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Chuck D at SXSW
Photo by Ros O'Gorman

SxSW Highlights - Public Enemy

By Paul Cashmere
Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:26:51 +1100

Public Enemy have a message to tell and the message is f*&k George Bush.

When Public Enemy took to Town Lake stage on Friday night, it was immediately evident that this show was equal parts music and equal parts message.

Bush wasn't the only subject of Flavor Flav's sermon. Public Enemy made it perfectly clear that Dick Cheney, Condelessa Rice and Tony Blair could also go get 'f*&ked'.

This was America's first amendment in full swing. Public Enemy performed their message before thousands, just blocks away from where George W. Bush presided over Texas as Government for the good part of a decade before he became President.

America is changing. It seemed so recent when Dixie Chicks were forced into a public apology for criticizing the President. Now he is scorned openly in his own back yard.

Public Enemy performed their rant as a part of the 2002 'Revolverlution' track 'Son of a Bush'.

Public Enemy's appearance at SxSW included a keynote address from Chuck D.
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