The ongoing struggle between China and protesters in Hong Kong took a new turn when thousands of protesters shouted pro-democracy slogans and […]
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“Do They Know it’s Christmas” gets new lyrics
This Monday November 17 2014, Band Aid 30 will release the charity single “Do They Know it’s Christmas”. The proceeds will go […]
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YMCA lyrics “not specific to gays”
Against the backdrop of Russia’s anti-gay laws, someone had the fun idea of asking lyricist and Village People lead singer Victor Willis […]
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Tunisian rapper jailed for “insulting police”
Things are not easy in the countries that underwent the Arab spring. There is still the very real fear that things could […]
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Eminem explains his gay lyrics, kinda
Eminem and gay lyrics. I was kind of avoiding the issue, as it comes around so often. But you probably heard by […]
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Music as a weapon
We live in a political world. As songwriters in the west, we can more or less overlook this fact. But there are […]