Next Single: Headlights (March 4th)

[Raul]

So, March 4th is over (in here, at least). There wasn't an official announcement but... the song is getting more airplay each day, so... Shady Records is being dumb again.

[Emadyville]

and i heard it about 2 months ago on the radio...hope its true

[TSizzle]

So, March 4th is over (in here, at least). There wasn't an official announcement but... the song is getting more airplay each day, so... Shady Records is being dumb again.

I'm not sure why anyone believed Headlights would be an official single, though. These days you don't release a single without making a video. Em wouldn't even entertain any questions about the song in the few interviews he did, so how's he gonna make a video?
It's not Shady Records ignoring the single potential. It's Shady himself. Personally I think it's because people have interpreted it as an apology and declaration of love for his mom, when in fact he's being just as nasty about her as he ever has been. He's just not angry about it. Now it makes him sad and wistful that Debbie wasn't a good mom.

[Elision]

that's what i'm saying it's way too intimate and personal of a song to be out there like that. it just doesn't feel right as a single

[TheBoss123]

There are other songs that might be more enjoyable to have videos for, but saying its too personal, is a load of crap, cleanin out my closet was a single, it would be fitting for this one to be too, coming all the way around, it would be cool.

[Elision]

There are other songs that might be more enjoyable to have videos for, but saying its too personal, is a load of crap, cleanin out my closet was a single, it would be fitting for this one to be too, coming all the way around, it would be cool.

No I get the full circle thing, I do, but making this a single and shoving it into the public almost defeats the point of the apology all together. It's just supposed to be for his mom, and while COMC was as well, him making that one a single just added to the fuck-you of it, whereas he's trying to do the opposite with headlights.

you can tell he could hardly even make the song by the super sloppy transitions in and out of the track on the album, he just needed to get it over with.

[EminemInsider]

Personally I think it's because people have interpreted it as an apology and declaration of love for his mom, when in fact he's being just as nasty about her as he ever has been. He's just not angry about it. Now it makes him sad and wistful that Debbie wasn't a good mom.

I love how you say that like you think there's no way him bashing his mom could have been justified. After all, who cares if she intentionally made him sick because of her Munchausen syndrome and was abusive to him as a child?

It's OK and cathartic to bash your abusive son-of-a-bitch father, but since your mother is a woman, she must be respected at all times no matter what.

[TSizzle]

Personally I think it's because people have interpreted it as an apology and declaration of love for his mom, when in fact he's being just as nasty about her as he ever has been. He's just not angry about it. Now it makes him sad and wistful that Debbie wasn't a good mom.

I love how you say that like you think there's no way him bashing his mom could have been justified. After all, who cares if she intentionally made him sick because of her Munchausen syndrome and was abusive to him as a child?

It's OK and cathartic to bash your abusive son-of-a-bitch father, but since your mother is a woman, she must be respected at all times no matter what.

Dude, your interpretation of what I said is beyond imaginative. Where the fuck are you getting this shit from?

Nothing in what I wrote implies that he is not justified in mom-bashing, nor that I think its okay to bash your dad but not your sainted mother.(How did his Dad get into this?) If I'd been through what he went through I'd still hate both my parents and tell everyone who would listen what pieces of shit they were. In fact I'd be nastier than he's ever been.

WHAT I TRIED TO SAY is that I interpret this song to mean that his primary feeling towards his mother is no longer anger for being absolute shit a being a parent; rather as a grown man he is more sad that she wasn't anywhere close to a good mom, and that he never experienced a decent parent/child relationship. That's not an apology or any kind of forgiveness - but a lot of casual listeners I've talked to seem to think the point of this song is him apologizing to his mother for what he's said and forgiving her for what she did.

I think the point of this song is he is letting this shit go. Not forgiving, not forgetting, just not letting his past drag him down anymore.

How were your reading comprehension scores in school, anyway? I'm guessing not good.

[EminemInsider]

Dude, your interpretation of what I said is beyond imaginative. Where the fuck are you getting this shit from?

Nothing in what I wrote implies that he is not justified in mom-bashing, nor that I think its okay to bash your dad but not your sainted mother.(How did his Dad get into this?) If I'd been through what he went through I'd still hate both my parents and tell everyone who would listen what pieces of shit they were. In fact I'd be nastier than he's ever been.

WHAT I TRIED TO SAY is that I interpret this song to mean that his primary feeling towards his mother is no longer anger for being absolute shit a being a parent; rather as a grown man he is more sad that she wasn't anywhere close to a good mom, and that he never experienced a decent parent/child relationship. That's not an apology or any kind of forgiveness - but a lot of casual listeners I've talked to seem to think the point of this song is him apologizing to his mother for what he's said and forgiving her for what she did.

I think the point of this song is he is letting this shit go. Not forgiving, not forgetting, just not letting his past drag him down anymore.

How were your reading comprehension scores in school, anyway? I'm guessing not good.

Because of your idiotic post from the "do you respect Eminem as a person?" thread:

Judging by that I respect him a lot more now than I did when he first appeared on the scene. I loved his music but thought he personally was a borderline nasty piece of business whose main saving graces as a person were his excellent sense of humour and his love for his daughter(s). The face he presents to the public now is much more palatable to me. But that could easily all be total bullshit and he might be the biggest douchebag on the planet when you really get to know him.

It was pretty clear to me, based on this unbelievably moronic post, that one of the things you were referring to was his "nasty" mom-bashing.

[Elision]

Stfu.

Admin has spoken.

[HotDawg]

do you guys think we will get a vid

[ganjakush56]

do you guys think we will get a vid

No.

[HeySamantha]

Heard this song on a local radio station today for the first time.

[ganjakush56]

Heard this song on a local radio station today for the first time.

damn thats crazy yo

[Ottawa613]

This song is slowly starting to blow up here. Been hearing it a lot.