New York Times Thought Police Ask: Should Classic Rock Songs Be Toppled Like Confederate Statues?

Breitbart ^ | 4 Nov 2021 | DAVID NG

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Hide your classic rock LP’s. The thought police at the New York Times are coming for them.

The New York Times opinion section has run a column advocating for classic rock songs like Don McLean’s “American Pie” to be reconsidered and maybe even “toppled” like historic Confederate statues, arguing that reevaluating beloved songs will help create a world that is “inclusive and more just.”

Other rock singers ripe for cancellation include Eric Clapton, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and even Elvis Presley.

Jennifer Finney Boylan, who is a male-to-female transgender, laid out the case in the op-ed titled “Should Classic Rock Songs Be Toppled Like Confederate Statues?”

“As we take another look at the sins of our historical figures, we’ve also had to take a hard look at our more immediate past and present, including the behavior of the creators of pop culture,” Boylan wrote. “That reassessment extends now to the people who wrote some of our best-loved songs.”

Chief among the candidates for cancellation is “American Pie,” the 1971 classic song by Don McLean. Boylan cited past allegations of domestic violence made against McLean as justification for the song’s cancellation.

“I want to live in a world where I can be moved by art and music and literature without having to come up with elaborate apologies for that work or for its creators,” the columnist wrote.

Listen below:

[Luke21]

We are going to give them all bailouts.

[Leaning Right]

Most of today’s leftists have morphed into fascists.

[LibertyWoman]

It’s pretty bad when it sounds like the Babylon Bee but isn’t. geeez

[OKSooner]

Laaay-La!!

[dfwgator]

Rod Stewart’s “Every Picture Tells A Story”

Listen, on the Peeking ferry, I was feelin merry
Sailing on my way back here
I fell in love with a slit-eyed lady
By the light of an eastern moon

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Delia’s Gone

https://youtu.be/SSypZulEPDE

[dfwgator]

When are they going to replace Hendrix? You know he shot his old lady (or at least Joe shot her).

Or Neil Young's "Down By The River".

[Pollard]

Long ago in days I'm told
Were ruled by Lords of greed
Maidens fared with gold
They dared to bare their wombs that bleed

Kings and queens and guillotines
Taking lives denied
Starch and parchment laid the laws
When bishops took the ride
Only to deceive

Oh I know I lived this life afore
Somehow know now truths I must be sure
Tossin turnin' nightmares burnin' dreams of swords in hand
Sailin' ships the Viking spits the blood of father's land
Only to deceive

Living times of knights and mares
Raising swords for maidens fair
Sneer at death fear only loss of pride

Living other centuries
Deja vu or what you please
Follows true to all who do or die

Screams of no reply they died
Screams of no reply and died
Lordy lordy and then then they died
Lordy no then they died

Live and do or die
Long ago were days I told...Lord they died
Kings and queens and guillotines...
Live and no reply they died
Long ago were days I told...
Kings and queens and guillotines...

[Persevero]

Interestingly most confederate statues have not been toppled.

Virginia I believe just voted to protect them all.

[LibertyWoman]

Well the U.s. is moving closer and closer to sharia. Taliban just hanged/killed people because of music. Yeah....bring it on

[LibertyWoman]

Actually it's to REPLACE American culture.

[Vermont Lt]

Radios always have a dial. You can use that to change the music.

[Pollard]

Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of death's construction

In the fields the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds, oh lord yeah!

Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor, yeah!

Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait 'till their judgement day comes, yeah!

Now in darkness, world stops turning
Ashes where the bodies' burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour

Day of judgement, God is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings, oh lord yeah!

[cockroach_magoo]

“I want to live in a world where I can be moved by art and music and literature without having to come up with elaborate apologies for that work or for its creators,” the columnist wrote.

Then you better move to another world.

[Dr. Sivana]

Well, they should ban "Texan Love Song",

The minds of our daughters are poisoned by you
With your communistic politics and them negro blues
Well I'm going to quit talking and take action now
Run all of you fairies clean out of this town
Oh I'm dog tired of watching you mess up our lives
Spending the summertime naturally high


Who's the evil bigot behind this? Oh, yeah some homophobe named Elton John.

[Captain Peter Blood]

All art is subjective and in the eye of the beholder. Another wanna be NAZI and cultural book burner who doesn’t know real art and talent if it bit on her on the BUTT.

[mylife]

flip the dial dj douchebag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-a2jZ2Al64

[UnwashedPeasant]

Rock and Roll has got to go!

[CFW]

You will take away my classic rock when you pry it from my cold dead hands! I turned 15 while listening to classic rock and I’ll turn 75 while still listening to it! Nope, Nada, Not gonna happen!

[precisionshootist]

"I dunno. Isn’t time to get rid of newspapers that defended communist massacres of millions?"

Maybe it's time we make Communism illegal? Also make "intent to spread communism" a felony with minimum prison sentences.

Commies would still be free to sit in the basement smearing peanut butter all over themselves and think all the commie thoughts they want. The second they step outside and try to promote commie ideas we arrest them and LOCK THEM UP.