Posted on 11/04/2021 7:17:26 PM PDT by 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.
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They want to erase our culture.🖕
Transgender is removed from Trans-dragon only by degree. In addition to hormone therapy, reconstruction, and prosthesis, the latter also suggests the need for an ignition source and fuel supply.
Who else?
Boy Named Sue. He felt this threatened his toxic masculinity because his dad gave him a girls name.
Or Axl Rose. He used to love her, but he had to kill her.
Poor dog.
Burn all Beatles music cry the work minions.
And he can still hear her complain.
The New York Times should be toppled like Marx statue, sold for scrap, with the oroceeds to supplement private schools.
In the summer of 1966, Ron Nasty was widely quoted by saying that the Rutles were bigger than God. He went on to say that God had never gotten a hit record.
In response to this, many fans burnt their albums, many more burnt their fingers trying to burn their albums. Album sales skyrocketed, as people began to buy the albums, simply to burn them.
It would later turn out that it was all a great misunderstanding. Nasty, whilst talking to a slightly deaf journalist, stated that the Rutles were bigger than Rod Stewart, who would not be big for another eight years.
In an interview on the subject, Ron stated that this proved that "[you're] all daft-- I'll probably get in trouble for that now." Nasty apologised to God and Rod for these statements.
I bet their opera and symphonies from centuries ago are more racist.
It’s like rust - these lunatics never stop.
Is this the story of a Johnny Rotten?
One would think given the lyrics of much of rap that that whole genre would wiped out. Doubt the woke are that brave though.
These sorts of articles are a form of cheap attention seeking writing. The more absurd, the better. The writers intent is to gin up outrage and page views. It’s a sign of a sick press.
Imagine that song coming out today.
Or “Rednecks”.
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