EminemBase wrote:No why would they be ignored lmao.
No offence but the UK aren't as piggishly self-indulgent as the US lmao. And, that IS a generilaztion and I accept that, and stand by it but... I'm not saying you personally are, I don't know you but I mean the US as a whole are because... well, the US are the world's superpower. Which means utter control and influence and, Americans are brought up believing "America is the greatest country" and everything else is pretty much insignificant.
But... No not at all. I mean first of all it's all about execution, so the fact it's about America makes no difference. It's about the execution of the political slander and content, it's about the wit and lyricism; all the same, no matter the aim. Secondly, we (the UK) and everybody are bombarded with everything Americana anyway so it hardly feels alien to us.
I mean, our channels buy / import US shows, and... we grow up on American music and movies so, I feel totally in-tune with American culture anyway. But, those songs are more showcases of Eminem the artist and, if you're a fan of Eminem and what he does... the fact they're about America... I mean, I'm a pretty worldly person anyway, I'm not saying all are but either way, it's the execution still. It's the way he's talking about said topics...
It's almost like asking you, "hey you haven't ever slaughtered women or ate babies, so what does 'Stay Wide Awake' sound like to you?" lmao... see my point? Just because you haven't done those things, you still have an understanding of them and it's about his descriptiveness and the way he's using that topic to exercise lyricism. But, we all know a lot about America anyway so it's not alien.
Plus consider the fact, we supported you in the Iraq war. So not only is not alien but we're part of the politics. The UK are close alies to the US, Tony Blair was Bush the chimp's poodle and they barked buffoonish orders at their compliant baboons
I probably know more about the whole situation and American politics and the true aims than the dumb fuck cunt-heads of Texas that blindly support(ed) Bush in the first place lmao. So I mean... no, never take where a person is from or anything like that, as a reading for them. But, I know you weren't doing that you were just asking and there's no way you could know how we see it but, there's no real difference.
And besides ALLLLL that, there's a lot more to get out of those songs than the politics themselves. And it's hardly like Eminem goes specifically deep. He talks about the politics on a humanistic level which you could understand and seethe along with regardless of where you're from. He's touching on THEMES not specifics. Ie. 'blood for oil' and... 'police brutality'. And, these themes are not specific to America, they're Universal themes and problems within politics and society that every structured and not so structured civilization in the West faces.
And just because you're not from somewhere doesn't mean you don't know about, understand or relate, or just 'get' said issues. But, they're themes you understand on an intellectual level anyway and the rest is lyrical showcasing and dissecting the themes with his skill, and of course the musicality of it all so - those are the things where the enjoyment is universally gotten (terrible grammar), regardless. Just like the rest of his material.
FUCKING long I know. I've just been up all night so am slightly manic so type a lot.
Nice response, gotcha clearly.
