MTV's VMAs - I'm officially old

[ajmccarrell]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

Well to be fair, politics and social issues have always been a part of popular music. Back to Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie and the blues. Even further back with classical music. It's not exactly a new thing to combine the two.

The thing about music and politics is that what you are saying is that the music itself was about politics, which is all well and fine, but turning an awards show into a political event is different. BTW I am a huge fan of some of the musicians that are also political, like the Smothers Brothers. Their show made no bones about being political and I thought it was great, because it wasn't supposed to be anything else or impartial in any way. An awards show is supposed to be about the musicians being honored. I mean, if Neil Young wins an award for his work on FarmAid and he says something during his acceptance about US farm policy, that's also okay because that is what he won an award for. What is supposed to be an impartial host giving unsolicited opinions is another. BTW another little known fact about Mason Williams is that he was the first guy to book Pete Seeger on a TV show after he was blacklisted.