Speak, the Hungarian rapper
By Staff at 17 Sep 2008, 1:40 pm
We will always been intensely moved by this.
And we will always enjoy reading straight-faced Wikipedia entries dealing with ridiculous things.
Not that Speak is ridiculous.
From Wikipedia:
The video for “Stop the War” begins with close-up shots of a Porsche 911 (996 body style) being driven around. Speak walks amongst tombstones in a military graveyard, rapping about his dislike for war. Shots of him sitting on the Porsche are interspersed throughout, as well as scenes of war and people dying. His singing leads into an emotional chorus with four backup singers. As Speak walks across the graveyard, images display people from the war scenes mourning around tombstones. He eventually joins the four other singers as they enter into a second, more emotional chorus. The vocalists deliver a moving melody that reminds us that “Sometimes, people make a war”. As the singers proclaim that they “don’t know what it’s [the war] for”, Speak emphasizes the role of “business” as a causal factor. During this sequence Miklós Varga elevates into a coloratura soprano vocal performance, as his voice becomes much higher, lighter and more emotional than the other backup singers. The video ends with Speak sitting under a cross holding a pigeon. As the pigeon is released, Speak ends the song by saying “peace”, underlining the core message of the song.
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