--- "B." <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> Chris,
>
> Mindless and self-righteous sloganeering is what a
> lot
> of left or liberal rallies also devolve into,
> unfortunately.
>
> There could be similar complaints about a lot of the
> US labor folk tradition. "Which side are you on?",
> "Solidarity forever," etc. (I like the IWW little
> red
> songbook, though!)
A lot of Billy Bragg is like that. I prefer his love songs.
> Also, after going through a period of hating Crass,
> I've revisited them again and, yeah, they have their
> sloganeering aspects, but there's also a lot of
> lyrical and conceptual brilliance in what they did,
> as
> well.
I do still like Penis Envy.
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