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Thread #5875   Message #35287
Posted By: Frank in the swamps
18-Aug-98 - 06:51 PM
Thread Name: Has anyone the courage now? (Moses Asch)
Subject: RE: Has anyone the courage now?
Kynoceph, Much of what you say is true, there's always gonna be another batch of pigs in every generation, but the bosses today are a lot weaker than the bosses at the start of this century because people fought against unimaginable odds. As to the music, I don't believe movement songs have the power to win converts, I think they serve to galvanize people who are already banded together for a purpose. You're probably right about Sam Cookes' song having a greater than recognized impact. A song that is going to enact change within an individual is one that has to make a deep personal connection, while topical songs, no matter what their merit, tend to more objective than subjective.

Frank.