Reply #98: I think it's innocent

[MedleyMisty]

Requiem for a Dream is known as an epic bit of music - you should see the comments on YouTube videos of it. Mostly young people joking about how it's on God's iPod or how it was what was playing when Chuck Norris was born or how it's what will play at the end of the world.

And, now that I think about it, I have seen one comment from someone saying that if there was a war and Requiem for a Dream was played, he would go fight the war.

But I imagine it was just a young person who is as taken with the Libyan revolution as we are and wanted to make a video and picked Requiem for a Dream just because it is so epic. A lot of the pictures used come from the Epic Libyan Man blog, so the word "epic" was already in the video creator's mind and I can see it being quickly associated with Requiem for a Dream.

I don't know - I love music videos like this. I admit that I don't think the music works well and I like the Marchin' On video and the ones using Kanye West's Amazing and Lupe Fiasco's The Emperor's Soundtrack better. But in general, I am a fan of stirring images and dramatic music and strong emotions. I don't know - to me, calling every example of that propaganda means that eventually you shut yourself out of all art, all creative expression, all stirring images and good music. And telling stories that cause emotional reactions is part of what makes us human.