The Revolution Is Not Being Televised
source: http://barefootmusicnews.com/blog1.php/2010/08/02/the-revolution-is-not-being-televised
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Monday Morning Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois
The Revolution Is Not Being Televised
I was afraid to talk about musicians like Gill-Scott Heron. Music should be sterilized and emasculated, made safe. Sing about sex and violence, but don’t go pointing fingers. Be about passion, but only if it comes from below the belt. Don’t suggest real problems or real solutions. Musicians are only real people. They don’t have solutions like the noble politicians. Right?...
The Revolution Is Not Being Televised
I was afraid to talk about musicians like Gill-Scott Heron. Music should be sterilized and emasculated, made safe. Sing about sex and violence, but don’t go pointing fingers. Be about passion, but only if it comes from below the belt. Don’t suggest real problems or real solutions. Musicians are only real people. They don’t have solutions like the noble politicians. Right?...
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