wonder what it takes to get people to pay attention… this was a good video, hard to watch #fb
M.I.A. - Born Free
From Mashable (read the original article here):
The “Born Free” video’s themes are born out of those early experiences and informed by current anti-American sentiment. It’s all the more controversial because the U.S. authorities appear to be an occupying force, and because its final scenes borrow imagery from Iraq, Vietnam and Abu Ghraib. It was described by an MTV music reporter as “brutally graphic” and an “unflinchingly, unapologetically real … statement on the treatment of minorities.”
Controversial music videos are a standing tradition. Artists like Madonna, The Prodigy and, more recently,Lady Gaga [explicit links] have released videos that have offended many viewers, but this one seems to go a step farther than most both with its political message and its extremely violent imagery.
