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Thread #169250   Message #4091564
Posted By: The Sandman
05-Feb-21 - 05:42 AM
Thread Name: Are all folk musicians political?
Subject: RE: Are all folk musicians political?
yes because you will not come forward and be honest,
people that say on this forum such as guest observer, object to politics in folk music actually object to politics they disagree with
which means we would have to leave out a vast chunk of the folk repertoire, why not end up singing cliff richard songs, such as summer holiday, the lyrics of which do not upset anyone as political opinions ,well that is musical fascism.
Bonzo is a conservative, yet dislikes cruelty to animals but he will not admit to liking a song which has lyrics criticising animal cruelty