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Originally Posted by shakermaker
I'm not going to accept that music and politics have no link for anyone anywhere.
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Music and politics have no links for most people in most places. All the garbage about music having the power to change things politically is just that - pure garbage. People form their political views because of the things they see around them in the real world, in their daily lives, in the news and through the views of people they come into contact with.
Certain pop stars promote the idea that music can change things politically because they have a hugely overinflated sense of their own importance. Ordinary people, including record buyers, are much too canny to buy into that particular myth!
Dylan's political songs make up a very small portion of his recorded work. The vast majority of his work is apolitical. The influence of his political songs can't have been that great, as the generation that grew up with them are no more - or less - left-wing or revolutionary than previous generations. And as for punk rock bands exerting a political influence, you are joking, aren't you? Take away the posturing radical chic of the Clash, Weller and a few others, and you're left with a bunch of nihilistic numpties with nary an original thought between them. Hardly the stuff of revolutions!