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Haven't you noticed that there hardly seems to be any political songs realesed. I may have two theories for the reason why this isn't happening anymore:

- We all live in a sueing society. You could get sued for anything. In Britain, you're not allowed to protest in front of Number 10 Downing Street about issues. Apparently in America, if you say something that would offend President George Bush, he can sue you. The prime minister in our country is messing it all up. Yet he is not listening to our voice. And that maybe because we live in a sueing society that we're scared of getting sued by the government so therefore we should keep quiet in order to stay safe.


- Maybe there aren't too many political issues to talk about. But I very much doubt that if you watch the news on TV or read the newspaper all the time.

The point is in the 1960's, there were tons of political songs being protested about. But it seems we're not doing it anymore because of the fear that we maybe punished for speaking out our opinions. Okay, some societies maybe better than others, but if we don't say what's wrong, then the problems are gonna keep going on until we can't do anything about it.



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A big thing in the 1960's, at least in America, was the Vietnam war, which was largely protested by the youth because of the draft that came with it. And since the youth also controlled a lot of the music, I think that's where your more politically charged songs came in.


Really I think the fundamental difference between the 1960's and now as to why there's not as many political music is because there was a draft then, and now there's not.


I'm tending to notice now, though, that there's a new uprising in a musical political movement, particularly against Bush and the Iraq war. (Linkin Park, Green Day, Fleetwood Mac, Otep, Dream Theater, Nine Inch Nails, Iron Maiden, U2, the list goes on.)

I wouldn't really say it's on a down low because it's the 'suing age'. While the caps on free speech can still be pretty ridiculous nowadays, it was largely the same if not worse in the 60s. I mean, that was just a few years after the McCarthy era and the Red Scare.


-- Edited by Dragon Wing at 17:33, 2008-05-15

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