by Pissed Off Cabbie » Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:13 am
That's right, it's one big, happy cruise ship with freedom-lovers and fascists alike, all dancing to the piper's tune. But, guess who's port we're landing in. Not the one with the smiling, dancing bears. Think cold, grey steel, and a doormat that reads, "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."<br><br>In the 60's, you wouldn't have found many cops or accountants grooving to the Stones or Hendrix. It WAS offensive to their sensibilities, as they could not process it. That came much later, when all of that subversive music was tamed by commercialization. Hearing it it the context of advertising made it safe, and one could then partake without having to compromise any of their politics, and without pressure to adapt the lifestyle that formerly went with it. When Neil Young wrote This Note's For You, he was furious, as he knew damned well what was coming. The Big Swoosh juxtaposed with John Lennon's idealistic chestnut Imagine was like a crucificion, and the appropriation of the counter-culture's music was on. <p></p><i></i>