Re: Radio Boycotts

Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 00:08:29 -0600
Newsgroups: alt.music.pearl-jam
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"D.G. Devin" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
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> too surpised if you discover you are in the minority, remember that last
> week's polls still had six out of ten Americans indicating they approve of
> military action in Iraq.
I totally agree and understand, however, my problem is this: it's music.
If a "new rock band" came out with a popular song that was pro-war and I had
a radio station, I would still play the song, because the point is to get
across music, not necessarily the beliefs behind it. Leave that up to your
audience, you know? Trust people to form their own opinions. I listen to
Eminem, though I don't necessarily agree with what he has to say. I like
the music. I don't like Creed's music, and I'm not Christian, but if I had
a station that had the audience who would want to hear Creed, I would play
them.
Maybe it's just me, not being an entirely lyric-driven person, but passing
judgements on a musical artist's output just because you don't agree with
his or her political beliefs, lifestyle, etc. just doesn't seem to be the
point. Like I said in another post, that would be like 80s stations
boycotting Michael Jackson because he's weird, or George Michael/Elton John
because they're gay. At least where the radio stations are concerned, it's
about getting across the music.
Hell, MTV played the Buggles video for "Video Killed the Radio Star." They
played "Radio GaGa." Etc.
Holly