I'm not really sure where to post this, it's more of a thought or observation than anything. Remember the 60's and 70's? Bands like The Who, The Beatles, Buffalo Springfield and many others thought it was their responsibility as musical artists to give a voice for political messages.
Is it me, or is that completely gone now? I can only think of a handful of songs from the past couple of decades with much a message. During the Vietnam war, so many musicians wrote songs in protest. That didn't happen with the war in Iraq.
My thought is, that if you are good enough to be a music star, you have to play ball with the corporate execs and they probably all got together and decided to ban such music and not allow it. The musicians today just want to make money, for the most part of course.
But am I crazy, has this been discussed? It just seems odd that now, musicians don't use their voice to send messages to the world like they used to.
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Claudius ago
I got some bad news for you, man. I listen to college radio a lot and there are some political messages out there. Unfortunately, it is mostly third wave feminism shit. That is what the kids are into these days, so those are the political messages they look for in their music. Girl punk is a big political genre right now. I've heard songs (by Childbirth I think?) where the lyrics are literally just screaming "equal rights, equal rights, equal rights". Like, lol, which rights do women lack in the USA? These kids these days...