One of the more pathetic spectacles I've seen recently is the orgy of musical bad taste being played out right now at leftie blog Daily Kos over the Grammy win for the Dixie Chicks' "Not Ready to Make Nice." From people's comments you'd think it was "Masters of War." It is indicative of how desperate people are for the strong medicine of protest music that they are willing to chug the lukewarm bathwater that is this staggeringly crappy piece of self promotion.
Even a quick scan of the lyrics to this thing reveal it to be a randomly strung-together catalog of cliches and platitudes. Furthermore to the extent that the song is about anything at all it is about the Dixie Chicks and how brave and principled they are. No wonder Bush is getting away with murder if this is the best we can do in counter-propaganda.
When the Bush administration ends I'll name my list of best protest songs of 2000-2008. Perhaps in the next two years Dylan can take his balls out of cold storage and tear himself away from his joint ventures with wineries and Victoria's Secret long enough to contribute something.
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Jeez, what does it take to get a new posting around here?
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