Posted June 7, 200619 yr Should politics and music mix in 2006? Richard Archer thinks yes. Preston thinks no. how about you?
June 7, 200619 yr It's a bit of a double-edged sword this one - when a band puts out an album with a political conscience eg, Green Day (American Idiot), System of a Down (erm, just about all their albums....LOL), Ministry ("NWO", "Houses of the Mole" and the extremely angry Bush-baiting "Rio Grande Blood") the results can be pretty impressive, and there is no doubt that the "Rock the Vote" campaign in '92 contributed greatly in ridding the world of Bush Sr.... But - then you get patronising, finger wagging w/ankers like Sting, Bono and Chris Martin, who really irritate the fukk out of me with their Messianic tendencies. Particularly Sting, who insisted on hauling this poor guy from the Amazon rainforests around all over the shop with him.... Surprised the poor sod didn't die from all the ruddy pollution from cities such as London, as well as the risk of exposing him to christ knows how many air born diseases and viruses that his immune system probably wouldn't be able to handle because they don't bloody exist in the jungle.... <_<
June 7, 200619 yr Yeah nothing annoys me more that musicians using politics for PR purposes Take Live 8 yeah some of the music was good but those type of concerts are nothing more than to generate more album sales for the artists, they couldn't care less about Africa but coming across as compassionate and caring boosts record sales At Live 8 the "stars" were drinking the finest quality wines and champagnes and eating stuff like truffles and lobster (I know someone involved in the catering industry and she told me that Live 8 backstage was an orgy of gluttony and excess while the artists had the nerve to go on stage preaching how we should all be caring about Africa and the starving millions :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Several cases of £200+ a bottle wines and champagnes were drunk backstage so the stars themselves don't give a **** about Africa and starvation, what they ate and drank at Live 8 cost wise would have kept a Sudanese village in food for months :rolleyes: OK this is very off topic lol but I just hate singers who pretend they care when infact they don't
June 7, 200619 yr Yeah nothing annoys me more that musicians using politics for PR purposes Take Live 8 yeah some of the music was good but those type of concerts are nothing more than to generate more album sales for the artists, they couldn't care less about Africa but coming across as compassionate and caring boosts record sales At Live 8 the "stars" were drinking the finest quality wines and champagnes and eating stuff like truffles and lobster (I know someone involved in the catering industry and she told me that Live 8 backstage was an orgy of gluttony and excess while the artists had the nerve to go on stage preaching how we should all be caring about Africa and the starving millions :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Several cases of £200+ a bottle wines and champagnes were drunk backstage so the stars themselves don't give a **** about Africa and starvation, what they ate and drank at Live 8 cost wise would have kept a Sudanese village in food for months :rolleyes: OK this is very off topic lol but I just hate singers who pretend they care when infact they don't Spot on. I mean just how many of these 'artistes' actually showed any scrap of a political or social conscience in their actual material. Pete Doherty? Mariah fukkin' Carey? Yeah, real heavyweights in the political/social conscience arenas I must say...... The thing that probably irritated me most about "Live 8" was the fact that there was precious few actual African artists involved on the day. Why were there no stages for African talent to be displayed...? The bloody thing was supposed to be to raise awareness of the situation in Africa after all.... Your appraisal of the backstage excess just shows that there was precious little of the humility that these over-indulged tossers should have been showing..... <_<
June 8, 200619 yr I agree, it's too... 80's. No one takes celebrities seriously anymore. We've seen too many episodes of "Cribs" to be fooled. One thing I did enjoy was a story my friend told me about a U2 concert she went to last year. Bono promised to digitally display the names of audience members on a huge banner behind the stage. All you had to do was text your name to some number and he said "the only catch is that we charge you $1 to... go to whatever the hell charity I'm supporting this week!" Edited June 8, 200619 yr by Consie
June 8, 200619 yr he said "the only catch is that we charge you $1 to... go to whatever the hell charity I'm supporting this week!" Oh yeah, Bono eh? Really committed isn't he.....? <_< Would that be the Bono Guinness Fund charity then....? :lol: :lol:
June 8, 200619 yr Bono needs all the exposure he can get these days.... hair dye's NOT cheap, you know.. ask Paul McCartney.....
June 8, 200619 yr Bono needs all the exposure he can get these days.... hair dye's NOT cheap, you know.. ask Paul McCartney..... Personally, I'd like to expose Bono to a lethal dose of radiation.... :lol: :lol:
June 8, 200619 yr Author Bono needs all the exposure he can get these days.... hair dye's NOT cheap, you know.. ask Paul McCartney..... however think you shouldnt use the words exposure and McCartney in such close proximity. dont want everyone to drift off topic into other more Germanic publishing ventures :lol: :lol:
June 8, 200619 yr You say Preston thinks no... That's completely wrong. The Man from The Ordinary Boys.. He says YES! Take the song On An Island... he ALWAYS without fail will do a little Anti-BNP rant beforehand. Also, he was recently on the South Politics Show giving his views on the homeless. I think politics in pop is good as it gets people who wouldnt switch on the news aware of issues that they couldnt care less about.
June 10, 200619 yr Author Spot on. I mean just how many of these 'artistes' actually showed any scrap of a political or social conscience in their actual material. Pete Doherty? Mariah fukkin' Carey? Yeah, real heavyweights in the political/social conscience arenas I must say...... would Pete actually know where he was?
June 10, 200619 yr Author You say Preston thinks no... That's completely wrong. The Man from The Ordinary Boys.. He says YES! page 23 of uncut. have a read in wh smiths. that what everyone else does (well except if you wanna buy it for the cd like i do :lol:)
June 11, 200619 yr It is a worldwide fact that Preston talks out of his bottom. Seriously, he does. More sh!t come out of that boy than a hungover football hooligan after a dogey curry the night before.
June 11, 200619 yr Author It is a worldwide fact that Preston talks out of his bottom. Seriously, he does. More sh!t come out of that boy than a hungover football hooligan after a dogey curry the night before. :lol: :lol:
June 11, 200619 yr Author It is a worldwide fact that Preston talks out of his bottom. so they are worldwide? didnt think celeb big brother uk would stretch that far!!!
June 11, 200619 yr Yeah nothing annoys me more that musicians using politics for PR purposes Take Live 8 yeah some of the music was good but those type of concerts are nothing more than to generate more album sales for the artists, they couldn't care less about Africa but coming across as compassionate and caring boosts record sales At Live 8 the "stars" were drinking the finest quality wines and champagnes and eating stuff like truffles and lobster (I know someone involved in the catering industry and she told me that Live 8 backstage was an orgy of gluttony and excess while the artists had the nerve to go on stage preaching how we should all be caring about Africa and the starving millions :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Several cases of £200+ a bottle wines and champagnes were drunk backstage so the stars themselves don't give a **** about Africa and starvation, what they ate and drank at Live 8 cost wise would have kept a Sudanese village in food for months :rolleyes: OK this is very off topic lol but I just hate singers who pretend they care when infact they don't Nothing surprises me!! Plus, if they cared that much, why ask Joe Public to give as much money as they can out of their pittences of wages when they go back to multi-million pound/dollar home/homes furnished to the highest standard probably on a personal jet or helicopter!!!! :rolleyes: And much as I think it's wonderful that people give so much to charity events in the hope of helping those less fortunate, it's going to get tho an over-saturation point where people get fed up with giving when the funds don't get through to where they're really needed, but wasted on administration, red tape and profiteers/racketeers! :angry:
June 11, 200619 yr No, i always think this is a disaster, for instance, George Michael and his terrible song, Shoot The Dog. if you're going to do a political song, at least try and make it decent!
June 11, 200619 yr Author No, i always think this is a disaster, for instance, George Michael and his terrible song, Shoot The Dog. if you're going to do a political song, at least try and make it decent! that's the one that had the animated video. that was quite funny for a moment
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