“Can u plz blg abt the new Justice video?” -HRO CMMNTRs when “S.T.R.E.S.S.” was released via the Kanye West Blog (was that a metaphor about race and stuff?)
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I learned what I am supposed to take away from this video at two blogs.
The Pedestrian.TV blog:
“…the video was meant to be unplayable on tv, like ’stress’ is unplayable on the radio. It was not meant as a commentary on society, nor was it our intention to shock people or promote racism or hatred. We consciously chose to release it on one site only. The unforeseen spread of the video has forced us to think about how hard it is to control where your art is going. “Stress” is meant to provoke discussion, like all contemporary cinema, art and literature.”
The Butter Team wrote:
Videographer/new wave documentarian Romain Garvas and his Kourtrajmé crew are expanding our grasp of France’s often overlooked socioeconomic struggles. A largely African artist collective bent on expressing the French minority experience via film, Kourtrajmé was a solid choice to raise pulses and questions with Justice’s “Stress.”
I guess I can respect that from an artistic/new media/’I pretend to appreciate French Films’ point of view. I really want to know who is the REAL mastermind behind Justice’s image and business decisions. Busy P? Gaspard or Xavier? Tommy Banghalter?
My thoughts on the video:
1. I like violence, but I think there could have been more overt sexual violence. When we are talking about troubled youth who are experiencing status frustration, I think some sort of rape/public group masturbation/experimentation with bisexuality/group violation of a young woman was VERY necessary in this video. It would be like making a movie about a school shooting called ELEPHANT, but not having the two school shooters jerk eachother off in the shower after admitting that they had never been with a girl right before they shoot up the school.
2. A little bit too French New Wavey for me… I would have liked to have seen a little bit more SoMe graphics needlessly flying around the video.
3. I wonder if Busy P wanted this video to inspire Bastille Day 2.0 in France. Sort of like how all of the racial tension in American manifested itself in the Los Angeles Riots (not the band, the actual riots). I guess we’ll see if it happens!
4. I wonder what these ‘little rascals’ would have done if they had seen this little French man in the street:
5. I would have liked to have seen more crimes committed against: altbros, gheys, azns, gypsies, additional festivalBros, cool dads, dykes from the future, young children, it-girls, laptop DJs, DJs in masks, DJs in robot suits, and a few more that I can’t think of.
6. The ending where the kidz attack the camera crew is a little bit dumb and has soo been done b4. I guess people who studied French New Wave don’t take the time to study the way the SNL skit “The Joe Pesci Show” ends. Jim Bruer, playing Joe Pesci goes after the camera with a baseball bat.
7. The video kind of makes me wish France had some American police. I think our people really could have ‘done the job right’ and wiped these kids off the Earth. In America, we don’t advocate things like glorifying violence just to ‘make a point’ in an artistic way. Most liberal minded Americans prefer their social commentary in the form of a documentary-directed-by-Michael-Moore.
Just because these kids’ parents are poor doesn’t mean these kids were doomed into a life of violence. NO MORE EXCUSES.
” ‘Status frustration’ is no excuse for ending up violent, poor, fat, diseased, disabled, or depressed. “
-America, 2008
I guess this video had the biggest impact on my gmail inbox. Here is an email that I received:
After watching Justice’s new “Stress” music video that dropped today, I HAD to make one of the Cross Jackets.
I tried all the Peter Pan shadow methods, but I didn’t have anything that would stick a picture of the cross on the back of my leather jacket.
In a situation like this, I turn to masking tape.
Here is the end result of a masked, off-centered Stress Jackeet (as the French would pronounce)
Can’t wait to see how many girls turn me down upon seeing this!
If you use this picture I’d appreciate it if you used the alias “D-Town” instead of the name in my e-mail adress.
Thanks mang, love the site.
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Keep it hype and God Bless
“D-Town”
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF D-TOWN’S HOME-MADE JUSTICE JACKET?
Overall, here’s how the world feels about the “Stress” video:
****BONUS FUNNIE VID BY THE SAME DIRECTOR******
Apparently the director of the video made this other music video for DJ Mehdi. It’s really good if you are into street racing and the golden era of glorifying Eurotrash in film.
Please let me know what other music videos I need to analyze since I have an Associate’s Degree in Film Studies.
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good carles. now mom jeans.
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fuck d-town and fuck his fggt jacket. if you look up the term “d-bag” in merriam-webster’s the entry reads “assholes who make their own justice jackets out of masking tape.” i hope those roaming street gangs of frustrated youth come to your house and assault d-town’s mother for giving birth to a pseudo artistic copycat bastard such as him. maybe all those kids need is a little gerontophilia.
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I want a Justice jacket!
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analyze the new cut copy video. breakups, crying, strategically placed rain and thunderstorms…it has it all and i want ur thots.
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you should help me out with the bright eyes video for “bowl of oranges”—is he making out with a dude? is he making out with a chick dressed as a dude? is he making out with himself? OH THE QUESTIONS
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this looks like a short interpretation of kassovitz’s la haine.
i miss d.a.n.c.e.
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nice pie chart.
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momjeans is now playing at the hard fest
hardfest.com
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yes please! analyze the cut copy video!
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that’s how all black people act.
oh carles, i fear you were serious about fountainhead.
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*haiku*
that jacket needs work
will analysis improve
w/ a film B.A.?
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the medhi video is so righteously french
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racial harmony in france comes in the form of a tugjob.
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is this a post about Justice?
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*not a haiku*
readers will never be satisfied
just when they gave up the fight for stress
you delivered. but it was a little late
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the justice video is boring and ridiculous… but that Medhi one is awesome I love it… totally.
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it’s the same guy who did Imian Obile Isco’s “I Believe”, analyze that!
also, great piechart revival. will Excel 95 be big in 2k9 ??!?!
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I miss d.a.n.c.e is more like 80%
also that second music video needed more graphic violence.
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blog the new Weezer video – Pork and Beans, plz Carles.
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I think the International Justice Crime Syndicate should band together with the Daft Punk Alien Motorcycle Gang and beat the shit out of Aussies. France needs to re-establish its alt.dominance and gang warfare is the best way to go about this. When you’re a shark you’re a shark!
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i d rather take up a dif kind of topic
have u noticed how songs with a spelling-oriented title/chorus become huge hits ?
D.A.N.C.E.
L-I-LICKY-C-K-LICKY-Y
C.Y.O.A.
L.E.S. Artistes
(even P.I.M.P.)
IS PLAYDOE’S ‘IT’S THAT BEAT’ NEXT?
IS THE SOCIETY SO DUMB ALREADY THAT WE NEED ARTISTS TO SPELL OUT THE TITLES TO MAKE THEM REMARKABLE?
DOES IT WORK SIMILARLY WITH MUSICIANS SUCH AS M.I.A.?
IS THERE A CHILD INSIDE EVERY1 OF US?
im deeply concerned
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Where do black people come from ? I have never seen one in real life.
Analyze the peacebone video. Or that video of bill O’reilly swearing about sting.
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carles
what an amazing post, I am black Urban Youth who wears old navy jeans and causes trouble, and I agree with the way my Nigerian brothers transplanted to France are depicted here, also I Think that this video is a big fuck you to MTV and Tv a like, does anyone give a fuck about watching videos on tv, I’m sure more then ever the internet is the peoples choice for watching mass media, thats why Virgin is trying to take it away from us already
Love u carles
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Hey Carles. I’m watching the ‘Grey Sunset’ video.
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their music is hard to listen to because it sucks so bad.
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i like the new video but honestly its message aint gonna get across that well 2 da ppl that really need it. im afraid prez hilton would agree.
and boo carles u held up for so long before blogging about this.
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OMG ISN’T IT LIEK IRONIC AND STUFF THAT THEY ARE CALLED JUSTICE BUT IT IS SO VIOLENT!!1!??2?
HA HA HA HA HA! ROFL!
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perfection.
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so when are you blogging about the justice video?
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off topic – i saw a redneck wearing an AA hoodie today, LMAO!
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that second movie is really good and i actually wrote like a 3 paragraph analysis of it once…mbbe i will copy and paste it here.
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it seems apparent that justice are far better djs than they are producers. I love how everyone is talking about the video, but no one ever discusses the song. I think that about says it all.
the mehdi video, on the other hand, is among my all-time faves, and I FUCKING LOVE that song. more proof that bangalter = the midas touch.
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FUCK ALL OF YOU.
this blog was better circa 2KNEVER.
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why do people come to HRO if they don’t like justice?
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Mave,
that’s because the song itself sucks really bad. DVNO sucked too until the jaw dropping vid. But this one is just over the top, violence outside the videogame industry is not funny anymore. That’s why nobody listens to punk music anymore lol.
Analyze Negativland’s videoclips.
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DONWHILL
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seriously what the fuck is a meme?
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HATE HATE HATE ALL THE TIME
FUCK ALL YOU
BE NICE!
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**haiku**
that girls haikus suck
when will she drop out of college
and give up on life
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omg jstc crzy vd lctr bngr
MIXDUPT – 2 mix Crookers & Cajuan
http://www.mixdupt.blogspot.com
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Another dsgn skewl drp-out hpstr.
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it reminds me of ‘a clockwork orange,’ starring blipsters wearing justice jackets, 2k8 styleee.
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being black is RELEVANT. blk ppl are missing the message will smith tried to give in I AM LEGEND, he said: BOB MARLEY WAS KIND OF A VIROLOGIST. IF YOU TAKE THE HATE VIRUS OUT OF THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE ARE HAPPY.
is 2k9 the year when we finally cave into the “Look, someone’s shooting up a school? That’s their fucking problem, I have children to feed” train of thought?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muP9eH2p2PI
BLG ABT THIS!
IS THIS THE HEIGHT OF TEH MUSIC+VIDEO FORMAT? DID =W= FIND THE CURE ALL? OR IS IT JUST LIKE EVERY SHITTY MUSIC VIDEO EVER?
DOES THERE EXIST A MUSIC VIDEO THAT ISN’T SHITTY?
WHY THE FUCK DOES UR BLG MAKE ME QUESTION EVRY THING ME AND MY CULTURE STAND 4? UR A D-BAG! HAVE FGGT SEX WITH SKRTEES
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Is that DJ Mehdi trying to stop them touching that alt ho? Maybe if he wasn’t there, there would be more sexual violence. Please also blog abt graveyard girl video where jock D-bag turns out to be alt bro!!
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i couldn’t pay attn long enough to watch teh whole thing. isn’t there some new music or somthing? just reading that post dropped my alt-itude (get it!!!!) by like a lot.
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plz blg abt the video 2 thriller by michael jackson
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thx 4 posting. u really do listen to your readers. u izzzzzz the best! vid is kinda blah. great idea, poor execution. i think they need a bigger budget to pull off all those sexual escapades.
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major fuck up at 3:35 . . . unless the sound guy is in the gang too. . .
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WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER VIEW WITH FRODO WOODS!!! CAUSE HE WAS SO FUCKING GOOD IN GREEN STEET HOOLIGAN …wait
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why is this about how black people act? half those people were white
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those blipsters have been playing too much gta IV
defs coldplay – the scientist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Kd7IGPyeg
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what song by mehdi is that? i love that video too
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The Mehdi song is called “Signatune” feat. Tommy B. It’s one of my all-time faves…
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possibly the best pie chart HRO has had yet
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mehdi clip is hectic
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pedro = more drugs + less food + showers
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Hey, the Playdoe song is cool.
A 14-yr old sang the chorus, and that makes me hard.
Spelling + 14-yr old = ?
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