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Thread #101720   Message #2057439
Posted By: Big Al Whittle
21-May-07 - 04:13 AM
Thread Name: Rufus Wainwright - So Tired of America
Subject: RE: Rufus Wainwright - So Tired of America
I don't say anything about Rufus's talent - I can't judge. Music is a highly speculative business, and someone obviously sees him as worth a flutter.

As a song though, the lyrics of this one seem so ill considered.

If you go somewhere like Spain - they have always seen American society as morally degenerate. If you point out to them that - hey at least Americans weren't degenerate enough to let themselves be ruled by fascists, they don't get it. And I bet you can multiply that feeling by ten in all these Muslim countries, and sure as hell it was the viewpoint in Soviet Russia.

Don't get tired of America and democratic process, or you will forget that its something worth being proud of and defending. No ones saying its perfect, but where aelse are you going to go ........the moon?