Pink Thanks Jimmy Kimmel For Letting Her Perform “Dear Mr. President”
Author: Staff | Date: April 11th 2007 | Filed: News & Gossip
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Pop star Pink heaped praise on chat show host Jimmy Kimmel last night after learning he had fought hard to allow her to perform controversial new tune Dear Mr. President. Pink’s musical letter to George W. Bush has been unofficially banned from radio stations in the U.S. and Pink told Kimmel many DJs have been told they can’t even talk about the track or chat to her about it if she’s a guest.
In the controversial song, Pink asks, “How can you say no child is left behind/We’re not dumb and we’re not blind/They’re all sitting in your cells/While you pave the road to hell.” The super-critical song continues, “What kind of father would take his own daughter’s rights away/And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay/I can only imagine what the first lady has to say/You’ve come a long way from whisky and cocaine.”
Pink told the Jimmy Kimmel Live host, “I have to thank you so much (because) you’re the only show that’s not afraid of letting me sing Dear Mr. President… I can’t even speak about it on radio. “It’s a questioning song. I think that’s one of my more intelligent songs… These are my questions, they’re not theoretical. I think they’re questions that a lot of people have and we could probably use some answers.” When Kimmel joked if the pop star was hoping Bush will reply with a song attacking her, she quipped, “Yes, through Eminem.”
Haha I love Pink, and I love that song! It’s so true. And it’s also sad how this country likes to censor and block things. We supposedly have the right to freedom of speech, but it seems like that particular ”right” is being taken away slowly but surely.
Mike
April 11, 2007 at 9:37 PM
omg finally! i love that song. I feared, on the VMA’s inciddent, when she went on stage and started singing the the screen was gonna just blackout :-S Go Pink!!!
Harold Forness
April 12, 2007 at 12:40 AM
I think the song is great .I dont think that it should be banned . No one bans his speeches. Freedom of speech is still alive. I thought the United States was a Democracy not a Dictatorship . As the saying goes [ If you can't take the heat get out of the kitchen. ] There shouldn’t be any TV or Radio stations that are afraid to broadcast the song because of repercussions. Actually, it’s a disgrace and an embarrassment to the citizens of the United States to censor Pink this way.
Ed
May 8, 2007 at 4:13 AM
Thanks Jimmy! …for more A-hole left-wing horsesh*t.