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On May 29, 2012, at 6:28 PM, fdoddy@aol.com wrote:
=So Mr.Gabriel and Mr. Waters and Mr. Nugent and all various shades of red and blue should keep their rhetoric amongst themselves and their close friends and allow the audience to empathize, or not, based on the intent of their songwriting. It's pretty obvious where Mr. Gabriel's political sentiments lie, so why feel the need to muck it up so and piss people off. He certainly doesn't have the market cornered on "awareness". There are lot of artists, whose music I love, that I don't agree with, politically, socially or otherwise, And so I agree, let the music do its work. Shut up and dance!
Let the music pull us together my friends-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Brumm <gabru@comsec.net>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, May 29, 2012 7:04 pm
Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Peter Gabriel - So what?I think this thread has run its course. I have lost friends in more than one war and had a very close call with one on 911.I am very sensitive to the issue. I was just stating that for myself (and from the reaction of most of the audience many others)were mortified by his blatant disrespect for what many of us experienced on 911. No amount of musical talent will overcome that forme. He is one of many options to listen to musically and I still do (mainly old Genesis stuff) but he has lost my respect….no big dealto him or me of course. I listen to music that I disagree with politically as far as content but still enjoy the tune. I just didn’t appreciate beinglectured to and as I said earlier that was my PG story….someone requested feedback on PG and I gave mine….that’s all…..From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Tom Doncourt
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 3:28 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Peter Gabriel - So what?I think some of this thread is being misunderstood... I believe that Peter Gabriel has artistic integrity, I do not disagree with his political views, I like his songs and his lyrics for the most part with the most notable exception being "That'll Do " from Babe -Pig in the City. Songs are an artist's avenue for expressing their views, what ever they may be. The only thing I find questionable is using the status that being a great musician gives one to preach at a captive audience. That's kind of like a Professor of political science pulling up to a piano and breaking into song during a lecture. Peter Gabriel's songs have enough power for us to get his message through them without the speech. I don't think anything he said would have been offensive to me certainly but i was trying to see things from Gary's point of view- a tactic I recommend to all Americans at this point in time. By the way- I know a lot about memorial day -luckily my family and I survived 9/11, my son survived Iraq, my father survived WWII and some of my friends were not so lucky in Vietnam. Let the music pull us together my friends