Derek from Freedom Dogs provides us with another account of dissent not being crushed. This time at the Van Halen concert in St. Paul last week:
I had 3 friends attend the Van Hagar concert in St Paul on Thursday night. I said before he went, 'Dave, let me know if they pull a stupid stunt like Ozzy or Rondstat. It seems every one thinks they must jump on the lefty bandwagon.'
Sure enough, my friend Dave reports that on the very last song they had on the big screen a montage of flashing imagery with "Imagine Peace", pictures of war, and pictures of Bush/Ashcroft and "no more lies", "peace, not war", etc. Yawn.
Dave said he, along with about 50% of the audience, stopped clapping and there was very little effort to get them to come back for the predictable and planned encore. Another pitiful member of the conformists who think they are non-conformists.
Of course, these artists have a right to say whatever they wish. But for Van Halen to compromise the artistic integrity of "Hot for Teacher" for political posturing is profoundly disturbing.
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