IIPM: What is E-PAT?
Last year in May, numerous music groups and bands announced their plan to boycott (read “sound strike”) all musical performances in Arizona marking a protest to the new anti-immigration law and requested their fans to file a petition challenging it. This protest won support from Latin performers, Mexicans bands, Colombian singers and many others. It grew to an extent that even many municipalities decided to “cut their economic ties” with Arizona. A similar incident occurred in July, 2009, when United Airlines refused to pay compensation to Canadian singer Dave Carroll (after his guitar got broken in the cargo), and Dave, in return, composed a song titled United Breaks Guitars and uploaded the same on YouTube which attracted four million users in just 10 days, resulting in a drop of the airline’s share price by a whopping 10 per cent - or $180 million!
Music has been an age-old effective tool when it comes to non-violent protests. Hip-hop was used in Sweden by NGOs to engage disaffected immigrant and working class youths. African and French artists, since long, have been using hip-hop and other modern (youth appealing) forms of music to address environmental justice, policing & prisons, media justice and education. South-African pop artists, after being exiled from South Africa, composed music to bring into notice the issues pertaining to apartheid and slavery.
During the Vietnam war, songs like,Edwin Starr's War, Wars of Armageddon, Jimmy Cliff's Vietnam – to name a few – talked about peace and the melancholic state of society. In the US, during late 1960s, rap and hip-hop music were used to highlight issues like racial dignity and economic empowerment of Black Africans. Various other bands across the world are delivering messages on issues like the Iranian regime, Mexico's drug abuse, Brazil's social unrest and many more.
Roger Waters of Pink Floyd helped in the remake of the song "Another Brick in the Wall" featuring footages of street violence after Iran's disputed elections in 2009; this song eventually attracted more than 100,000 hits. Even Bon Jovi performed "Stand By Me" with Iranian pop star Andy Madadian (Madadian's music is banned in Iran) for the same cause.
During their regime, the Taliban banned music in Afghanistan, something that Soviet Russia did in 1930s. Only Taliban chants were allowed to be released. In the US, artists have even gone to an extent where they composed music against Bush Sr. (when he sent troops to Kuwait in 1991) and interestingly titled them as "I Wanna Kill Sam" and "Bush Killa". In order to protest against George W. Bush, there had been protest songs, since 2000, blaming him for the destruction & mismanagement prevailing in the country. Neil Young in 2006 released his album where he sang, "Let's impeach the President for lying." Guns 'N' Roses composed an album on the lack of democracy in china, based on their five tours to China. The album's songs were played over 4 million times on Myspace in one day. But, the album is banned in the People's Republic of China.
Musicians and singers ranging from Elvis to Michael Jackson, have used art, music and sound-tracks to raise latent issues, be it cultural, environmental or political. Such backlash from artists and musicians plays a major role in pointing out dissent, injustice and inequality across the globe. Music is one medium where language gaps take a bow, unity prevails.
For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.
IIPM ranks No 1 in International Exposure in the 'Third Mail Today B-School Survey'
Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri Dean Business School IIPM
IIPM Excom Prof Rajita Chaudhuri
Kapil Sibal’s voters want Jan Lokpal, not Government-proposed Lokpal Bill
"Thorns to Competition" amongst the top 10 best sellers of the week.
IIPM RANKED NO.1 in MAIL TODAY B-SCHOOL RANKINGS
'Thorns to Competition' - You can order your copy online from here
IIPM Mumbai Campus
Last year in May, numerous music groups and bands announced their plan to boycott (read “sound strike”) all musical performances in Arizona marking a protest to the new anti-immigration law and requested their fans to file a petition challenging it. This protest won support from Latin performers, Mexicans bands, Colombian singers and many others. It grew to an extent that even many municipalities decided to “cut their economic ties” with Arizona. A similar incident occurred in July, 2009, when United Airlines refused to pay compensation to Canadian singer Dave Carroll (after his guitar got broken in the cargo), and Dave, in return, composed a song titled United Breaks Guitars and uploaded the same on YouTube which attracted four million users in just 10 days, resulting in a drop of the airline’s share price by a whopping 10 per cent - or $180 million!
Music has been an age-old effective tool when it comes to non-violent protests. Hip-hop was used in Sweden by NGOs to engage disaffected immigrant and working class youths. African and French artists, since long, have been using hip-hop and other modern (youth appealing) forms of music to address environmental justice, policing & prisons, media justice and education. South-African pop artists, after being exiled from South Africa, composed music to bring into notice the issues pertaining to apartheid and slavery.
During the Vietnam war, songs like,Edwin Starr's War, Wars of Armageddon, Jimmy Cliff's Vietnam – to name a few – talked about peace and the melancholic state of society. In the US, during late 1960s, rap and hip-hop music were used to highlight issues like racial dignity and economic empowerment of Black Africans. Various other bands across the world are delivering messages on issues like the Iranian regime, Mexico's drug abuse, Brazil's social unrest and many more.
Roger Waters of Pink Floyd helped in the remake of the song "Another Brick in the Wall" featuring footages of street violence after Iran's disputed elections in 2009; this song eventually attracted more than 100,000 hits. Even Bon Jovi performed "Stand By Me" with Iranian pop star Andy Madadian (Madadian's music is banned in Iran) for the same cause.
During their regime, the Taliban banned music in Afghanistan, something that Soviet Russia did in 1930s. Only Taliban chants were allowed to be released. In the US, artists have even gone to an extent where they composed music against Bush Sr. (when he sent troops to Kuwait in 1991) and interestingly titled them as "I Wanna Kill Sam" and "Bush Killa". In order to protest against George W. Bush, there had been protest songs, since 2000, blaming him for the destruction & mismanagement prevailing in the country. Neil Young in 2006 released his album where he sang, "Let's impeach the President for lying." Guns 'N' Roses composed an album on the lack of democracy in china, based on their five tours to China. The album's songs were played over 4 million times on Myspace in one day. But, the album is banned in the People's Republic of China.
Musicians and singers ranging from Elvis to Michael Jackson, have used art, music and sound-tracks to raise latent issues, be it cultural, environmental or political. Such backlash from artists and musicians plays a major role in pointing out dissent, injustice and inequality across the globe. Music is one medium where language gaps take a bow, unity prevails.
For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.
IIPM ranks No 1 in International Exposure in the 'Third Mail Today B-School Survey'
Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri Dean Business School IIPM
IIPM Excom Prof Rajita Chaudhuri
Kapil Sibal’s voters want Jan Lokpal, not Government-proposed Lokpal Bill
"Thorns to Competition" amongst the top 10 best sellers of the week.
IIPM RANKED NO.1 in MAIL TODAY B-SCHOOL RANKINGS
'Thorns to Competition' - You can order your copy online from here
IIPM Mumbai Campus
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