Movies and TV Pants on the Ground - Listen to the General! [Archive]

stlchiefs

01-14-2010, 10:46 PM

I didn't see this posted yet. You gotta love this old man. And no I don't watch AI.

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DBOSHO

01-14-2010, 10:47 PM

Someone postedthis in the media center, brah.

stlchiefs

01-14-2010, 10:50 PM

Someone postedthis in the media center, brah.

nobody goes there, that doesn't count! Don't call me brah, brah.

DBOSHO

01-14-2010, 10:57 PM

nobody goes there, that doesn't count! Don't call me brah, brah.

Dont tell me what to do, friend.

Crush

01-14-2010, 10:59 PM

Dont tell me what to do, friend.

He's not your friend, buddy.

pr_capone

01-14-2010, 11:05 PM

He's not your friend, buddy.

He's not your buddy, guy.

whatsmynameagain

01-14-2010, 11:05 PM

Someone postedthis in the media center, brah.

did u just call him a piece of underwear?
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DBOSHO

01-14-2010, 11:05 PM

He's not your friend, buddy.

Im not your buddy, guy.

Crush

01-14-2010, 11:11 PM

He's not your buddy, guy.

Im not your buddy, guy.

I'm not your guy, friends.

DBOSHO

01-14-2010, 11:14 PM

I'm not your guy, friends.

I cant speak for him, but im not your friend, pal.

Crush

01-14-2010, 11:22 PM

I cant speak for him, but im not your friend, pal.

I'm not your pal, brah.

DBOSHO

01-14-2010, 11:30 PM

I'm not your pal, brah.

Im not your brah, patna.

BigRedChief

01-15-2010, 07:11 AM

Repost from the thread in the media center

Man, I like this guy. I wish he was my brah/friend/pal.

He got beaten during the march in Selma and now he gets his 15 mintues.

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...-look/1?csp=hf (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2010/01/general-larry-platt-a-closer-look/1?csp=hf)

The you tube clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am-Y5DVjZIA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am-Y5DVjZIA)&

We all got a good chuckle Wednesday out of General Larry Platt (http://www.generallarryplatt.com/) and his Pants on the Ground (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am-Y5DVjZIA&) song. Entertaining as he was, I couldn't help but wonder why the American Idol producers saved the last spot of the show for a 62-year-old guy with a funny song.
Now I think I know.
Take a look at the photograph on the home page of the Civil Rights Veterans Movement (http://www.crmvet.org/) website. See the young man on the left, looking directly into the camera? That's Larry Platt, age 16.

"We had come by bus in 1963 to a church in Savannah, Georgia to plan a march to desegregate the city," Platt writes (http://www.crmvet.org/vet/plattl.htm). "Reverend Hosea Williams and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. were our leaders. That particular planned march was canceled and we were singing to raise our spirits before returning home."

Platt worked with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (http://www.ibiblio.org/sncc/) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference) in Georgia, organizing sit-ins in the South.

He was beaten during the Bloody Sunday march (http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/al4.htm) from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery.

He got his nickname, "General," from the Rev. Hosea Williams (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_26_98/ai_68018830/) because of his heroic efforts on behalf of the civil-rights movement.

The Georgia General Assembly proclaimed Sept. 4, 2001, Larry Platt Day (http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/fulltext/hr286.htm) in Atlanta, because of "his great energy and commitment to equality and the protection of the innocent and for his outstanding service to the Atlanta community and the citizens of Georgia."

He remains a community activist in the Atlanta area and recently has become known for publicly protesting foreclosures.

If anybody in that Atlanta crowd deserved his 15 minutes of fame on national television, it was Larry Platt (http://projects.ajc.com/gallery/view/metro/north-fulton/0202lives/3.html).

When he tells you to get your pants off the ground, you'd best listen.

damaticous

01-15-2010, 07:26 AM

Repost from the thread in the media center

Man, I like this guy. I wish he was my brah/friend/pal.

He got beaten during the march in Selma and now he gets his 15 mintues.

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...-look/1?csp=hf (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2010/01/general-larry-platt-a-closer-look/1?csp=hf)

The you tube clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am-Y5DVjZIA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am-Y5DVjZIA)&

We all got a good chuckle Wednesday out of General Larry Platt (http://www.generallarryplatt.com/) and his Pants on the Ground (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am-Y5DVjZIA&) song. Entertaining as he was, I couldn't help but wonder why the American Idol producers saved the last spot of the show for a 62-year-old guy with a funny song.
Now I think I know.
Take a look at the photograph on the home page of the Civil Rights Veterans Movement (http://www.crmvet.org/) website. See the young man on the left, looking directly into the camera? That's Larry Platt, age 16.

"We had come by bus in 1963 to a church in Savannah, Georgia to plan a march to desegregate the city," Platt writes (http://www.crmvet.org/vet/plattl.htm). "Reverend Hosea Williams and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. were our leaders. That particular planned march was canceled and we were singing to raise our spirits before returning home."

Platt worked with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (http://www.ibiblio.org/sncc/) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference) in Georgia, organizing sit-ins in the South.

He was beaten during the Bloody Sunday march (http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/al4.htm) from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery.

He got his nickname, "General," from the Rev. Hosea Williams (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_26_98/ai_68018830/) because of his heroic efforts on behalf of the civil-rights movement.

The Georgia General Assembly proclaimed Sept. 4, 2001, Larry Platt Day (http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/fulltext/hr286.htm) in Atlanta, because of "his great energy and commitment to equality and the protection of the innocent and for his outstanding service to the Atlanta community and the citizens of Georgia."

He remains a community activist in the Atlanta area and recently has become known for publicly protesting foreclosures.

If anybody in that Atlanta crowd deserved his 15 minutes of fame on national television, it was Larry Platt (http://projects.ajc.com/gallery/view/metro/north-fulton/0202lives/3.html).

When he tells you to get your pants off the ground, you'd best listen.


Interesting.

I admit, when I first saw this on the news last night I rolled my eyes. I was thinking "if they knew he was too old to compete why did they let him?"

Now that I read the above I understand and think it's pretty cool.

FWIW I haven't seen the video, just heard about it on the news last night. At work so can't watch right now.

Demonpenz

01-15-2010, 10:06 AM

come on pants to the ground people! TAKE CARE OF BIDNESS

Sfeihc

01-15-2010, 11:23 AM

Instant classic! I'm not yo' patna, homey.

ArrowheadHawk

01-15-2010, 11:38 AM

I'm not your homey, vato.

Baby Lee

01-15-2010, 04:05 PM

Param

01-15-2010, 04:09 PM

Not funnyyyy. Thread failsss

boogblaster

01-15-2010, 04:39 PM

I saw his performance .. his play is on young blacks stupidity .. pants on the ground .. gold in the teeth .. hat turned around .. looklin like a fool with your pants on the ground .. ha ha .. pretty well said .....

Crashride

01-15-2010, 05:05 PM

brilliant. I guarentee there gonna have him cut a track of that song.

Bugeater

01-15-2010, 05:08 PM

I keep hearing this, I have no idea what it is or where it came from, but I hope it goes away soon.

KCBOSS1

01-15-2010, 05:59 PM

I thought it was awesome. My family clapped and cheered after he got done. He said what 50 million people were thinking. I also thought it was good that it was an older black guy.

DBOSHO

01-15-2010, 06:03 PM

im not any of your pals, chicos.

Easy 6

01-15-2010, 10:51 PM

I read about this in the paper today & just had to google it at work, pure brilliance.

This guys net worth just went through the stratosphere.

Good on him.

big nasty kcnut

01-15-2010, 11:04 PM

Your looking like a fool with your pant on the ground.

Baby Lee

01-17-2010, 03:23 PM

Favre look da fool wit his pants on the ground!!!

Psyko Tek

01-17-2010, 03:38 PM

im not any of your pals, chicos.

I ain't your chico, dude

"Bob" Dobbs

01-17-2010, 05:35 PM

I'm not your dude, hombre.

Mr. Flopnuts

01-17-2010, 05:53 PM

I'm not your dude, hombre.

I'm not your hombre, chum.

Discuss Thrower

01-17-2010, 06:04 PM

I'm not your hombre, chum.

You are not my chum, mate.

Baby Lee

01-17-2010, 06:08 PM

Ah, life in the digital age

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"Bob" Dobbs

01-17-2010, 06:18 PM

You're not my mate, comrade...

And with that, it's time to let it die... lol

BigRedChief

01-17-2010, 06:23 PM

Ah, life in the digital age

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ahh pop culture. Gotta love it.

NewChief

01-17-2010, 06:51 PM

My 4 year old has been singing this non stop for the last two days.

DaFace

01-24-2010, 01:33 PM

Apparently he's going to be on the Vikes' sidelines today. Classic.

BigRedChief

03-29-2010, 11:50 AM

Sen. Eric Adams fights 'crack' epidemic by launching ads urging youth to pull up saggy pants

http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2010/03/28/alg_ban-the-sag.jpg
BY Jake Pearson (http://www.nydailynews.com/authors/Jake%20Pearson)
DAILY NEWS WRITER
Sunday, March 28th 2010, 4:00 AM

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/03/28/2010-03-28_fight_the_crack_epidemic_pol_puts_up_ads_urging_youths_to_pull_up_their_pants.html#ixzz0jaaHBeKp (http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/03/28/2010-03-28_fight_the_crack_epidemic_pol_puts_up_ads_urging_youths_to_pull_up_their_pants.html#ixzz0jaaHBeKp)

His message probably won't go viral like an "American Idol (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/American+Idol)" audition, but one Brooklyn (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Brooklyn+(New+York+City)) politician is urging young people to keep their pants off the ground.

State Sen. Eric Adams will announce Sunday the posting of six giant billboards in Brooklyn targeting the saggy trend.
The billboards go up Monday.

"This whole sagging pants culture seems to have swept the city and the country," said Adams, a Democrat.

"Children will be children. But as adults, we need to be on record and tell them they're doing something wrong."

The 22-foot-tall billboards will be erected along heavily traveled streets, primarily in Crown Heights (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Crown+Heights).

Adams said he used $2,000 in campaign funds to pay for the billboards.
Each billboard features two male models whose pants are hanging so low their underwear is showing.

The message: "Stop the Sag!" and "We are better than this!"
The stop-the-sag movement got a huge boost earlier this year when "American Idol" contestant Larry Platt (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Larry+Platt) auditioned for the show.
Clips of his original "Pants on the Ground" song, which urged people to pull up their pants, exploded on the Internet.

"I saw it," Adams said of the Platt video. "I thought it was funny. But when you look at it more closely, you see how big this matter is. When we sag like that, we're playing into it. We look like clowns."

Adams has never participated in the fashion trend, which he said began among prison inmates.

"On a practical level, how do they even walk?" he wondered.

The former NYPD (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/New+York+City+Police+Department) captain and co-founder of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/100+Blacks+in+Law+Enforcement+Who+Care) said he will send a letter to Schools Chancellor Joel Klein (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Joel+Klein) recommending a citywide dress code to prevent sagging in public schools.

Young men in Crown Heights were skeptical.

"It's more comfortable below the hip," said Saquan Spaulding (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Saquan+Spaulding), 19, sporting black jeans with black boxers held up with a studded belt. "It's good for [Adams] to try and change it, but I doubt it's going to happen."
Older people just don't get it, he said. "It's a young thing."

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/03/28/2010-03-28_fight_the_crack_epidemic_pol_puts_up_ads_urging_youths_to_pull_up_their_pants.html#ixzz0jaZshaWQ (http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/03/28/2010-03-28_fight_the_crack_epidemic_pol_puts_up_ads_urging_youths_to_pull_up_their_pants.html#ixzz0jaZshaWQ)

gblowfish

03-29-2010, 12:01 PM