To sum up my summer blog, here are the winners of my Protest By Genre Blog Post Superlatives:
Most Inspirational Message: Black Eyed Peas, Where is the Love?
Most Inspirational Video: Toby Keith, American Soldier
Most Entertaining Video: Ben Folds, Rockin’ the Suburbs
Most Aggravating: Tupac, Changes
Most blissfully ignorant: Brooks and Dunn, Only in America
Most pointed Political Attack: Darryl Worley, Keep the Change
Most pointed Political Attack: Darryl Worley, Keep the Change
Most unsettling political approach: Eminem, White America
Most relatable to my own political views: Justin Bieber, Pray
Most popular view among my generation: John Mayer, Waiting on the World to Change
At the start of the summer, I decided to attack our overwhelmingly broad topics – music and politics – by smaller, more manageable pieces. Looking at examples from within specific music genres, I gathered material to compare and contrast about diverse political opinions among corresponding social groups. Although I didn’t specifically intend to, I focused on music that is from our current era – all things that I remember from my own lifetime. In the end I was left with the lingering question, what can you do? What is the best way to make a difference? I still don’t have the answer. I don’t think any genre has a foolproof political approach. Like most things in life, each genre has it’s own political pro’s and con’s, it’s similarities and differences. And, each has its outliers as well: the ones that break the stereotype. What’s most important is that we have the freedom to do and say whatever we like, even about the government. That is a real blessing.
At the start of the summer, I decided to attack our overwhelmingly broad topics – music and politics – by smaller, more manageable pieces. Looking at examples from within specific music genres, I gathered material to compare and contrast about diverse political opinions among corresponding social groups. Although I didn’t specifically intend to, I focused on music that is from our current era – all things that I remember from my own lifetime. In the end I was left with the lingering question, what can you do? What is the best way to make a difference? I still don’t have the answer. I don’t think any genre has a foolproof political approach. Like most things in life, each genre has it’s own political pro’s and con’s, it’s similarities and differences. And, each has its outliers as well: the ones that break the stereotype. What’s most important is that we have the freedom to do and say whatever we like, even about the government. That is a real blessing.
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