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ARTICLES RELATED TO Artists United Against Apartheid - The reaction | | | |  Artists United Against Apartheid - The reaction: Encyclopedia II - Artists United Against Apartheid - The reactionUnfortunately, only about half of American radio stations played "Sun City," with some objecting to the lyrics' explicit criticism of President Ronald Reagan's policy of "constructive engagement." R&B stations felt it was too rock-oriented, while rock stations considered it too steeped in hip-hop and R&B. Not surprisingly, the song was banned in South Africa.
Van Zandt and Schechter also struggled to get the documentary seen. PBS refused to air the non-profit film The Making of "Sun City" even though it won the Internat ...
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| | | | Artists United Against Apartheid - The reaction: Encyclopedia II - Artists United Against Apartheid - The recording When Van Zandt was finished, he and Schechter spent the next several months searching for artists to participate in recording it. Van Zandt initially declined to invite Springsteen, not wanting to take advantage of their friendship, but Schechter had no problem asking himself; Springsteen accepted the invitation. Van Zandt was also shy about calling legendary jazz artist Miles Davis, whom Schechter also contacted; with minimal persuasion, Davis also accepted. Eventually, Van Zandt and Schechter would gather a wide array of artists, including ...
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| | | | Artists United Against Apartheid - The reaction: Encyclopedia II - Artists United Against Apartheid - Post-apartheid With the end of the apartheid regime in 1994 and the reintegration of Sun City and other former nominally-independent regions into the South African state, "Sun City" ceased to be a contemporary protest and became a historical document; any pledge to boycott Sun City or other similar places in South Africa became superfluous.
In 1997, in a somewhat bizarre twist of history, the man who created Sun City, Sol Kerzner, c ...
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| | | | Artists United Against Apartheid - The reaction: Encyclopedia II - Artists United Against Apartheid - The release For a time, they were making the record without a record company or any outside financial support. Van Zandt financed much of it while producer Arthur Baker (New Order) donated studio time. Manhattan Records, under Bruce Lundvall's direction, came on board, acquiring the record and enabling them to pay some of the bills. A committed record company attorney, the late Rick Dutka, also donated his time, as well as Van Zandt's assistant, Zöe Yanakis.
Schechter's connections with ABC News posed some risks. "I couldn't tell ABC what I was ...
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| | | | Artists United Against Apartheid - The reaction: Encyclopedia II - Artists United Against Apartheid - The song Van Zandt was interested in writing a song about Sun City to make parallels with the plight of native Americans. Danny Schechter, a journalist who was then working with ABC News' 20/20, suggested turning the song into a different kind of "We Are the World", or as Schechter explains, "a song about change not charity, freedom not famine."[2]
As Van Zandt was writing it, Schechter suggested that he include the names of the artists who had ...
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