Was going to start a thread about this but thought it might be too humiliating -
POLITICS AND MUSIC
I'm a political ignoramus, unfortunately. I don't read the newspapers that often. My general attitude is one of cynicism towards politics in general and a genetically inherited loathing of the Tories.
Was just reading an article about the Tories taking away benefits for the obese and just got me thinking about how apolitical most music seems to me be nowadays. Whereas during the Thatcher/Major years dance music, or at least part of it, had a political dimension to it, even if it wasn't overtly stated but was represented by the illegality of raves - in this decade, which is seeing the Tories dismantling the NHS, the BNP and UKIP gaining in popularity etc. there isn't really any political ideology or even feeling in dance music. Perhaps that just a consequence of the dance culture (including ecstacy) being absorbed into the mainstream so thoroughly that it doesn't represent an outsider/rebel perspective at all? I wonder if this is part of the reason why dance music all seems to inconsequential to me and others.
Makes me want to read ''Energy Flash'' again, anyway!