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‘This is not a Rebel Song’: The Irish Conflict and Popular Music

Bill Rolston

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The article examines how different genres of popular music - rock, pop, punk, folk, reggae and rap - have tackled the issue of the Northern Ireland conflict. The conclusion is that the relatively small number of songs about such a protracted conflict, along with the superficial treatment of the subject in a number of songs, would seem to confirm the impression that popular music is quite inept when it comes to such major political themes.

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Key concepts: Popular music, Punk, Irish, Popular media, Politics, Subject (documents), Aesthetics, Literature