Acidus wrote:
] ] ] "If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your
] ] ] information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron
] ] ] than they are.
]
] This is the only thing Alice Cooper says that I agree with.
] He's assertion that musicians have no right to discuss
] politics is beyond stupid.
]
] Politics are one of the most important forces in music. CCR,
] Bob Dylan, the entrie Punk movement, The Doors Janis Joplin,
] Rage Against the Machine, Eminem, the list goes on and on. Now
] I agree a song entitled "Vote for Kerry" whose lyrics are
] nothing but "Vote for Kerry" is retarded.

The punk movement started out as an apolitical movement. The doors never wrote political songs and Jim Morrisson was a heartless conservative. Janis wasn't particularly political in her songs, either. Anyway, music and politics can go together well, but for God's sake, why do they simply support the democratic party line? Watching Lou Reed say in 2000 that he was supporting Clinton in spite of Al Gore's presence on the ticket turned my stomache. He said that Tipper Gore's pro-censorship activism was "water under the bridge." What a cop out! Zappa found out about Gore's presence as Clinton's running mate and commented that he would vote republican for the first time in his life in 1992. At least that guy had integrity and a free mind.
]
] In this day and age of 15 sec attention spans, music and song
] are a perfect medium for imforming the public about political
] issues.

Or we can let those with the 15 second attention spans be clueless, as they deserve to be. After all, when their devolution is done, they won't even be able to vote. They will be busy pumping gas and plowing fields. Keep voting in the hands of those who care about the land, not those who like John Cougar Mellencamp and the fucking Dixie Chicks. Shit, keep it out of the hands of any mindless monkeys that vote for elephants or asses.

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