Threads—lays out a very Sheryl Crow philosophy: What do you do if you’re a happy optimist who is also blind with fury over injustice?Crow has found ways to slide sunny critiques of capitalism into number one billboard hits before.
Just last month, Barack Obama included her 2002 single, “Soak Up the Sun,” on his . On it she sings, “My friend the communist holds meetings in his RV / I can’t afford his gas so I’m stuck here watching TV.” (“This is a surprisingly sophisticated point,” notes an annotation on the song on , sounding amazingly condescending.) Activism is part of her lifestyle, not a trend.
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