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Saturday, October 30, 2004

"Mosh", even Moby likes it

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Finally! You have someone besides Sean Coombs to serve as Voice of the Generation. Eminem has stepped forward, and done it well.

Here's the storyboard and lyrics, with a lame attempt at a Lakovian explantion based on framing:
http://www.benfrank.net/mosh/

Here's the video:
http://mosh.eminem.com/video/

This may be one of the most effective protests songs I've ever heard, and the video breaks ground. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Youngs slamming Nixon in 1971's "Four Dead in Ohio" was strong, but this is herculean with regards to "W".

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