Made a track for Japan

MichaelBenjamin · 14 Mar 2011

i think this is pretty disturbing. what kind of sense does your post make? you made some music to wish all the best for people in misery? really? i could have just washed my hands really well for 10 minutes to wish all the best for these people.

now, shall we applaud you to be such a generous guy? (if i would be japanese would i be excited to hear that you made a track just for me and my misery?) or are you just surfing on the wave of attention to promote your music with an unusual connotation?

not that i assume you did all that with purpose (instead i would guess its without thinking about it before), but in these cases - if you feel guilty about your state of general non-misery while confronted with information about people in misery you either a) go there and help with your hands b) buy yourself out with money or c) do something else - BUT in all cases you usually dont make promotion with this.

and why is there no song for people dying in libya, afghanistan and all the other places? is it because nature did it and not other humans? whats the difference of someone being killed by someone with a gun, by some illness, or by an earthquake in the misery currency business?? you see this is all pretty much hypocrisy if you think about it. if you feel guilty for being able to play around with music while other people in the world die, suffer, starve, just dont record a track and post it on the internet.

now maybe i also have a rather harsh view onto this, so if i missed something important please tell me.

tor · 14 Mar 2011

I really think needaname did this with compassion and good intensions. But I totally agree with you MB. It seems to me that narcissism is eating up the world. Media is full of it...

needaname · 14 Mar 2011

I'm not a guy who likes to argue, mostly on a forum, where I don't know people in person, the only thing I want to say is that I'm sure there are different point of views, if you don't like my gesture I'm ok with it, but I'm ok with myself because I know I made this with my heart and without any different purpose.

Lot of times I'm inspired by what happens around me, without thinking if it's a good or bad thing, and I translate all my feelings in music. I was inspired and I did this, nothing more.

Bye.

Jay · 14 Mar 2011

😈 lol

I like the track and i am used to tribute songs as it seems to be the done thing in the uk!

Pink Floyd sang directly and in detail about many horrible events over the world, many many songs across various albums! I wonder,did they write them in tribute or protest? or was it just for image and money? i reckon it was the former!

In some countries/societies it is considered rude NOT to burp after a meal! The very opposite of British etiquette 😉 "so different strokes for different folks" as they say.

well done needaname 😀

tor · 14 Mar 2011

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/

MichaelBenjamin · 14 Mar 2011

ok, lets not argue about it. i see that my viewpoint is certainly too one sided here. please accept my apology.

Acrobat · 14 Mar 2011

MichaelBenjamin wrote: now maybe i also have a rather harsh view onto this

maybe be harsh but is correct... I am with Michael on this: it's not just narcisism but a "systematic, global, invisible education to narcisism", so that people really does not suffer clinically from that but simply act like they were... NOW THIS IS HARSH. eh eh eh

Jay · 15 Mar 2011

That leaves me thinking about the same statements made about Sir Bob Geldof when he started the Feed The World Campain!

He was accused of the very same things at first! It was a bloody good job for many thousands of starving and ill African peoples that he stuck the middle finger up at his critics 😉

Best Regards

trogluddite · 16 Mar 2011

While it did lead to some short term relief for those lucky enough to make it to a refugee camp, it did very little to alter the political situation that led to the problem in the first place, and sadly, has done nothing to stop isuch situations from arising again.

Tor's suggestion of donating to Medicins-sans-frontiers is a way to assist in a less knee-jerk-response way through an organisation that is constantly helping in situations regardless of media coverage - and they are one of the few NGO's that are active in trying to alter the political and economic arrangements that create/excaserbate the problems of people caught in these terrible situations.

Celebrities seem to love playing the "using my voice to raise awareness and collect money" card - in most cases, I'm sure, with the best of intentions - but very few seem keen to point out the inequalities in the distribution of wealth and natural resources that, at the very least, compound the problem. The best thing that many of us could do to help those less fortunate than ourselves would be to stop aspiring to lead a 'celebrity/rock star' lifestyle.