5. So even though Guthrie was a (ssshhh) communist, his music was written to have broad appeal: the popular side of the Popular Front.
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16. For more on 1980s conservative appropriation of pop music see here:https://sanseverything.wordpress.com/2010/02/27/hip-hops-debt-to-mickey-rooney/ …
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17. By the way, National Review claimed that hip-hop was an "update of the Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland musical ethos."
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@HeerJeet Does it matter? It happens the other way. Many pop songs are turn into ironic expressions.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet "You end up like a dog that's been beat to much/til you spend half your life just covering up"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet The best thing I've ever read on Springsteen & Reagan: http://www.furious.com/perfect/springsteenviva.html … "The question also becomes 'What did he expect?'" -
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@HeerJeet Didn't somebody use Neil Young's Keep on Rocking in a Free World?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I always thought the deliberately anthemic sound of BITUSA was intended to sharpen the hopelessness of the lyrics.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I wrote this in 2009 about how I hated the song in HS (because Reagan) but had it wrong/learned to love it http://cahiers-elizabeth.blogspot.com/2009/01/submitting-to-boss.html …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet (It sheds no light on anything. Just about what it felt like.)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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