The trouble is that very few protest songs, even mainstream, make it "big" until after the fact - and then it's just like, Oh.
I probably should have specified current affairs, but yeah that limits it quite a lot, and old issues deserve attention too. And a lot of them cross over in topic.
The trick is finding current bands/artists that I actually enjoy, who talk about relevent/interesting issues. Eugh. Like, protest music can't be confined to certain people/demographic/styles of music. Everyone has something that has the potential to get them worked up, and passionate. So why don't we hear about these things? Why aren't your average top twenty rock bands bothering to say something? Or should they, even? Or is it a case of U2, where people kind of pat Bono on the head, and say "Go make music, leave the politicians alone"?
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Date: 2006-12-08 04:51 am (UTC)I probably should have specified current affairs, but yeah that limits it quite a lot, and old issues deserve attention too. And a lot of them cross over in topic.
The trick is finding current bands/artists that I actually enjoy, who talk about relevent/interesting issues. Eugh. Like, protest music can't be confined to certain people/demographic/styles of music. Everyone has something that has the potential to get them worked up, and passionate. So why don't we hear about these things? Why aren't your average top twenty rock bands bothering to say something? Or should they, even? Or is it a case of U2, where people kind of pat Bono on the head, and say "Go make music, leave the politicians alone"?