R.E.M. - Whale Meat Advert Controversy

** WARNING - CONTAINS IMAGES DISTURBING TO SOME **

REM have always tried to maintain a squeaky clean image when it comes to animal rights to the Western audience, but in Japan they are more than happy to take a big fat $20m pay check to produce this song...

Category:

Music

Tags:

• REM
• Michael
• Stipe
• whale
• meat
• whaling
• hunting
• chris
• morris
• spoof
• greenpeace
• japan
• tasty
• meaty
• treat
• R.E.M.

[darkstar3x16]

Ever since whale wars people have jumped on this liberal bandwagon against Japans whaling but they seem to ignore whaling in other countries. This exposes liberals for the sneaky two faced racists you truly are.

[barrybas]

@darkstar3x16

Icelandic whalers (and those in other countries) also get heavily criticised by 'sneaky liberal racists'. This song was just a parody of popstars' public persona of taking up fashionable causes being in conflict with their desire to make as much money as possible, cf. Naomi Campbell wearing fur and blood diamonds. Not that I'm overly fussed about whaling personally, but playing the race card is pretty pathetic.

[chrisjoneschrisjones]

how could REM sell out like this? this is disgusting,i was a fan but not now

[Dwellerify]

Great!! What a Genius Chris Morris is and what a load of gullible people you are.

[Tigerpuffer]

Okay really, I am not a big REM fan, I only know like 3 of their songs, and I knew this obviously was fake e.e

[Cerealgrl]

Wow! That's sick. Thank God it's not really REM

[jasong2xaccount]

Shitty song

[MarcusMeridius]

@KaitainCPS yeah



[KaitainCPS]

@MarcusMeridius

I think it's "come-and-help-me-cut-this-blu­bber-up".

[geekymarianne]

@japanesesweet, not a real REM song. It's a parody. As I said to chrisjoneschrisjones, Chris Morris is absolutely brilliant, and you should never trust a single thing that comes out of his mouth.

[geekymarianne]

@chrisjoneschrisjones, also, a tip. Chris Morris is absolutely brilliant, and never trust a single word that comes out of his mouth.

[geekymarianne]

@darkstar3x16, I think all whalers are cunts, personally. However, I must say I've only heard of the Japanese ones firing guns at and ramming anti-whaling protester boats. Personally I think they all need a Bird of Prey to decloak above them and scare the shit out of them. Then again, I'm a British Liberal, and "Liberal" means something different here - as in it actually, literally means "Liberal"

[geekymarianne]

@chrisjoneschrisjones, wouldn't double bluffing indicate that I wasn't bluffing at all? *confused*... but this really isn't REM.