Music, and politics in today's society are connected. After listening to a couple of the songs on the class website list, I noticed that most of the songs were made during times of unrest. People right music about stuff that is happening in their daily lives. Some of the songs were from the civil rights era. The songs talked about standing up for what is right. Black people we being treated like second-class citizens and the music reflected this. Other songs talked about wars. The sight of anti-war protesters being arbitrarily arrested disturbed Marvin Gaye. So him and a guy named Benson coined some lyrics. This song gained much popularity during the time. I do believe music is a strong medium to spread a message. When people feel strongly about a topic, they will spread the message. This can be seen by the occupy Wall Street campaign. It has gained so traction because the message is being spread. Pretty soon people will begin to write songs about it.
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