I feel the exact sameway, espically about the 2003 Blur album/comback minus Graham etc. Most of what I hear about blur "news" now is all about Damon Albarn's views on the war, etc. Not that the album was bad, but I've liked the band for the music, not some Damon's egomaniac political ideas. The first video off the new album for "Out of Time" was supposed to be some protest video, when all it was was a clip from a documentry about Navy life on an aircraft carrier, maybe I miss the point completely, but IMO it was not a good excuse for a good video. Oh well, I'm rambling On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 12:15:41PM -0400, Danny T. Hutchins wrote:
I wish more artists would shut up about their political views, whether they be from the left or the right. I'm tired of entertainers taking my money, and then instead of entertaining me, lecturing me like a child about the state of the world. The worst part is, most of these self appointed critics don't actually do anything about the issues they care about, such as running for office or lobbying the current elected officials because they've convinced themselves that they are doing something by enlightening the uninformed masses. Having said all of this, I do think that everybody, including artists are entitled to their opinions, but as a consumer of entertainment I just wish they would leave me out of it. I would certainly get fired if I used my job to forward my political beliefs. Dan Hutchins
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