Pink LIVE singing "Dear Mr. President" Must See!

Powerful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eDJ3cuXKV4&eurl=

That is the punch in the face statement that I have been waiting for.
She calls this sad little monkey out, and then slices him up like lunch meat.

"It's hard work, on minimum wage, with a baby on the way"

"You know nuthin' bout' hard work"

THAT chick has it going on.

Kicked/nominated/and everything else!

that Neil Young and the Dixie Chicks have received.

getting the publicity it deserves

They played her song over and over and over. Many there were hearing it for the first time. And it brought many tears.

You have to admit both Neil Young and The Dixie Chicks are household names. I had never heard of Pink before this song came out. But it should gain her some fame.

Pink has been a very well known personality for years.

I had heard of The Indigo Girls but not Pink.

I'm old. Neil Young is more my speed. LOL

My daughter's at the opposite end. She had no idea who Neil Young is.

FWIW, Pink is sorta the anti-Britney. She became well-known around the same time as Britney Spears and was constantly compared and contrasted to her, a fact which made it into one of Pink's earlier top-40 songs.

From "Don't Let Me Get Me"

"LA told me, "You'll be a pop star,
All you have to change is everything you are."
Tired of being compared to damn Britney Spears
She's so pretty, that just ain't me..."

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I bought her CD.

My kids were also stunned I had never heard of her. But I reminded them I don't watch MTV. LOL

his ears bled! I wonder if the bush twins have heard this and I wonder if they are proud?

"It's got a beat and you can dance to it."

It's almost impossibe for anyone not to get that message.

When he goes to hell, listening to Pink will surely be part of his punishment.

I had no idea.....that Pink was serious.... Brilliant, indeed!!!!

Time has come today!

ONWARD!

As a rocker who hates pop-gum stars, Pink just made a fan outta me. You really can see and hear the anger she feels in every line..That was great..I thought id never say this in my life but you go girl!

In a good, yet sad way.

Thanks, Pink. Well done.

On Edit: you might want to edit your title to note that it's a live version. The studio version and lyrics have been on DU for awhile. :thumbsup: :hi:

:D

And several Nation's pain.

She released it on an mp3 so you can download it for free.

because I want to support her now. It is such a great song.

Bought it on my way home from work on Friday.

It's a great CD. I love "Stupid Girls".

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So powerful and beautiful.

I'm gonna pass that link around.

Powerful.

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Thanks for posting it.

I don't cry easily but that just got to me so much.

damn.

Very talented & very honest.

K&R

By the way, are there 2 of these threads? I get so lost at DU when there is a new topic every 30 seconds!

that was a beatiful performance. Bravo Pink!

no, I don't think * 'would take a walk with you'....

It's not going to mean anything to the republican majority. You know how they look at Hollywood - you know how they look at our actors, actresses, and artists. It's going to take more than a punch in the face to turn these clowns around.

but I do know that a very dear friend of mine, a died in the wool Repub, who voted for *, and who on many occasions, when we would talk politics, would get aggravated at how I would bash *. When I talked to her this week, SHE herself told me 'I can't wait till we get rid of *'. So maybe, just maybe there is hope....

they keep pushing energy into this system the way they are, the steamroller that flattens them is gonna be so huge they won't see daylight around it. I don't give a shit what Republicans think, I care about what everyone else thinks, since that's who's going to retire them.

those that may have missed my post, here is again

Dear Mr President to photos

Peace.

I've heard the song, of course, but to see her performing it live was phenomenally powerful.

it's a beautiful, powerful, and amazing song - as is Pink's.

i will never ever forgive or forget how treacherous and evil repugs and conservatives have been in the last few years. They have lost my vote and support permanently.

Pink did an excellent job. You can just feel the emotion and contempt that she has for *.

with a note asking her to please listen to "Dear Mr. President"

wouldn't it be amazing if a whole bunch of people did the same thing and the white house was overflowing with Pink CDs? (hint hint)

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DemEx

GREAT song. GREAT performance. I'm stunned.

The whole idea of "Mr. President, come take a walk with me..." and to ask a few "questions" sounds like an allusion to Cindy Sheehans purpose for camping outside the Crawford Ranch last summer...

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If Pink wasn't thinking specifically about Cindy and Casey when she wrote that line, it really doesn't matter, because I sure was when I heard it.

I first heard that line. My son, a Marine, has had two tours in Iraq and will have at least one more. So, that line really chokes me up.

loud and clear. Very good.

first rate lyrics.

i agree :)

It looks like MTV, but I'm reminded of their pro-Bush garbage when Nine Inch Nails was going to perform an anti-war song...

"In its statement, MTV says it is disappointed Nine Inch Nails will not perform. 'While we respect Nine Inch Nails' point of view, we were uncomfortable with their performance being built around a partisan political statement. When we discussed our discomfort with the band, their choice was to unfortunately pull out of the Movie Awards,' the network said.... "

When MTV complained about him having an image of Bush in the background as he sang he said something along the lines of, "I'm glad to see that MTV is as disgusted of the sight of Bush as much as I am." I had to laugh at the great way he threw it back at them.

... and other old fogies. Not because they aren't - or better WEREN'T - great, but simply because they're old. Does anyone seriously believe that old farts like the Stones and Young, etc. are going to play a substantial role in getting today's jackass 16 year olds involved in anything important? I don't.

But this kinda stuff by Pink - THAT has substantial activism value, imnsho. Stuff like THAT can serve to open the floodgates of youth on gw's arrested developement cowardly ass.

And getting the youth to actually CARE about this country spells disaster for the republican party.

and gets to the heart of things that matter as history and life continuously flow, his work will be listened to.

Don't write off "old fogies". Every protest march I go to, they comprise about a third of the crowd. Morality and justice and conscience are not the sole property of the young.

Some old fogies went toe to toe with Hitler in the last war against facscism. Other old fogies faced down segregation and the Viet Nam war. Please, show some respect for those who have proceeded you.

.. but that's neither here nor there.

I said nothing disrespectful about those who preceded me.

Ah - except possibly for "old fogies" - though I meant that only in a bantering way - I can see how susceptible to misinterpretation that is tho - my bad.

Another way to make EXACTLY the same point you chose to ignore in my post is to point out the falsehoods in yours:

(1) Old fogies DID NOT go to war with Hitler. It's false to say that they did. Young people went to war with Hitler.

(2) Old fogies DID NOT face face down segregation and Vietnam. It's false to say that they did. Young people faced down segregation and the war (my parents among them).

I suspect you're deliberately missing my point, in the hopes of fomenting some kind of "ageist outrage". Have fun!

I think older folks being 1/3 of the crowd is a problem - in particular, it means to me that there aren't enough young folks involved. Because it's from the young folks that major social movements and changes come from.

And you didn't address what was clearly the point of my post: that older folks have very little ability to "rouse the activist juices" in young folks. That's why people like Pink are/can be so valuable.

It no fault of Young's that he doesn't have that ability (any more) - it's just a generational thing.

Peace.

the look says she is disgusted with him.

Peace.

Bite me!

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Shameful. And incredibly embarrassing.

I have to admit that I thought of Pink as another lame top-40 punk poser but after watching that video I'm really sorry I judged her. I think I'll go out and buy that album. I'm not afraid to admit I got a bit teary-eyed. Especially with the shots of the people in the audience singing along, cheering.

But thought it had been locked by now. I cannot stop listening to it. . .

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Willy! :hug:

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again.