I'm not a big Eminem fan, but I just saw the video & it's absolutely hilarious (song's pretty good too).
I like Eminem's stuff one day and hate it the next, but I heard the new song and think it's pretty tight. I even went as far as to download some of the other songs on the album(I've only heard "White America" in addition to the new single), The Eminem Show, and I have to say, it seems he is getting back to the basics of old school rap. If the rest of the album is as good as the first two songs I've heard I think we might be looking at rap album of the year right here.
That's funny. Probably because he's so homophobic that you gotta wonder if he has some repressed tendencies... otherwise, why would the whole thing bother him in the first place? About "leaking" the new record, maybe he was using reverse psychology... handing it to everyone and telling them to keep it on the down low... trying to build up interest and anticipation. No surprise that he's smart; his lyrics have always been clever. I just hope that his stage persona is just that, and not an extension of his real self... though it seems to be awfully hard to separate them... he could be a lot of things depending on what he wanted to be. It's a shame someone so funny is able to be such a jerk (for example, to his own family).
The song is called "The Night I Fell In Love". I was backstage couldn't believe my luck was in I saw him approach wearing a most approachable grin When he said hello I was surprised he spoke so politely I said I'd liked his show Well he just smiled I guess it happens nightly and so I fell in love We went to his room he had a video camera I was so nervous I had to try hard not to stammer He said "I'm glad you liked the show that crowd was dope out there tonight, alright You wanna see some more? Well be my guest You can have a private performance" I'd fallen in love I didn't ask why though he seemed like such a regular guy he said we could be secret lovers just him and me Then he joked "Hey, man! Your name isn't Stan, is it? We should be together!" And he was passionate I guess I would rate him a nine out of ten by then I'd fallen in love When I asked why have I heard so much about him being charged with homophobia and stuff he just shrugged Next morning we woke he couldn't have been a nicer bloke Over breakfast made jokes about Dre and his homies and folks Neither of us asked if or when we would see each other again but I thought that was cool 'cause I was already late for school by then I'd fallen in love
