Seems like you'll have a fairly limited musical universe if you avoid singers/songwriters with whom you disagree. jlm. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael vg" To: Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 1:14 PM Subject: Re: the peace loving people of North korea > > Don't forget REM. > > michael vg > > --- Sam Smith wrote: > >> Sarah Hutchinson wrote: >> > Just have to inject this comment - nothing turns me off a band or an >> > artist >> > more than when they start preaching politics. >> > >> > I used to love the Pernice Brothers, then listened to Joe Pernice talk >> > about >> > his political causes and views and started hearing it injected in his >> > music. >> > I just can't listen to it or support it. I can't trust that the hard >> > earned >> > dollars I spend on those CDs isn't going to go to some cause that I am >> > completely opposed to. >> While I understand your perspective here, your comments make me want to >> ask if you have any music by The Beatles or Dylan or U2. >> >> -- >> ___________________ >> Sam Smith, PhD >> >> mobile: 336.480.6179 >> skype: docsammy22 >> e-mail: sam@lullabypit.com >> web: http://www.lullabypit.com >> usps: 1805 Brantley St. >> Winston-Salem NC 27103 >> >> "...it's a lonesome thing to be passing small towns >> with the lights shining sideways when the night is down, >> or going in strange places with a dog nosing before you >> and a dog nosing behind, or drawn to the cities where >> you'd hear a voice kissing and talking deep love in every >> shadow of the ditch, and you passing on with an empty, >> hungry stomach failing from your heart." >> >> John Millington Synge >> >> >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >