There is unrest in the land.
Check the headlines. Turn on the
news. Things are not right, and the people are ticked.
How come, then, Rolling Stone’s 10 Best Protest Songs of All Time
has one song from 1992, one from 1975, and 8
songs from the 60’s? How come Dylan
gets on the list four times? Wait a
minute: that’s obvious.
OK, but how come half the
songs are about the Vietnam War? Like
nothing bad has gone down since? No,
that’s not true. Check the headlines.
Is the musical world in denial?
Is its collective head in the sand?
Why are we singing “I’m coming up so you better get this party started,”
when “there’s a battle outside and it’s raging?” I thought art was supposed to imitate life,
not avoid it.
Back over to you, Bob, I guess.
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