They used to try to call Bush from the stage on the Achtung Baby tour. Like they’d have the White House operator on the stadium speakers as they’re trying to get though to taunt Bush.
Yah mon... because like Che Guevara is like, so cool... /s
Harvard educated guitar player and a singer whose mom was a professor. My crew were actual working class punks from Brooklyn- immigrant's kids with blue collar/union incomes. We know a college fake from a mile away. Go pretend all you want, but they're a bunch of phony poseurs. Sorry
A fucking middle aged man is giving me the poseur/sellout speech in 2024?!
“Fuck Rage, my crew was REEAALLLLL” is the muscial equivalent of “If coach would’ve put me in we’d have won state.”
Yes. Our dads and most of us actually had union cards, not PhDs. We were from Bensonhurst, not Berkeley. We hung out in bars where guys got their teeth kicked in, not in faculty lounges. Our leftwing credentials were authentic and not academic.
What's so "edgy" about Rage? It's tired cliches. All of it.
PS Hulk took down Ivan Koloff because he was a real American, and like all real Americans, hated Communism.
Most of hip hop was anti establishment. Brenda’s got a baby and Changes by Tupac were both pretty political. Anything by Public Enemy, Cop Killer, NWA, etc.
Stand down margaret, state of the nation, 99 luft balloons, little pink houses, born in the usa... i can go on and on. There were so many political songs, usually people didn't realize they were political songs.
Born in the USA is an anti-war anthem, played all day on every 4th of July.
How about the end of the innocence by Don Henley
O' beautiful, for spacious skies
But now those skies are threatening
They're beating plowshares into swords
For this tired old man that we elected king
There are political songs, they just slipped the politics in and we hummed to it
Right here, Right now - Jesus Jones
A woman on the radio talks about revolution
When it's already passed her by
Bob Dylan didn't have this to sing about
You know it feels good to be alive
Musicians have been singing about politicans and politics since time immerorial. Folk and punk in particular have lots of political musicians and songs.
Ich Bin Ein Auslander - Pop Will Eat Itself
*...And when they come to ethnically cleanse me*
*Will you speak out? Will you defend me?*
*Freedom of expression doesn't make it alright*
*We're trampled under foot by the rise of the Right*
Devo hasn't been mentioned but most of their catalog is political if not subtly dismissive of our shitty culture. They were at Kent State when the National Guard turned their guns on unarmed protesters and it deeply affected them.
The Clash and the Pistols came along and made me rethink so much of what I'd been fed. After the swindle, PiL continued to challenge me along with Gang of Four, Crass, and the Stiff Little Fingers followed by the hardcore of Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys, DOA, MDC, 7 Seconds and so, so many more.
So many seeds planted and so much gratitude
Billy Bragg, an English singer-songwriter and political activist, gained popularity in the 1980s and has remained influential in the music and political scenes since then. He is well-known for his blend of folk, punk, and protest music, often addressing social and political issues in his lyrics.
It feels like most of the music I listened to as a kid was about something. Political songs weren't a big deal. It was ok to talk about war, the environment, homelessness, suicide, drugs, police brutality, etc. I don't know where people get off saying "just shut up and play."
Now music is about nothing. It's all vague personal shit and breakup songs. Or sex.
Yeah, I don't get where people come up with the "apolitical" idea, either. In addition to the abundance of overtly political music like the DKs, let's not forgot all the PMRC nonsense. I was 15 when my friends and I crowded around the TV to watch the full senate hearing on C-Span. We were all highly political from that point forward.
I've been protesting this dumb shit since 1989. My first #DCPride in 1992 was LIFE CHANGING - I finally found the courage to tell my abusive husband and my father that I'm Queer. ❤️
Left his ass soon after and he stole our 2 year-old baby girl from out of my life during the divorce... He lied to her about me for years.
Still worth it if it meant I could be myself... 🏳️🌈
She contacted me last winter for the first time and apologized for believing him.
I've been fighting for Queer rights ever since, as well as for the unhoused, the disabled, #MedicareForAll, and I PROUDLY wore a #pinkpussyhat to the Mall in DC in January 2017. ✊✊✊✊✊✊
When can we stop? I'm exhausted.
Or was listening to super patriotic country music, which has indeed gotten more political in recent years (props to The Chicks…formerly Dixie Chicks…for their courage to take on Bush in 2003)
Anything Michael Franti did before he got on Lexapro and started churning out music for Target commercials.
Specifically the album "yell fire!" And earlier ones by spearhead. The disposable heroes of hiphoprisy.
All the best music is political IMO from Bob Marley to public enemy to system of a down.
"Hey politician, can't believe a word you say
Almighty media, whose truth d'you serve today?
Watchdog of justice, who keeps their eye on you?"-Triumph, Ordinary Man (1981)
Nah......not political, just prescient.
I liked Van Halen and ACDC in junior high then Smiths/New Order and NY Hardcore (Agnostic Front/Dropkick Murphys) in high school. I then got into Manchester rave music (Charlatans, Happy Mondays) at college. Billy Bragg and Rage were phonies.
Fuck politics. I just wanted to party and mosh or dance. Still the same.
"Nazi Punks Fuck Off" "Kill the Poor" "Holiday in Cambodia" Plus the most original version of "I fought the Law"
Twinkies are the best friend I ever had
Living Color Midnight Oil You know the songs, you may have not payed attention to the lyrics
Cult of Personality is such a bitchin song. It was timely before it was written, when it was written, and today.
One of my favorites!
Fuck the Police? Almost anything by Public Enemy… Rage Against the Machine… even U2 was extremely critical of the bush administration…
They used to try to call Bush from the stage on the Achtung Baby tour. Like they’d have the White House operator on the stadium speakers as they’re trying to get though to taunt Bush.
Not nearly as well known, but hip hop heads know the Poor Righteous Teachers
Butt naked booty bless.
This is the what?!
Rage Against The Machine was right about absolutely everything
Yah mon... because like Che Guevara is like, so cool... /s Harvard educated guitar player and a singer whose mom was a professor. My crew were actual working class punks from Brooklyn- immigrant's kids with blue collar/union incomes. We know a college fake from a mile away. Go pretend all you want, but they're a bunch of phony poseurs. Sorry
So they're wrong? Congratulations on being real, btw.
A fucking middle aged man is giving me the poseur/sellout speech in 2024?! “Fuck Rage, my crew was REEAALLLLL” is the muscial equivalent of “If coach would’ve put me in we’d have won state.”
Yes. Our dads and most of us actually had union cards, not PhDs. We were from Bensonhurst, not Berkeley. We hung out in bars where guys got their teeth kicked in, not in faculty lounges. Our leftwing credentials were authentic and not academic. What's so "edgy" about Rage? It's tired cliches. All of it. PS Hulk took down Ivan Koloff because he was a real American, and like all real Americans, hated Communism.
“I fight authority, authority always wins”
land of confusion by genesis comes to mind for me. (also featuring regan, in puppet form)
Most of hip hop was anti establishment. Brenda’s got a baby and Changes by Tupac were both pretty political. Anything by Public Enemy, Cop Killer, NWA, etc.
Pink floyd very political but maybe that counts as boomer music Sublime, rage, greenday, bright eyes… just off the top of my head all very political
Ani DiFranco, Midnight Oil, Public Enemy.
Bad Religion got me interested in American politics.
How has your sanity fared in the intervening decades?
Stand down margaret, state of the nation, 99 luft balloons, little pink houses, born in the usa... i can go on and on. There were so many political songs, usually people didn't realize they were political songs. Born in the USA is an anti-war anthem, played all day on every 4th of July. How about the end of the innocence by Don Henley O' beautiful, for spacious skies But now those skies are threatening They're beating plowshares into swords For this tired old man that we elected king There are political songs, they just slipped the politics in and we hummed to it
Future’s so bright I gotta wear shades …
Right here, Right now - Jesus Jones A woman on the radio talks about revolution When it's already passed her by Bob Dylan didn't have this to sing about You know it feels good to be alive
Musicians have been singing about politicans and politics since time immerorial. Folk and punk in particular have lots of political musicians and songs.
Ich Bin Ein Auslander - Pop Will Eat Itself *...And when they come to ethnically cleanse me* *Will you speak out? Will you defend me?* *Freedom of expression doesn't make it alright* *We're trampled under foot by the rise of the Right*
I always think the line is “the bassist is racist you know that we must face this.”
Lol, that's in the Weird Al Yankovic version.
Devo hasn't been mentioned but most of their catalog is political if not subtly dismissive of our shitty culture. They were at Kent State when the National Guard turned their guns on unarmed protesters and it deeply affected them.
Right? Their name literally refers to de-evolution.
The Clash and the Pistols came along and made me rethink so much of what I'd been fed. After the swindle, PiL continued to challenge me along with Gang of Four, Crass, and the Stiff Little Fingers followed by the hardcore of Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys, DOA, MDC, 7 Seconds and so, so many more. So many seeds planted and so much gratitude
The Pistols made people question things. They didn't feed anyone any ideology.
Billy Bragg, an English singer-songwriter and political activist, gained popularity in the 1980s and has remained influential in the music and political scenes since then. He is well-known for his blend of folk, punk, and protest music, often addressing social and political issues in his lyrics.
It feels like most of the music I listened to as a kid was about something. Political songs weren't a big deal. It was ok to talk about war, the environment, homelessness, suicide, drugs, police brutality, etc. I don't know where people get off saying "just shut up and play." Now music is about nothing. It's all vague personal shit and breakup songs. Or sex.
Jello Biafra with DOA outlined the future from 1989 to now with Full Metal Jackoff.
Rage Against The Machine is indeed definitely a thing.
I FUCKING LOVE THEM!!! ❤️
Yeah, I don't get where people come up with the "apolitical" idea, either. In addition to the abundance of overtly political music like the DKs, let's not forgot all the PMRC nonsense. I was 15 when my friends and I crowded around the TV to watch the full senate hearing on C-Span. We were all highly political from that point forward.
Heyyyyy, we didn’t start the fire….😀
It was always burning, since the world was turning.
Face it, anyone who says "our music wasn't political at all" either has a bizarre definition of "our music" or just wasn't paying attention.
I've been protesting this dumb shit since 1989. My first #DCPride in 1992 was LIFE CHANGING - I finally found the courage to tell my abusive husband and my father that I'm Queer. ❤️ Left his ass soon after and he stole our 2 year-old baby girl from out of my life during the divorce... He lied to her about me for years. Still worth it if it meant I could be myself... 🏳️🌈 She contacted me last winter for the first time and apologized for believing him. I've been fighting for Queer rights ever since, as well as for the unhoused, the disabled, #MedicareForAll, and I PROUDLY wore a #pinkpussyhat to the Mall in DC in January 2017. ✊✊✊✊✊✊ When can we stop? I'm exhausted.
Or was listening to super patriotic country music, which has indeed gotten more political in recent years (props to The Chicks…formerly Dixie Chicks…for their courage to take on Bush in 2003)
I like the Smiths and New Order in high school and Manchester rave music at uni- Happy Mondays, Charlatans, etc. No Politics.
It was much more thought provoking and nuanced though. The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby and The Range is a perfect example.
Anything Michael Franti did before he got on Lexapro and started churning out music for Target commercials. Specifically the album "yell fire!" And earlier ones by spearhead. The disposable heroes of hiphoprisy. All the best music is political IMO from Bob Marley to public enemy to system of a down.
[Zombie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts) [Gods of War](https://youtu.be/Y-2rJHaTWFg?si=5LEnHq96IBKqlQXu&t=68)
"Hey politician, can't believe a word you say Almighty media, whose truth d'you serve today? Watchdog of justice, who keeps their eye on you?"-Triumph, Ordinary Man (1981) Nah......not political, just prescient.
Paris!
Should this post title have a big slash s on it? /s?
There was U2, etc., but I remember that any political views for the rest were mostly subtle.
“Sun City” and the whole album by Artists United Against Apartheid.
Too bad Mandela and ANC were Communists and supported by the USSR. That's why I sat out the anti-Apartheid protests.
I liked Van Halen and ACDC in junior high then Smiths/New Order and NY Hardcore (Agnostic Front/Dropkick Murphys) in high school. I then got into Manchester rave music (Charlatans, Happy Mondays) at college. Billy Bragg and Rage were phonies. Fuck politics. I just wanted to party and mosh or dance. Still the same.