Emergency on planet pop: How rock'n'roll failed to adjust to the climate

'The rivers are crying / The earth is dying.' Where are pop's great lyricists when it comes to writing about the environment?While the art world's response to climate change is only recently emerging, pop has been producing ecologically concerned songs for decades. The fag end of the hippy movement, under the heavy influence of Gaia theory, saw Marvin Gaye, Joni Mitchell and the Beach Boys releasing records rightly fearful for the future of the planet.The steady stream of eco-friendly tracks tha...

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