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... get it. It's like explaining to the yahoos how 'Born in the U.S.A' is not an elegy but a lament. Mu-mu land was destroyed by the U.S.A. and this song references that. I'm doing this from memory, so I'll be leaving a lot out. Polynesians. Drums. Mu-mus. Hawaiiana. 'All bound for Mu Mu Land' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muumuu So first syphilis, tuberculosis, smallpox, and measles were introduced by the "guest" settlers, leading to the rapid decline of the Native Hawaiian population. So we're talking about the destruction of a people, and of an entire culture. Kinda like what was done to Cuba -- which became America's "Disneyland of Sex". The U.S. stole the Hawaiian islands in a coup manufactured by the Americans living there, supported by the U.S. military. WIKIPEDIA: "In 1887, King Kalākaua was forced to accept a new constitution after a coup d'état by the Honolulu Rifles, a volunteer military unit recruited from American settlers. Queen Liliʻuokalani, who succeeded Kalākaua in 1891, tried to abrogate the new constitution. She was subsequently overthrown in a 1893 coup engineered by the Committee of Safety, a group of Hawaiian subjects who were mostly of American descent, and supported by the U.S. military." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_Kingdom SEE ALSO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Hawaiian_Kingdom Queen Liliʻuokalani fought bravely, but unsuccessfully, to have her kingdom freed from the usurpers and her crown restored. She died a broken woman, though she did eventually get an official apology from the U.S. government for what they had done, and she was given a state pension. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili%CA%BBuokalani 'Justified & Ancient' It's a long, sad history, where little was truly justified, and a culture that was ancient was mercilessly destroyed. So the above shines a slightly different light on the video/song, wouldn't you agree? M. Another example of America fucking other countries for their own selfish motives. Move along, nothing (new) to see here... FOR REFERENCE FROM OP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP5oHL3zBDg The KLF aka The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu - Justified & Ancient ('All bound for Mu Mu Land') |