Politics and Music

As usual, many different opinions here.  As always when the topic is music, the form is so much larger than the locus of all of our musings.  Things to keep in mind:

Political and philosophical do not always mean the same thing.

Artists (and accountants) are people, not their profession.  A musician can have an informed opinion, and an accountant could be an ex-plumber that put herself through college with her hands.

Limiting your sphere of investigation places limits on yourself only.

Blanket statements are often used to cover the ignorance of the speaker.

IF you want a small laugh (perhaps needed after threads like this) checkout Johnny Cash: song, the one on the left is on the right.
 

The Who's "Join Together" also states:

"Do you really think I care What you eat or what you wear Won't you join together with the band There's a million ways to laugh Ev'ry one's a path"

But these were at a time when people were more sane, before politics invaded even medical journals...

"American Stooge" Mary Chapin Carpenter

Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder also put out some great political songs.

Mozart was claimed as a “National Treasure” during the Third Reich.  Never mind the fact that he wasn’t German, or even Austrian (Salzburg was an independent Duchy when he was born).  So from 1933-45 no one was supposed to listen to Mozart?  I would have loved to see the Opera that he and Da Ponte would have written to lampoon Hitler