[Yawn] Riots and riot police – still very hot
Posted on 16. Feb, 2011 by Jonathan Cherry in Totally Whack
Does anyone else notice that riots and riot police have been a hot theme for the music industry for some time now. Rihanna, Beyonce, Kerli, Lady Gaga and others have been pushing that agenda for a while.
In the last couple of days, Muse performed Uprising with strong riot undertones at the Grammy’s and Take That rocked the Brits with their riot police for their song Kidz. [BTW - Simon Cowell reported didn't allow Take That to perform that exact show on the X Factor because of the riot police theme].
So what’s the big attraction to revolution? Stylists just looking for a hook or is there another agenda that’s being pushed here?
Was this theme a prelude to the student demonstrations in the UK last year and the uprisings in the Middle East this year – or in some way a catalyst for the intensification of revolutionary activity.
The conspiracy theorists have their views, which you can choose to subscribe to or not, but why all the military gear? Is anarchy cool again? Is punk set to be making a comeback? Bring back the Sex Pistols?
Is it art imitating reality – or dictating a response to your supposed reality. Sex and guns – awesome!
Get used to the sight of riot police – they don’t seem to be going anywhere.
