There is a long history of polemic, social comment and political satire in song. (See the "Raise the Banners" thread.) Political songs can be very powerful. Unfortunately, some are just very bad songs which shouldn't be inflicted on a wider audience. And some good songs have been overtaken by revised notions of political correctness - eg the Whitby Whaler isn't a celebration of whaling but a fairly scathing commentary on the awful conditions and dismal rewards expeienced by people who had no alternative employment prospects. Irony sometimes falls on deaf ears.

Kitty