A good follow-up to my weekend thoughts on an article on politics and pop music at The Guardian came from the LA Times' Geoff Boucher. In "The Iraq war, set to new music" he highlights three examples of pop stars injecting politics into the music. One was mentioned in my previous post, Green Day's "Wake Me When September Ends." The song itself doesn't hing at a political statement but the video is a Hollywood-style epic that frames the Iraq war in terms of a young couple's personal relationship. Some may see it as anti-war, other won't.

The boldest anti-war statement being made today? It's from Barbra Streisand. The video (pictured) to her song "Stranger In A Strange Land" (from her upcoming album, a collaboration with Barry Gibb) is currently being streamed at Amazon.com. Here's a sample of the lyrics: "You may be someone else's sweetheart/Fighting someone else's war/And if you suffer for the millions/Then it's what you're fighting for."

Just like The Guardian article said, the most political pop music being made is being made by women.