Music By, Lyrics By, Instruments, Vocals, Mixed By, Mastered By – Hans Geurts
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Being a concerned world citizen and songwriter Gashunters translated #election2016 into a double single: ‘The Donkey & The Elephant’. This digital EP contains 2 songs about the US presidential run: Part 1 - ‘The Final Red Scare’ and Part 2 - ‘Rise Of The Machine’.
Since the nineties the world shows an increasing amount of insane developments, in politics, economics, environment, everywhere. The neoliberals in politics and oligarchic business lobbies sold out the collective society by worshipping the mammon and filling their own pockets. In some decades great wealth and growth have evaporated, leaving a factual bankrupt world. 2016 shows preposterous caricatures in all segments and especially in politics.
November 2016 one donkey and one elephant will mount the platform to obtain the probably most relevant job in the world. On the GOP side it will very probably be the deus ex machina, Donald Trump. According to Gashunters the donkey will kick the elephants ass. The winner on that side will assumingly be the neoliberal Clinton clan, but Sanders will at least place a mark for the future. It's the final red scare ... May Hillary be heavily adjusted by the Bernie virus and the people of the United States prevent the elephant from entering the oval room …
Background information
o ‘The Donkey & The Elephant’ is definitely a serious thought about the 2016 elections in the US. On the other hand it’s a musical nookie for Gashunters. o Unfortunately suspension of disbelief goes beyond the presidential elections. It’s widely spread and every time it is fed by deus ex machinas all over the world. o Without any doubt there’s a clear ‘Bossy’ reference in ‘The Final Red Scare’
