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Lyn Alden · 143w
The media calling Oliver Anthony’s song a right wing anthem when 1) it doesn’t mention political parties or specific politicians and 2) has rather broad appeal across anti-establishment types in g...
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To be fair though, I think what the media is saying is that many on the right have identified this song as being their anthem. Similar to how trump played a lot of ‘anthem’ songs during his rallies (despite the artists themselves not aligning with him, in fact several sent him cease and desists)
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diasporic · 143w
Sometimes people don't actually listen to the lyrics and get tricked by an catchy, ironic chorus, for example "Born in the USA" and "I Love L.A." (cf. Reagan and the Dodgers.) Speaking of Newman, I almost choked on my spliff the day I heard "Sail Away", his anthemic skewering of Southern slavery ap...