September's Children

Rise Against, the band known for making a statement with every word out of their mouths has somewhat recently released the song, Make it Stop (September's Children). The song captivates the real life images we've all seen on the news of the children in high schools across the country who took their own lives after being bullied for being gay. The deaths of these kids affected the entire country and gave us a wake up call for something that is a major issue, bullying.
What better way to get a point across than through music. Rise Against has shown their support by releasing, Make It Stop with a music video to go along with it. If you haven't seen the video yet, definitely watch it asap. It shows how different students deal with being bullied for being gay/lesbian and how they turned to suicide but overcame it in the end. It's really a moving and kind of powerful (not trying to sound sappy).
The song itself I really like because it's a step away from "typical" Rise Against. If you listen carefully you can tell they've grown as a band and it makes me love them even more. They are the ones who can change people by screaming "this is what happens when people live with their eyes shut!" Rise Against once again shows us how to open ours eyes to see the bigger picture. Towards the end of the song the names of the teenagers who took their lives are announced with their ages. It gave me goosebumps the first time I heard it, that's when you know it's a good song.

Rise Against- Make it Stop (Septembers Children)..... 5 Stars (aka listen to it!)

Follow the link to the video :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP4clbHc4Xg&ob=av2e

Alright I'm out for the night! Enjoy the song let me know what you think!

-EG