Re: Guilty Pleasures--Name One

On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 08:38:36 -0800, in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mister Charlie stated:

>Music today does not have the 'meaning' it did back then.  It was not
>just background noise, it was a socio-political event.  Many from then
>attach that significance to the tunes along with the merit of the music
>itself.  Today music has gone back to feeble protest, dance and
>background music.  Nice to hear perhaps but without the 'heavy' meaning
>attached.

I think the fans of such heavyweight political acts like Rage Against the
Machine, System of a Down and Madonna would disagree with you.  These are heady
times, and those are serious artists taking a brave stance against "the man."