Comments on: Question of the Week: What Place Does Politics Have In Music? http://rockcritics.com/2008/01/08/question-of-the-week-what-place-does-politics-have-in-music/ Thu, 17 May 2012 13:00:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: In the Blogs: Did you miss us edition at Paul Westerberg.net, a blog http://rockcritics.com/2008/01/08/question-of-the-week-what-place-does-politics-have-in-music/#comment-2147 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:37:31 +0000 http://rockcritics.com/2008/01/08/question-of-the-week-what-place-does-politics-have-in-music/#comment-2147 [...] Critics.com brings up the age old question do politics belong in music? [...]

]]> By: theresa k. http://rockcritics.com/2008/01/08/question-of-the-week-what-place-does-politics-have-in-music/#comment-2115 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:26:56 +0000 http://rockcritics.com/2008/01/08/question-of-the-week-what-place-does-politics-have-in-music/#comment-2115 This Machine Kills Fascists – with that taped on his guitar, Woody Guthrie opened a tap out of which Bob Dylan, The Clash and Billy Bragg would directly drink… music as agitprop… old as the hills…. troubadours, bards… The Bard (Shakespeare) and the Shakespeare, who’s in the alley (Dylan)… what place does politics have in music? its a topic – one so hot that it cannot be denied… a topic so polarizing that it MUST be dealt with in the vulgate… popular music.

With all due respect to Paul Westerberg… he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

]]> By: harold x http://rockcritics.com/2008/01/08/question-of-the-week-what-place-does-politics-have-in-music/#comment-2058 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:34:38 +0000 http://rockcritics.com/2008/01/08/question-of-the-week-what-place-does-politics-have-in-music/#comment-2058 All are and politics can be pretty well intertwined; to various degrees, of course, and depending on one’s definition of “art” and “politics.”

Doesn’t mean that a musician, piece or music, play, painting or whatever had to — say — endorse a candidate or try to start (or end) the Revolution; simply giving us another opinion or widened point of view can help galvanize or change opinion.

Hell, Beatles vs. Stones is a political argument as much as it musical.

]]> By: Janet : Connecticut http://rockcritics.com/2008/01/08/question-of-the-week-what-place-does-politics-have-in-music/#comment-2015 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:08:30 +0000 http://rockcritics.com/2008/01/08/question-of-the-week-what-place-does-politics-have-in-music/#comment-2015 As far as the question “What place does politics have in Music?” Answer: ALOT… Politics gives music writers plenty to write about – therefore lyrics to sing to. The ups & downs that politicians create in their lifetime give any musician a reason to wake up and go to work. Music, lyrics, creativity are all a part of a musicians world. When a politician promises peace, jobs, equality, health reform, social security … and nothing actually happens in the four years or 8 years as in the case of 2008 – Music can become an outlet for musicians to voice what the majority of the country feels. So, I wish you the reader peace – I am a music lover, writer, singer and watercolor artist and I love my freedom of speech.

]]> By: Politics » Question of the Week: What Place Does Politics Have In Music? http://rockcritics.com/2008/01/08/question-of-the-week-what-place-does-politics-have-in-music/#comment-2003 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:50:08 +0000 http://rockcritics.com/2008/01/08/question-of-the-week-what-place-does-politics-have-in-music/#comment-2003 [...] dnAR wrote an interesting post today here’s a quick excerpt [...]

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