Do liberals and progressives like rock, country or rap music?

[sweetloukillbot]

57. Depends on the rock music (and the country for that matter)

I think alt-country skews more liberal, and I think your basic cock-rock skews more conservative. I also think a lot of musicians who are apolitical in their younger days skew conservative as they get older and don't want to pay taxes (I call that the Velvet Underground affect). Frank Zappa was a bold libertarian who stood up for justice, his wife is an obscenely litigious crusader against anyone's right to perform Frank's music.
For every Charlie Daniels there's a WIllie Nelson, and even that idiot who did the song about wearing his Confederate shirt at Starbuck's was an Obama supporter. I see a lot of Republican d-bags at Rush concerts, and the Allman Brothers played an Obama benefit under their individual names for fear of offending their conservative fans. Even going to alternative shows like the White Stripes - I see a mix of liberal hipster types and conservative bro's.

My last point - I tend to think that Conservatives pay less attention to the person's overall activities and get more offended when the bands they like preach at them - (Springsteen, Dixie Chicks, even Garth Brooks). Liberals know where these people stand - when I went to see Nugent I knew he was going to make an ass out of himself for about 50% of the show - I wasn't offended because I knew his feelings - and when they got too much, I went to the bar and watched the rest of the show on closed circuit TV. Heck, I was at a Jackson Browne/Steve Earle show and there were people booing both of them for making political statements - I mean, who did they think theywere seeing - Jackson Browne has been a liberal activist for 40 years and Steve Earle was touring on the strength of John Walker's Blues? Bonnie Raitt was quintessential suburban minivan music, and she's a major liberal activist and Garth Brooks has been a strong advocate for gay rights, even back in the 90s.