I don't blame him. He is right. He is not the problem. I don't agree with message his music sends, but I have the all powerful off button! And I don't have to buy it or let my kids listen to it.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 9:38 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Eminem Lol yea it sfunny i think it was his 2nd album he had a song that basically said you blame it on me when you're the one (talking about the parents) who let your 12 year old daughter wear makeup etc etc.. :) Oh well its just fun to watch you guys argue *gets his popcorn* Bill Wheatley Senior Database Developer Macromedia Certified Advanced Coldfusion Developer EDIETS.COM 954.360.9022 X159 ICQ 417645 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond Camden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 10:29 AM Subject: RE: Eminem > While I don't like Eminem - kids are not his problem. If the parents > have a problem with his music, it's their job to make sure the kids > don't get the CDs. > I can think of plenty of CDs, books, etc, that are not appropriate for > children, but that as an adult I enjoy. If the parent can't do their > job, it's their fault - not Eminems. > > -rc > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 10:26 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Eminem > > > > > > Simon, > > > > That's the problem. Kids do take him seriously. > > > > Kevin > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Simon Horwith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 9:29 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Eminem > > > > dude - Eminem rocks. People gotta stop taking him so > > seriously, though. > > > > ~Simon > > > > Simon Horwith > > Macromedia Certified Instructor > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > Fig Leaf Software > > 1400 16th St NW, # 500 > > Washington DC 20036 > > 202.797.6570 (direct line) > > www.figleaf.com > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 10:20 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Eminem > > > > > > Yeah well I happen to be one of them that thinks the guy is a lyrical > > genius. > > Which you agree with albeit to a lesser degree. > > > > You should also therefore have issues with Snoop Dooggy Dog, > > Dr. Dre, Warren > > G,Ice Cube (Cop Killer)...and the list goes on and > > on..Marilyn Manson...The > > Beatles (in their day)...Iron Maiden...Black Sabbath...Pink > > Floyd...Madonna > > > > All these artists talk about dark periods in their life, > > going against the > > establishment sometimes violently, committing or urging to > > commit suicide, > > violence against others..sexual irresponsibility..I mean good grief. > > > > What Eminem is doing is nothing new, it is nothing that other > > artists have > > not done in the past, perhaps the only thing that is new is > > that Eminem is > > doing this at a point in time when America is facing a crisis > > with a new era > > of Political Correctness, or Censorship to call it what it really is. > > > > If this is the way Eminem feels, if he feels fame is a weight on his > > shoulders, if he beat his wife (something that SEVERAL > > artists have been > > accused of, some of which has been proven in courts of law), > > if he wants to > > SHOCK society into seeing whats out there beneath it > > all..then that's his > > choice. That is his form of expression, whether for > > commercial reasons, or > > just self expression. > > > > You are not a psychologist. You cannot make any judgements or try to > > psychoanalyse a commercial artist through their music. You > > can only analyse > > their MUSIC, not the artist himself. Have you ever sat with Eminem and > > TALKED to him..as a person? No. > > And I think any competent psychologist would tell you that you cannot > > psychoanalyse someone through their music. It would not give a true > > representation of that person. It would, perhapse instead, give a > > representation of YOU. > > > > To try to analyse the artist themselves is specious to the extreme. > > > > I'll point you to what I think is a much better review of Eminem's new > > ALBUM, which is incidentally called the eminem SHOW. > > I wonder why people watch Ultimate Fighting > > Championship...because they like > > the fights? > > Why do some people watch racing, to see the crashes? Why do > > Soap Operas that > > display twisted, dysfuntional lives of rich, attractive > > people appeal to > > such a broad audience..is it just the drama? > > What do you have to say about a show like A Clockwork Orange? > > Or Natural Born Killers?Are these representative of the true > > nature of the > > Director? The writer? The Producer?Are they all psychopaths > > because of the > > art they produce? > > Or because such art doesnt fit into some neat Moral Box? > > Should these all > > have been banned and censored, and not received 'corporate > > sponsorship'? > > Don't kids see these movies too? SO now its the fault of the > > artists, and > > what doesn't fit into the Box should be censored, because it > > would fill the > > minds of little kids with 'filth'.The prejudice that such a > > point of view > > contains is frightening. > > > > http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/Albums/May2002/reviews25212.asp > > > > "Marshall Mathers III knows this, of course, which is why the > > title of album > > three tips a subtle, knowing nod to the ultimate reality > > project, The Truman > > Show. But if he was being truly honest, he would have found > > some way to > > twist a pun out of Groundhog Day. Because, like Bill Murray's > > character > > who's doomed to live out the same nightmare again and again > > (and like Jim > > Carrey's who is stuck in a suburban purgatory), Marshall is > > trapped within > > the character of Eminem." > > > > > http://www.laweekly.com/ink/02/30/music-wang.shtml > "WHAT MAKES EMINEM SO INFURIATING AND BRILLIANT is the cutting > self-awareness of his own pop phenomenon. You could pen volumes on the > racial politics behind his stardom, but on The Eminem Show's "White > America," Em's already beaten you to the punch, rhyming "Let's do the > math/If I was black/I would have only sold half" and laying down this > incredible coup de gr�ce, "Look at these eyes/baby blue/baby just like > yourself/If they were brown/Shady lose/Shady sits on the shelf" > > You should also listen to the song "White America" off his album. > -Angel > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Howard Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 1:08 AM > Subject: Eminem > > > > I know there some Eminem fans on this list, so you probably won't like > what > > I have to say about him, but here's my review of his latest release: > > > > > http://www.globalnewswatch.com/index.cfm?action=full_text&ARTICLE_ID=318 > &CAT > > EGORY_ID=12 > > > > H. > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. 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