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Good and bad art (music, movies, fiction, etc) inspired by 9/11

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Double Down, Sep 7, 2011.

  1. KJIM

    KJIM Well-Known Member

    And that's part of what makes the song perfect. At the time, MANY people didn't "know the difference between Iraq and Iran." The fact he uses the good ole boy pronunciation makes the it even more meaningful, IMO
     
  2. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    Really loved "Travellin' Soldier" by the Dixie Chicks - but that's just because I'm a pinko.
    And I love "New York, New York" by Ryan Adams, even though it was done before the attacks.

    I think the worst offender was Aaron Tippin.
    "Where the stars and the stripes and the eagle still flies."
     
  3. ifilus

    ifilus Well-Known Member

    Here's another cash-in piece of shit country song: "Have You Forgotten"? by Darryl Worley

     
  4. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    Not anything specially created, but U2 pulling this out was probably my favorite thing I have seen or heard. The lyrics were pretty spot on even though they were penned years before Sept. 11.



    And if the darkness is to keep us apart
    And if the daylight feels like it's a long way off
    And if your glass heart should crack
    And for a second you turn back
    Oh no, be strong

    Walk on, walk on
    What you got they can't steal it
    No they can't even feel it
    Walk on, walk on...
    Stay safe tonight
     
  5. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    Who can forget John Ashcroft's "Let the Eagle Soar"?

     
  6. HC

    HC Well-Known Member

    He actually says "the difference IN Iraq and Iran" which makes me crazy.
     
  7. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    The Who mention bears repeating. Great stuff. And Ace Frehley's New York Groove was a notable beneficiary of the tragedy. The song was always an underappreciated disco-era valentine to New York City, but it somehow became a unifying force
     
  8. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    And I've pondered what sj would have been like if it had existed on 9/11/2001. I'm assuming a mix of our inspiring best and shocking worst.
     
  9. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    That episode has possibly my all-time favorite Cartman quote: "You know, maybe we're not seeing heaven because one of us is a J-O-O."
     
  10. blacktitleist

    blacktitleist Member

    U2's halftime performance during Super Bowl XXXVI brought a tear to the eye.

    The names of the victims raising to the heavens during "Where the Streets Have No Name"

     
  11. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    I was thinking about that one too.

    Also, put me down as one of the people blown away by the Who's set at the Concert for New York. What an incredible release of pent up emotion.
     
  12. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    I've seen the ads for that 'When Pop Culture Saved America' special.
    I'm not who is easily, if ever offended, but I find it kind of offensive.
     
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