Play “Free Bird”! Actually, hold that, don’t. Apparently, Lynyrd Skynyrd will jam for the GOP, along with ZZ Top, the Charlie Daniels Band, 38 Special, and the Marshall Tucker Band. Not exactly a Murderer’s Row of musical talent, are they? I’d take the Vote for Change lineup over this crowd any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
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Dangit — this is why I hate it when talent gets involved in politics. I happen to really *like* Lynyrd Skynyrd. And Marshall Tucker. And, for that matter, I’m not ashamed to say that I’ve rocked out to .38 Special a time or two. Charlie Daniels is pushing it, but who’s kidding who? I like ’em all! But I’m a staunch Democrat, a rabid Clintonite, and a strong Kerry Supporter.
I don’t want to have to think of those southern rock legends in a GOP context, ie, as providing the soundtrack to the GOP Juggernaut of Evil Across America.
Man, it’s nonpartisan. Democrat or Republican, there’s just nothing better than cruising down the highway listening to ‘Freebird’ without a care in the world. Am I going to have to trade my Skynyrd’s Greatest for Born in the USA? (I like The Boss, too, but not as much as Skynyrd)
This applies in the inverse, too, of course. So The Dixie Chicks came out against the Axis of Idiocy over at 1600. Does that mean I have to be a fan of theirs, now? I’ve never really been that in to the Dixie Chicks, except for the uber-early stuff, pre-Natalie Maines.
This is why political rallies should just stick with the local high school marching band.
Maybe I should just shun popular culture if it’s going to get tied up into politics.