It's tough. How do we try and oppose what we all know doesn't make sense
unless we take it out of the 'unspoken' and start to make it part of the
fabric of our lives? I suppose that includes our music too. (Not all of
it though, naturally.) It's hard to get political and remain musically
relevant or entertaining, but history is littered with great examples,
from 'The Message' to 'Shipbuilding' to 'Message To The Majors', the
list is huge. The trick seems to be to avoid that 'ick' factor, and make
the message essential to the musical point. Whether Herbert does that or
not is debatable.
Also, are his criticisms all that devastating? Perhaps to the
13-year-old who hasn't discovered Chomsky yet. Maybe that's partly what
some people (as adults) find annoying? Although saying that, it takes
courage to stand up and put your views on the table, and I applaud
Herbert for doing so. I don't think it can be ignored any longer.
Peace,
Andrew
Jason Brunton wrote:
I really can't be bothered with most of Herbert's musical output- it's
been a long time since I bought any of his records but I did see him
play at Sonar a year or two ago and was mildly amused by his live show.
I've definitelty got a bit of respect for his decision to bring "real
world" issues into the musical arena though and if you had paid to see
him you would almost certainly know that he would be "pushing his
opinions" at you- he's been pretty vocal (and articulate) about them for
quite some time now (possibly room for critisism based on "preaching to
the converted" I suppose but that would be churlish).
cheers
Jason
On 11 Jan 2004, at 22:05, /0 wrote:
its just my opinion.
I make music too, and I dont think I would feel right taking my time that
people had paid for to make them music to instead talk about politics.
its
just a difference in opinion :)
