"Window Seat" vs. "Born Free"

Well, I was looking for a laugh today. Thanks, Al.

I still haven't seen the Badu video

Wow. This is hard for me. I like both these songs (and to lesser extents, their videos) quite a lot.

"Window Seat" is a better song but I need to see the video before voting.

also kudos to some dude

"Window Seat" is a much, much better song – or should I say performance.

hmmm, looking at the way the question is phrased, I'm going to go with "Born Free" on account of the fact that "Window Seat" is kinda "typical Badu song" even if a particularly stellar example of that sort of thing, whereas "Born Free" doesn't really sound like (and is much more abrasive than) anything M.I.A. has released before

or wait, now looking at the phrasing again, it's talking about the videos in particular, and I'm going to go with Badu cause she risked legal punishment for the sake of her video and M.I.A. did not

I haven't decided yet

ha

"Born Free" song > "Born Free" video > "Window Seat" video > "Window Seat" song

"window seat" song >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "window seat" video >>>> "born free" song >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "born free" video >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> people who genuinely think the "window seat" video is an outrage >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> people who genuinely think that the "born free" video is "revolutionary" or "activist" or anything other than moronic primary school politics

i could pretty much lose all of them except "window seat" (song) tbh, though at least the video probably helped badu shift a few more units

or wait, now looking at the phrasing again, it's talking about the videos in particular, and I'm going to go with Badu cause she risked legal punishment for the sake of her video and M.I.A. did not

― WE THE VIKING (The Reverend), Monday, May 3, 2010 3:35 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

she brought bail money to the shoot, she was probably disappointed that she didn't get arrested on the spot

do you hate redheads v. do you like naked Erykah Badu

i haven't watched the mia video because lol 9 minutes, so badu i guess

people blowing up & realistic blood v. people getting shot & purple word-spelling blood

like, you better be bringing straight up porn if your music video is 9 mins long

there are some naked ppl fucking

It's not hot, though, at all.

or at least fantasy baseball advice, which is the two main reasons i use the internet

haha I'd forgotten about the naked fucking ppl

if the "born free" video was on some "we are all free to fuck outside for 9 mins" i prob would've watched it

I think there was a Michelle Branch video like that

what did you think of Depeche Mode's "Hole To Feed" video?

do you hate redheads v. do you like naked Erykah Badu

― This is four-dimensional art; the 4th dimension is incredibly powerful. (Abbott), Monday, May 3, 2010 1:03 PM Bookmark

both?

:O

how can anyone hate redheads???

they should be beaten imo

too much carrot top

Look what you did to Archie now, Rev, you fucked up his self-esteem

http://www.the-isb.com/images/Archiemo.jpg

lol at the explanation

http://www.the-isb.com/images/FNF-ArchieKetchup01.jpg

ha

http://kielski.net/pic/Carrot_Top_Muscles.jpg

ladies and gentlemen, I gave you Carrot Pubes

Ok wld not mind seeing that get a-sploded.

hating on redheaded women is p much the most savage and disgusting thing imaginable

bookmarking this thread to lessen chance of seeing that again

haha

kinda like the Window Seat vid

Window Seat video looks GORGEOUS!!! Colors are INCREDIBLE. Born Free video is sloppy but gets more cred points because Peter Watkins is incredible and obv a million times cooler than Matt and Kim.

or wait, now looking at the phrasing again, it's talking about the videos in particular, and I'm going to go with Badu cause she risked legal punishment for the sake of her video and M.I.A. did not

― WE THE VIKING (The Reverend), Monday, May 3, 2010 7:35 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

Yes, this. If M.I.A. video used documentary footage it would have been more interesting (and obv way more controversial)

But M.I.A. risks hipster punishment for the sake of multicultural agitprop!

lol i forgot about the Matt & Kim aspect of the "Window Seat" video. i love the idea of Badu watching MTV2 and being like "wow...streaking and then death! if only they could shoehorn a political statement in there, it'd be perfect!"

just saw window seat, its really an elegant video. dont see any real comparison w. MIA tho i guess they are both allegorical, kinda silly. cant really see y it wld b controversial and am not really interested in finding out why tbh.

basically, she got nude in public in front of chirrens, and mimed being shot near the site of the most famous assassination in U.S. history.

yeah i got that. i guess ppl get mad easy

i mean, it does seem pretty respectful of the JFK assasination.

song: edge Badu, (i question born free's staying power)
video: Badu. MIAs takes away from her song by being so stupid.
publicity: Badu winning afaik

she was nude for like less than a minute right?

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ended up voting for mia strictly cuz

http://www.joewrite.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/haters-gonna-hate.gif

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ha

symbolic

Good

I wonder if erykah badu had someone secretly following her & picking up her clothes cause it looked like those threads might have been expensive

I wondered the saaaame thing. With Matt & Kim, too.