Music and Politics and Folk Music
Sep. 26th, 2005 11:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redfiona99Watched the first part of a two part Arena on Bob Dylan and much as I loved it (there was Dylan and Joan Baez and Pete Seeger and Peter, Paul and Mary and the usual.) it left me feeling depressed. Where are the musicians standing up and saying the present war is fucked up beyond belief.
I'm getting Green Day and that's about it.
And the worst of it, Green Day are getting flack because coming out and stating their views is selling out because no pop-punk band is allowed to be serious. (Also serious hugs and kisses for Bon Jovi for doing their thing and Kanye West, whatever his affiliations, for speaking his mind.)
I realise you've got all the bands who did the Live8 thing, except, really, what did it accomplish? (Is well aware of the stick I'll get for that opinion)
At this point may I state my undying love for Pete Seeger and Joan Baez. 'Cause it might just show that the first song about love written in the last century that I heard was "It ain't me babe". It, and my Mum's opinion which is much the same, may have had some effect on my opinion on marriage.
That's part of the problem, for me folk music is soul music, in the sense that it's the music of my soul.
Example - the folk nomination for this year's Mercurys was a young West Country (Dartmoor to be exact) singer/violinist called Seth Lakeman, and he played the title track of his album "Kitty Jay" and I knew it. I'd never heard it (or him) before, it wasn't a tune I knew but I knew it in my heart like I knew my name.
And I know that sounds insane.
BTW - I must recommend said personage and his album, at least what I've heard of it.
And therefore, in rambling conclusion, if anyone has any politicised music recs, or decent folk recs I'd be mightily obliged.
I'm getting Green Day and that's about it.
And the worst of it, Green Day are getting flack because coming out and stating their views is selling out because no pop-punk band is allowed to be serious. (Also serious hugs and kisses for Bon Jovi for doing their thing and Kanye West, whatever his affiliations, for speaking his mind.)
I realise you've got all the bands who did the Live8 thing, except, really, what did it accomplish? (Is well aware of the stick I'll get for that opinion)
At this point may I state my undying love for Pete Seeger and Joan Baez. 'Cause it might just show that the first song about love written in the last century that I heard was "It ain't me babe". It, and my Mum's opinion which is much the same, may have had some effect on my opinion on marriage.
That's part of the problem, for me folk music is soul music, in the sense that it's the music of my soul.
Example - the folk nomination for this year's Mercurys was a young West Country (Dartmoor to be exact) singer/violinist called Seth Lakeman, and he played the title track of his album "Kitty Jay" and I knew it. I'd never heard it (or him) before, it wasn't a tune I knew but I knew it in my heart like I knew my name.
And I know that sounds insane.
BTW - I must recommend said personage and his album, at least what I've heard of it.
And therefore, in rambling conclusion, if anyone has any politicised music recs, or decent folk recs I'd be mightily obliged.
