Music Banter - View Single Post - Drawbacks to Social and Political Lyrics?

Wysh · 10-13-2011, 03:11 PM

For nearly 25 years I've been composing lyrics with heavy social and political themes. I attempt to illustrate many of the ironies we seemingly take for granted and accept in our daily lives. However, do you think there's a fine line with addressing these issues that can get blurred with complaining about them? On one hand it can be argued that pointing out these issues (such as corporate greed, political lies, etc) can be healthy so long as potential solutions are proposed, but at what point do lyrics become tedious rather than informative?

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Wysh Groupie Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: East Coast, USA Posts: 3	Drawbacks to Social and Political Lyrics? For nearly 25 years I've been composing lyrics with heavy social and political themes. I attempt to illustrate many of the ironies we seemingly take for granted and accept in our daily lives. However, do you think there's a fine line with addressing these issues that can get blurred with complaining about them? On one hand it can be argued that pointing out these issues (such as corporate greed, political lies, etc) can be healthy so long as potential solutions are proposed, but at what point do lyrics become tedious rather than informative?