Word: traverse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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"I'm not looking for someone who's charismatic--we've got someone like that in the White House now," says Travers. A bit more parent-like, she warns, 'I realize that young people are not turned on [by Mondale], but this is no time to play apathetic."
Every artist has a favorite tune, and for Travers it is "Blowing in the Wind"--because the song "applies to so many different situations."
Yes, but these are different times and different musical approaches are needed. Perhaps, but a survey of contemporary pop music hardly inspires the kind of change and activistnecessary for a world warring in every hemisphere. Travers says today's popular music commercially defined by the 13-25 age group, "articulates...
ALMOST every current top 40 song fits part of all of Travers' description. A few, however, are worth particular mention, partly because their accompanying MTV videos have further confirmed today's angst. Both the literal and visual interpretations of, for instance. Laura Brannigan's "You Take My Self Control," radiate...
These and so many more hot-selling pop songs reflect our generation's disillusionment and pessimism. That pop artists have turned their themes inward only mirrors the larger societal decision to turn their backs on problems, which only seem to get worse and grow in number. And, even as we...