Political pop that could actually change the world

[imomus]

Eminem Mosh. He says 'Fuck Bush'. He says 'No more blood for oil'. He says 'Kerry on, give me hope'. He says 'Vote on November 2nd'. And the imagery in the video says a lot more. A message like this, from a star as big as Eminem, could actually change the outcome of the US election. Who says pop music is all neutered, spayed and tame? Who says that nothing anyone says makes a blind bit of difference? As brilliantly political as anything Bob Dylan did at the height of the 60s protest boom. Positively Brechtian.

Comments

[autokrater.livejournal.com]

woah..haven't heard that eminem song! that is pretty crazy. i doubt that it will change much though. i think people who have made up their minds to vote for bush will just scoff at it and not think otherwise. people who will vote for kerry will just be like "yeah fuck bush" but i don't think it will change. maybe among some young people it will..but only a few will actually go and research what kerry is about before voting for him.
that is the sad thing..many americans just seem like they want to be told who to vote for. and basically that is what celebrities and such have to do...i wish americans weren't so lazy. go look up everything you can about a candidate before you vote for them!!
i mean, saying stuff like "bush is straightforward in his choices,he is the man for the job so i am voting for him"..do you even fucking know what he is doing as president? did you grab that line off a campaign add?
and as for kerry, it's just as sad.
like i don't think half of the young people would be voting for kerry if they actually researched him. he voted for the war twice!and the fucking patriot act! but younger people are just like "oh well he didn't think the war would go bad, he didn't know"
it's war dude..it always goes bad.

oh man, i have ranted..sorry about this.

[hunchentoot.livejournal.com]

I wrote a letter to my Michigan senators before the vote on Iraq, and among other things I promised not to vote for anyone supporting the war resolution (Michigan's two senators voted against Bush's plan). When it comes down to voting for someone who helped pass it instead of someone who spearheaded the effort, though, I have to eat my words in order to get Bush out of there. To continue the theme of getting commentary from celebrities, Bill Maher on Larry King said something like: John Kerry is macaroni and cheese, but Bush is dirt and spit. Which one do you want to eat?

[stanleylieber.livejournal.com]

It's like the way the Geo Metro was the same car on the inside as a Toyota Corolla.