Political activism in music - are we doing our duty (lyrics, country)

littleknowitall · 06-25-2007, 04:49 AM

Ok, I'm really going to go all out and put myself on the line with this one,

The Vietnam (spelling) war, mass political protests in which artists like john lennon put themselves on the line, infact there have been many instances over the past decades in which music has meant something, music has been political and not simply self absorbed in the way it's written.
My problem with this is if you ask me any shred of decency and beauty left in the music industry was swiftly torn away at the beginning of the 90's and gradually it's carcuss has began to rott into this day and age.
Music of the commercial variety, music of the masses all simply seems to have lost any meaning, lyrics aren't even being written by pop artists, stadium rock is dead, and we seem to have lingered into a new wave of indie lead on the forefront by bands such as razorlight and the kaiser chiefs of whom have written music bland enough to appeal to simply the easily pleased or the mass.
Their lyrics aren't constructive, don't mean anything on a grander scale, their music is poorly constructed.
Is there any hope really?
There was a time in which people in power in the music and art industry spoke out politically.
Britian especially seems to have fallen into a small town mentality in which nothing out of the local area is now of any significance, people can live in this country off government benefits in a mediocre routine fueling depression in which they slowly but surely forget what the relevance of politics is and are more concerned with what the neighbours are doing and watching corrination street on the bbc.
When was the last time anyone here attended a political protest?
I've never been to one....
Students these days seem to be the most conformed ever, in the 70's in swanseas (the place i live) there were 5 anarchist groups in the schools, that were quite active and considering the size of swansea that's impressive, i couldn't imagine it now,
You might put the lack of involvement down to a lack of things to protest, but the world is in extreme poverty and the estimate for deaths in the iraq was is mortifying.
So where did it all go wrong?
And who want's to stand up for the youth of today and debate this with me?
This is now officially open to discussion....

06-25-2007, 04:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
littleknowitall Pow! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,671	Political activism in music - are we doing our duty Ok, I'm really going to go all out and put myself on the line with this one, The Vietnam (spelling) war, mass political protests in which artists like john lennon put themselves on the line, infact there have been many instances over the past decades in which music has meant something, music has been political and not simply self absorbed in the way it's written. My problem with this is if you ask me any shred of decency and beauty left in the music industry was swiftly torn away at the beginning of the 90's and gradually it's carcuss has began to rott into this day and age. Music of the commercial variety, music of the masses all simply seems to have lost any meaning, lyrics aren't even being written by pop artists, stadium rock is dead, and we seem to have lingered into a new wave of indie lead on the forefront by bands such as razorlight and the kaiser chiefs of whom have written music bland enough to appeal to simply the easily pleased or the mass. Their lyrics aren't constructive, don't mean anything on a grander scale, their music is poorly constructed. Is there any hope really? There was a time in which people in power in the music and art industry spoke out politically. Britian especially seems to have fallen into a small town mentality in which nothing out of the local area is now of any significance, people can live in this country off government benefits in a mediocre routine fueling depression in which they slowly but surely forget what the relevance of politics is and are more concerned with what the neighbours are doing and watching corrination street on the bbc. When was the last time anyone here attended a political protest? I've never been to one.... Students these days seem to be the most conformed ever, in the 70's in swanseas (the place i live) there were 5 anarchist groups in the schools, that were quite active and considering the size of swansea that's impressive, i couldn't imagine it now, You might put the lack of involvement down to a lack of things to protest, but the world is in extreme poverty and the estimate for deaths in the iraq was is mortifying. So where did it all go wrong? And who want's to stand up for the youth of today and debate this with me? This is now officially open to discussion....