[MRM]

It was impossible to separate the politics from the man and his music because he wanted it that way. There is no denying his talent, but I abhor his politics so I never cared for his music. He was an unrepentant communist and apologist for Stalin, justifying his "excesses" as what was necessary to create a workers' paradise. He, like other American Communists, fought to keep the US out of WWII before the German invasion of Russia and then turned on a dime to demand a second front as soon as the invasion occurred. Lindberg and Ford were anti-Semites who had no objection to fascism sweeping Europe; Seeger was a communist who was willing to side with fascism when his overlords told him to. There is a special place in Hell for all three of them but there's no reason we can't mark Seeger's passing and remember him for all that he was, both good and bad. But as far as song go, the Hammer song has to be one of the most annoying ever written. I can't stand that thing.