Just a thought: US Democrats, stop hating on Creed

Blogged late for the US crowd…

Look, I get it. Mawkish Christian rock, and all that crap that was on Human Clay and everything that came after. Very preachy, even pushy…

But seriously, guys: In America. Track 5 of debut album My Own Prison. Probably one of the best critiques of everything the modern Republican Party stands for, especially the Tea Baggers. It’s got it all:

  1. Poverty leading to abortion (“Only in America/ we kill our unborn to make ends meet”)
  2. Freedom of sexuality (“Only in America/ sexuality is democracy”)
  3. Greed as a corrupting influence (“we stamp our gold/ In God We Trust”)
  4. Evangelism as a corrupt money making scheme/the debasement of the church (the entire damn second verse)

And, of course, there’s final album track One, a bipartisan call for racial equality.

So, yes, they may have got really, really awful (Weathered, and in particular My Sacrifice), but don’t forget that they started with an album about a person who’s pretty much lost their faith in their country and the church.

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