We Almost Lost Detroit- Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Music Video

**I <3 DET** · August-30-12, 06:44 PM

I don't know if it has been mentioned yet on this site, but the famous song originally by Gil Scott-Heron, We Almost Lost Detroit, was remade by a local band called Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. back in 2011.

They uploaded a music video to YouTube on April 4th of this year for their remake. If you haven't seen it watch here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh0WOhbGlvk

It's a very unique music video showing the diversity of local Detroiters in the Downtown/Midtown/Corktown areas.

What are your thoughts?

**Scottathew** · August-30-12, 06:50 PM

Very cool music video. Not my kind of music, but I still enjoyed it. I loved all the scenes and real people.

**Detroitnerd** · August-31-12, 09:07 AM

Somebody wrap Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. in a huge cellophane award for Most Overrated Band and dump them in the Detroit River.

**Wheels** · August-31-12, 09:36 AM

Thats so 2011.

**EastsideAl** · August-31-12, 04:46 PM

The song is, of course, about the 1966 partial meltdown at the Enrico Fermi 1 nuclear plant. The title comes from the 1975 book about the incident.

**Detroitnerd** · August-31-12, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by EastsideAl

The song is, of course, about the 1966 partial meltdown at the Enrico Fermi 1 nuclear plant. The title comes from the 1975 book about the incident.

I don't think that was in their Hipstery books...

**One Shot** · September-03-12, 12:19 AM

Back in 2011?

**Downriviera** · September-03-12, 08:20 PM

I like their version of the song, but nowhere near as much as the original. As for the video, always nice to see Detroit clips. However, when will the MTV style 2 second image clips be over with? I guess attention spans are still short these days.