Why music can't change the world | Billy Bragg in conversation with Myriam François

Billy Bragg and Myriam François discuss Bragg's evolving views on music and politics, as well as their interconnections.
Is Bragg's music and what it represents still relevant today?
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Billy Bragg's pioneering music has helped inspire a younger generation to engage with the social and political causes of our time. From ‘Talking With The Taxman’ to ‘Mermaid Avenue’, Bragg has spent over four decades writing and performing protest songs, fighting everything from fascism to war, and corruption to capitalism. Join interviewer Myriam François to discover the life and philosophy behind Billy Bragg.
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Billy Bragg is an English singer-songwriter and activist known for his blend of folk, punk rock, and protest music. Bragg's outspoken views and commitment to activism have cemented his place as one of the UK's most influential musical figures.
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00:00 Introduction
00:25 Billy Bragg introduces himself
00:57 Can music change the world?
02:53 The anti-discrimination generation
03:29 Alliance with the trans community
04:50 Why make art?
05:30 Our biggest enemy is cynicism
07:56 What can music inspire us to do?
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How much power does music really have to change things? Leave your thoughts in the comments. To watch the full video, head to iai.tv/video/the-life-and-philosophy-of-billy-bragg?KZbin&

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[@Yahya1a9a]

Myriam is stunning

[@marchidan21]

What you named cynicism I name realism. People dont want to change. They like the world as is. Only few realy desire a change, most people just want to complain bunt dont want to change.

[@hrbrown29]

People don't want to change, except people that do want to change. Also people change all the time without trying. Look at public polling changes over time. We don't need everyone to want to change. We just need to change the environment so that people naturally evolve in more productive ways. We are constantly molded by interactions with the environment

[@musicexperiments]

I disagree that it's "realism". What's real now and what's real in the past or future are different, and the change happens by an altering of beliefs. Being cynical is a position of resignation, or laziness... choosing to believe things will always be the same and therefore what's the point in working towards something else. This is a guaranteed way of KEEPING things the same as they are, which presumably is NOT what we want. Cynicism blots out any belief or enthusiasm about making a difference. That is not realism, it is defeatism.

[@marchidan21]

@@musicexperiments if is an acurate statistics then is realism. Defetism is an negative vision about data, but a pure data is just data, so realism.

[@marchidan21]

@@musicexperiments a false entusiasm not sustain by data is just delusion, a recepy to fail.

[@coolhotrockers]

So what’s the thing you’re choking at being “real” about?

[@teestadasgupta610]

This is a misogynistic narcissist.

[@antiyttrad]

Nothing wrong with that

[@GabeDidGood]

A. What? and 2. Huh?

[@Thumperoo]

ooookay. If you say so... Care to explain why you claim that is true, however ? Otherwise, you kinda sound like a nutcase, no offense.

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myriam françois is much better when her body is covered !! she changed so much but she s still a good muslim supporting the palestienians

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