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A third of Americans agree with Trump that immigrants ‘poison the blood’ of US
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I was at a Ska show last night. They played a tRump ad about the border before the music. We almost left. Surreal, honestly, for the type of crowd I would expect.
Music and politics are super weird. Paul Ryan, former Republican speaker of the house, was an RATM fan until Tom Morello told him to fuck off. Ann Coulter is a massive Deadhead. So is Tucker Carlson. There's even a photo of Tucker hanging out with Jerry Garcia when he was in his 20s. The story is in an interview here if you can stomach it: https://www.maxraskin.com/interviews/interview-with-tucker-carlson
And then there's the musicians themselves- Johnny Ramone, Alice Cooper, Gene Simmons, all conservatives.
Music and right-wing politics are weird. I can't even begin to count how many bands were proudly anti-war in the 70s. Then there's the punk movement, which was highly critical of Reagan and Bush.
I guess music and a message of hope/protest works better than a message of oppression, especially when appealing to youth.
Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. is about a Vietnam veteran who has been fucked over by the country he came back to.
Reagan used it as part of his flag-waving "it's morning in America" bullshit because no one listened to the lyrics beyond "I was born in the U.S.A."
Yeah, it's like Trump playing CCR's Fortunate Son. Fogerty was pissed.
Some folks are born made to wave the flag Hoo, they're red, white and blue And when the band plays "Hail to the chief" Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord
It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no senator's son, son It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no furtunate one, no
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand Lord, don't they help themselves, Lord? But when the taxman come to the door Lord, the house lookin' like a rummage sale, yeah
It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no fortunate one, no
Yeah-yeah, some folks inherit star-spangled eyes Hoo, they send you down to war, Lord And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?" Hoo, they only answer, "More, more, more, more"
It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no military son, son, Lord It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no fortunate one, one
He also plays YMCA at the end of his rallies constantly. I guess his audience doesn't know what that song is about or who The Village People even were.
Dude, I have anxiety (/s) from some of the people I have heard blast this. Like....YOU ARE the FORTUNATE ONE......the square footage of your pool would beg to differ on the amount of oppression the system is hoisting upon you :)
Springsteen should allow them to use the song but without the music just the lyrics.
Yeah, I get it. I was really into Dead Kennedys and Jellos spoken words. The whole movement was anti-rayguns. It's just super weird. I imagine Paul Ryan is so dumb he didn't realize he was the forces in which we we were raging. Conservatives are not big on context. i.e. YMCA....
Nothing could keep me there.