Marsh family video about the Gisèle Pelicot rape case

I like the Marsh family generally - followed them since covid days - some songs are great, others not so, but I didn’t want to comment without listening to it.

….. It’s certainly not “light hearted” in anyway whatsoever if you listen.

As regards the language and sentiments, its lyrics don’t say anything thats not been said many times over and over on our own Pelicot thread never mind social media and mainstream media..

The song doesn’t name her, it describes how she wasn’t believed at first, then was, and it names the men, “calls them out”.

However - I do not think its a effective or well written or performed, very hastily written and not thought through enough, and would have been better not done.

Nevertheless, it's clearly in very poor taste to cash in on something like that.

I don’t think anyone should be singing about a situation like this singing should be a joyous event there is nothing joyous about most of their subjects
I don’t like it at all that the children are involved and brainwashed in a variety of controversial subjects
Nasty money grabbing, celebrity hungry parents dragging their children into their business

I too have never taken to the Marsh family, I think this is opportunistic, tasteless and downright thoughtless.

BlueBelle

I ve never liked them
I don’t like the way the children are indoctrinated to their ways of thinking
I haven’t heard the song but nothing about this case is light hearted and ts disgusting to make it seem so

I think they indoctrinated their children too and they make me feel quite uneasy.

This latest, if true, is a disgrace, truly vile and sickening.
Surely it must be fake information?
They could not be that crass.

Not fake you can easily watch it online
It’s pretty awful it doesn’t name her but there’s no doubt who they are signing about

No, don't think I'll bother. Don't want to add to their coffers.

Watching a song doesn't add money to their coffers.

They have their jobs and they have a number of people who subscribe to their channel.

They also have done considerable fund raising for charities. Their current one is their Christmas one for Save the Children.

Some songs are political satire, some about family life.

I listened once to the Marsh family, and thought they were awful.

Wyllow3

Watching a song doesn't add money to their coffers.

They have their jobs and they have a number of people who subscribe to their channel.

They also have done considerable fund raising for charities. Their current one is their Christmas one for Save the Children.

Some songs are political satire, some about family life.

I thought if you clicked on to listen to their songs they got revenue from the adverts.

I shan't be listening.
A step too far, Marsh family. They'd be best to withdraw it to avoid a backlash.

Wyllow3

Watching a song doesn't add money to their coffers.

They have their jobs and they have a number of people who subscribe to their channel.

They also have done considerable fund raising for charities. Their current one is their Christmas one for Save the Children.

Some songs are political satire, some about family life.

It's unforgivable, as far as I'm concerned.

Sorry I have no idea who the Marsh family are .! Am I missing something ?

I see the crass video is no longer available on You Tube. Thank goodness!!!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_Family

Definitely seem to be marmite material. I think this Christmas fund raiser for Save the children "Universal child"moving and appropriate

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0gcODAPNmk

Nope.
Gone off them altogether, sorry.

LittleToothill

Sorry I have no idea who the Marsh family are .! Am I missing something ?

They are a family who sing on social media, about issues which are currently news.

There are lots like them; less to do with social commentary, more about keeping themselves in the limelight, in my opinion.

Wyllow3

Watching a song doesn't add money to their coffers.

They have their jobs and they have a number of people who subscribe to their channel.

They also have done considerable fund raising for charities. Their current one is their Christmas one for Save the Children.

Some songs are political satire, some about family life.

Watching a song doesn't add money to their coffers.

Of course it does! Content creators get paid for the number of views they get. It may not be a huge amount per view but it adds up when they've got a large following. Advertisers place their advertisements before and during popular creators and the creators get paid for that. As I've said not huge amounts per item but when your views run to many thousands up to over one million on one of their videos then that adds up to not insignificant amounts.
They rushed this song out to capitalise on Gisèle Pelicot's bravery. Shame on them.

Watching aomething on YouTube which had adverts in, certainly,pays dividends to the channel owners.

Rosie51 is spot on! Every time someone watches a video like this - on YouTube, TikTok or whatever - it means more revenue for the content creators. It's literally the only reason they post stuff like this - the more 'clicks, the more likes, the more watches they get, the more the money rolls in.

I don't think for a moment they wanted to "Capitalise" on her bravery but to celebrate it and call out the perpetrators, but I agree it was ill thought out and am glad they have pulled it.

Yep.
Why else would anyone think they do all these songs and parodies?

Wyllow3

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_Family

Definitely seem to be marmite material. I think this Christmas fund raiser for Save the children "Universal child"moving and appropriate

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0gcODAPNmk

I wonder if Annie Lennox would be so quick to give her endorsement again, after the furore surrounding the Pelicot song.

Wyllow3

I don't think for a moment they wanted to "Capitalise" on her bravery but to celebrate it and call out the perpetrators, but I agree it was ill thought out and am glad they have pulled it.

They wanted to celebrate her bravery? Why then rush it out on a Thursday evening as they stated in the description of the video? If you wanted to honour someone you'd want a well thought out, well presented item. I don't buy it, I think they're crass opportunists. Why have they pulled the content from all the social media outlets they posted on, FaceBook, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube?

Because they are able to admit they made a big error of judgment.

Thank goodness.