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JOHN MELLENCAMP WRITES SONG ABOUT JENA 6
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| 10/04/07
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Posted on 10/04/2007 4:01:54 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
Folksy rocker sings about injustice as part of recording session for new album.
*The heartland rocker that brought us "Jack and Diane" and "Pink Houses" in the 80s has focused his creative attention toward Jena, Louisiana for a song on his upcoming album.
According to Fox411 columnist Roger Friedman, John Mellencamp has recorded a song about the Jena 6, the group of six African American teens who were charged in the beating of a white classmate by a district attorney largely viewed to be racially biased.
Listen to the song here: http://relative-way.com/jenastream.
The lyrics are as follows:
"An all-white jury hides the executioners face Is this how we are, me and you? Everyone needs to know their place And here we thought this blackbird was hidden in the flue Oh, oh, oh, Jena Oh, oh, oh, Jena Oh, oh, oh, Jena Take your nooses down So what becomes of boys that cannot think straight Particularly those with paper-bag skin Yes, sir, no, sir, wipe that smile off your face Weve got our rules here and youve got to fit in Oh, oh, oh, Jena Oh, oh, oh, Jena Oh, oh, oh, Jena Take your nooses down Hey, some way sanity will prevail But no one knows when that day will come A shot in the dark, well it might find its way To the hearts of those who hold the keys to kingdom come Oh, oh, oh, Jena Oh, oh, oh, Jena Oh, oh, oh, Jena Take your nooses down Oh, oh, oh, Jena Oh, oh, oh, Jena Oh, oh, oh, Jena Take your nooses down."
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: jena6; johncougarassclown; liberalappeasor; libtard; mellencamp; mellencampsucks; posturingleftist; song
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To: TornadoAlley3
from Wikipedia:
"Rallies in support of the Jena Six and all African Americans in the United States who have been unfairly treated by the justice system were held in Jena on September 20, 2007,[59] the date when Bell was scheduled for sentencing.[60] Because of the rallies' large expected size (estimates up to 40 to 60 thousand)[61] Jena High and schools on the south side of La Salle Parish were closed.[62]"
Why are people supposedly so concerned with The Chiiiiildren always having events that require schools to close?
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posted on
10/04/2007 4:27:12 AM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
(Pro-Life atheist living in Boston)
To: Rb ver. 2.0
Truth in advertising...it’s a beautiful thing, isn’t it?
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posted on
10/04/2007 4:27:38 AM PDT
by
RichInOC
(...make the stupid people shut up.)
To: TornadoAlley3
That poor man, his career is doomed.
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posted on
10/04/2007 4:28:07 AM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
(Pro-Life atheist living in Boston)
To: TornadoAlley3
According to Fox411 columnist Roger Friedman, John Mellencamp has recorded a song about the Jena 6, the group of six African American teens who were charged in the beating of a white classmate by a district attorney largely viewed to be racially biased.What's next - a ballad about the Rodney King incident?
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posted on
10/04/2007 4:28:28 AM PDT
by
Libloather
(That's just what I need - some two-bit, washed up, loser politician giving me weather forecasts...)
To: sauropod
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posted on
10/04/2007 4:30:16 AM PDT
by
Lumper20
To: TornadoAlley3
For me the thought of having to listen to John Mellencamp would be one definition of hell. I can’t stand his voice or his pretentious ‘small town’ shtick. He’s about as ‘cool’ and relevant as granny glasses and bell bottoms.
To: TornadoAlley3
Geez, what crappy lyircs! Never mind the subject matter, they’re just lame.
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posted on
10/04/2007 4:33:16 AM PDT
by
GodBlessRonaldReagan
(Big dog, big dog, bow-wow-wow! We'll crush crime, now, now, now!)
To: TornadoAlley3
60,000 people attended the freedom rally in Jena , LA recently. Only 4 of them missed work!
It is amazing! They can get 200-300 buses to Jena filled to the brim, but they cant get on buses to get out of New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina.
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posted on
10/04/2007 4:39:50 AM PDT
by
TommyDale
(Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
To: TornadoAlley3
What would you expect from the Mellon Head ? He needs to go back to Farm Aid.
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posted on
10/04/2007 4:42:34 AM PDT
by
stratboy
To: TornadoAlley3
“Here’s a little ditty ‘bout Jesse and Al...”
To: TornadoAlley3
To: TommyDale
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posted on
10/04/2007 4:46:36 AM PDT
by
TornadoAlley3
( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping that it will eat him last..)
To: TornadoAlley3
It could be worse. What if he had written it so it makes some kind of sense?
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posted on
10/04/2007 4:50:02 AM PDT
by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
To: TornadoAlley3
Who is John Mellencamp? Is he an American Idol finalist?
Today's young activists ask needed questions.
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posted on
10/04/2007 4:51:30 AM PDT
by
MrBambaLaMamba
(F' Akalla - D' Ethtislam)
To: TornadoAlley3
What else do you expect from a man who hangs out with Sean Penn?? When you surround yourself with douche-bags you become a douche-bag.
To: Libloather
I just hate it when Pop musicians reinvent themselves as folk singers. Lets be real honest, John Prine he aint. Why cant he just go back to making pop music... uggh.
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posted on
10/04/2007 4:56:51 AM PDT
by
Paulus
To: AD from SpringBay
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posted on
10/04/2007 5:02:34 AM PDT
by
FES0844
(FES0844)
To: TornadoAlley3
John
Take a walk, white boy, through the east side of my town any evening and you will find out real quick who the racists are.
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posted on
10/04/2007 5:36:58 AM PDT
by
libbybelle
(coffee is for closers)
To: TornadoAlley3
Wow. Deep thought and insightful (inciteful?) lyrics, there cougar. Almost as enlightening as "sex, and drugs violence, and rock and roll"...
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posted on
10/04/2007 5:47:14 AM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(You can't seriously tell me you think we need more laws, or that we don't already have too many.)
To: TornadoAlley3
Mellonhead never was one to let the facts get in the way of his agenda.
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posted on
10/04/2007 5:50:25 AM PDT
by
Sue Perkick
(And I hope that what I’ve done here today doesn’t force you to have a negative opinion of me….)
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