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Is our current political crisis inspiring any good music, the way Vietnam did?

I don't really have the impression that it is. However, I grew up in the '70s so I might be prejudiced. In addition, I live in a cultural backwater, so maybe you can educate me !
I know of a few good lines by the folk singer, John Prine, concerning the war in Iraq. But that is about it.
Sorry to go looking for a positive aspect of this horrible situation - it's just my nature (and it really annoys my husband!)


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if you allow me to give you an outside US point of view, political music has faded with the exceptions of Springsteen, Pearl Jam, or even Tool. You have to be political in the beginning to start writing music or songs with this significance. It looks like 95% of music is controlled by the major labels and people buy only whatt they see advertised. Remember what happened with hip-hop. It started as a political outcry of the street beat and faded into the lustrous R'n'B hype. Plus the fact that in US, information is also biased concerning the war in Iraq, Afghanistan or Somalia and people need much more effort to see behind the curtains. (Like Michael Moore f.i.) Music is a simple reflection of society's worries and needs. The majority doesn't seem to care unfortunately...