I don't know the answer to that. But something has been puzzling me lately, and twitter is woefully inadequate, and it may have something to do with this question you ask. It has to do with the students that were spelled from University for singing rap lyrics.
I'll pose it in the form of a question.
Could singing a satirical song get you spelled from school back in the 60's?
If it couldn't, back then, and it can now, then there is an inevitable conclusion, to my mind, that somewhere along the way something has profoundly changed in this country.
I think that Ray Davies first applied the venerable tradition of British satire to rock and roll song lyrics. I'm looking for direct support of this hypothesis in his book.
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I don't know the answer to that. But something has been puzzling me lately, and twitter is woefully inadequate, and it may have something to do with this question you ask. It has to do with the students that were spelled from University for singing rap lyrics.
I'll pose it in the form of a question.
Could singing a satirical song get you spelled from school back in the 60's?
If it couldn't, back then, and it can now, then there is an inevitable conclusion, to my mind, that somewhere along the way something has profoundly changed in this country.
I can't tell what is main stream and what is counterculture.
Weren't the Kinks the band that sang "It's Only Jukebox Music?"
I think that Ray Davies first applied the venerable tradition of British satire to rock and roll song lyrics. I'm looking for direct support of this hypothesis in his book.
Chick, I have no idea.
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