"I don't see it in terms of changing things, but rather using language and music as weapons for fighting a mainstream media which is predominately right wing, and loyal to the political framework and its corporate interests"
- Thom Yorke
About this Quote
Thom Yorke is suggesting that language and music can be utilized as weapons to fight against the mainstream media, which is typically conservative and faithful to the political structure and its business interests. He is not recommending that language and music can be used to alter the mainstream media, however rather to fight versus it. He is suggesting that language and music can be utilized to challenge the status quo and to produce a counter-narrative to the mainstream media. He is recommending that language and music can be utilized to produce an area for alternative voices and point of views to be heard. He is suggesting that language and music can be used to create a platform for those who are often omitted from the mainstream media. He is recommending that language and music can be utilized to create a space for dialogue and dispute, and to challenge the dominant story.
This quote is written / told by Thom Yorke somewhere between October 7, 1968 and today. He/she was a famous Musician from England.
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