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05-02-2007, 03:29 PM
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Joan Baez Banned At Walter Reed
Last week John Mellencamp gave a concert at Walter Reed Army hospitial for all the soldiers at the hospital wounded in Iraq.
Mellencamp asked folk sing Joan Baez [who appears on his latest album Freedom's Road]to appear with him at the hospitial,the Army said "no" and gave no reason why. Link: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...plebaez03.html
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05-02-2007, 03:32 PM
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A quick google search on Joan Baez Bush will give you the reasons. Anti-war demonstrations, performed at "camp casey," the usual disagrees with the Party so the entire government now has to be turned against them mentality.
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05-02-2007, 03:37 PM
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maybe it's because they want to maintain something called morale. wounded soldiers don't need to be bothered with shitty music that carries a tired, unrealistic, inflammatory message. the soldiers know how a good portion of the american public views the war, and they know of the ongoing debate in the federal government...they have as much access to news as you do. but joan baez doesn't have a right to perform there, and the installation is more than within it's rights to tell her to go away. they should have given john mellencamp the boot too.
these servicemen have survived greivous injuries injuries in combat...the last thing we need is for them to be bored to death by this 'music'.
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05-02-2007, 03:39 PM
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Mellencamp has been outspoken against the war [I saw him in concert in '03 whe he was very vocal against Bush during the show] and they let him perform at Walter Reed. Baez is on a anti-racism song on his album ,so it's logical that he would have her on the show.
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05-02-2007, 03:59 PM
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The show doesn't have to be, the GOP has politicized the military. And I'm sure they still hold a grudge over the whole playing at the protest rally outside Bush's ranch. It is the difference between arguing against the message and attacking the messenger.
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05-02-2007, 04:05 PM
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Who is this lady? Never heard of her. She must be old.
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05-02-2007, 04:22 PM
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05-02-2007, 04:27 PM
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05-02-2007, 05:28 PM
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vindex makes some good points because Joan was always more about her message than the music, similar to Rage Against the Machine. She was an excellent vocalist at one time though, far better than that utterly boring chump, John Cougar. Maybe they could pick songs for her to do cover versions of.
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05-02-2007, 05:45 PM
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I'm not exactly a liberal myself, but it is true that most great musicians are liberals, and of course Bush is not gonna like a lot of them, which should answer TT's question
.I mean, the only great musicians I can think of that may have been Republican supporters are James Brown, Ray Charles, Sammy Davis Jr and Johnny Ramone...all have passed away. Even former supporters such as Mike Love and Neil Young ended up turning against them. There's still Charlie Daniels and Ted Nugent, but that's about it. I'd hate being a conservative, being such a big music fan  .Joan Baez was and is one of the best vocalists in music. And I also have to agree with Snouter that she does have great messages in her songs, as do RATM, although I wouldn't say they are as musically talented as her. John Mellencamp is one of the best live performers, and I saw him live at the time when I had an average opinion on him, and John Fogerty (one of my top 10 favorite artists of all the time) was openning the show. I thought I would be bored with JCM especially because Fogerty was AMAZING, but to my surprise, Mellencamp almost stole the show!!
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05-02-2007, 07:14 PM
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05-02-2007, 07:19 PM
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05-02-2007, 07:37 PM
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. I really doubt he's political anyways.Sammy Hagar is a VERY moderate conservative, who is hardly political anyways. Also, I wouldn't call him a "great musician", good maybe.
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05-02-2007, 07:40 PM
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I bet the religious right guys would love somebody like Gene Simmons (especially with the # of women he had sex with) to represent them  .
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05-02-2007, 07:56 PM
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LL Cool J was part of the MTV "get out the vote", I remember him saying that he was the only conservative in the bunch..... Gene Simmons voted for Bush...twice......I watched his stupid show a couple times....... Eddie and Alex have and did in the past vote for republicans....if you are old enough to remember....Eddie was a big Reagan fan......even though I doubt Reagan knew who he was....... Quote:
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05-02-2007, 07:58 PM
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Now for the list of great liberal artists:
(Insert all musical artists besides the 10 already listed as conservative in this thread)
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05-02-2007, 08:03 PM
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05-02-2007, 08:44 PM
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05-02-2007, 09:00 PM
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This is getting childish... who gives a flying **** which musicians are conservatives or liberals.
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05-02-2007, 09:27 PM
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Artists with liberal viewpoints: REM U2 Billy Joel RATM Sting Wu-Tang Clan Pearl Jam Nirvana Foo Fighters Peter Gabriel Live Tori Amos Rush Boston Janes Addiction Cypris Hill Tom Petty Peter, Paul and Mary Nine Inch Nails/Trent Reznor Smashing Pumpkins/Billy Corgan Kanye West Beastie Boys Grateful Dead Paul Simon Bad Religion Porcupine Tree Dave Mathews Band Frank Zappa At The Drive-In Greenday Bjork The Brian Jonestown Massacre Coldplay Yes The Flaming Lips Hmm... Who else... Who else... Oh, thats right: The Beatles. Bob Dylan Neil Young Lou Reed Bruce Springsteen Miles Davis Pink Floyd Jimi Hendrix Cream The Clash King Crimson John Coltrane Radiohead The Who John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison Creedence Clearwater Revival/John Fogerty Do I need to keep going?
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