Music and politics

In the past couple of weeks, Belgium's been subject to the elections. Normally, I'm not that much into politics. I vote for the party that I think deserves my vote, and I make a certain choice by my gut feeling, by what I think 'is right' for my country or city. But this time was different. I live in Antwerp, where it very soon became clear that - after 70 years of socialism - this time the nationalist would probably be in charge of our beautiful city.

This made me think of a Dutch tv show I've recently seen, 'De Wereld Draait Door'. Guest and radiopresentator Giel Beelen compared political parties with bands. I thought I could do the same, so here goes:

• Groen - Canned Heat: sure they have timeless songs, but they're such tree lovin' hippies
• CD&V - Coldplay: music for the mass without character
• VLD - Fun: a band consisting of people who aren't musicians and are only in it for the money
• NV-A - PSY (Gangnam Style): one hit wonder (Bart De Wever) with entertaining skills but without any content whatsoever
• sp.a - Kings of Leon: sellouts; they traded ideals for money
• Vlaams Belang - Rammstein: it doesn't matter how hard they bark, nobody listens to them anymore 
• PVDA - Green Day: what used to be a band with explosive songs and in your face lyrics, is now a mere parody of itself. They're aware of this so they try a new method, with a triptych album, but just can't get enough attention anymore.