[wvobiwan]

Nothing more pathetic than an aging hippie.

It's hard to take any musician seriously, especially a Canadian Dylan-wannabe. Sing me a sing about women, rock and roll, love, cars, etc. Keep your politics to yourself, or expect the backlash. Political 'music' is a perversion of the true spirit of music, in this guitarist's opinion.

[weegee]

It is an attempt at co-opting music.

Using the name and tune to serve as a Pied Piper leading a bunch of followers (who don't question the authority of the musical "leader" when he demands they question the authority of the ELECTED leader).

The commies hated rock and roll. It is juvenile, it was crass, it was irrelevant. They liked songs in the "folk" tradition (although they didn't like hayseeds).

When Dylan went electric, they saw him as playing "childish junk". They wanted to silence him. Then they took it over and became the "establishment". Years later, promoter Bill Graham was still trying to promote only bands that had the right "social commentary".

It can be seen in the first episode of the Tom Snyder Tommorow Show 2 DVD set. For Bill Graham (who WAS the music industry at a point), rock and roll BEGAN in the 1960s.