Its a stupid controversy. The woke are communists who only seek to divide and destroy
folk and country are nearly the same genre. Certainly people think there is a difference between the present glam of Nashville and original folk or bluegrass artists - but they certainly had the same roots in American music.
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All leftism is a lie. Spawned by the great deceiver.
The Left is always looking for someone or something to vilify. Hyper focused on opportunity to claim it’s racism, it’s homophobia, it’s whatever... What a miserable existence. Sad and pathetic.
Disliked the song then. Dislike it now.
Anybody ask Tracy Chapman how she feels? The more records sell the more money she makes, assuming she wrote the song, which I suppose she did.
People get annoyed about these things sometimes. Forget who the guy was (Otis Redding?) who first sang R.E.S.P.E.C.T., he’s quoted as saying Aretha Franklin “stole my song”, which in a way she did.
Don’t know how Bob Dylan feels about Jimi Hendrix’s version of “All Along the Watchtower”, but Hendrix’s version is vastly superior. I’ve also always thought Rod Stewart’s version of “Forever Young” (also Dylan’s) is definitive.
And Nina Simone was very annoyed about Eric Burdon and the Animal’s hit with “I’m Just a Soul Whose Intentions are Good” but it’s pretty perfect. And, tbh, that song makes more sense coming from a man. (No offense to Ms. Simone!)
These are ALL GREAT SONGS, those that wrote them and all who sang them deserve our appreciation. And the list could go on and on.
Vida brevis, Ars longa - Life is short, Art is long.
He should publicly moon them. He’d sell a million records.
“Hey woke idiots!” (turning around and dropping trou) “Kiss this!”