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On the face of it, Graham Nash<\/a> explaining his love for hip-hop sounds very much like one of those \u201cOK Grandad, let\u2019s get you back to the care home\u201d moments. <\/p>\n But in reality, as much as advancing age has started to creep up on him now, this is a man who has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to music. Between storming the British pop scene with The Hollies to turning things transatlantic with the combined supergroup forces<\/a> of David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Neil Young, he has always sonically been a step in front. <\/p>\n Decades later, by the time he wound up in the modern day, many things had obviously changed. People had come and gone, the landscape of music itself had altered, and yet the one thing that still remained consistent was Nash\u2019s love of creating something new. There\u2019s an inherent simplicity in that mantra, which evidently keeps him releasing records into his twilight years. <\/p>\n Yet at the same time, by the sheer virtue of not bowing out and maintaining his finger on the pulse of the world, it continues to open up his already expansive sonic palette to even newer horizons. And lo and behold, with a little help from those closest to him, this is where Nash discovered his love for a contemporary hip-hop great. <\/p>\n It started with a confession, before giving way to a sense of sonic wizardry that only a man who has been in this game long enough<\/a> can master. \u201cI haven\u2019t been listening to a lot of new music, but it will find me!\u201d, Nash admitted in a 2018 interview. As it happened at the time, he had the ultimate recent song to cite at his disposal. <\/p>\n \u201cA perfect example is my girlfriend, Amy Grantham, who said\u2026 You\u2019ve got to watch this video, \u2018This is America\u2019 by Childish Gambino. Holy fuck,\u201d he said. To some, this might have been the last thing you expected to hear come out of the classic rocker\u2019s mouth. But some things in life, like that song, are completely transcendental to both young and old.\u00a0<\/p>\n Describing it as \u201cstunningly brilliantly effective,\u201d Nash added, \u201cIt\u2019s a great piece of art; the song and the video. Check it out!\u201d In this situation, context is everything \u2013 after becoming an American citizen in 1978, Nash has always been fiercely political over the events taking place in the country. It seemed like he had simply found a kindred spirit in Donald Glover in this case.\u00a0<\/p>\n Further reading: From The Vault<\/p>\n Indeed, the stark social commentary which \u2018This is America\u2019 narrates, from the significance of the Black Lives Matter movement<\/a> to the epidemic of gun violence which continues to plague the country, demonstrates a fight but also a dismay at the fact that nothing has ever really changed. In all honesty, in the eight years since its release, it\u2019s actually got worse.\u00a0<\/p>\n Nevertheless, with a seal of approval from a man like Nash, it proves that \u2018This is America\u2019 is a truly transcendent product of our times. They may not come from the same time, place, genre, or background, but Nash and Childish Gambino recognise a shared mantra in one another. That truly is the power of music.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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