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Podcast: 4PR - Voice of the People
Episode: The medium as the message in protest music
Description: Paradigm Shift 4ZZZ fm 102.1 17 April 2020.
IMAGE: Pete Seeger sings We Shall Overcome.
Andy presents.
This week we explore a history of musicians who have played with the idea of "the medium is the message" - that's it's not just what you sing about that makes music political, the medium by which you communicate also has a role in representing the world we want to create.
Playlist
MARSHALL MCLUHAN - The medium is the massage
PETE SEEGER - We shall overcome
THE GRATEFUL DEAD - Friend of the devil
HAWKWIND - Silver machine
CRASS - Punk is dead
SCRITTI POLITTI...