump change?
As for Sir Ivan I am going to say that he might have been innocently trying send a peaceful message out their, unfortunately he failed miserably.
If anything he is guilty of making the "Soul Plane" of music video, and I got to question his future in music after this.
But than again I might be more sensitive to this type of stuff, might be seeing things that are not there.......maybe.........doubt it though.
What say you?
14 comments:
kmft so after 5 minutes of trying to figure out which one of my tabs was playing ridiculous music and disrupting me from watching this video....i finally was able to hit play in silence...and was welcomed to eurotrash techno with a terrible rendition of Kumbaya whilst watching black people with "tribal markings" performing "tribal dance".....smfh i can't even continue....I watched 30 seconds....Foolishness.
Ok I'm with dope fiend.. because that music was enough to make me cut the volume off. smh.
And I feel like his director lied to him, because he surely didn't get his message across like he may have wanted.lol.
Dope Fiend,
Lol, just 30 sec? You missed the best parts.
Janet,
Yeah it's an old story.
Selah,
Lol, yeah the director is most definitely to blame for this one.
Um, okay...
I did at least last 1:30 seconds, but became very bored with the overly used message of a savior coming to save the Black folks from fighting...
This is pure ridiculousness...
This Video is about Peace and Bringing Peace to Africa, How can you people think this way??????????
Sir Ivan gives all his Proceeds to Charity, HOW DARE YOU ALL tarnish the true meaning of this video.
Marvalus,
Yeah thats about right.
Anonymous,
"How can you people think this way??????????"
Funny, I said the exact same thing about the creators of this video.
I am sure his intentions are "peaceful" but the execution of the message was a failure, and only reinforced very old thinking.
Anonymous,
I dont care what he gives to charity, wrong is wrong.
This video perpetuates an image of Africans, that should have long been put into the grave, for the sole purpose of fufilling the taste of exoticism for those who are ignorant to history of black people around the world.
You want to get mad at something?
Be mad with Sir Ivan who has done his best to destroy the eardrums of anyone who has the misfortune of listening to this nails across chalkboard that passes for music.
This Video stands for Social Progress, Progress that you are putting down because of too much MTV AND BET. Sure this Video is not part of the Daily Selection at YO MTV RAPS but it is more meaningful than any of the VIDEOS Gangsta Rap Artist produce. This Video speaks for the Streets of every neighborhood in the world. GIVE PEACE A CHANCE BROTHER!
Jesus did it, JFK did it, RFK did it Jimmy Carter still Doing it, Eminen doing it
Accept a New Savior
Give Peaceman a chance to save your heart.
THETRUTHBROTHA,
I got a better idea why dont we give good taste adn comon sense a chance.
The message sent in this video is not one of peace and love but of stereotypes and ignorance.
It is a fetish fantasy of exotic black people, it's insulting.
Anonymous,
Lets say I believe Jesus is white, none of the people you named off managed to save black people from anything.
And what they did do they did with out playing up racial stereotypes.
Why not give common sense a chance to save your mind.
Yeah - you overly PC-sensitive types are absolutely right. He shouldn't have had beautiful black bodies dancing. He should have photos of Hutu and Tutsi tribesmen hacking the arms off of women, and heads off of children. Of course it's too horrific to actually LOOK at those images of course.....but at least you whiners would be gratified to see “real Africans” with “real tribal dress” really butchering the hell out of each other.
Now that that’s settled , which well-intentioned white man should we throw under the bus next ? Bono maybe?
It's about the cheesiest POS I've heard in years. But it was funny.
I suppose one could see the condescending nature in it. But then again, I don't see the harm in it.
I get the "white man saves the day" bit, but not the rest.
Correct me if I'm wrong here -- world history isn't my strong suit: Aren't there dozens of indigenous--primitive--tribes on the African continent to this day? Not to mention many more forced into Euro-style assimilation, yet still tribes.
Some do fight one another, no?
Can that aspect of African life be pushed aside, treated as bygone if it still exists? Should it?
I think the song is absolutely horrific; and while the video gave me a laugh, it's definitely not moving up to replay status.
I'm not sure that aspect of a place should be evaded for the sake of standardization (for lack of a better word).
History is a continuous narrative, preferably factual. Can't that image, if it still exists, coexist?
But I do get the pale-face savior bit. That's typical. But if the guy's seriously noble (and if he's white?), he can't help that.
He can help making crap music, though. Nobody forced his hand, ffs! lol
Aries,
Lets take a look at what you got here......
"He shouldn't have had beautiful black bodies dancing."
No he shouldnt have since "beautiful black bodies" have used to be the sole definition of what is black ignoring the mind and culture.
"He should have photos of Hutu and Tutsi tribesmen hacking the arms off of women, and heads off of children."
Actually yes, DAMN RIGHT, and than he can show right after those images the Rwanda peace council were former combatants stand up and ask for forgivness from their victims and how the country changed since than. THAT would actually match the song.
"but at least you whiners would be gratified to see “real Africans” with “real tribal dress” really butchering the hell out of each other."
The only one whining here is you, everyone else was having a discussion.
"Now that that’s settled , which well-intentioned white man should we throw under the bus next ? Bono maybe?"
Bono has more sense than thisa tool and apparently you as well to put out some garbage like this.
But if you want a list we can start with John McCain, Bill O'Rielly, Glenn Beck and.....well I wil give you the benifit of the doubt and say you get the picture.
Josh,
"Aren't there dozens of indigenous--primitive--tribes on the African continent to this day? Not to mention many more forced into Euro-style assimilation, yet still tribes."
Yes there are but I doubt there is a tribe in Africa that looks like the "represenitives" in the video. And still those tribes are not the beggining or the end of African culture which is a lot more diversed than what you have just seen.
"Some do fight one another, no?"
As most opposing ethinic groups around the world including here in the United states.
"Can that aspect of African life be pushed aside, treated as bygone if it still exists? Should it?"
No it shouldnt but it also shouldnt be mocked, made into a fantasy and a fetish for the entertainment of others when other aspect are ignored.
"But if the guy's seriously noble (and if he's white?), he can't help that."
Like I said I understand his intentions but he missed target.
Wise up, anonymous.
There's no future in trolling. What happens when you hit the big 4-0 and it's time to leave the basement?
:P
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