{"id":2723,"date":"2004-08-04T03:51:31","date_gmt":"2004-08-04T17:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/04\/music-and-politics\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T07:43:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T15:43:41","slug":"music-and-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/04\/music-and-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Music and Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10443,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.eonline.com\\\/News\\\/Items\\\/0,1,14646,00.html?tnews&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20060621133951\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.eonline.com:80\\\/News\\\/Items\\\/0,1,14646,00.html?tnews&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 05:00:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 05:00:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10444,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.nytimes.com\\\/2004\\\/08\\\/05\\\/politics\\\/campaign\\\/05springsteen.html?ex=1249444800&amp;en=d1fc285917d6bb8a&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10445,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.esoterically.net\\\/log\\\/archives\\\/001819.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20060310064633\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.esoterically.net:80\\\/log\\\/archives\\\/001819.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/easy-energy.biz&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10446,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/store.artistdirect.com\\\/store\\\/artist\\\/album\\\/0,,2886815,00.html?src=search&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Just for amusement sake, after reading an article about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/News\/Items\/0,1,14646,00.html?tnews\" title=\"E! Online: Bruce and Friends Rock for Change\">the upcoming Vote for Change concert tour<\/a> (which doesn&#8217;t seem to be coming to Washington &#8212; aren&#8217;t we supposed to be a &#8220;swing state&#8221; too?), here&#8217;s a short and probably very incomplete list of musical artists who have supported one presidential candidate or the other. Most of this list is culled from the article, I may update it as days go by as I run across more names. Submissions will be welcome, of course.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a rather silly way to look at things, sure, but if for some reason you&#8217;re having problems making up your mind which way you want to vote, maybe your musical tastes can make a difference. ;)<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>Supporting Kerry<br \/>(or at least vocally anti-Bush)<\/th>\n<th>Supporting Bush<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Alkaline Trio<br \/>\nAnti-Flag<br \/>\nThe Ataris<br \/>\nAuthority Zero<br \/>\nBad Religion<br \/>\nJello Biafra<br \/>\nBilly Bragg<br \/>\nBright Eyes<br \/>\nJackson Browne<br \/>\nThe Dave Matthews Band<br \/>\nDeath Cab for Cutie<br \/>\nDenali<br \/>\nThe Dixie Chicks<br \/>\nKenneth &#8220;Babyface&#8221; Edmonds<br \/>\nThe Epoxies<br \/>\nJohn Fogerty<br \/>\nJurassic 5<br \/>\nLess Than Jake<br \/>\nJohn Mellencamp<br \/>\nMinistry<br \/>\nKeb&#8217; Mo&#8217;<br \/>\nMy Morning Jacket<br \/>\nN.O.F.X.<br \/>\nNone More Black<br \/>\nThe Offspring<br \/>\nPearl Jam<br \/>\nBonnie Raitt<br \/>\nR.E.M.<br \/>\nLinda Rondstadt<br \/>\nSocial Distortion<br \/>\nThe Soviettes<br \/>\nBruce Springsteen<br \/>\nJames Taylor<br \/>\nWorld\/Inferno Friendshop Society<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Kid Rock<br \/>\nTed Nugent<br \/>\nJessica Simpson<br \/>\nBritney Spears<br \/>\nLee Ann Womack<\/td>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Update: Additions from a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2004\/08\/05\/politics\/campaign\/05springsteen.html?ex=1249444800&amp;en=d1fc285917d6bb8a&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland\" title=\"Rock Stars Announce a Swing-State Tour\">NYT article<\/a> (thanks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esoterically.net\/log\/archives\/001819.html\" title=\"esoterically.net: Hate-filled fringe group?\">Len<\/a>) and <a href=\"http:\/\/store.artistdirect.com\/store\/artist\/album\/0,,2886815,00.html?src=search\" title=\"Rock Against Bush Vol. 1\">Rock Against Bush Vol. 1<\/a> (thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/music_and_polit.html#c1836011\" title=\"For more artists...\">Ryan<\/a> &#8212; the page for RABv2 didn&#8217;t have artist listings, otherwise there&#8217;d be more additions, I&#8217;m sure).<\/p>\n<p><strong>iTunes:<\/strong> &#8220;Music and Politics&#8221; by Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, The from the album <em>Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury<\/em> (1992, 4:01).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just for amusement sake, after reading an article about the upcoming Vote for Change concert tour, here&#8217;s a short and probably very incomplete list of musical artists who have supported one presidential candidate or the other. Most of this list is culled from the article, I may update it as days go by as I run across more names. Submissions will be welcome, of course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2035,2042],"tags":[80,14],"class_list":["post-2723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-politics","tag-music","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}