https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L6_C5kk6cM
I think the song greatly represents America's harshness towards the Japanese after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The strength of America's resentment towards the Japanese with the base line, "Remember Pearl Harbor," can be quantified by the fact that this song was created in 2004. 63 years after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, some Americans, especially veterans, still are shaken by the shocking event. This large time gap shows the strength Pearl Harbor had on Americans; the shock and fear it brought to the American people.
The words "Never forgive" repeated in the song a couple times, show how Pearl Harbor could have been a motivating factor for Americans fighting against Japan in the pacific war. Most importantly, it is important to consider the mood of this song when judging America's decision to use nuclear bombs on Japan. With such resentment towards Japan, do you think the average American even considered the unethical side of nuking Japan? Could they think clear about the matter?
I am interested in what you guys think so answer if you please.
Hey Tal! This is actually really cool. It's really hard to understand the lyrics, so I looked up the lyric video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sokdpm2Z1Ms. It was interesting, when they say "my great-grandfather fought manning his gun with rage watched our fleet sink and comrades die, the beginning of an age." But this song is really, really angry... One part of the song says "Remember the pain, remember the blood, but never forgive!" I don't think that's the best approach to Pearl Harbor, especially this long after the war... Just a thought.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I think the American people should turn towards a more peaceful approach instead of a "Never forget" approach. At the same time, this song doesn't represent all Americans and I believe that only a small portion of Americans today (mostly war veterans) feels this way. Still; however, if there is still such strong anger and need for revenge from some American people, so many years after the actual incident, the event must have had a large scale effect emotionally in America.
ReplyDeleteThat's so true. I mean, we read/learn about the national mentality set against war, but at the same time, I don't think it really clicked until I read the lyrics to this song and realized that a lot of people are still really angry...If there are people this angry now, I can only imagine how mad people were that we fought in this war.
ReplyDelete*it puts everything into a more understandable perspective. If time has tempered the emotions, I don't even want to think about how angry people were before...Thanks for posting this!!
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