There's been a noticeable increase in war-protest songs/albums by well known musicians ever since the war in Iraq began. Since the beginning of rock and roll, many artists have been known to write songs of protest (see Neil Young, Don Henley, John Lennon and so on.)
Just this past week, Jackson Browne released his newest album "Time The Conqueror" in which his lyrics are laced with such gems as:
"Where are the courts, now when we need them?
Why is impeachment not on the table?
We better stop them while we are able
Roll out the drums of war"
It just rolls off the tongue doesn't it? Apparently the days of "Stop children what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down" and "Keep on rockin' in the free world" are gone. Sorry Jackson, best save your happenin' skat for the Tuesday Night Beat Poets Society at Starbucks. I really feel that this album was a complete let down lyrically and melodically, and it pains me to say that because even without the politics, Jackson Browne is an amazing musician. His songs are always on my playlist and I'm always ready to play him on the show whenever the request comes in for "Running On Empty" but this album is not worth shelling out the money for.
I really feel that the time has passed for Iraq War protest songs...Green Day, and Springsteen started it and maybe caused it to lose its steam because of the continuous airtime that such songs as "American Idiot" got, and now that a few years have passed you have people like Jackson Browne trying to keep the protest banner waving unsuccessfully. I hope that Browne is able to learn from this experience, and comes back with a really great album the next time around.
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