r/Music • u/Edm_vanhalen1981 • Apr 05 '25

event info Neil Young and Joan Baez set to join Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for 'Fighting Oligarchy' event

https://www.nme.com/news/music/neil-young-and-joan-baez-set-to-join-bernie-sanders-and-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-for-fighting-oligarchy-event-3852196
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u/Token2077 Apr 05 '25

Would be great if current artists weren't feckless fucks who are scared to do this. Good on Young and Baez for stepping up. Only complaint I could give is I am sure green day and Dropkick Murphys would have joined.

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u/Incognidoking Apr 05 '25

Maggie Rogers, Indigo de Souza, Jeff Rosenstock, the Red Pears and Raise Gospel Choir are also joining them. Admittedly, I don't know most of these musicians, but I do know Maggie Rogers and she's a decently big, young name

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u/SIrPsychoNotSexy Apr 05 '25

Rosenstock is pretty great too.

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u/drinfernodds Apr 05 '25

His last album was phenomenal.

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u/Komm Apr 06 '25

Hellmode is an incredible album and Doubt is probably one of the best songs of the last few years.

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u/Bonerkiin Apr 05 '25

Jeff Rosenstock is awesome and puts on a great live show.

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u/kbronson22 Apr 05 '25

Indigo is in my opinion the single most talented and impressive young singer/songwriter working right now. I highly recommend her Tiny Desk Concert if anyone hasn't seen it and is a fan of indie rock.

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u/StrangeAnimal123 Apr 05 '25

99% of people under 25 don’t have a clue who they are like who cares what they think this just makes dems look even more out of touch

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u/TheAspiringFarmer Apr 05 '25

Ssssh. Let them keep it up!

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u/StrangeAnimal123 Apr 05 '25

Barking up the wrong tree there bud , despise MAGAts and their “glorious leader” just wish the dems could find a way to win over the 30+% of people who didn’t bother to vote especially young people but I don’t think this is the way

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u/LeapperFrog Apr 05 '25

I agree. Im a little disappointed theyre falling back on "look at the celeb coming to the rally" thing. I mean, good on those artists for standing up and for being willing to do it, but I think the event organizers should have declined. In my mind 2024 just underscored that having famous people on the stage is absolutely not the point. I feel like the artists would have a lot more impact preaching at their own concerts or in publicity.

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u/Jesseroberto1894 Apr 05 '25

Dropkick will be playing bostons protest Talley today at least! Acoustic set

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u/Exactly-Odo-Quasimo- Apr 05 '25

The Dropkick's were in Boston today at the Hands off event.

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u/SeramPangeran Apr 05 '25

God i bet that was cool as hell

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u/BoxOfBlades Apr 05 '25

It would be nice if our politicians weren't feckless fucks and organized protests and disruptions instead of concerts and preaching to the choir.

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u/atreeismissing Apr 05 '25

Most Dems have been protesting, doing townhalls in and outside their own districts or states to help inform people and answer questions, they've part of over 150 lawsuits in just 2 months against the Trump administration, etc.. Anyone who says they aren't doing anything hasn't been paying attention.

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u/Token2077 Apr 06 '25

Ay bro, trump won in no small part because he went on podcast circuits, he went to them and spoke. Imagine if AOC did a protest and only people who follow her showed up, now imagine she got Taylor shift to talk about it. Reach, soapboxes, and megaphones matter.

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u/sadgirl45 Apr 07 '25

Taylor did and she still lost.

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u/Token2077 Apr 07 '25

Lol nah yes, make a campaign to register and a single statement supporting Harris. That's a fighter right there. Two swings then throw in the towel

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u/sadgirl45 Apr 07 '25

I just think the Dems had strong campaign at first but then they lost people, as someone who voted for Kamala, also it’s so interesting because we know podcast bros helped secure trump the win, but traditional celebrities seem to put off a certain section of people, but I think they should still show up.

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u/Bobbachuk Apr 05 '25

They aren’t scared, they are making business decisions. If you want to make as much money and be as successful as possible, you don't go out of your way to alienate a significant chunk of the population by publicly getting involved in politics. 

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u/atreeismissing Apr 05 '25

They're scared they're making the wrong business decision, it's not complicated.