DJ RX pokes fun at Bush and other politicians with his mashups.
RX combed through videotapes to build the bogus phrases he needed to have the president “sing” songs like U2’s antiwar anthem “Sunday Bloody Sunday.”
Or you can watch his other mashsups at http://www.youtube.com/user/rx2008.
UPDATE: Watch Obama – The Tax Man
A friend forward this to me…
It was sent to KLTY FM in Dallas after an exchange between two DJ’s this morning on the radio.
KLTY – this morning, around 8am, the pair of DJ’s had a very disturbing exchange. After playing the remake of “Pride (in the name of love)” by Delirious?, originally written by U2, one DJ asked, “Was that U2?” to which the other responded, “No, that was Delirious?. We only play the good stuff, we don’t play no trash.” This particular DJ then repeated similar statements.
Now, first of all, my memory is not perfect so I do not consider these direct quotes – but I do consider them the direct “gist” of the statements. Second, the DJ’s names’ are not important, but YOURS is, and so is our Lord’s. Regardless of who said this, it is deeply concerning for me as both a Christian and one who appreciates the tremendous impact that U2 has made for the Kingdom of God. Allowing this slander (literally) on the air poses KLTY as self-righteous, and Christians as war-mongers of culture. This adulterates the image of our Lord. Third, if by chance they were “just joking,” then I would encourage such antics off the air, not on the air.
To make a statement like this, on the air, betrays a tragic misunderstanding of U2, specifically, and good music, in general. U2 have made tremendous contributions to the church, and it serves us well to encourage them, and to welcome them to Dallas when they play on Oct 29. They are our brothers, not the enemy.
This is grievous, and sadly irresponsible.
Please, please…let us watch our words carefully.
I still find it interesting when people decide what’s Christian music and what’s not by the person singing it.
U2 received no recognition after their All That You Can’t Leave Behind Album — until a “Christian” band decided to record it (on the same album that Delirious?’s Pride version was recorded on). Once they recorded it, U2 was nominated at the Dove awards for song writer of the year.
And Los Lonely Boys received no recognition for their song Heaven until Salvador recorded a version of it, and now its on Christian stations everywhere.
It’s all so goofy.
Well, the weekends over and I need a vacation to recover.
It seems like the last few weekends have been whirlwind experiences that keep coming.
I spent last weekend I had plans to visit friends and family in Dallas as well as announcing for the first CWF Comeback show in Rockwall.
I ended up doing all that, as well as attending the visitation and funeral of a friend on Saturday.
This weekend, I began a fun Friday evening with a good friend, as we planned to eat and visit the Planetarium in Killeen.
And naturally, we ran into someone I knew at dinner.
A couple from our church saw us on their way out of the restaurant and I’m sure immediately began to hear wedding bells as they saw my friend and I sitting on the bench, waiting for our table.
I guess that’s what everyone assumes when you’re single and you’re hanging out with someone of the opposite sex.
What really stinks is when you or that other person starts hearing wedding bells, while the other is hearing, “Run Forrest, run!”
But none the less, we enjoyed our evening and I was waiting anxiously to see Laser U2 at the Planetarium.
We arrived a few minutes early and were pleased to see a very small crowd would be joining us. But as the show started, we soon realized, without any sound or music, the lasers lost their attraction.
So, the show was cancelled and we were given rain checks for another show.
I emailed the Planetarium Monday morning to ask if there would be another run of the show — and maybe its my wonderful persuasive writing skills, or their over abundance of generosity, but the center agreed to run a special show for me and friends.
So, I’ll get to wait anxiously for another show at another time.
Saturday I saw Star Wars – Revenge of the Sith with my good friends Aaron and Keri Lehmann.
I don’t know if Revenge of the Sith will replace The Empire Strikes Back as my favorite installment or not, but it is my favorite of the three pre-quils.
We finished the day off with dinner at Kobe’s Steakhouse in Addison with friends and family, celebrating Kathryn’s Crappy Birthday and her brother-in-law’s Happy Birthday.
The weekend wrapped up with a whirlwind trip to Mountain Home, Arkansas for a CWF show.
We were a bit bumed before the show began. The crowd was thin, with only 20 people in attendance up until the last 10 or 15 minutes before showtime. Luckily the crowd grew to 72 by showtime — but preparing for a show with an extra small crowd is never a good feeling – especially if you’ve just driven eight hours to do so.
As the show began, we had technical difficulties with the mics and music intros (which to me is ALWAYS frustrating) but surprise, surprise, God still chose to use a bunch of guys who love ministry and wrestling, to bring 10 people into His kingdom.
It still amazes me how God can use a wrestling show to bring people into His loving, outstretched arms, but He does.
And an eight hour ride, in a van, full of goofy guys, suddenly becomes worth it all.
Even if we don’t make it back to Dallas till 6:30 a.m. on Monday, and I have to be at work (2 hours away) at 10 a.m. — it’s all worth it if just one comes to know Him.
The thrill of doing Kingdom work is amazing.
I don’t quite feel at home anywhere else. The CWF proves that God works outside of our boxes all the time.
And the angels rejoice in the salvation of 10 people, who put their trust in the Lord. And we rejoice with them.
The Chicago Sun-Times has an interview with Larry Mullen Jr. today. He talks about U2, the otched up ticket sales and how the band is still not satisfied with just being the “biggest band in the world.”
“We want to do better, we want to compete on the highest level, and that means competing on radio, and competing with people like Britney Spears and all those pop artists who are at the top of their game. The songs that are written for them are pretty spectacular, and we want to compete with that. Why else do this? There’s no other reason. None of us need to do it, we’re all financially secure, and for a lot of bands, that’s a huge turn-off. ‘I’ve got the kids now, I’ve got the money, what do I need this for?’ This is revenge for us.”
Granted, in my opinion U2 is the greatest band in the world. But what if I woke up everyday with a mindset that I needed to be the greatest editor in the world, or the greatest Single’s Intern in the world or the greatest Ring Announcer in the world?
How would my life differ? How would your life differ if you thought the same thing?
U2 Sermons Blog for Get Up Off Your Knees: Preaching the U2 Catalog Just found this blog tonight. Rock n Roll. I haven’t read the book yet, but someday. Oh yes, someday I will read it.