OT Rant: Music
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OT Rant: Music
| Tue, 06-28-2005 - 3:08pm |
I know not many of you listen to country music, but maybe this applies to rock music as well.
It bugs me that so many songs have come out in the past two years or so about war.

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It doesn't really bother me.... I think sometimes I forget that a war is even going on. I wake up in the morning, have a nice hot shower with some great smelling shampoo, cook breakfast or buy it on the way to work - whatever I feel like eating, then I get to work, sit behind a computer for 8 hours, even get to go to lunch with friends or to the mall on my lunch break, then get back in my car, drive home, make dinner, chat w/ friends, watch TV..... and then start the day over again.
Then I'll hear a song on the radio or see images of soldiers on TV and remember - I get to do all this because they are out there doing all that for me. The song, the show - sure someone's making money off of it because that's life - but it is also reminding me of what's going on out there. It keeps me aware. And sometimes it's a much more beautiful medium than the reminders you get on CNN.
People do do it all the time.
Maybe the "more beautiful medium" is also a problem.
Yowsa! People on this board get supersensitive about other opinions! Just an opinion!! :)
I certainly did not say it was okay - it is just my opinion. And I don't believe all songs written about war glorify death. I mean - wasn't the National Anthem written about war? We're a country of free speech so if people want to write song, make shows, whatever - it's going to happen.
My sister is in the armed forces and her going to war scares me more than the profits of a song. You have to remember too that there are a lot of good people who take the profits from the music and donate it.
Elton John wrote "Goodbye England's Rose" for Princess Diana and donated the proceeds to her causes. It's nice to see that someone besides the already wealthy artist benefits.
"Operation Homecoming" (the TLC show) is something that I really like to watch. I think that it humanizes the people that we send off to harm's way. I feel that it is important to remember why we are at war and what the human costs of war are.
Aside from the fact that I think that TV, movies, music, etc. can bring home a situation that I would not otherwise experience, I think that there is great emotion in war. Some artists draw inspiration from the challenges facing us as a society and I don't see anything wrong with that.
I do get a bit annoyed sometimes but generally it doesn't bother me. Politicians are the same way. If I got mad every time one of them exploited 9/11 for political gain, I wouldn't have a sane moment.
I think you took my tone completely differently than I meant it.
The show doesn't bother me so much because it seems more personal.
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