Just like you and I, even the most famous musical artists have opinions about the men who run our country. Whether they have positive or negative thoughts about our presidents, artists don't hold back what they have to say. And even better, they say it in musical form. In 2006, Neil Young made a protest song against President Bush titled "Let's Impeach The President." In the song he points out many of the things Bush has done to hurt the people and the country he is supposed to represent.
However, not all music written about politics is negative. When it came close to election time last year, many artists composed songs to support their favorite candidate. The video below is of a song by Raphael Saadiq and C.J. Hilton, "Young Politics," supporting President Obama during his campaign.
Musical protests, expecially those concerning elections, are great because they are heard by so many people. Music often leads listeners to look more into the meaning of the lyrics, which may even result in a change of opinion about the person. And finally, music is heard EVERYWHERE and songs are never just played one time. Songs get played over and over and are heard by someone new everyday. Music is, in my opinion, one of the best ways to get a message out to the public.
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I wonder how many times anyone actually heard "Let's impeach the President" on the radio. Even the positive song "Young Politics" is that a big top 40 hit?
ReplyDelete'Lets Impeach The President' is off of an entire ALBUM of protest songs called 'Living With War'. Its interesting how this artist has chosen to display his political feelings so openly to actually have them become the subject matter of his material.
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