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The Fly
- Joined
- Nov 26, 2008
- Messages
- 80
Barak Obama is all things to all men. He is left and he is right, he is Southern and he is Northern. His politics are full of inspiring rhetoric that can raise the roof off a town hall. The question is, is there room for Obama to shine through? will his direction be too ambiguous? Will it fall on middle ground,? The place where people don't agree or disagree.
As we all know, Bono is about unity, he's about 'one'. All he can do is talk about solutions, talking about the cause is for those who want to throw bombs from the sidelines. We all admire him for this, and so we should, if he has helped one person along the way then we should not judge. Obama and Bono walk a familiar turf, pergatory, the middle place.
So, we face an eternal question, do rock & politics mix? Or more to the point - does bi-partisanship and rock mix? Well, in my humble opinion, they do not. Rock has never been about sitting on the fence, rock is what it is, it wears it's heart on it's sleave. Why is Bono tired of being Bono? It's because Bono is now an establishment, Bono has to tow a line, he has to be all things to all men. Bono is not really Bono at all.
The ultimate downfall of NLOTH is it's occupation of the middle place. It pleases some with the brooding first half, of pleases some with the pop halfway mark, it pleases others with the gentle ending - ultimately though, in trying to please everyone, you dissapoint everyone too. The saying goes 'say something to someone, not everything to everyone'. A masterpeice reflects it's time, of is a whole thematic work. This album will not be remembered as a masterpeice, simply because it is occupying no-mans land, the middle place. Musically, and more importantly, lyrically.
As we all know, Bono is about unity, he's about 'one'. All he can do is talk about solutions, talking about the cause is for those who want to throw bombs from the sidelines. We all admire him for this, and so we should, if he has helped one person along the way then we should not judge. Obama and Bono walk a familiar turf, pergatory, the middle place.
So, we face an eternal question, do rock & politics mix? Or more to the point - does bi-partisanship and rock mix? Well, in my humble opinion, they do not. Rock has never been about sitting on the fence, rock is what it is, it wears it's heart on it's sleave. Why is Bono tired of being Bono? It's because Bono is now an establishment, Bono has to tow a line, he has to be all things to all men. Bono is not really Bono at all.
The ultimate downfall of NLOTH is it's occupation of the middle place. It pleases some with the brooding first half, of pleases some with the pop halfway mark, it pleases others with the gentle ending - ultimately though, in trying to please everyone, you dissapoint everyone too. The saying goes 'say something to someone, not everything to everyone'. A masterpeice reflects it's time, of is a whole thematic work. This album will not be remembered as a masterpeice, simply because it is occupying no-mans land, the middle place. Musically, and more importantly, lyrically.