Just read an interesting article from the (Australian) ABC News site - here - on Acting Prime Minister/Treasurer Wayne Swan's musical preferences. The article states that Swannie has a particular interest in the music of Bruce Springsteen - he states:
"It's often the case that great artists - people like Bruce
Springsteen - tend to pick up the subterranean rumblings of profound
social change long before the economic statisticians notice them.
Changes start long before they become statistics... If you listen to the albums that came out
after Born to Run - albums like Darkness on the Edge of Town, The River,
Born in the USA and Nebraska - you can hear Springsteen singing about
the shifting foundations of the US economy which the economists took
much longer to detect, and which of course everyone is talking about
now."
Take a quick look at the article if you can because it highlights the connection between music and politics very well - its only short. Swannie also lists Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil and the Hilltop Hoods as being inspirational - who'd of thunk it? A tresurer that likes the Hilltop Hoods - ace man!
Further Reading
ABC News, Swan enlists Springsteen to bash the bosses (1 August 2012) < http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-01/wayne-swan-channels-springsteen-in-attack-on-miners/4168174 > at 1 August 2012
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