capitalism's infinite ability to assimilate "radical" critiques

James Farmelant farmelantj at juno.com
Tue Oct 20 03:06:43 PDT 1998


On Mon, 19 Oct 1998 18:42:28 -0400 Greg Nowell <GN842 at CNSVAX.Albany.Edu> writes:
>1. Kurt Weil's "Mac the Knife" as muzak.
>
>2. Joni Mitchell's song about trees and parking lots
>playing on a supermarket tape in the middle of a vast
>suburban parking lot where there used to be trees.
>
>--

The same fate has also befallen John Lennon's song "Imagine" which after all envisions a world without religions, nation-states, and private property. On the other hand his song "Working class Hero" has to the best of my knowledge remained immune to this process.

Jim Farmelant


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