Monday, February 11, 2008
IT IS A REALITY
Shocking news out of Germany:
Canadian folk rock legend Neil Young said he has lost all hope that music can change the world, as he presented a documentary about his 2006 anti-war concert tour at the Berlin film festival on Friday.
“Canadian” ... “folk rock” ... “change” ... “anti-war” ... “Berlin” ... someone is trying to break a first-paragraph pejoratives record here.
"I know that the time when music could change the world is past. I really doubt that a single song can make a difference. It is a reality,” Young told reporters.
Has music ever changed the world, at least in Young’s lifetime? Who does he think was elected in 1968 and 1972?
"I don’t think the tour had any impact on voters.”
Any dissenters on that point? No? Carried.
(Via Black)