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David Byrne

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

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The Importance of Lyrics in Protest Music

David Byrne: "If it's not a beautiful song, regardless of the content, we probably wouldn't be drawn to it" The message is rarely going to carry the weight of the work of the song. Peter Gabriel Bico has an example of a protest song that sounds like a protest song. We'll be back with more on protest music after this break.

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