Can Music Make A Difference, political, social etc. statments in songs |
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Can Music Make A Difference, political, social etc. statments in songs |
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Mar 1 2012, 05:16 PM |
In the 60's and 70's music was often a means to get some sociopolitical statement across. Some artist really had something to say and had a strong political influence by fueling the protest movements of their respective decades. I think of the classical singer-songwriter " I play at every union meeting" type of girl/guy with a guitar around their neck (think Dylan, Baez and many more). The last decade holds not much promise in that aspect. I think music should be used to make statements so I hope things change and new players enter the field.
Do you think this is important. Or should music just be music for the musics sake ? Are you interested in lyrics with a message ? Here some rather childish attempt of my own http://soundcloud.com/alone-in-boston/hmd-...oral-deficiency think of some "the walking dead" like scenery, populated with zombie like creatures infected by the human moral deficiency virus (HMV) which causes the Human Moral Deficiency Syndrome (HMD) |
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Mar 1 2012, 06:10 PM |
To a great extent music tends to reflect society. I don't know about the USA but in the UK the 60s and 70s sociopolitically there was perhaps more of a belief that things could change and be changed. In the 80s in the UK things atomised and people moved to what has been termed the 'Thatcher Generation' - that is they are more concerned with self-interest than anything else, particularly collectivism. For UK politics since the 80s there are now only ideas, no ideology just vacuous ideas and spin.
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Mar 2 2012, 09:40 AM |
Music was and will always be a channel for messages, so I think music can usually make a difference - check out this article here for instance:
Bob Marley's Music |
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Mar 3 2012, 07:31 AM |
Two of my favourite bands Rise Against and Story of the year, both are quite vocal (pun intended) in writing about the need for change and responsibility. Whilst I my views may not completely line up with theirs, it does make a change from vapid love songs or metal bands singing about wizards.
Whilst I'm not a big fan of people getting on soap boxes, I think musicians can bring to light issues which affect the listener to the listener in a way that other mediums and people can't. -------------------- My SoundCloud
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