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Originally Posted by Savage Clone
When I was a kid and "political music" inspired me (unlike now, when all it inspires me to do is mourn the fact that I cannot simultaneously vomit and offer up a scathing critique on the cartoonish hilarity of musicians who want to "change the world" via song), I can assure you that whether or not the singer "meant it, man" was extremely important to me.
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I happen to think that most people who do political music really, genuinely mean it. This runs from u2 down to Chumbawumba or Crass. They all
mean it, man. You can criticise the politics, but 'authenticity' is a piss-awful criterion for doing so.