"When The President Talks To God" by Bright Eyes would also be a good example for that list, and personally I believe it plays an important role in artistic license and freedom of speech. It *can* be slightly less redundant of a concept compared to a lot of other things, but I don't think most who sing about it do so to hope on some sort of anti-governmental bandwagon.

Depends. I'm all for music with some kind of concept, but I think slaving music to some semi-anarchist viewpoint often results in boring punk music. And when it comes to rich rockstars trying to preach their politics, who the fuck are they to tell us how to live? Eh Bono?

I say, why sing about it, when there's no point? It's not music that has the power to change what is already 300+ years in the making.....

That was powerful.

Also, I think it should definatly be mixed. If you have the fame to do it, definatly. People criticise Bono, because he lives in a lovely house and probebly uses up more emmisions than this forum put together, but at least he's spreading the message. Hypocritically, yes, but if you were that rich, I doubt you would do what he does.

Although it's not musical, look at Joanna Lumly, look what she did for the Gurkha's? She brought it into the public spotlight and showed everyone what scum the government is.

Anyway, yes, I think song's about polotics are importent to. If we lived in a society where no one ever mentioned polotics in comedy, music, entertainment whatever, a lot of polotics wouldnt sink through to the wider world and people who aren't verly clued up on the subject wouldn't get a lot of thing's, and comedy and music would'nt be the same.

Well I think they can do whatever they want with their music and lyrics, if they prefer singing about actual issues than just going to a strip club thats great for me

So? For all you know, the people music changes could altogether be just as useless in an effort to change anything else, therefore bringing me back to my previous post.

Funny to see the idealistic Cam come out in defiance of cynical apathy.

Only because you're such a contradiction. There's a very fine line, and on one side you're an utterly pessimistic well of despair, and on the other you're some kind of vigilante hurling molotovs through the windows of injustice.

Dead Prez rap about politics and are great. As do The Coup. Cool groups. So yeah. If they have something they feel needs to be said, say it.

Sure why not. Music can be a strong voice. Maybe it wont help, but it can sure influence people in making choices.

"Let's Impeach The President"

Let's impeach the President for lying
And misleading our country into war
Abusing all the power that we gave him
And shipping all our money out the door

Who's the man who hired all the criminals
The White House shadows who hide behind closed doors
They bend the facts to fit with their new stories
Of why we have to send our men to war

Let's impeach the President for spying
On citizens inside their own homes
Breaking every law in the country
By tapping our computers and telephones

What if Al Qaeda blew up the levees
Would New Orleans have been safer that way
Sheltered by our government's protection
Or was someone just not home that day?

Flip - Flop
Flip - Flop
Flip - Flop
Flip - Flop

Let's impeach the president for hijacking
Our religion and using it to get elected
Dividing our country into colors
And still leaving black people neglected

Thank god he's cracking down on steroids
Since he sold his old baseball team
There's lots of people looking at big trouble
But of course our president is clean.

Thank God