Musicians & Poltiics
There was a report last week that Dave Mustaine of Megadeth was endorsing a Republican for President, and not just any Repub, but the Family Values one (notice I refuse to say the name of the guy, who I find repugnant).
This got a lot of people going about how they now hate Mustaine, who actually endorsed a Repub in 2004 and 2008, or couldn't figure out how a Metalhead could like a GOP candidate anyway.
Outside of the fact that I never gave a crap about Mustaine or Megadeth, and wonder why anyone would care about his political viewpoint, sometimes your favorite artists just don't share your political beliefs. You might think you know where these people are coming from by their music. Springsteen a Republican? Okay, that ain't gonna happen. It's just not part of his lyrics.
But everyone from Neil Young to James Brown has gone against their initial political leanings at some point or another. Times change, politicians change. Just don't get too beat up if you and your heroes don't align perfectly in the political universe.
This got a lot of people going about how they now hate Mustaine, who actually endorsed a Repub in 2004 and 2008, or couldn't figure out how a Metalhead could like a GOP candidate anyway.
Outside of the fact that I never gave a crap about Mustaine or Megadeth, and wonder why anyone would care about his political viewpoint, sometimes your favorite artists just don't share your political beliefs. You might think you know where these people are coming from by their music. Springsteen a Republican? Okay, that ain't gonna happen. It's just not part of his lyrics.
But everyone from Neil Young to James Brown has gone against their initial political leanings at some point or another. Times change, politicians change. Just don't get too beat up if you and your heroes don't align perfectly in the political universe.
posted by Tom Lane at 4:22 AM
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