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My Comments
I think my reaction is appropriate.
At the end of the day music videos are advertisements.They are promoting their new album and this song. They invested money in it, and there will be a return on that investment. Its a marketing ploy. If you think its okay to use women that way- to sell something .Go ahead. If you think there is no negative affect in society from videos and other form of media like this GO LOOK IT UP. There is. For the love of anything you hold dear, please look it up.
There is nothing wrong with sex. Nothing wrong with nudity. There is nothing shameful about the human form. Its a beautiful thing. But it must not be exploited. And I do see that happening in this video.
This sort of thing happens all the time. I just cant believe Green Day - a band I always regarded as feminist did this. Maybe they did it so I can not pay attention to how mediocre the song is.
@F484. Obviously you didnt read all of the comments, otherwise you would have gotten your answer for the question "whats wrong with playing with girls?" Go search "sexualization of women in the media". Search the effects of that. Watch a documentary about it. You'll have your answer. Its more objective than it is subjective in that the outcome of it is never one that is positive. But Maybe, you're right. Maybe I am taking it seriously. But when I see this, I fear for my sisters, my friends and the future of women. If if this rock band that has spent decades bring women UP, changed and now uses woman as props and as a promotion to SELL THEIR PRODUCT then what hope do I have for anyone else? I thought green day was against mass media. I see they gave in.
@ punx_rawk
Your critical comments have been deleted from the first release of the video? Nice to know. I'm glad other people agree. Thank you for speaking out about this.
If people think "oh this is just a video". They are NAIVE. The imagery of women today is one that is constantly sexuality in advertisements, tv shows, the real world, the work place, school ect. This video perpetuates that!! It keeps women DOWN. Objectifying women is the first step to domestic violence. The number one killer of women in the United States. Wake the eff up, people.
Yes, I get the concept and its relation to the song. But I've been a green day fan since I was 9. If I saw this video (the regular censored one) as a 9 year old girl I'd be confused about myself. I know that because I felt that way when I stumbled upon videos like this one with women being used like this. And now as a 22 year old woman I'm at a loss. Tre and Mike have daughters. And they all have wives. Come on. Would they want that for them? They've regressed. Lyrically, mentally, and emotionally. I don't feel anything listening to this song or a few other songs I've heard from iUno!
Side note: I know the title "she" come from a poem. Its good that there is no name in this song because is allows any person who relates to fill themselves in that song. Then "Last of the american girls" does the same thing as a song on its own but in the album as a whole we know the song is about Gloria. Such beautiful kick-ass songs about complex women.
I don't know. Like I said, I've been a die-hard fan of green day for almost 14 years. I love them. But I cant pretend to like what I have heard so far and especially this video. I'll listen to the rest of Uno when it comes out on the 25th with an open mind. Peace
I think my reaction is appropriate.
At the end of the day music videos are advertisements.They are promoting their new album and this song. They invested money in it, and there will be a return on that investment. Its a marketing ploy. If you think its okay to use women that way- to sell something .Go ahead. If you think there is no negative affect in society from videos and other form of media like this GO LOOK IT UP. There is. For the love of anything you hold dear, please look it up.
There is nothing wrong with sex. Nothing wrong with nudity. There is nothing shameful about the human form. Its a beautiful thing. But it must not be exploited. And I do see that happening in this video.
This sort of thing happens all the time. I just cant believe Green Day - a band I always regarded as feminist did this. Maybe they did it so I can not pay attention to how mediocre the song is.
this might get deleted but hey:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTK7CbmgQjE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayj29LLe6yM
@F484. Obviously you didnt read all of the comments, otherwise you would have gotten your answer for the question "whats wrong with playing with girls?" Go search "sexualization of women in the media". Search the effects of that. Watch a documentary about it. You'll have your answer. Its more objective than it is subjective in that the outcome of it is never one that is positive. But Maybe, you're right. Maybe I am taking it seriously. But when I see this, I fear for my sisters, my friends and the future of women. If if this rock band that has spent decades bring women UP, changed and now uses woman as props and as a promotion to SELL THEIR PRODUCT then what hope do I have for anyone else? I thought green day was against mass media. I see they gave in.
@ punx_rawk
Your critical comments have been deleted from the first release of the video? Nice to know. I'm glad other people agree. Thank you for speaking out about this.
If people think "oh this is just a video". They are NAIVE. The imagery of women today is one that is constantly sexuality in advertisements, tv shows, the real world, the work place, school ect. This video perpetuates that!! It keeps women DOWN. Objectifying women is the first step to domestic violence. The number one killer of women in the United States. Wake the eff up, people.
Yes, I get the concept and its relation to the song. But I've been a green day fan since I was 9. If I saw this video (the regular censored one) as a 9 year old girl I'd be confused about myself. I know that because I felt that way when I stumbled upon videos like this one with women being used like this. And now as a 22 year old woman I'm at a loss. Tre and Mike have daughters. And they all have wives. Come on. Would they want that for them? They've regressed. Lyrically, mentally, and emotionally. I don't feel anything listening to this song or a few other songs I've heard from iUno!
Side note: I know the title "she" come from a poem. Its good that there is no name in this song because is allows any person who relates to fill themselves in that song. Then "Last of the american girls" does the same thing as a song on its own but in the album as a whole we know the song is about Gloria. Such beautiful kick-ass songs about complex women.
I don't know. Like I said, I've been a die-hard fan of green day for almost 14 years. I love them. But I cant pretend to like what I have heard so far and especially this video. I'll listen to the rest of Uno when it comes out on the 25th with an open mind. Peace