Music and politics go hand in hand, both influence on each other. Political issues influence the music of the time, whether they are anti war songs or the anti establishment songs and same goes with the pro establishment songs like national anthems, patriotic songs .These type of songs help politicians to propagate their agenda and increase their popularity. We can always see artists like Usher, Fun, Shakira, Beyonce, Alicia keys among others standing along side the present day President of The United States Barack Obama at various occasions.
One of such songs is the "Dear Mr. President" by P!nk from herfourth album, I'm Not Dead (2006). According to Pink the song was an "open letter" to then President of the United States, George W. Bush. It was released in Europe, Australia and Canada but not in The States.
This is one of my favorite songs and even though its old but it still gives me goosebumps whenever I hear it. In the beginning of the song she starts to ask the President to take a walk with her and answer her few questions, She points out he has the tendency to lie in the lines, "I'd like to ask you some questions if you can speak honestly". She asks him about the homeless people which is due to the result of his many policies and whether if he's proud of his mistakes when he looks at himself in the mirror. Shes asks him about his controversial take on gay and women basic rights, abortion laws. According to him, his government has given equal rights to everyone so they could get rid of the mortgage but in reality he is biased towards only some communities and races while others still lag behind.She accuses of him being a good leader as he himself was a alcohol and cocaine addict. At the end she says "let me tell you about hard work ,... you don't know nothing about hard work" is how he keeps on giving long speeches about hard and honest work, but in reality he himself doesn't know how it is to work on minimum wages. In the end she says that President will never take a walk with her because he considers himself above everyone and is not answerable to anyone.
This is how music and songs can highlight and show whats going on in the present day. Songs like this are not only controversial but they are an eye opener too.
References:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081106070559AAbHysL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Mr._President
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pink/dearmrpresident.html
One of such songs is the "Dear Mr. President" by P!nk from herfourth album, I'm Not Dead (2006). According to Pink the song was an "open letter" to then President of the United States, George W. Bush. It was released in Europe, Australia and Canada but not in The States.
This is one of my favorite songs and even though its old but it still gives me goosebumps whenever I hear it. In the beginning of the song she starts to ask the President to take a walk with her and answer her few questions, She points out he has the tendency to lie in the lines, "I'd like to ask you some questions if you can speak honestly". She asks him about the homeless people which is due to the result of his many policies and whether if he's proud of his mistakes when he looks at himself in the mirror. Shes asks him about his controversial take on gay and women basic rights, abortion laws. According to him, his government has given equal rights to everyone so they could get rid of the mortgage but in reality he is biased towards only some communities and races while others still lag behind.She accuses of him being a good leader as he himself was a alcohol and cocaine addict. At the end she says "let me tell you about hard work ,... you don't know nothing about hard work" is how he keeps on giving long speeches about hard and honest work, but in reality he himself doesn't know how it is to work on minimum wages. In the end she says that President will never take a walk with her because he considers himself above everyone and is not answerable to anyone.This is how music and songs can highlight and show whats going on in the present day. Songs like this are not only controversial but they are an eye opener too.
References:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081106070559AAbHysL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Mr._President
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pink/dearmrpresident.html
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