I wrote a piece for Independent Music News about musicians and politics after One Direction started tweeting about the budget.
If they carry on in this direction, they’re gonna end up getting arrested
It starts like this…..
Music has the power to move us and make us do stuff we didn’t even know we could. I’m going to grab my partner and swing them round at a square dance, fo sho, and every time I eat vegetables, I think of The Ramones. Ray Charles only had to ask me once to bend over and shake my tail feather and I still don’t know what doing the mash potato means, but by golly will I do it.
So it totally makes sense for musicians to do the loop-de-loop into politics and use their charm and swagger to influence fans for the greater good.
Check out the full article here.
I Am Like A Wednesday 