tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31335050.post7146613577070703826..comments2023-04-15T08:57:27.562-07:00Comments on the kittybrains collective: Zombiedr. kittybrainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756158577917324058noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31335050.post-54319196312495171952008-02-02T07:48:00.000-08:002008-02-02T07:48:00.000-08:00This is a really interesting example, Tex. It cert...This is a really interesting example, Tex. It certainly is an infectious beat, but I think it also suffers from the same shortcomings as most expressly political art: namely, that over this infectious beat he's essentially just shouting an anti-government slogan. And I don't want to diminish the legitimacy or power of that, as I'm sure in the time and place of this song that slogan served a vitally important need. But still, listening to it in my own time and place, I find that the three dimensional humanity which defines most art that I enjoy is sacrificed here to serve the function of that slogan. I don't want to get into the area of defining what makes something truly "art" (which I always find to be a reductive and boring conversation) but songs like this one, while they might be empowering in their original context, tend to sound flat and unilluminating to me when I listen to them on my own.Quinapalushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09756065227028423860noreply@blogger.com