Video: 'Palestinian' supporters debut terrible new song
Is this supposed to be compared with We Con the World or something?
Let's go to the videotape.
For those of you who do not recognize them, Allahpundit tells us that their name is Coldplay and that some of their 'fans' were disturbed by this video.
I’d be disturbed too. This tune is oddly upbeat given the subject matter, no? If you’re intent on cooking up musical propaganda for a people partially led by Hamas, you should either be thinking ballad or something really, really aggressive. This isn’t “push the Jews into the sea” music; this sounds like the anthem for the next World Cup or something. They should have gotten Coldplay to do it, in fact. Imagine melancholy ol’ Chris Martin plonking those keys, caterwauling for the right of return. Even Bibi wouldn’t be able to hold back the tears. Something for the next album, maybe.
"We con the world," which was done by amateurs (as far as I know) when it comes to the music business, was much, much better done. Heh.
LATMA, the people who bring us the tribal update each week, has signed a contract to film a 30-minute pilot show for Channel 1 television.
Latma, which produces weekly satirical takes on Israel’s media coverage and current events, signed a contract with Channel 1 to film a pilot for a weekly show. Latma’s “Tribal Update” series, which is posted on a YouTube channel and runs for between eight and 12 minutes, will serve as the basis for the pilot, said Caroline Glick, The Jerusalem Post’s senior contributing editor and Latma editor-in-chief.
The pilot will run for roughly 30 minutes, and include new material.
“We’re very excited because this will provide an opportunity for new talent to penetrate onto the national scene,” said Glick. “Over the past several years it seems like the people who get into the mainstream are the children of stars and people who are well-connected.
Our product is going to be introducing Israeli TV audiences to a lot of new faces.”
Latma will film the 100th episode of “Tribal Update” later this month. The show features original musical arrangements and parodies during a fake newscast, similar to Channel 2’s flagship show “Eretz Nehederet.”
Actors Elchanan Even- Chen, Ronit Avrahamof Shapira and Noam Jacobson will star.
The pilot, which is still in the early stages, will be submitted to the network by the end of May and include five or six actors. Channel 1 is providing some funding, with the remainder coming from the Center for Security Policy, a Washington-based conservative think tank which funds most of Latma’s operations.
There's one huge difference between LATMA and Eretz Nehederet. Eretz Nehederet (which plays on Friday nights) is decidedly Left. LATMA is decidedly Right. But Caroline Glick says that one was not a response to the other.
And just to refresh your memory, let's go to the videotape.
For those who don't recognize her, the woman in the brown sleeveless jumper when they show the entire crew is Caroline Glick. If you'd like a "We con the world" t-shirt, just click the link on the right of my home page.
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