more about “Mia – Jimmy (full length video)“, posted with vodpod
M.I.A., the postmodern Guerrilla Goddess, queen of pastiche, based her single ‘Jimmy’ from her second, and latest, album “Kala” on her briefly falling for an aid worker in Liberia (as she told Spin magazine earlier this year).
In the video the songs origins are overshadowed by the striking images of the video, as M.I.A. channels the Indian pop of Pharvati Khan. But the first verse recalls its (rather odd) inspiration:
“When you go Rwanda Congo
Take me on a genocide tour
Take me on a truck to Darfur
Take me where you would go
Got static on ya satellite phone
Gotta get you safe at home
Gotta get you somewhere warm
So you get me all alone.”
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