The jaded cynic may dismiss music videos as simply promotional vehicles to help a musician go viral and to increase their net worth. Even though that synopsis is often accurate, when done properly music videos can be elevated to a fine art, capable of making profound statements. With socially conscious music the visuals can also reinforce the lyrical impact. Here is […]
Learn more →When I complied the list of the 25 best albums of 2017, there were a few EPs I was seriously considering as well, but I ended up going exclusively with full length albums. So, here is a list of my top 5 EPs. Feel free to protest the list in your comments. 5: Bridges Not Walls – Billy Bragg The […]
Learn more →As far as protests go, this is pretty straight forward. Fiona Apple composed this chant for the Women March on Washington which took place on January 21st, 2017. “We don’t want your tiny hands anywhere near out underpants” just doesn’t apply to Trump and recent efforts to re-shine the light on the sexual allegations against him, but that refrain takes […]
Learn more →Later today there will be a Senate election in Alabama. The Republican nominee Roy Moore is not only an accused child molester, but he has a long history of promoting racist and homophobic behavior. One example was when asked by a black man during a September campaign rally when he thought that America was last great and he responded with: […]
Learn more →On October 10, 2017, Eminem performed an anti-Trump freestyle during the BET awards entitled “The Storm”. On December 7th, Eminem furthers attacks Trumps and tackles systemic racism in the polarizing “Untouchable”, the second single to his upcoming album, Revival. For those commenting on this supposed new-found “wokeness” and him suddenly becoming political, this isn’t his first foray into political commentary. For example, […]
Learn more →One of the better anti-Trump protest songs was written about Donald Trump’s father. It featured lyrics by the iconic folk singer Woody Guthrie, who died in 1967. During a two-year period starting in December 1950, Guthrie lived in an apartment owned by Fred Trump. In his journal, he wrote bitterly of Trump’s racist attitudes. One of the more biting entries […]
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