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.
Dude must be so excited, people from here going over to check out his little rants is probably the most web traffic he’s ever had.
The GIVE ME MONEY button on his sidebar is a particularly classy touch.
I always thought Radiohead was a boring rip off of James.
But I have no taste in music so I could be completely off base.
Cynicakl, you’re partly right. When they released Kid A, they became a boring rip-off of Yes.
Sorry for slaughtering your name.
I wonder if Elam and his horde of not-so-merry men would even know who James were.
“She only comes when she’s on top? Women on top during sex? That sounds like a feminist plot to dominate men even in bed!”
I tried to think of things that women do that MRAs don’t view as an evil feminist plot to dominate men and all I could come up with was “laundry”.
Wow. The first thing he did was bring out the fat jokes. You know, if someone has to immediately resort to ad hominem attacks, the discussion has no other purpose, than to be offensive.
What I’ve come to expect from the average MRA.
“I always thought Radiohead was a boring rip off of James.
But I have no taste in music so I could be completely off base.”
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you kidding me? Jesus Christ. Talk about being wrong. That comment singlehandedly made you Fidelbogen level dumb.
I’d say Radiohead is a ripoff of a chorus consisting of God, Yahweh, and Allah.
MRAL, no one cares.
So, a chorus that is not a chorus because it consists of one person?
Didn’t he claim that he was leaving?
I’ll be around less.
They all claim that, Cassandra, but the doing–it is hard.
Hey, you can be around as much as you like as long as you refrain from lashing out at women and calling them arrogant, elitist, etc. The fact that people keep telling you to get lost is entirely a result of your own bad behavior. Play nice and people will be nice back.
oh man…they’re attacking David’s appearance now? isn’t that a little, dare I say….catty?
@Quackers:
Yes, they’re attacking him using the same so-called “shaming language” they claim their opponents use on them. Wonderful, isn’t it?
MRAL, I have no problem discussing any topic with you that you want to discuss. If you actually read what many of us write, you’d see that plenty Man Boobz posters care about many of the same men’s equality issues that MRAs do (e.g. child custody/child support/alimony/ issues, registering with the Selective Service and how bullshit that is, unsafe working conditions at factories, etc.). Feminism has many different flavors besides the Dworkinesque “Sex needs to be changed, because all heterosexual intercourse is essentially just violence toward women – and porn must be banned” POV.
But you’ll also have to tolerate a wide range of differing viewpoints without being nasty, shaming people for stating their opinions, or calling people names. For example, I don’t like Radiohead. In my humble opinion, and mine alone, the band’s music is technically spectacular, but it doesn’t interest me enough to get into. I definitely like James better. But I also like Fantomas, Tool, (80s) Metallica, Black Sabbath, Naked City, Aphex Twin, Television, R.E.M., The Velvet Underground, and plenty of other music that’s either experimental, heavy, “alternative,” or all three. Radiohead just never did it for me. On the other hand, I’ve met plenty of people who think my favorite bands are shit. So you know? That’s the human music-listening experience. No two people are gonna agree.
Oh, the pain of that song!!!
All they have to do is run that on SNL as a “digital short” with a few of the players dressed in mullets & no one would be the wiser. Self parody at its worst. Ugh!
“Yes, they’re attacking him using the same so-called “shaming language” they claim their opponents use on them. Wonderful, isn’t it?”
MRAs certainly don’t use shaming language like those awful feminazis.
Hey, shut up and stop white-knighting, you mangina.
Oh no, David! I knew the charming clown antics were too good to be true.
I think this person has confused “women” with “four year olds.” Which… explains a lot, I guess.
And then there’s the usual boilerplate about how male feminists are all just making horribly misguided attempts to get laid, because what other reason could a man possibly have for interacting with women? It’s a goddamn mystery to them.
In my opinion, though, you have to at the very least acknowledge Radiohead’s technical skill, their impact, etc. They are consummate musicians and Thom Yorke is a genius.
Secondly, I have no problem with differing opinions… but lately, whenever I express one, everyone starts personally attacking me, no matter how accomodating and friendly I try to be. It’s annoying, and also ineffective. That’s the advantage to not having any self-esteem, there’s really nothing anyone can say externally, otherwise it may have gotten to me. HAH!
@ Holly
To be fair, if I assumed that the people I wanted to fuck all had the personalities of toddlers I probably wouldn’t want to interact with them much either. Poor MRAs, doomed to misery because of a simple misunderstanding. If only someone could explain to them that ladies do not all walk around wearing onesies and carrying a Dora the Explorer backpack.
MRAL, do you really want to get into an argument about music with one music biz pro (hellkell) and another person who gets paid to write about music (me)? I actually like Radiohead (mostly the earlier stuff though), but music is a very personal thing, and not everyone is ever going to agree on even the best bands. Save the YOU DON’T LIKE THIS BAND WHO I LIKE SO YOU’RE A MORON stuff for music-specific sites.
Also, the reason you’re running into ongoing hostility is that you never actually apologized for acting like a jerk in the Brand/Perry thread. IIRC you did say that the “elitist bitch” rubbish was “written in haste” or something similar, but you didn’t genuinely say sorry for either that or the “arrogant” nonsense. Which naturally leads to the conclusion that either as usual you’re not sorry for lashing out at women when you’re feeling insecure (bad), or you don’t even understand why that isn’t acceptable (even worse).
This is why you need to move on to a forum where nobody knows that you told rape survivors they were lying.
Whether we want to forgive or not, we can’t forget, and we’re therefore incapable of giving you a truly fresh start.