Comments on: Elvis Costello on Iraq and Israel http://www.israellycool.com/2004/09/26/elvis-costello-on-iraq-and-israel/ Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:55:30 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2004/09/26/elvis-costello-on-iraq-and-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-2146 Anonymous Sun, 07 Nov 2004 03:44:56 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2004/09/26/elvis-costello-on-iraq-and-israel/#comment-2146 Might be we care too much for the political opinions of musicians but when it comes to DJing I'll never play a song with an explicit political message I really consider to be dangerously wrong. So I had to say goodbye to a few things but still there is a lot of good stuff around. Might be we care too much for the political opinions of musicians but when it comes to DJing I’ll never play a song with an explicit political message I really consider to be dangerously wrong. So I had to say goodbye to a few things but still there is a lot of good stuff around.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2004/09/26/elvis-costello-on-iraq-and-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-2145 Anonymous Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:54:51 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2004/09/26/elvis-costello-on-iraq-and-israel/#comment-2145 I've actually learned that it's best not to delve into the political opinions of artists and musicians that I admire. More often than not you discover that just because a person is a brilliant songwriter doesn't preclude him from holding really idiotic and uninformed political ideas. Bruce Springsteen, who has lately been marching lockstep with the Michael Moore crowd, is just one example of this. Sounds like EC might be another case in point. I’ve actually learned that it’s best not to delve into the political opinions of artists and musicians that I admire. More often than not you discover that just because a person is a brilliant songwriter doesn’t preclude him from holding really idiotic and uninformed political ideas.

Bruce Springsteen, who has lately been marching lockstep with the Michael Moore crowd, is just one example of this. Sounds like EC might be another case in point.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2004/09/26/elvis-costello-on-iraq-and-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-2144 Anonymous Mon, 27 Sep 2004 05:28:14 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2004/09/26/elvis-costello-on-iraq-and-israel/#comment-2144 I never read much into that. Besides, that was the late seventies. EC has mellowed alot since then. I have always found it curious that he doesn't speak out more about these political issues, given his eloquence. Then again, maybe I am glad he hasn't. I never read much into that. Besides, that was the late seventies. EC has mellowed alot since then.

I have always found it curious that he doesn’t speak out more about these political issues, given his eloquence. Then again, maybe I am glad he hasn’t.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2004/09/26/elvis-costello-on-iraq-and-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-2143 Anonymous Sun, 26 Sep 2004 22:22:47 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2004/09/26/elvis-costello-on-iraq-and-israel/#comment-2143 What about that "Palestine" rubbish in Oliver's Army? What about that “Palestine” rubbish in Oliver’s Army?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2004/09/26/elvis-costello-on-iraq-and-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-2142 Anonymous Sun, 26 Sep 2004 17:16:59 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2004/09/26/elvis-costello-on-iraq-and-israel/#comment-2142 Of course my non-Jewish and non-Israeli readers who can read Hebrew will also notice the oddity. (hehe..I realized after posting this that I hadn't worded it correctly. I just wasn't expecting someone to pick up on it! But I should have known you would be on the case :)) Of course my non-Jewish and non-Israeli readers who can read Hebrew will also notice the oddity.

(hehe..I realized after posting this that I hadn’t worded it correctly. I just wasn’t expecting someone to pick up on it! But I should have known you would be on the case :) )

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2004/09/26/elvis-costello-on-iraq-and-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-2141 Anonymous Sun, 26 Sep 2004 15:42:27 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2004/09/26/elvis-costello-on-iraq-and-israel/#comment-2141 what about your non-israeli non-jewish readers who can read Hebrew? :p what about your non-israeli non-jewish readers who can read Hebrew? :p

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2004/09/26/elvis-costello-on-iraq-and-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-2140 Anonymous Sun, 26 Sep 2004 15:42:25 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2004/09/26/elvis-costello-on-iraq-and-israel/#comment-2140 what about your non-israeli non-jewish readers who can read Hebrew? :p what about your non-israeli non-jewish readers who can read Hebrew? :p

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