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area (Rolling Stone, April 20,
1989).
One must wonder if the in
tentions of performers always
are pure. Ask current top-40
heavy-metal bad boys Guns n’
Roses, who sing “Immigrants
and faggots/ They make no
sense to me/ They come to our
country/ And think they’ll do as
they please/ Like start some
mini-Iran/ Or spread some f...
ing disease" in the song “One in
a Million."
The band later was the first to
volunteer for a New York City
AIDS benefit. The band's offer
was declined (Rolling Stone,
April 20, 1989). Whether the
band’s offer was a sick joke, an
exercise in hypocrisy or indica
tive of a changed attitude is left
to the reader.
Not all such activity is sus
pect. The same issue of Rolling
, stone reported the participation
•of Maaonna and Sandra
Bernhard in a benefit dance-a
thon for AIDS Project LA. .
A final question remains: Can
all this concern and care, preten
tious or otherwise, amount to
anything when conveyed
through music? If not, it would
seem to be an ehormous exer
cise in hitility on behalf pf musi
dans.
Such doubts are justified. Af
ter all, the impact of mere words
in a song cannot be too great.
Any image or idea, no matter
how striking, will fade sooner or
later. And any passion, however
strongly felt, aft too easily is lost.
Ultimately, music can suc
ceed in introducing or spreading
awareness about political issues.
But its ability to impart lasting '
change in the listener is limited.
We are people of short atten
tion spans ana quickly passing
concerns. A song or appearance
by a musician may get us inter
ested in an idea, but that idea
quickly fades unless we as the
audience capture some of the
performer’s passion.
Perhaps that is for the best.
Were our attitudes too easily in
fluenced by others, nightmare
visions of state control would
gain substance. Our very resis
tance to change has its saving
graces as well as its condemning
complacency.
Tnat is wny it is essential that
some musicians continue to
dabble in political issues. Misin
formed or full of idealistic pas
sion as they may be, musicians
have our attention and can open
our eyes as well as our cars.
Therestisuptous.
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