No banker left behind - Ry Cooder

Pos, si, tal com deia l'altre dia hi havia un temps quan els grups dels "top 40" també posaven algun missatget d'inconformitat dins d'alguna cançó - no només els cantants sempre "compromesos", sino tothom. Els Pet Shop Boys, Simply Red, Fine Young Cannibals, Culture Club, Depeche Mode, Style Council, i molts més, tots van ser capaços de barrejar un missatge amb un "hit". Ara no trobo cap als Top 40. Els "de sempre", però, encara lluitan .. Bruce, Neil Young, Billy Bragg i avui Ry Cooder - No Banker Left Behind.

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So, as I've been saying, there was a time when "social message" and "Top 40" could be found in the same hit song. Pet Shop Boys, Simply Red, Depeche Mode, Style Council and so on, all managed to write top 10 hits with some kind of "message". And today? Have a look at the Top 40, and there is nothing. Luckily the "usual suspects", the old classic protesters still churn out the goods but it's not what I've been looking for. Bruce, Neil Young, Billy Bragg, Ry Cooder, all still there - here's Ry, with No Banker Left Behind!