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>From: Per Boysen <per@boysen.se> >Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >To: Loopers <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> >Subject: Re: music and freedom >Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2003 21:10:50 +0100 > >On 03-11-09 19.51, "Robin Haas" <rob@robinhaas.com> wrote: > > > http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031109/D7UN3AM00.html > > > > I certainly realise this is not a political email forum, but I could >not >help > > but relate the above short article on someone in Hungry stating that >rock > > music (and presumably other forms of music) helped bring down >communism >(or > > repression of thinking from their viewpoint). > > > > Music has a way of bringing freedom of thought to the listner, by its >freedom > > of personal expression by the performer. Sub and unconsiously, music >appeals > > to an individual finding other starting points to what may be their own > > limited thinking. In this time of a curtailment of freedoms, music has >in > > important service to perform in helping people to keep the faith in >their own > > liberated spirit.... Music is a great metaphor for freedom and >creativity. > > Rock on, loop on, sound on, etc!!!! > > >I was just going to write something like "Yes, definitely - but music can >also imprison the listener into the most rigid and sinister form of >conservatism"... But then I had a second thought and wasn't so sure any >more. I know the feeling by instinct but exactly WHAT is it that makes >great >music great? I guess it's more about attitude and expression than about >musical styles? But one thing I know for sure is that great music always >tends to turn out subversive in a political sense. > >Looking forward to see what others have to say in this thread :-) > >-- >Best wishes > >Per Boysen >www.boysen.se >Well great music may be subversive, but usually it is the way it's used >that is subversive,take Hitler's use of Wagner to give a soundtrack to >his >exploits, or take our own prezBUSH, who like his mentor Hitler(Hitler's >rise to power was financially backed by GW Bush's grandfather ,Prescott >Bush ,before the US courts seized the business,ironically the profits of >the factories backed by Bush and worked to death by Jewish slaves,were >given back to Bush at the end of the war,making it easy to support Bush >the1st as well as Bush the 2nd's rise to power.Too bad Hitler didn't have >a >son or he might be running for US prez w/Bush support!!)Bush used rock >songs to give some semblance of populist support to his >Military-Industrial >Complex financed campaign, before Springsteen complained(they didn't ask >him for usage rights). Even manuel noriega was assaulted by heavy metal >music by US special forces in an attempt to drive him out of his hiding >place, yeah the brains behind the lies of our current political reality >may >be ad agencies,and even if they aren't right wing, born again,nazi loving >dictators like Bush, they still have BAD taste in music,we can smell it >from a distance, I only hope the future slaves of the world can smell it >before it's too late!!..RR _________________________________________________________________ Is your computer infected with a virus? Find out with a FREE computer virus scan from McAfee. Take the FreeScan now! http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963