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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Peter Gabriel - So what?

From: Tim Curtis <sexsymbol@execpc.com>
Date: 2012-05-29

Dave's right.  If you don't like the opinion then who really gives a shit?  It's his show, his art, and his choice of what he's going to communicate.  I would venture a guess that Peter Gabriel is not going to be saddened that you're not buying his new record.

If I go so see some hillbilly show in Texas I can be assured that I'm going to hear some "Rah Rah USA" crap that will offend the hell out of me.  I probably wouldn't go.  

If you've heard PG's music then you can probably have a good idea where he lies in the political spectrum.

And to be honest, how is PG sharing his political opinions during a concert of his music any less appropriate than someone sharing their opinions on a forum dedicated to a musical instrument?

-T

On May 28, 2012, at 11:41 PM, Gary Brumm wrote:

 

Come on Dave, really??  I am the first person to agree with you on Freedom of Speech whether I agree with the topic or not…..

HOWEVER I PAID to hear MUSIC and not a political speech.  Everyone was cheering including me until he started blubbering

on about how awful the US was (off whom he made his most of his fortune) at which time he got booed until the music started. 

This was not only in bad taste (not long after 911) but disrespectful to his paying audience.  I never said he didn’t have the right.  In this

country he certainly does….in some others he would have been beheaded.  I now will exercise my right to spend my money on

other entertainers who better appreciate their audience.  I will still listen to his music (I already paid for) but will no longer buy it. 

 

From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Hammonddave
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 9:11 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Peter Gabriel - So what?

 

 

And finally...  It's called "Freedom of Speech". Something our fellow countrymen fought and died for. Kind of appropriate for Memorial Day.

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On May 28, 2012, at 8:49 PM, Tom Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh.org> wrote:

 

I think there is a difference between writing songs like "Blowing in the Wind" and "Biko" and using your celebrity status to broadcast your political views. Even if I agree with those views it still seems inappropriate. 

 

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