Or you can just move the discussion to Fegmaniax, the Robyn Hitchcock
list--that's about all that goes on over there :)

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006, Sarah Hutchinson wrote:

> Actually, I do own records from both the Beatles and Bob Dylan. Though I am
> happy to report, I don't own anything by U2.
>
> While I recognize and understand that a lot of music is politically driven;
> what I don't like is knowing that dollars I spend on a record or CD are
> directly going to fund political parties and causes with which I am
> adamantly opposed. I love the Beatles, and I recognize that our political
> viewpoints are polar opposites. They are masters and deserve attention for
> reasons other than their political views, which I can look past and
> appreciate what their music did for music, not politics or the state of our
> world.
>
> I suppose I should have been clearer in my original email. I do not
> appreciate having to listen to bands or artists whine about how George Bush
> is bringing them down.
>
> I don't want to take the focus of the list away from the it's topic, that
> being music, any longer...so for those who may want to argue this further,
> please feel free to email me off list. I love a good argument. :-)
>
> - Sarah
>
>
>
>
> On 11/10/06, Sam Smith <sam@lullabypit.com> 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.
> >
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> > 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."
> >
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> >
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