Orginally posted 08/20/2004
For those of you who, like me, thought that it would be a cold day in Hell when you see Pearl Jam and the Dixie Chicks play on the same stage, are pretty sure Hitler’s wearing a parka right now as they join Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Bonnie Rait and a plethora of artists you don’t hear on the radio anymore on the Vote For Change tour. Sponsored by stupidity-powered MoveOn.org and America Coming Together, Vote For Change was formed to convince you that voting lockstep with a party that controlled both houses of Congress and the Presidency for the majority of the last century is somehow making a move against the establishment.
R.E.M. basist Mike Mills took a break from yellowing his teeth to explain his band’s participation by saying, "The purpose of this tour is to make John Kerry the next president. And in doing so, we will unseat the guy who's got to go down as the worst president in the history of this country." Proud of the loss of credibility he’d just suffered, he turned to share a high five with Dave Matthews and missed, falling to the floor and cracking a bicuspid he had been working on turning orange for the last 15 years.
“It’s the first time Bruce and the E Street Band ever stood up and made a clear political statement,” Dave Matthews told The Associated Press, adding, “Usually he just mumbles a lot and makes that ‘I’ve got to shit’ face. This time, though, he’s articulating and enunciating actual words. He really is the boss!”
Actually being on the stage with people possessing actual musical and lyrical talent is new to Dixie Chick Natalie Maines, but she knows they all stand for the same thing. Maines said. “There’s never been a political climate like this, which is so the polar opposite of me as a person and what I believe in.” She was then asked what she believed in and replied, “Me having an actual career and making money. Something that doesn’t seem to be happening anymore.” Maines was then told there were Chips Ahoy in the green room and was no longer available for comment.
"The upcoming election provides everyone an opportunity to change the direction our country is headed and to elect a government that is just, rational and respectful of the views and rights of the people it serves," Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard said beneath a cloud of hashish smoke. "This coalition of artists wants to be a part of that change." He continued, “Unless that’s any real change, like, for instance, freeing three full populations of the world and killing or capturing thousands of terrorists, making the world a better and safer place for everyone who lives on it. We, as a group, are firmly against that.”
"At some point, you can't sit still," adds Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder. "You can't spend your life, when people are getting killed, without asking serious questions about why." Veddar added, “Like why we were all fine about Clinton’s bombing of Iraq? Was I too busy promoting No Code or doing DVD commentary for Singles? Why was it okay for Clinton to act unilaterally without the U.N.’s backing in Eastern Europe? What makes the mass graves in Bosnia more of a tragedy than those in Iraq? Would it help if the Iraqis were whiter? You know, important questions like that.”
R.E.M. basist Mike Mills took a break from yellowing his teeth to explain his band’s participation by saying, "The purpose of this tour is to make John Kerry the next president. And in doing so, we will unseat the guy who's got to go down as the worst president in the history of this country." Proud of the loss of credibility he’d just suffered, he turned to share a high five with Dave Matthews and missed, falling to the floor and cracking a bicuspid he had been working on turning orange for the last 15 years.
“It’s the first time Bruce and the E Street Band ever stood up and made a clear political statement,” Dave Matthews told The Associated Press, adding, “Usually he just mumbles a lot and makes that ‘I’ve got to shit’ face. This time, though, he’s articulating and enunciating actual words. He really is the boss!”
Actually being on the stage with people possessing actual musical and lyrical talent is new to Dixie Chick Natalie Maines, but she knows they all stand for the same thing. Maines said. “There’s never been a political climate like this, which is so the polar opposite of me as a person and what I believe in.” She was then asked what she believed in and replied, “Me having an actual career and making money. Something that doesn’t seem to be happening anymore.” Maines was then told there were Chips Ahoy in the green room and was no longer available for comment.
"The upcoming election provides everyone an opportunity to change the direction our country is headed and to elect a government that is just, rational and respectful of the views and rights of the people it serves," Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard said beneath a cloud of hashish smoke. "This coalition of artists wants to be a part of that change." He continued, “Unless that’s any real change, like, for instance, freeing three full populations of the world and killing or capturing thousands of terrorists, making the world a better and safer place for everyone who lives on it. We, as a group, are firmly against that.”
"At some point, you can't sit still," adds Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder. "You can't spend your life, when people are getting killed, without asking serious questions about why." Veddar added, “Like why we were all fine about Clinton’s bombing of Iraq? Was I too busy promoting No Code or doing DVD commentary for Singles? Why was it okay for Clinton to act unilaterally without the U.N.’s backing in Eastern Europe? What makes the mass graves in Bosnia more of a tragedy than those in Iraq? Would it help if the Iraqis were whiter? You know, important questions like that.”
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