Song evokes memories and images of 9/11
I cannot remember if this song was one of the nu metal tunes recorded by my classmate in the December of 2002. I cannot also recall the date or day when I first heard this song. All I know is that it was almost six years after this song was first released that I would get to watch the music video in one of my most memorable summers ever.
Why “Rollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle)” by Limp Bizkit? Right now, it is the morning of September 11. This song comes into mind.
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| Front man Fred Durst gyrating with a group of dancers. Image from zh.fanpop.com |
The date evokes memories of the 9/11 attacks in New York. Though the US-led coalition had successfully toppled down the terrorist regime in Afghanistan responsible for the tragedy, terrorism persists.
Look at the Islamic State (ISIS), Hamas, and Hezbollah in the Middle East, the Boko Haram in Nigeria, the ISIS-inspired Maute group in southern Philippines, and the lone wolves in America and Europe.
Even with the death of terrorists, the ideology lives. Osama Bin Laden is long dead (and could be enjoying his 72 virgins in paradise now) but the spirit of terrorism and the ideology/theology that inspires it live on in his supporters, from the remaining Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants in Afghanistan to radicals in America and Europe.
The world has yet to tally win the global war on terror.
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| The former Twin Towers at night |
Watch the music video and you will see the Twin Towers in the background. Most people know what happened to New York’s former iconic buildings – they now serve as a memory of the tragic event that brought the world to its knees.
The Twin Towers are also a symbol of uprising against terrorism, against the cowards that espouse it. In no time, the terrorist regime in Afghanistan went down, flatter than the two buildings.
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| Limp Bizkit fooling around New York in a Bently Azure |
Songs like that of Limp Bizkit will usher in our minds memories and images of the past, of historical events we can never forget, the lives lost that we mourn for, and the heroism of the people we will immortalize.
The world will never bow down to terrorists, whether jihadists, Christian fundamentalists, alt-right, leftists, whatever their political and/or religious persuasion.
Of course, music fans will never forget this song.
Our prayers go to the victims of terrorism and to those who put their lives on the line to serve and protect society against all forms of terrorism.
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| Image from https://susanfreeman.net |
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