@bdp24 Thankyou for that rather unusual response.

@bdp24 I like what Dylan years ago said: "It’s not left or right, it’s up or down."

I don’t agree entirely with this sentiment, but that’s irrelevant - I know very similar words were well known to be attributed to President Reagan.

Quite odd, in the circumstances.  Think.

edit - here it is (excuse formatting, a copy and paste)-

“You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man’s age-old dream -- the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order --or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. Regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would sacrifice freedom for security have embarked on this downward path.”

@bondmanp Looking to entertainers for serious thoughts on political issues is like asking your accountant how to fix your boiler. 

Quite so. 

Carefully worded to include all manner of superficial vox pop by artists (broadly defined), despite their disciples cringing enthusiasm over their relentless superficial dribble.

If present-day Russia claims, for example, Tchaikovsky as a "national treasure", then under present circumstances it makes sense not to perform him at the moment. 

And what exactly would that achieve?

@jssmith While I pay little attention to lyrics, they do seem to have an effect on some people. The young and undeveloped seem particularly susceptible to musical propaganda.

This once happened to me in my youth with songs that were backmasked.

In hindsight it wasn’t so much the music that was the source of the propoganda but those who promoted the fine time-wasting art of backmasking.