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Originally Posted by Genteel Death
They were out and about before 9/11, thriving on the feelings that produce all the things you've listed above.
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Thats what i was saying, apologies if i didnt make that clear.
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Originally Posted by Genteel Death
What didn't make them stand out from the crowd is that they joined the chorus of disapproval for the war in Iraq so fervently, and impotently, as the crowds that marched on the streets in protest for it, when they could have used their platform to engage in various (and specific, since political banter embraces so many topics you need to specialise at least in one to gain a respectable reputation as a political band, it seems) issues of the day.
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You must spread some reputation around etc.
There was a colossal failure in political music during that era because people didnt know who they were supposed to support. When you live in a relatively free society its hard to pretend that your ideas are suppressed by the government. And at the same time Iraqi and Iranian secularists and trade unionists didnt get the support of Billy Bragg or Godspeed because they were too busy being pissed off with George W Bush (even if its implicit in the case of the various GYBE projects).