Country Music Stars Challenge Al-Qaeda

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  • Опубліковано 16 січ 2008
  • A group of country music's biggest stars have a message for terrorists: you can't hurt America by blowing up New York City.
    More coverage at: www.onion.com
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  • @wehavemagnums
    @wehavemagnums 15 років тому +2169

    "The water supply ain't guarded / There's a valve at 45th & Main / through which you could easily introduce hemorrhagic fever toxins into the municipal water supply / through an inlet pump substation..."
    Such patriotism brings a joyful tear to my eye!

    • @PM17E5
      @PM17E5 2 роки тому +35

      LOL best part of the video for sure.

    • @mitochondria1674
      @mitochondria1674 2 роки тому +2

      Heck yeah!

    • @Dreamagain11
      @Dreamagain11 2 роки тому +21

      I think Ra's Al Ghul heard this and was inspired to attack Gotham

    • @maazkalim
      @maazkalim 2 роки тому +3

      You are a saviour!
      I so needed that[ copy-paste lyrics].

    • @DennisMHenderson
      @DennisMHenderson Рік тому +3

      911th liekkk

  • @darksaiyan2006
    @darksaiyan2006 15 років тому +1430

    I love how professional Onion TV actually acts. These guys are better actors than most hollywood stars.

    • @nurdauletsuleimenov8281
      @nurdauletsuleimenov8281 4 роки тому +4

      yep

    • @carmenadams575
      @carmenadams575 4 роки тому +50

      They seriously are. They can’t be getting paid much but they are so dedicated to doing a quality job. Guess they just really love what they are doing.

    • @jsgv7935
      @jsgv7935 3 роки тому

      yeah

    • @lailalaika3032
      @lailalaika3032 Рік тому

      I like it that some people think it's real, and some people are saying this is fake.

    • @aaronlaluzerne6639
      @aaronlaluzerne6639 Рік тому +3

      Here's your 700th like from me.

  • @P98D
    @P98D 10 місяців тому +122

    Meanwhile, in the scrolling text: "new hand-held video device lets users watch ads anywhere"
    This was in 2008, that wouldn't even pass as a joke today

    • @jamesgerber4658
      @jamesgerber4658 3 місяці тому +3

      Tbf, we had video on phones in 1992. The first iPhone had UA-cam preinstalled in 2007.

    • @nirmalbiju3404
      @nirmalbiju3404 5 годин тому

      It actually makes more sense now... The number of unskippable ads have only gone up on our mobile phones!

  • @Jcolinsol
    @Jcolinsol 11 років тому +1400

    Wait a minute, I think these country music folks have an ulterior motive.

    • @tomm5663
      @tomm5663 4 роки тому +7

      :0

    • @TCt83067695
      @TCt83067695 4 роки тому +87

      No. Shhhhhhhhhh. Sing along

    • @kittenritty7959
      @kittenritty7959 2 роки тому +5

      And I ope

    • @maazkalim
      @maazkalim 2 роки тому +32

      C'mon, they're folksy folks!
      How dare you slap "aGeNdA" over their beautiful works of art?°

    • @littlecousin5630
      @littlecousin5630 Рік тому +5

      Yeah they just wanna get rich off of this tragedy. Shameful money-grubbees.

  • @FrontSightful
    @FrontSightful 13 років тому +828

    I love how Wayne is able to get an electric guitar sound from an acoustic. That man is a country musical genius!

    • @extrememetalunderground
      @extrememetalunderground 2 роки тому +1

      electric/acoustic guitars exist

    • @DOSStorm
      @DOSStorm 2 роки тому +10

      @@extrememetalunderground True but not with that tone.... Someone call Stevie T.

    • @denizbluemusic
      @denizbluemusic 2 роки тому

      @@DOSStorm let me introduce you to the gibson j160e or gretsch rancher

    • @DOSStorm
      @DOSStorm 2 роки тому +5

      @@denizbluemusic Plugged in acoustic/electric guitar is a completely different thing though. The body just produces a completely different sound.

    • @nathangamble125
      @nathangamble125 10 місяців тому +5

      His gitaw is powahd by the lawd Jaysus Chraist!

  • @Shargrailar
    @Shargrailar 13 років тому +1024

    "The message of course is what I love, and I do think that maybe if everybody in New York was killed it would bring the country together!".
    Oh Onion....how I love thee!

    • @kabirroopra5553
      @kabirroopra5553 3 роки тому +11

      God damn, facebook was a thing when you made this comment, how time flies.

    • @DrJ-hx7wv
      @DrJ-hx7wv 3 роки тому +3

      @@kabirroopra5553 how true that is

    • @vaefox1369
      @vaefox1369 2 роки тому +5

      How are you doing person who posted ten years ago?

    • @craighjonas8833
      @craighjonas8833 Рік тому +2

      I am your 666th like 👍 and I approve of this message.

    • @vladraduandrei5227
      @vladraduandrei5227 Рік тому +1

      @@kabirroopra5553 it still is..I was like 14-15 when this apeared and yeah it was big even here in romania but everyone I know from my gen still have fb's (of course alongside 10 other social media pps cause yeah they re so great)..

  • @davec3583
    @davec3583 Рік тому +131

    All this video is missing is the reaction of Al-Qaeda's official spokesman, and regular Onion News Network contributor, Omar Al-Farouq.

    • @johnsm7th
      @johnsm7th 3 місяці тому +9

      "This is a, uh, wonderful movement to unite all american infidels. And the verse about the water supply serves as, uh, educational material for the whole nation. I think you can soon expect thousands of lives be changed by this, uh, little piece of trivia" - Omar Al-Farouq

    • @nikosalexopoulos6542
      @nikosalexopoulos6542 Місяць тому +1

      "Built it, and go there and wait"

  • @summitthescale
    @summitthescale 10 років тому +679

    "9/11 times ten"

  • @michaelbme1983
    @michaelbme1983 9 років тому +396

    At 0:58 it lists Tanya Bertram as singing a song called "Guess I'm Drinking for Two'. hahahahbahahahahaha

    • @sourfrog4263
      @sourfrog4263 4 роки тому +9

      Hol up

    • @TCt83067695
      @TCt83067695 4 роки тому +2

      @@sourfrog4263 exactly lol

    • @ChristopherFelicitas
      @ChristopherFelicitas 4 місяці тому

      What does it mean

    • @lukaluukaa
      @lukaluukaa 3 місяці тому +4

      @@ChristopherFelicitasI think it means she’s drinking while pregnant

    • @ChristopherFelicitas
      @ChristopherFelicitas 3 місяці тому +1

      @@lukaluukaa Thanks bro searching on google doesn't lead to anything. Damn onion putting all these little details lmao, it legit flew over my head.

  • @gummy445
    @gummy445 10 років тому +743

    They made a full-length version of this song. It's the best.

  • @koboldcatgirl
    @koboldcatgirl 11 місяців тому +297

    I like how this skit has, like, 2-3 very similar but distinct jokes elegantly woven between one another--making fun of jingoistic post-9/11 country songs, making fun of how the country artists are willing to talk a big game because they weren't directly affected, and making fun of how the country artists clearly have beef against New York.

  • @BatHunterofDevon
    @BatHunterofDevon 2 роки тому +116

    'I mean, he could just reduce New York city to a pile of rubble. It ain't gonna affect us much.'
    🤣🤣🤣

  • @TigrisdeGallia
    @TigrisdeGallia 6 років тому +383

    I thought The Onion was supposed to be fake news.

    • @bhatkat
      @bhatkat 4 роки тому +14

      Yeah, getting harder and harder to tell the diff these days...

    • @devd_rx
      @devd_rx 3 роки тому +6

      even more now

  • @Emaan6062
    @Emaan6062 14 років тому +100

    "It's great to see people coming together for a common cause."

  • @rjamesyork
    @rjamesyork 3 роки тому +83

    2:02 - a message sure to resonate with people everywhere, both here and overseas

  • @DuckiesDad08
    @DuckiesDad08 3 роки тому +40

    “Maybe you should try again. I dare ya.”

  • @copperandbrick
    @copperandbrick 15 років тому +136

    "The water supply ain't guarded, there's a valve at forty-fifth and ninth, through which you could easily introduce hemorrhagic fever toxins into the municipal water supply...." Better than some lyrics I've heard.

  • @9volt258
    @9volt258 4 роки тому +233

    At first I didn’t get it and assumed it was a joke about country musicians acting all big and tough towards legitimately dangerous terrorist organizations but it all started making sense at about 0:43

    • @maazkalim
      @maazkalim 2 роки тому +3

      Why are you speaking ill of American veterans that way?

    • @rohitchaoji
      @rohitchaoji Рік тому +29

      I've heard a lot of older country fans mention this. After September 2001, a lot of country changed from being the blues for poor and working class white Americans to this hypernationalist and somewhat xenophobic thing.

    • @Demiglitch
      @Demiglitch Рік тому +3

      @@preacher3958 Were you not alive in 2001? Toby Keith became a superstar based off his patriotic songs.

    • @JackieDaytona1776
      @JackieDaytona1776 Рік тому

      ​@Demiglitch I love Toby Keith's patriotic music lol

    • @mutiur7396
      @mutiur7396 8 місяців тому

      Who the heck you are to call someone terrorist when they simply want american bases removed from their land for control of their country and regions?

  • @griffdog18
    @griffdog18 2 роки тому +23

    "Light up the New York sky......Like the 4th of July🎸🎸🎶🎵" 😂😂😭

  • @ianmoyron3919
    @ianmoyron3919 10 років тому +118

    My bus driver played the real version.

    • @kalpic11
      @kalpic11 8 років тому +14

      what song do you mean?

    • @TCt83067695
      @TCt83067695 4 роки тому

      @ScoopDog457 it's a real song?

    • @zoewells3160
      @zoewells3160 3 роки тому +2

      TCt83067695 ua-cam.com/video/e_UHcuGOgmE/v-deo.html

    • @TCt83067695
      @TCt83067695 3 роки тому

      @@zoewells3160 Thanks. I'm sure I watched a video for it since that comment.
      But thanks again 👍🏾

    • @JoeyCrackization
      @JoeyCrackization Рік тому

      Based.

  • @justas8111
    @justas8111 15 років тому +84

    "Try it again, I dare you..." LOL that phrase was the best

    • @samuelstrachan2726
      @samuelstrachan2726 9 місяців тому +2

      A punch line to both the jokes, musicians acting tough, and everyone hating new york

  • @kalpic11
    @kalpic11 8 років тому +120

    Okay too realistic lol

  • @g.h.7661
    @g.h.7661 2 роки тому +32

    Why the hell does this seem so real. Where on earth do they get this incredible talent?

    • @Dee-hd5go
      @Dee-hd5go 9 місяців тому +1

      Aside from the obvious talents of the acting, writing, graphics, casting, etc, a large part of why it’s so particularly cohesive and realistic-seeming is the result of a good Director.

  • @nretelas
    @nretelas 16 років тому +117

    The ONION is the best. Some of the funniest stuff on the net.
    9/11 times 10. Nice try Osama. Maybe you should try again..... I DARE YOU.

    • @josephbrennan370
      @josephbrennan370 3 роки тому +4

      I wonder where this guy is now...

    • @ed9492
      @ed9492 3 роки тому +2

      @@josephbrennan370 He said a naughty word and sales of his songs skyrocketed.

  • @eugeneiii2972
    @eugeneiii2972 3 роки тому +28

    I like how he plays an electric guitar riff on an acoustic: 1:26

  • @metalone23
    @metalone23 15 років тому +14

    "I do think if every one in New York is killed it will bring the contry together" lol

  • @IBMeddling
    @IBMeddling 15 років тому +61

    I remember back in the 1980s many of the country songs would sing about how they hated New York and they loved their country lifestyle. I think this was the point of the satire.

    • @js2010ish
      @js2010ish Рік тому +9

      "Too dumb for New York City, too ugly for L.A."

    • @Rootiga
      @Rootiga Рік тому

      @@js2010ish but equally as stupid

    • @sygmasteve
      @sygmasteve 3 місяці тому

      you know who else hates New York? Everybody who lives there

  • @thorium222
    @thorium222 13 років тому +2

    You know, every time I see an Onion clip it is the best ever!

  • @jxsilicon9
    @jxsilicon9 11 років тому +82

    LMAO!!"Through an inlet pump sub-station". Giving them instructions on what to attack.

  • @AltayHunter
    @AltayHunter 16 років тому +32

    "The message of course is what I love. And I do think that maybe if everybody in New York was killed it would bring the country together."
    LOL!

    • @Smooth_Operator
      @Smooth_Operator 2 роки тому +3

      damn, 14 years ago that's a long time ago

  • @papelpapi
    @papelpapi 15 років тому +13

    I enjoy that Wayne McMurtry's album is called "Drunk Driving the Tractor". Oh, the South.

  • @Fendertastic
    @Fendertastic 15 років тому +13

    Im a big Onion fan, but I hope to god there isn't an unguarded water valve at 45th and 9th...

  • @UncleFexxer
    @UncleFexxer 15 років тому +96

    "In Fountain City, WI, lecture on voting teaches students that 1/300,000,000th of America's future is in their hands"
    LOL I love the Onion News Network... you have to watch each segment again with the sound off so you can read the ticker going underneath... it's like getting two videos from every segment

    • @isveryniceyes
      @isveryniceyes Рік тому +8

      Hey, I know you posted this more than a decade ago but I'm rewatching these and this comment is a nostalgia blast. I felt the same way when I watched this in 2011 and I would have totally replied to it then too lmao

    • @luismoref
      @luismoref Рік тому +2

      I always watch again.. sometimes it is even funnier

  • @Enthos2
    @Enthos2 13 років тому +14

    wow this doesn't even sound any worse than most country music songs I've heard.

  • @monke7156
    @monke7156 3 роки тому +17

    That electric guitar solo on an acoustic guitar really shows the musical prowess of these stars

  • @avocadomonkey4892
    @avocadomonkey4892 6 місяців тому +4

    How could this story been broadcast without commentary by Al-Qaeda terrorism commentator, Mr. Al Farooq? He has already demonstrated his art criticism expertise with an alternative design to the Twin Towers memorial. His insights are deeply missed.

  • @spurdosparde8197
    @spurdosparde8197 3 роки тому +1

    just when i thought ive seen all onion videos, i find one that i havent seen yet

  • @mediocreman2
    @mediocreman2 9 місяців тому +5

    The song needs to be updated to include California. 😅

    • @RuthvenMurgatroyd
      @RuthvenMurgatroyd 8 місяців тому +3

      Uhhh...you realize that there would have to be a terrorist attack rivaling 9/11 in California first for that to work, right? 👀

  • @TheThescroll
    @TheThescroll 15 років тому +8

    How true. At first they seem insanely mad and therefore funny, but the farther you go, the more people you see actually embroiled in arguing about it and the more you get angry and saddened at seeing it.

  • @SamsarasArt
    @SamsarasArt Рік тому +4

    Jason Aldean: "Write that down. *WRITE THAT DOWN!!!* "

  • @TheRealMake-Make
    @TheRealMake-Make 16 років тому +22

    "Good song ruined by Christian message!" Wonderful! God Bless the Onion in all its truthiness!

  • @qoyote
    @qoyote 3 роки тому +5

    "New handheld video device lets users watch ads anywhere"

  • @ladyvincenza
    @ladyvincenza 13 років тому +12

    I like the advice about the water supply. Very helpful:)

  • @randyrrandelson6444
    @randyrrandelson6444 2 роки тому +4

    Another piece that shows The Onion is clairvoyant - 2021.

    • @Rafael57YT
      @Rafael57YT 2 роки тому

      Did the water supply actually get poisoned?

    • @fredthomas4476
      @fredthomas4476 2 місяці тому

      @@Rafael57YT Yep, but in Flint, Michigan.

  • @AnwarPetty
    @AnwarPetty 15 років тому +6

    NAILED IT!
    the onion is the best.

  • @CzolgoszWorkinMan
    @CzolgoszWorkinMan Рік тому +13

    this and the “only country where this kind of thing happens” articles are unmatched

  • @ruinnerpeace9049
    @ruinnerpeace9049 10 років тому +72

    Is there actually a full version available somewhere? I couldn't find it.

    • @gummy445
      @gummy445 9 років тому +16

      Here's the link: grooveshark.com/#!/s/Go+Ahead+Bomb+New+York+By+Bomb+New+York/kkbs9?src=5

    • @elysiankentarchy1531
      @elysiankentarchy1531 8 років тому +3

      For some reason gummy44's response wasn't showing on my end so apologies for that. :)

    • @mranderson6983
      @mranderson6983 7 років тому +2

      I"ve got one in my attic somewhere. Maybe I'll pirate it for you.

    • @Paelorian
      @Paelorian 6 років тому +3

      Find the page with the video on Onion.com, it has a link to a full MP3.

    • @hellishcyberdemon7112
      @hellishcyberdemon7112 5 років тому +3

      the link is gone can someone host it on mediafire or mega please

  • @efilwv1635
    @efilwv1635 4 роки тому +11

    My thoughts exactly when Toby Keith profited from the pain of others by releasing Courtesy Of The Red, White, and Blue.

    • @ed9492
      @ed9492 3 роки тому +4

      Profits or not, that's actually a pretty good song.

    • @Hank_Poole
      @Hank_Poole 3 роки тому +2

      No one profited more than the U.S Government for 9/11

    • @chinookh4713
      @chinookh4713 Рік тому +2

      Its a good song my grandpa an FDNY battalion chief like his music, and he was a FDNY captain during 9/11. It's silly to say this stuff honestly people profit off disasters all the time

  • @boogermcfarland1776
    @boogermcfarland1776 4 роки тому +11

    I join this movement. Bring it on! We ain’t afraid of y’all destroying NYC🤠cause we know we’re stronger💪💪💪😤😤😤

  • @mh3
    @mh3 13 років тому +4

    -- "Like the fourth of July"...

  • @dante224real1
    @dante224real1 Рік тому +12

    this satire is kind of god tier

  • @fragglet
    @fragglet 8 місяців тому +3

    In all honesty if this didn't have have the ONN logo on the screen I would have completely believed it was a real news report

  • @robertjensen1048
    @robertjensen1048 9 місяців тому +6

    This is a sentiment most Americans could get behind.

  • @CrazedSquirrel
    @CrazedSquirrel 15 років тому

    Your wit and sarcasm is unmatched.

  • @hailmary7283
    @hailmary7283 14 років тому +3

    LOL the guys album is drunk drivin the tractor.

  • @whatthefuck519
    @whatthefuck519 11 місяців тому

    being from abroad, I can say this song really resonates with me.

  • @FFFan3445
    @FFFan3445 15 років тому +9

    I'd buy the CD multiple times. One for each member of my family...

  • @Rootiga
    @Rootiga Рік тому +3

    I was hoping to see Omar Al Faruq again, what a shame

  • @AnalRampage
    @AnalRampage 4 роки тому +1

    Petition to release the full music video

  • @DysfunctionallyControlled
    @DysfunctionallyControlled 9 місяців тому +1

    It's weird to think that when this video was posted on UA-cam it was a little over 6 years since 9/11, now it's over 15 years since this video was posted.

  • @Ds07777
    @Ds07777 2 роки тому +1

    These are so incredible

  • @fbgjovi
    @fbgjovi 2 роки тому +2

    good timing

  • @paerarru
    @paerarru 16 років тому +8

    Light up the New York sky... like the 4th of July~!
    I lurv that song. :D

  • @WastedRevolution
    @WastedRevolution 15 років тому +1

    love it!

  • @TheAlcoholic27
    @TheAlcoholic27 Рік тому +2

    I strongly agree with this message.

  • @partya11night20
    @partya11night20 15 років тому

    So very brilliant!

  • @_victorjames_
    @_victorjames_ 5 років тому +2

    This feels like those Live Aid songs

  • @XRISSX77
    @XRISSX77 15 років тому

    Ya know what your right. Landoverbaptist has a whole section devoted to it. and Its good stuff

  • @ThriceTh3Airsoft
    @ThriceTh3Airsoft 12 років тому +1

    Where can I get a download of this song?

  • @JM_Tushe
    @JM_Tushe Рік тому +5

    1:08 How brave! This what our great America should aim to be! 🙏

  • @bananatec2910
    @bananatec2910 Рік тому +1

    On ITunes when?

  • @lozovac
    @lozovac Рік тому

    This stuff is gold

  • @HumanAnalyst257
    @HumanAnalyst257 Рік тому +4

    This aged too well...

  • @European1123
    @European1123 14 років тому +6

    "it's good to see people coming together for a common cause" xD LMFAO

  • @clabeauxdave8709
    @clabeauxdave8709 2 роки тому +1

    I’m surprised The Onion hasn’t been canceled yet

  • @maazkalim
    @maazkalim 2 роки тому

    My, goodness!
    How..
    Rigorously honest it is!

  • @Strikerklm96
    @Strikerklm96 13 років тому +2

    0:29 Drunk Drivin' The Tractor
    Good country title

  • @Demiglitch
    @Demiglitch 4 роки тому +4

    THROUGH AN INLET PUMP SUBSTATION

  • @HandlelessTML
    @HandlelessTML 4 роки тому

    I live in NYC and I agree.

  • @ut2k4wikichici
    @ut2k4wikichici Рік тому

    Old onion is kino its like idiocracy but irl

  • @Chironex_Fleckeri
    @Chironex_Fleckeri 15 років тому +1

    Rofl, this is great news because it's not just like every other spoof, you actually gotta think on some. XD

  • @razilla1
    @razilla1 15 років тому

    0:38 seconds, in the news scroll at the bottom, "Audit finds over half of John McCain's campaign contributions based on him completing dares."

  • @Enkan666
    @Enkan666 12 років тому +1

    Lemmy started doing Country?

  • @kaushalsuvarna5156
    @kaushalsuvarna5156 2 роки тому +3

    Senator votes no confidence in anything 😅

  • @danforbes4513
    @danforbes4513 3 роки тому +2

    i got 3x of his cd's one for my truck one for my shack one i dug in my back yard just in case al qaeda find my other two cd's

  • @lieuweb5877
    @lieuweb5877 6 років тому

    Anyone still got this song, cant find it anywhere.

    • @Voy2378
      @Voy2378 5 років тому +2

      web.archive.org/web/20120312023052/videos.theonion.com/music/Bomb_New_York.mp3

  • @youguyslikekof9976
    @youguyslikekof9976 2 роки тому +4

    i’ve listened to enough country music to say this is accurate

  • @KirbiesandYoshies
    @KirbiesandYoshies 14 років тому +2

    1:06 At the bottom reads "Good song ruined by Christian message". LMAO.

  • @VivaLaJunkpile
    @VivaLaJunkpile 15 років тому +2

    "In Bethesda, MD, seven mangled in freak mangling accident."
    xD

  • @GroudFrank
    @GroudFrank 14 років тому +2

    Man," Nice try Osama" ..Woman," mhm" ..Man, "um...maybe you should try again.I dare ya" lol

  • @MAMP
    @MAMP 3 місяці тому +1

    "drunk drivin' the tractor" :D

  • @nihongofan
    @nihongofan 15 років тому +2

    1:46 lawl "though witch you could introduce hemoragic fever toxins into he municable water supply" ROFLCOPTERS!

  • @Sevencoins7
    @Sevencoins7 3 роки тому +2

    “Bring it in Osama!” 😂😂😂

  • @Milkbutter
    @Milkbutter 4 роки тому

    1:09 the ticket message was about the future without AdBlock.

  • @X-Bones
    @X-Bones Рік тому

    Toby Kieth is watching this and taking notes.

  • @aramanx
    @aramanx 16 років тому

    Put the full song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @constantobjects
    @constantobjects Місяць тому +1

    These older clips are way funnier than the new crap on this channel

  • @Nickt121111
    @Nickt121111 12 років тому

    i loved showng this today (9/11) to all my friends :P

  • @shawnburnham1
    @shawnburnham1 5 років тому +1

    there hearts in the right place

  • @MEGABOINK65
    @MEGABOINK65 13 років тому +7

    LMAO as a new yorker, this is funny as hell!

    • @smoldream2908
      @smoldream2908 Рік тому

      Did you find it funny when the skies of NYC were lit up in red, right before the entire state ceased to exist? Are your currently charred remains having fun? Do you still live in that irradiated wasteland people used to call “New York”, laughing about this video?