Week 7 - Can Popular Music be a Genuuine Force for Political Change?

Popular music can be used on as a political influence yet it doesn’t mean that the music will cause long term political change. For example, Band Aid and Live Aid was created in order to bring attention to Third World countries through the use of well know artists. This proved to be successful in raising money, however there has been no long-term change, even though it had billions of people watching all over the world. Arguably, the evidence is there that music has the ability to have a stance on political subjects and to raise awareness, but it has yet to actually be a force for political change. This is not saying that it will never happen.