Why don't the current mainstream pop stars care about social issues?

~~Soulflower~~ · 03-02-2015, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

Yeah this is just a better way of saying my point. There are plenty of socially-conscious artists out there making interesting stuff. I don't understand why we need this to be in mainstream music specifically

Well I just think it is interesting because the bigger name stars of the past talked about these issues and used their platform to bring forth change. They used their music to do this and the current pop stars oddly dont care about the same issues. They dont care to use their platform to positively change society or to impact people. They seem to only care about their money and image which I think is sad.

**Frownland** · 03-02-2015, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Soulflower

Thanks, but I am mostly talking about the big name pop stars.

Those two are pretty big names tbh, they come from an independent label but they have a pretty massive fan base. They reached gold status with one of their records, hit numbers two and one on the Billboard charts and iTunes sales, respectively.

Trollheart · 03-02-2015, 04:59 PM

If you just want black social issues, yeah maybe. Waits talks about things like that all the time, Springsteen's Wrecking ball was a very political album, Neil Young's "Living with war" the same, U2 never shut up about it, Marillion have a seventeen-minute track called "Gaza" (shut up Frown!) on their latest album, hell, even Roseanne Cash and Steve Earle are talkin' about issues. So, you know, people are singing about the world we live in and its injustices and inequalities. Maybe you're just not listening to the right artistes.

Chula Vista · 03-02-2015, 05:02 PM

You keep saying they don't care. We don't know that. And to be honest, comparing the civil rights movement with the Ferguson thing is whacked.

And don't forget that the grand jury in Ferguson spent 3 months going over all of the evidence and interviewed over 60 people before they decided not to indict that cop. So it might not be the best case for an artist to take a stand on.

Ninetales · 03-02-2015, 05:03 PM

why hasnt George RR Martin wrote anything about Ferguson?

**Frownland** · 03-02-2015, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninetales

why hasnt George RR Martin wrote anything about Ferguson?

The race riots are coming. Just a few more chapters on Daenyers' hair.

~~Soulflower~~ · 03-02-2015, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

If you just want black social issues, yeah maybe. Waits talks about things like that all the time, Springsteen's Wrecking ball was a very political album, Neil Young's "Living with war" the same, U2 never shut up about it, Marillion have a seventeen-minute track called "Gaza" (shut up Frown!) on their latest album, hell, even Roseanne Cash and Steve Earle are talkin' about issues. So, you know, people are singing about the world we live in and its injustices and inequalities. Maybe you're just not listening to the right artistes.

Did you read the title of this thread?

I am not asking to be smart but asking as a serious question because none of these artists fit the description of the artists I was referring to in my question.

I referred to the current mainstream artists

**Frownland** · 03-02-2015, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Soulflower

Did you read the title of this thread?

I am not asking to be smart but asking as a serious question because none of these artists fit the description of the artists I was referring to in my question.

I referred to the current mainstream artists

Trollheart · 03-02-2015, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Soulflower

Did you read the title of this thread?

I am not asking to be smart but asking as a serious question because none of these artists fit the description of the artists I was referring to in my question.

I referred to the current mainstream artists

You're calling Springsteen and Young other than mainstream? And Roseanne Cash is Johnny's daughter, so unless you just mean "pop" artistes, in which case your question answers itself, then your argument is invalid. And if you think U2 are not mainsteam, then words fail me.

Trollheart · 03-02-2015, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Nah. Completely depends on your definition of mainstream, dunnit?

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	If you just want black social issues, yeah maybe. Waits talks about things like that all the time, Springsteen's Wrecking ball was a very political album, Neil Young's "Living with war" the same, U2 never shut up about it, Marillion have a seventeen-minute track called "Gaza" (shut up Frown!) on their latest album, hell, even Roseanne Cash and Steve Earle are talkin' about issues. So, you know, people are singing about the world we live in and its injustices and inequalities. Maybe you're just not listening to the right artistes. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	You keep saying they don't care. We don't know that. And to be honest, comparing the civil rights movement with the Ferguson thing is whacked. And don't forget that the grand jury in Ferguson spent 3 months going over all of the evidence and interviewed over 60 people before they decided not to indict that cop. So it might not be the best case for an artist to take a stand on. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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