Posted on 02/28/2010 7:29:09 AM PST by BigChiefLtd
One of the top videos on YouTube last year was “United Breaks Guitars.” The catchy country tune chronicled the misfortune suffered by Carroll, whose guitar was broken by United Airline baggage handlers while he was on a flight from Nova Scotia to a show in Nebraska. The first two videos in the trilogy have been viewed nearly 10 million viewers and have made Carroll one of the fastest rising stars on the music scene today.
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The first song he did I liked, seemed like a novel and creative way to gain some leverage on big company people by whom he felt treated shabbily.
The second one that he did smacked of straight-up lefty envy-politics class warfare, which is where he lost me. Not interested in that tired old crap, no matter how good the music may be.
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