The All-Singing, All-Dancing Men’s Rights Movement
Not a picture of Jade Michael and the FTSU Crew
The Men’s Rights Movement now has a theme song! A couple of talented young men calling themselves Jade Michael and the FTSU Singers Crew have put together a catchy little grunge rock number they call Go My Own Way, which will now serve as the opening music for the A Voice for Men internet radio show.
As AVfM head cheese Paul Elam puts it, straining his prose-generating abilities to the breaking point as he attempts to find words eloquent enough to describe this new musical masterpiece:
Jade Michael, artist, professional musician and MRA, founder of Artistry Against Misandry, has taken his talent hammer and given it a mighty swing to our benefit. He has forged, in the fires of his own passion, the new theme song for AVfM Radio, titled Go My Own Way. It is not to be confused with the similarly titled offering from Fleetwood Mac, Go Your Own Way. No, not in the least. Jade, with his band, Jade Michael and the FTSU Crew, have produced a veritable anthem for the red pill crowd. It is replete with a great, purist rock sound, a touch of humor, attitude, and a ton of gut level, red pill honesty. Pay close attention to the end for the invocation of Thomas James Ball.
Without further ado, here’s the song:
You can find the full lyrics on YouTube and on AVfM. But I thought I’d share a few of my favorite bits.
The song starts off by addressing one of the most savage injustices faced by men today: evil ladies who expect men to hold doors open for them.
And we’re through with holding doors
Entitlements abound
You say that we still hold you down
And you cop that attitude
No remorse or gratitude
Seriously, ladies, would it hurt you to say “thank you” once in a while, to the men who literally enable you to walk through walls, by holding open the doors you would otherwise be unable to open? To paraphrase Barbie: Doors are hard!
Then there’s this bit:
You’re obsessed with my ability
I won’t be your utility
I’ll never carry you
And I sure won’t marry you
Women around the world, consider what you’re losing here: no longer can you expect to marry guys who hate you so much they made a song about how they won’t hold doors open for you!
And let’s not forget:
Cos’ the time has come to fuck your shit up
The time has come to fuck your shit up
The time has come to fuck your shit up
Perhaps I’m missing some of the subtleties here, but this sort of suggests to me that Jade and the Gang are not so much Men Going Their Own Way as they are Men Still Hanging Around Acting Like Assholes — not MGTOW but MSHAALA.
I appreciate the efforts of Jade Michael and the MSHAALA, but I can’t really help but think of this little song-and-dance number, from the excellent Belgian horror film Calviare (The Ordeal), as the Men’s Rights movement’s unofficial anthem.
In case you’re wondering, this scene makes a little bit more sense in the context of the movie itself. A little bit. It’s actually quite a brilliant little film with some interesting gender stuff going on in it, if you can deal with fairly violent horror films. But, oh my lord, TRIGGER WARNINGS for pretty much every trigger there is.
NOTE: In case you’re wondering about the song’s reference to Thomas Ball: Ball burned himself to death outside a courthouse in Keane, New Hampshire last year in a protest against what he saw as unfair treatment in family court. He hoped that his suicide would inspire other men to start firebombing courthouses and police stations. (This wasn’t mere rhetoric; in the lengthy manifesto he left behind he provided tips on how to make effective Molotov cocktails.) Naturally, many in the MRM have hailed him as a martyr for Men’s Rights.
Posted on January 9, 2012, in $MONEY$, a voice for men, antifeminism, evil women, grandiosity, kitties, men who should not ever be with women ever, MGTOW, misogyny, MRA, music, oppressed men, paul elam, terrorism, video. Bookmark the permalink. 394 Comments.
I really want there to be a music video…
Anything new from your side of the divide David since ” I am woman hear me roar?”
You guys really have no idea how hilarious you are, do you? It’s sort of adorable, really.
“Raper” managed to miss the entire Riot Grrl genre.
OMG….
Elam must be aware of just now… *bad* that song is!!! I mean, he’s a child of the 60s and 70s isn’t he?
That’s just so incredibly awful – it’s like a parody of a parody.
If Manboobz decided to make a spoof film about the MRM, that would be the type of song and lyrics for the theme tune.
I am speechless…
Also, rper, here’s a song from “my side of the divide.” Just try to rebut this!
…I’m so confused. Aren’t they supposed to be Going Their Own Way already? Why the goodbye song?
A theme song? Really?!
…I am afraid to actually listen to it.
I’m listening to some actually good House music by Vanguard, along with some Jazz music, and I’m afraid that listening to this theme song will make me very, very sad. So…yeah.
@Niki: Whenever I hear the term “MTGOW,” my mental image is always of a little boy standing in front of the door and threatening to run away from home. For the twelfth time that day. “I mean it! I’m really leaving this time!”
When are they going to actually go their own way? They’ve started forums to discuss how to do it, dedicated websites to doing it, have made plans to stand on street corners in matching t-shirts to announce that they’re going to do it, they’ve written e-books detailing why and how to do it and now they’ve written a pithy little song to announce that they’re going to do it.
Just.
Fucking.
Do.
It.
Already.
LMAO! It sounds like a montage song! If there’s a video it has to involve a montage of a bunch of guys trying to pick up chicks, failing miserably and then slowly going their own way. They should all have mullets and wear aviator sunglasses too.
This is hilarious. It’s probably someone trolling the MRM. Only rap artists can come up with good anthems for men.
>>“Raper” managed to miss the entire Riot Grrl genre.
These MRAs seem to be so knowledgeable about music, they probably think you’re talking about the Spice Girls.
@BlackBloc
I don’t know why, but I can’t stop reading your comment as a parody of Carly Simon
“Red pill honesty” is my new favorite oxymoron. I mean, it’s not an oxymoron in The Matiix, but the correct term in the context of AVfM is “red pill self-delusion.” I wonder if 2012 will generate any better MROxymorons. Here’s hoping!
His talent hammer? I kind of love that! Maybe that is what he is fucking shit up with? I really need a talent hammer, I think, ‘cos I have a lot of shit to fuck up, creatively you know.
If you want to highlight the injustices against yourselves, fellas, don’t lead with the door thing. Sheesh.
Also I really want “fuck their shit up” narrowly defined. Are they going to fuck my shit up by not marrying me (oh no please not that briar patch), or are they going to do things more traditionally considered fucking a woman’s shit up? It seems like they want to hang on to the plausible deniability that they mean the first, while heavily, heavily implying the second.
Oh, dear, this is priceless though:
One guy and a sample is his “crew.”
Ok, I’ve listened to a minute of it…
That was enough.
Seriously, it’s like a 12 year old wrote this shit. Plus, it’s so…soft, for “Rock” song. Seriously, Gojira would eat these guys for a snack.
Two guys? That’s almost as sad as the MRA convention where the organizer was really happy to have four guys show up, because it was only him and another guy the year before.
It also explains the… quality of the song.
@raper:
Yeah, there have been no female empowerment songs released since the 1970s. At all.
would rather have the right to vote
than get the first seat on the life boat
would rather get an education
than having you hold the door open
would rather have things be fair
than having you pull out my chair
Fuck chivalry…yeaaaaahhhhh yeaaaaah yeah!!!!
I’m really more of a visual artist ;)
I have a comment in moderation with ten female empowerment songs, all of which were released after “I Am Woman,” and most of which are from the last decade.
So, you’re wrong, raper. Sorry about that.
Cos nothing says “I hate women” more than bad 80’s music XD
I mean Gojira the metal band, not the giant lizard… If anyone wants a sample of their work, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eljjOJwlDY
The Angry White Boy genre reached its zenith in 1995, with the Smashing Pumpkins’ best-selling Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness:
Key white-boy angst tagline: “Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage.”
…And reached its nadir in 1999, with Limp Bizkit’s Significant Other:
Key white-boy angst tagline:: “We’ve all felt like shit
And been treated like shit,
All those motherfuckers that want to step up,
I hope you know I pack a chain saw,
I’ll skin your ass raw”
(At which point, I turned the radio off permanently.)
Indeed, sophomore lyrics and trite songwriting are nothing new for the Angry White Boy genre. But the genre itself is crowded.
(Full disclosure: I love the Pumpkins, especially the Gish and Siamese Dream-era work. Mmmm. D’arcy Wretzky.)
Quackers – They have “visual art” too! It’s… well, it’s not giving Judy Chicago a run for her money:
http://www.artistryagainstmisandry.com/Graphic-Art.html
I particularly like “The First Rule of Feminism: Always Lie!”, because as a Jew and a feminist, I believe I am now obligated to always tell the truth.
…In which case I must tell you that the treasure is not behind doors one or three.
Is this an attempt to ensure that even the most self-loathing groupies don’t approach him?
The song is hilarious, by the way. No surprises as to why this dude doesn’t have a record deal. I don’t think I’ve heard rock that shitty since the 80s.
Oh, great, they have ART?!
Good god. There’s no medium they can’t sully, can’t they?
At least they won’t touch Video Games- wait, FORGET I SAID THAT!
Best Angry White Boy take on 80s rock:
Yeah, Phil Collins was shitty. No doubt about that!
I mean Gojira the metal band, not the giant lizard…
I assume either one would work.
“I assume either one would work.”
Actually…yeah.
Christian Bale’s little White-Boy Dance haunted me through both recent Batman movies. How can Batman be the hero Gotham needs or the one it deserves when he’s a serial killer?
Deep thoughts.
Credit where it’s due–Elam manages to keep a consistent “hammer” metaphor for an entire paragraph.
Just to baffle rper even more: here’s a female empowerment song that’s from the 1970s AND the 2000s — at the same time! It’s a Yoko Ono song radically remixed by Le Tigre
Also, I’m pretty sure that the mere existence of Yoko Ono enrages MRAs, so here’s more Yoko, just because.
God. It’s not even “so bad it’s funny” bad. It’s just bad. I mean, it’s so bland. There’s no heart or creativity in it at all. It’s supposed to be a protest song about your lifetime of oppression there fellas, not your original entry for grade ten battle of the bands.
Also, I demand a music video.
I’d love to see someone like Elam try to argue with Yoko. She’s so relentlessly positive and yet so steely, she’d drive him nuts.
Favorite Yoko story – there’s a museum dedicated to her in her hometown, in which you will find a random telephone sitting on a platform in the middle of a room. If the phone rings while you’re there, pick it up, because it’s Yoko calling just to say hi and see how everyone is enjoying the museum.
Yoko Ono’s lack of lips have always creeped me out a bit. Ooh! I rhymed that time =D
@Holly
That “Rod the Riveter” is going to give me nightmares…holy fuck.
If these guys would put the MS Paint down and actually go look at actual good art- concept art for example, they’d see nothing but the heroic, badass, super masculine characters they idealize so much.
What’s with the doors? Opening doors is not hard. It’s not that hard to open a door for someone else; if you don’t want to do it, chances are they can do it perfectly well for themselves. Unless we’re talking about someone whose hands are full or something, in which case it’s just common courtesy, regardless of the gender of the open-er or the opened-for. (I want to say the “open-ee”, but I guess that’s the door itself.)
If the doors on the Heart of Gold talked to Marvin for long enough, would they become DGTOW and complain about having to open for the crew?
Can’t we all just get along?
LOL Shadow xD
Wait a minute, David. I believe you promised dancing. Where is the dancing?
I think this new theme song calls for an interpretive dance, don’t you?
Oh lordy. I just went to Artistry Against Misandry’s graphic art page
http://www.artistryagainstmisandry.com/Graphic-Art.html
The one from JAck Riley is amazing., If only they had it in higher resolution!
I can’t with these fools, especially when they completely fuck up their lil’ paean to Ball by saying “in vein” instead of what they meant. I guess this way is funnier.
Robert Plant and the boys have nothing to worry about.
@Anti-Moron’s-Rights
Sadly I must admit, I used to listen to Angry White Boy rock. But then I graduated from high school lol. Although Smashing Pumpkins has a hell of a lot more substance than Limp Bizkit, who’s lyrics are so similar to the MRA song.
“All he wants is to feel the pleasure he was born with”
So, he was masturbating while being born? Or having sex while…OK, I don’t even want to go there. Are they talking about circumcision? If so you’d think they’d reference it more specifically.
One of the many problems with MRAs is that it’s often difficult to figure out WTF they’re talking about.
I nominate this for MGTOW video.
P.S. The talent hammer is his talent penis.
@Quackers
No worries, my brown ass is still in love with Angry White Boy Rap, I’m happy to listen to Zeitgeist any day of the week
Nu metal was kind of a proto-MRA movement in a lot of ways. I once went to see Korn live because another band I liked were opening, and the music itself wasn’t all that bad, but only if you pretend the lyrics don’t exist, and they were paragons of anti-sexism compared to some of their contemporaries. Fred Durst really ought to be the official MRA mascot.
The male sexuality thing is hilarious. Don’t touch women’s bottoms without permission! It’s not rocket science!
Shaenon: HA! It’s Doug, and he’s outta heeeeeeeeeeeere!
I think they did a Kabuki Doug skit once.
The State was some funny shit.
Sweet Jesus, that “art” is shitty. The first artist looks like he’s trying to make political cartoons/banner ads that were all rejected by angelfire websites for looking too cheap. Jack Riley has the worst sense of anatomy that I’ve seen since grade school, and the Riveter ad is the worst photoshop quite possibly ever.
And the commentary under all that crap has got to be parody, right?
(Points up)
I mean come on, he’s whiny, pissed off about incredibly trivial things, aggressive, but too wimpy to actually do anything but complain, and in spite of how much he hates women he’s still obsessed with fucking them. He’s like MRA Jesus.
Artistry Against Misandry!!!? oh god don’t tell me these fools now have their own art movements now.
Something tells me though that the Gorilla Girls have nothing to worry about.
Oh man. There’s a short stories section. And I quote:
“This boner-inducing tale is a slap in the face to all of those women who say they don’t want to be sexually dominated by powerful men.”
@Joanna
Bart: Why would anybody want to touch a girl’s butt? That’s where
cooties come from!
Lisa: Dad, I don’t understand. What is she saying you did?
Homer: Well, Lisa, remember that postcard Grampa sent us from Florida of
that alligator biting that woman’s bottom?
Bart: Oh, yeah, _that_ was _brilliant_!
Homer: That’s right, we _all_ thought it was hilarious. But it turns
out we were wrong: that alligator was sexually harassing that
woman.
Bart: And the dog in the Coppertone ad? Same deal, Dad?
Homer: Well, there’s kind of a grey area.
Women around the world, consider what you’re losing here: no longer can you expect to marry guys who hate you so much they made a song about how they won’t hold doors open for you!
I’m crying. Really, I am.
With laughter.
A rather ineffective one if it comes from a Man truly GHOW
So, if I understand correctly, these dudes think that a man’s fantasies about sexually dominating women are some sort of proof that women want to be sexually dominated by powerful men? How does that work, exactly?
MRA logic at its finest. The boundaries between fantasy and reality seem to be a little fuzzy for these guys.
Does anyone else think maybe Jack Riley wrote Zardoz? That might explain the movie’s, uh, quality.
For bonus points, close your eyes and imagine Darth Vader saying those lines.
Ugh. Yeah, I skimmed the story. It’s like a really bad porn.
Re the boner inducing tale
“She had seen him rip the flesh from the bones of an elephant once with nothing more than his teeth. It sent icy shudders down her spine when she thought of what those teeth could do to her flesh if he should ever chose to use them on her for anything other than pleasure, or
if she ever pushed him too far one night with her need to resist, to deny him her screams of terror and fulfilment.”
Creepy. And so stupidly unrealistic. Ripped the flesh from the bones of an elephant? really? did he hunt mammoth with nothing but a sharp stick too?
Judging by the authors name “Scarlet” I’m assuming it’s written by a woman. But as intelligent people know, women don’t all like the same things. that includes horrifically bad erotica. I wonder why they keep pushing the notion that all women like to be dominated? maybe because it makes them feel less guilty when they abuse?
O jesus, why does it not surprise me at all that people who hold such awful, stupid ideas about society and other people also have THE WORST TASTE IN MUSIC EVER. Literally every single one of the comments at AVFM is like:
“The PreChorus part is what really makes this song a ballbuster. (No pun intended). Powerful, straight ahead and very catchy. I know I’m going to have those lines going in my head for a while now, which is all one can really hope for as a composer/songwriter, because the listener won’t forget the tune again after that.”
“Have listened to it more than a dozen times now and each time is sends a chill up my spine. Artistry against misandry – and power music a new weapon in our arsenal. Thank you ++++++++” (That one’s Rper1959)
“Infectious from the first verse and sealed with un unforgettable chorus… that’s some serious talent you have there Jade, Lance and John.”
“…This. Rocks. Major. Balls.”
“Excellent Song! We demand you give us a video of with with your suit and fedora. By “demand” we of course mean plead, beg, request. Why? Cause that would be frickin awesome brother!”
“There’s something very powerful about travesties of injustice put to song, something far more than the sum of parts.”
“This is a terrific song. I hope that decades from now, if we succeed in throwing out feminist governance and the misandrist culture in which we currently live, this song is played regularly on the radio and gets the same reverence that the protest songs of the 60s get today.”
“Man I am listening to this all day and the more I listen the more pumped I get this is unreal. Wow ”
“Professional, edgy and very, very cool. This website has ‘winner’ written all over it has only just begun.”
They’ve gotta be joking, right? I would’ve thought even MGTOWs — even people who for some reason are under the assumption that Paul Elam might offer some vile word nugget worth listening to — would have better taste in music than that. I mean, can’t they just listen to some Dio or some Eminem or the thousands of other misogynistic artists who actually don’t suck complete ass? Does it seriously have to be the very shittiest piece of shit music that they use to sum up their worldview?
Oh, wait a minute. That … actually makes sense.
WE HUNTED THE MAMMOTH FOR YOU WITH OUR BARE TEETH!!!
Also, yeah, creepy story is creepy, not arousing.
The Mens Rights Movement just jumped the shark
Possibly. For that matter, Jade Michael? (And Ann Archist?) What’s with all these manly manly masculine men and their choice of usernames?
““Have listened to it more than a dozen times now and each time is sends a chill up my spine. Artistry against misandry – and power music a new weapon in our arsenal. Thank you ++++++++” (That one’s Rper1959)”
Power music? Does he mean power metal? Because if so, it’s not a genre that I care for, but it certainly doesn’t sound as bad as their little ode to frustrated misogyny.
(There’s also plenty of misogyny in actual, legit metal, so either these guys are just too out of touch with pop culture to have noticed, or even the most deeply sexist metal is still too feminist for them. Which is rather an alarming thought.)
Oh my god Artistry Against Misandry also has poetry.
My uncle is a museum curator and a friend of his picked up that phone and observed that it had a dial tone, so he called a friend who had caller ID, got the phone number, and proceeded to prank-call the museum pretending to be Yoko Ono and instructing people to do silly things. He thinks that she would approve.