This week I've been thinking a lot about how just the simple act of driving is portrayed in music. In one of my other classes, I am doing a project on the automobile industry and the gasoline industry and how they use advertisements to make feel at ease about their unsustainable practices. The project for this class has made me think not only about the obvious billboards and commercials, but music too. Of course, when musicians are singing about their cars and driving, they are not meaning to influence others to buy a certain brand of car or even gasoline. But in reality, that is exactly what they are doing. People look up to musicians as idols, even gods in some cases. Waiting in line for hours to see live performances, it would not surprise me at all that people buy a car because it is endorsed by their favorite star, or sung about on their favorite album. While this definitely serves to make me less optimistic about the world becoming a more sustainable place, if it is directly addressed maybe this can be a good thing. Celebrities such as Mark Walberg are becoming increasingly more active in environmental education and awareness. If artists were to sing about driving around in their smart cars, people could be more influenced to do the same.
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