Red Bull Word Clash

Red Bull Word Clash


I must have been dead asleep back in 2006 when the seemingly world-renowned Red Bull Word Clash last took it's grip on American subculture society. Actually, I most likely was asleep on the train working crazy hours on the railroad, but that's besides the point. The Word Clash is/was (not quite sure if it is still in the works since I can't find any current information) a political and social wake up call in the form of a nationwide spoken word event. Founded in 2002, it has received a wide-spread reputation for it's outspoken nature. The poets and lyricist you see in the video are not scared. They are not fearful of what their words can incite, and as a matter of fact, they welcome the intense emotion that they can extract from any person with just the slightest amount of free thought. Some might say that it is ironic and contradictory that an event based on revolution and political and social awareness is sponsored and funded by a major corporation, but why?Is it wrong to use the resources that are available? In fact, I think it makes even more of an impact to take a major corporation and use their money to achieve your agenda. I do not pretend that big business doesn't get exactly what they are looking for...advertisement, but what we can extract from the same situation is so much more influential. The video above is from 2006! It still invokes an incredible revolutionary mindset for those who are willing to receive the message, and it will continue to do so every time someone digs it up from the archives. Words like the ones spoken at the Word Clash rarely fade away. Although, not always in the forefront of society, they still remain. The fact that it is now 2008 and I'm speaking on this like it's brand new just reaffirms the fact that Sleep is for Birds....