Reply #20: Apparently, the same thing happened

[Philostopher]

on the Dave Matthews Band boards, VolcanoJen posted in the Lounge about a week ago about some guy who thought Dave Matthews ought to just shut up and play his guitar (to paraphrase Zappa). DMB is another one -- how in the hell can all these wingnuts listen to the lyrics of these songs for years and years, but only realize their heroes are liberals when they actually speak out about politics? I mean, I've been a liberal all my life, and while I won't listen to somebody simply because they express populist sentiments in their lyrics, I certainly try to avoid filling my brain with misogynistic junk like Ted Nugent, and I did even before I knew his politics.

I'd say it would be different if any of these bands/artists did facile, 'boy meets girl' pop songs all the time and then shot off their mouths about liberal politics ... but they write songs that clearly express sentiments that have always indicated populism/liberalism/'little guy'-ism, whatever 'ism' one would think would kind of tip them off that they're not conservative Republicans. And yet conservative Republicans only get pissed off when these guys say what they've been writing in their songs for decades. Don't ask me, man -- I can't figure that out, either.