Blame the Music Industry for 5 Years of War

"War, good God y'all, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing." Edwin Starr from "War"

The so-called musicians of today give me a nagging sensation like having a piece of peanut stuck between a lateral incisor and a molar. The more you pick at it the more irritating it becomes, like Rush Limbaugh. Now, considering that American Idol has done it's best to take the music out of the musician, focus being on good looks, the ability to sing songs that are no longer relevant, and the talent to wedge ones self into the dubious dark space between the cheeks of any or all of the three extraneous magistrates of the weekly horror show, it's a wonder anyone picks up a guitar in protest anymore.

Vietnam sparked a fire of change from the streets up. For this latest American incursion to a foreign land the flames are dying like a two month old Bic lighter. Where is the John Lennon, the Joan Baez, the Crosby, Stills, Nash, and sometimes Young? Where are the songs about getting the troops home? Where are the protests? What's wrong with these people. Imagine there was no "Imagine". No "We Gotta Get Out of this Place". No "Ohio". Instead of songs of real social change we get to listen to Justin Timberlake and Madonna get together for "Whorefest 2008".

There are some that try to make a difference. Pearl Jam's "Glorified G" is an excellent example of a song that no one seemed to know was about the CEO of America. Bright Eyes wrote the most fantastic jab called "When The President Talks To God" A sample of the lyrical content: When the president talks to God, Do they drink near beer and go play golf, While they pick which countries to invade,Which Muslim souls still can be saved? I guess god just calls a spade a spade, When the president talks to God". Okay, I'm down with that. But it wasn't a radio smash. It wasn't played on the stations that I listen to, granted I listen to the radio about as much as I eat Moon Pies on a bed of nails, but it certainly wasn't making the rounds.

Do you know some songs that I have totally overlooked? Are you annoyed by the Music Industries overall indifference to the war? Is there no one that can use music to change the world?