Owlkat, I don't think being self-righteous is the same as being serious. I am serious about opposing war and injustice and...
I still like serious songs about the subject. One doesn't have to be making light of a problem to laugh at it, either.
My favorite songs are ones that both make me think and make me laugh, and I can't think of any that were recorded by Joan.
Still, she has made major contributions to folksong, and to protest song, and I have sung many of them, and will again.
Blessings,
Barbara