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Voices Raised: "Hello Birmingham" by Ani Difranco Posted by: 3Kobe7
Video duration: 323 seconds Through the lyrics of Ani Difrancos' song, "Hello Birmingham", I tried to depict them through the usage of images. Thanks for watching! Related: alternative, ani, barack, birmingham, difranco, hello, indie, king, luther, martin, obama Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Truth Posted by: 3Kobe7
Video duration: 205 seconds Collection of photos from "The Passion of the Christ" being shown while the song "Open My Eyes" by Inhabited is playing! Hope you enjoy it! Related: christ, eyes, inhabited, jesus, my, of, open, passion, religious, the Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Beauty is Her Name Posted by: 3Kobe7
Video duration: 322 seconds Collection of images of certain women I have a fondness to. The song playing is, "Until the End of Time" by Justin Timberlake. Thanks for watching!!! Related: beyonce, duff, end, hilary, hudgens, justin, lauren, lindsay, lohan, london, of, rihanna, the, timberlake, time, until, vanessa Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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By: 3Kobe7. on 13 Dec 08, 06:45:55
Thanks! I really appreciate your comment! I am also excited to see what's in store for our country! I am hopeful for a restoration of the U.S. to our prominence in the world without fighting. OBAMA/BIDEN '08!!!!!!!!!!
By: aproctor8. on 12 Dec 08, 20:51:28
That is one of the best videos that incorporates a song that I've EVER seen. I really enjoyed it and am so excited for what's in store for this country. I don't feel so powerless anymore!
By: badwater. on 17 Nov 08, 03:49:30
Hey - I live in Birmingham and I'm pro-life / against abortion... the bombing was wrong and terrible... your video is great, I like the song a lot, too - not all pro-lifers are nuts like Eric Rudolph - we should make our voices heard in thru the voting booth not thru violence. Birmingham and Buffalo have a lot of parallels... I love this city and yet I hate it, too...
By: 3Kobe7. on 25 Oct 08, 02:39:11
Thanks!!!!! Your comment is greatly appreciated!!!
By: popstar79. on 23 Oct 08, 19:08:51
What an amazing video!! Ani is wonderful and you really brought a nice sense of visual history to accompany her powerful words. Many kudos!!! =)
By: bflopete. on 07 Apr 08, 03:16:36
Completely agree. I also grew up in Buffalo and remember the confllicts in the early 90s over abortion. Every day it dominataed the headlines. I teach this song (and other Ani stuff) in my English class in CT and the kids are amazed and quite moved by it.
By: 3Kobe7. on 12 Feb 08, 05:15:54
Thank you! I really appreciate your comment! It is really good to have somebody from Birmingham give their perspective on this video. I wish you the best, and don't worry I will continue to do what I feel. Thanks again!
By: aprilwill11. on 11 Feb 08, 20:22:47
i think this is a beautiful & moving video, great job. i am a huge ani fan, and am from birmingham, so i know the way things are here, still. music is all about what it means to each individual, this is what it meant to you! (even if it had other origins originally) love the Obama at the end! keep doing what you feel.
By: 3Kobe7. on 29 Jan 08, 05:54:55
I agree completely! Thanks for your comment!
By: waxxer321. on 29 Jan 08, 00:04:26
The abortion clinic that was blown up in Birmingham was done by Eric Rudolph from North Carolina. Birmingham TODAY is considered a progressive city and quite liberal. The bombing was a terrible thing. A guard was killed there and one of the workers lost an eye. Eric Rudolph was found eating out of a dumpster and is now in jail. Birmingham is going to be just fine.
By: greengirl8810. on 08 Jan 08, 04:22:12
Not at all! Sorry my comment posted so many times! Ani DiFranco is likewise a native Buffalonian, so many of her songs do deal with problems specific to Buffalo, but she always puts it in a more universal context. If you want to look at Ani on racial segregation, check out "Subdivision"--it is most specifically about segregation in Buffalo, "the city of good neighbors" but she also applies it to the nation as a whole.
By: 3Kobe7. on 08 Jan 08, 03:13:50
WOW! You really opened my eyes with your comment! I had no idea about the background info to this song. I honestly thought it was basically about segregation in Birmingham during the 1960's. I'll try next time to research my information more wholly. Anyways, I really appreciate your comment and knowledge and I hope your New Year has been amazing! Au Revoir!
By: greengirl8810. on 08 Jan 08, 00:56:12
You did a good job with this video, but this song is chiefly about abortion and the murder of Dr. Barnett Slepian by James Kopp in Buffalo. As a native Buffalonian, this song affects me so much...just the horror of it. Buffalo is so riddled with problems, the violence here just one thing...we are one of the most segregated cities in the US, so the allusion to Birmingham is effective, as is the juxtaposition of racism to Christian radicalism.
By: greengirl8810. on 08 Jan 08, 00:55:50
You did a good job with this video, but this song is chiefly about abortion and the murder of Dr. Barnett Slepian by James Kopp in Buffalo. As a native Buffalonian, this song affects me so much...just the horror of it. Buffalo is so riddled with problems, the violence here just one thing...we are one of the most segregated cities in the US, so the allusion to Birmingham is effective, as is the juxtaposition of racism to Christian radicalism.
By: greengirl8810. on 08 Jan 08, 00:55:28
You did a good job with this video, but this song is chiefly about abortion and the murder of Dr. Barnett Slepian by James Kopp in Buffalo. As a native Buffalonian, this song affects me so much...just the horror of it. Buffalo is so riddled with problems, the violence here just one thing...we are one of the most segregated cities in the US, so the allusion to Birmingham is effective, as is the juxtaposition of racism to Christian radicalism.
By: greengirl8810. on 08 Jan 08, 00:52:33
I like this video quite a bit as a native Buffalonian. I love my city, bu it is so crippled by segregation and poverty and such hatred. Hello Birmingham eludes to the segregation issue, but it's chiefly talking about abortion, and the murder of Dr. Barnett Slepian by James Kopp. Dr. Slepian was an OBGYN who performed abortions, and Kopp was a Christian fundamentalist who killed Slepian in the name of God. It was a horrific incident, and one that took a toll on the Buffalonian psyche.