We can dream of a white Christmas, but realistically, it's not gonna happen here in Connecticut this year.
Over the years, I have lost a lot of respect and tolerance for various members of the creative community who choose to open their mouths and spew forth certain political viewpoints that IMO are not based in reality, or have revealed their true colors on how rotten of an individual they happen to be.
The problem I have is that they have a plethora of progressive platforms that are, in my learned opinion, quite out of touch with the forty odd states that are still grounded in reality, they honestly believe their opinions are righteous and no one can say otherwise.
While I have quite a few bones to pick with a myriad of individuals across an extremely wide spectrum of the creative community, I want to concentrate on the musical side of the aforementioned community, as they are the ones that I pay attention to the most.
This will be a short list, as it will only focus on artists who I have c.d.s of and used to play on a regular basis.
1} Rhiannon Giddens: this exceptionally talented musician, who was a Julliard trained opera singer, fits the usual mold of being an ultra progressive in the increasingly insular entertainment industry, and it got harder for me to reconcile her music with her political views. So about a year ago, it finally hit a point where she posted a political picture that was very sympathize to what all of the college crazies are protesting about. After that, her music simply disappeared from my audio world.
2} Rage Against The Machine: I used to listen to them with some regularity as their music, while overtly political, still resonated with me. That all changes when I found out they supported a cop killer in Pennsylvania, a man who is quite popular in the progressive academic world and Hollywood, and just like previously, I stopped listening to their music.
3} Bruce Springsteen: the older and richer he became, the more progressive and vitriolic his political views and open disdained for the people who actually got him to where his today. Basically, he became just another toady with no independent thought for the Democratic party to trot out as a mouthpiece for their increasingly unhinged views.
4} Hayley Williams: co-founder of the early 2000's alt-rock band Paramour. She's trying to still stay relevant after her fifteen minutes of fame by perpetually bashing those who do not possess her world view, which includes supporting men and women who cosplay each other (I have a very unpopular view on this topic which I will keep to myself). So yeah, I'm not gonna waste my time listening to someone who claims to be open-minded yet somehow wants to ban people like myself from attending her concerts.
And to round out this very short list are The Eagles. The Eagles are no longer a functioning band, but a major conglomo of annoyance with only one original member left. They are, courtesy of that one original member, the epitome of how a band should act when they want to stay irrelevant and undiscovered by a new generation of listeners. Every single anti-consumer act a business can inflict on others they have done with gusto.
Bottom line, due to the abysmal behavior of this remaining original band member, nobody listens to their music by choice. Not on Spotify, which allows you to rediscover the music of your parent's youth, and certainly not at home. I'm sure there's a good percentage of people who now regret purchasing product from this band (myself included), simply based on the abysmal behavior of this conglomo.
So my friends, I sincerely hope you have enjoyed this modest dive into music that I choose not to partake in, either at home or on the radio (commercial/college/internet). Do you have any artists that you choose to no longer listen to for various personal reasons?
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