Let's get the whole answer.
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Q: Yago: Well, we know that you were into rock and roll when you were in high school, and we know that you play the guitar now. Are there any trends out there in music, or even in popular culture in general, that have piqued your interest?
K: Oh sure. I follow and I'm interested. I don't always like, but I'm interested. I mean, I never was into heavy metal. I didn't really like it. I'm fascinated by rap and by hip-hop. I think there's a lot of poetry in it. There's a lot of anger, a lot of social energy in it. And I think you'd better listen to it pretty carefully, 'cause it's important. I still find the musicians of our generation are appreciated and extraordinarily relevant to most of the young people I talk to today. When I go to a Bruce Springsteen concert or when I did go to the Grateful Dead, when Jerry Garcia was still alive, or when I'd go to the Rolling Stones, for instance, it's all gens — there's a lot of people there of all generations. And I think that young people are still growing up appreciating an awful lot of the music that came out of our generation, '60s and '70s. But I love to play guitar and hack around. I was in a band when I was in high school. I never learned to play very well, but I enjoyed it. And we had fun. So I try to stay up with it. But I still think if you wanted me to choose the greatest ... the bands from the '60s and '70s, that's still where my head is.
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Slight pandering, sure. But how else is he supposed to answer a vapid question to the MTV crowd? Bush will do it too when he gets on MTV. But he is pretty much saying what he feels here. He admits that it isn't his bag, that he likes the rock from the 60's and 70's. But he acknowledges the messages that can be in legitimate rap and hip-hop and knows that you can't just take that for granted, or blow it off the way Bill O'Reilly does.
I still fail to understand how this could even be in the same ballpark as Bush's blatant misuse of 9/11 and firemen in his campaign ads though. Or the outright lying and misleading to hurt someone else.