My 27 year old loves "Ohio". Though I get your point as to a hundred years from now. Beethoven changed his mind about Napoleon, but the inspiration cannot be overlooked. Idealism has its place. Our founders were looked upon as radical idealists with no hope of success. A printer, a silversmith, a brewer all "communists" in their day.. And thanks for keeping this thread mostly between the rails.
Politics and Music
The Trumpets of Jericho
Beethoven and Napoleon
Wagner and the Nazis
"Ohio" and the Vietnam War
"Imagine" and consumerism
The Dixie Chicks
Countless examples illustrate the intersection of Music and Politics. Jerry Garcia referenced his group as "just a dance band." Always pondered how we react to our choices of music. Divorce it entirely from the controversies of the day and merely enjoy the artistry or allow it to change the way in which we view the world. Transformative, escapism, nostalgia, intellectual profundity, cultural discovery. Large questions. Your thoughts?
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Musical problems deserve musical solutions and political problems deserve political solutions. Musicians at times may use politics, just as politicians at times use music This doesn’t make musicians experts in politics any more than it makes politicians experts in music. Now where’s that Nation of Ulysses album I was spinning last night? |
@scott22 With your opinion you will educate us on what he Trump did to be called a traitor ? 1.99 gal gas ? Closed the S. Border ? Tax Cuts for middle class ? Stop all wars with Peace around the World ? Record low unemployment for blacks & hispanics ! Please enlighten us with your reciepts on Treason ! Compare the puppet who cant put a couple sentences together oh and takes zero questions. Stomps on the Constitutional rights of Americans everyday ! Im sure waiting on your reciepts ! Happy Listening P.S Watch for all his reciepts ! Zero Watch what happens next to this post ? Blocked or taken down. |
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. But my thoughts are that there are probably no lyricists, or other types of celebrities, with the brainpower of a Thomas Sowell or Jordan Peterson, so people should definitely look elsewhere for their inspirations, political or otherwise. |
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. |
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