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The “Brown-Eyed Girl” singer has released a two-hour rant in the form of
Latest Record Project Volume 1. The studio album, which was released by Sony, includes missives about mind control, clandestine meetings in the forest, the mainstream media, foreigners stealing the west’s “rewards,” and on and on and on. Advertisement Hide
In one song, Van Morrison sings that “they own the media.” The song is being widely criticized as anti-Semitic.
Many were stunned.
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Van Morrison has a new album out, and the initial reaction is pretty bad. And that’s not even including allegations of anti-Semitism made against him over a song called ‘They Own the Media’.
Since the pandemic hit, the ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ singer-songwriter has been railing against lockdowns aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19, putting out a handful of protest songs that courted plenty of controversy.
But ‘Latest Record Project, Vol. 1’, a new two-hour, 28-track double album, doesn’t include those tunes. Instead, it veers off in a conspiratorially cranky direction with songs titled ‘The Long Con’, ‘Big Lie’, ‘Why Are You on Facebook’ and ‘Stop [expletive]. Do Something’.
Legendary singer-songwriter Van Morrison released a new song on streaming platforms Thursday whose title espouses a classic antisemitic trope.
The lyrics of the song, “They Own The Media,” never indicate who the pronoun in its title refers to. But Morrison, a two-time Grammy winner, was also accused of antisemitism for the 2005 track “They Sold Me Out,” and throughout the coronavirus pandemic has been trafficking in conspiracy theories that frequently overlap with Jew-hatred.
The album raised eyebrows in March when its song list was revealed, including titles such as “Why Are You On Facebook,” “Big Lie,” and “Stop Bitching, Do Something.” On the website Stereogum, writer Tom Breihan called out “They Own the Media,” saying “it sure seems to be an antisemitic trope.”
Tony Greenway
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8:57 AM May 1, 2021
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9:49 AM May 4, 2021
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