Musicians as Activist

I first got interested in this topic when we briefly talked about musicians being Activist in my Vietnam history class. Back in the 60's and 70's some Musician's were Activist for the Vietnam War and Equal rights. Even today with such thing as high gas prices and the war over in Iraq a lot of Musicians are being political activist. One of the most famous Activists was a member of one of the most popular band's from the 60's and 70's the Beatles. John Lennon, in a 1966 Interview Lennon told the reporter that he felt that he and the Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ was to Teenagers. All though that brought a lot of heat with Christian group all bashed him for being Anti-religious but that's not what Lennon meant all along he just meant that among all of the teenagers he and the Beatles were more popular. So since John was so popular with his music and being on 70's talk show scene week after week expressing his feelings on the Vietnam War and......

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Title: Mucsicans As Activiest
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