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Originally posted by purse junkie
Who promptly lost most of her following for actually being political and ripping up a photo of the pope. Though I never actually saw the big fuss about that, as it's hardly an edgy political notion that Roman Catholicism treats women like shit.
Much safer apparently, like Midnight Oil, to shave your head and just whine in a video.
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Ummm, Midnight Oil is one of the most stridently political bands of recent memory. They make U2 look like N*SYNC in this regard (not a comment on music quality - just politics). Their one US hit Beds are Burning is all about giving land back to Australian aborigines - and they're serious about it, having repeatedly both sung and lobbied for their position, which is roughly equivalent to someone in the US advocating giving everything west of the Mississippi back to Native Americans. Their political leanings and the Australio-centrism* of their work are probably the primary reasons they have not had much success in the US, even though they have had a long and successful career in Australia. Some of their work is actually pretty good. I'm a big fan of their cover of Slim Dusty's "Pub with No Beer."
*It goes without saying that I just made this word up.
