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Political Themes in Music
DIR By: Jason
Date: November 11, 2025, 10:28 pm
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I agree with Paul Simon's statement up to a point.
HTML https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/brutal-way-john-lennon-insulted-paul-simon/
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> Admittedly, Simon has never been the biggest fan of Lennon,
and in 1972, he told Rolling Stone about why he found ‘Power For
The People’ distasteful. He commented” “It’s a poor record, a
condescending record. Like all of these cliché phrases, they’re
dangerous. What does that mean — power to the people? And who is
he saying it to? Is he saying it to people who have any idea
what it means?”.
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How do you all feel about politics in music? I think it can be
cliche as Simon was quoted saying. However, though, unlike
Simon, I liked Lennon's post-Beatle stuff, but it can be "kind
of preachy" LOL.
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Re: Political Themes in Music
DIR By: Shawn
Date: November 12, 2025, 2:07 pm
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I try to avoid political stuff.
Most is very one-sided, biased, and more propaganda than
accuracy.
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Re: Political Themes in Music
DIR By: Jason
Date: November 27, 2025, 7:56 am
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I can separate the music from the politics. For instance, the
activism of Ted Nugent, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, James
Taylor, Eminem, Taylor Swift etc. doesn't affect my opinion of
the music.
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Re: Political Themes in Music
DIR By: Ashley
Date: November 27, 2025, 9:46 am
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> I can separate the music from the politics. For instance, the
activism of Ted Nugent, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, James
Taylor, Eminem, Taylor Swift etc. doesn't affect my opinion of
the music.
>
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Eminem was the first artist I thought of when reading this post.
Anyone else remember his song "White America"?
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Re: Political Themes in Music
DIR By: Jason
Date: November 27, 2025, 10:48 pm
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> Eminem was the first artist I thought of when reading this
post. Anyone else remember his song "White America"?
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No, but I know Eminem is left-wing.
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Re: Political Themes in Music
DIR By: Henry
Date: March 14, 2026, 7:12 am
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If the song is speaking against social injustice and not mainly
about a political party, then I am very okay with it. I am
always concerned with how some songs focus on just political
parties which ain't good.
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Re: Political Themes in Music
DIR By: Ashley
Date: March 14, 2026, 11:05 am
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> No, but I know Eminem is left-wing.
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I'm not posting a song with those kinds of lyrics here, but
check it out on YouTube when you get a spare chance. I think
he's kinda a dork myself, but check out the song and you'll see
why. I used to love this song in middle school, but, well, even
though I'm not huge on politics myself, let's just say the
lyrics give you a kind "what on earth?!" Feeling and it's
definitely not a song I'd listen to very much these days
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