I'd be interested in hearing some Immortal Technique bill.
and I'm not a huge political message kinda guy. I like introspection and personal beliefs (such as faith or postive lifestyles or veganism) as lyrics more so than an agenda. |
Quote:
I'm all about creativity and expressing feelings, but sometimes it becomes too much of a lecture and not enough of a means of expressing emotions. |
Immortal Technique is the shizz.
|
I like some political lyrics. But I only like when an artist really gets stuck into what they believe.
Thats why I like RATM so much. They put so much energy into making their opinions felt that you almost didn't care what they were fighting for, as long as you were on their side and not on the recieving end. The fact that they were fighting for peoples rights did make it that much more emphatic however. To really generalise right now, Greendays American Idiot is a terrible effort at being political. The presentation is not there. It's too watery and theres no punch whatsoever. Rage could have used the exact same lyrics and made a killer song out of it. Even though it's really short by their standards, I have no doubt that they would throw everything they had into that song and pulled it off. My point is, I don't care if bands sing about cliched politics, I only care that they do it with some goddamn vindiction and passion. Politics play a massive part in peoples lives, in some places they are critical, and if a band is going to go down the political path I only wish they put their heart, arse and testicles into what they're fighting for. |
Quote:
Actually, this song was about heroin use by soldiers in Vietnam. That was their slang term for heroin "the rain" :pimp: |
Quote:
|
Rage Against the Machine's lyrics and political message I can identify with. While system of a Down I really like whenever they try any political lyrics it ends up sounding really juvenile to me.
|
Quote:
Im pretty sure I read that in an interview, he said he didn't want to write a song that was topic and would be weaked by time. |
I`d rather sit through the entre Tory/Labour/Lib Dem party conferences than ever listen to a Billy Bragg album
|
Right now I'm listening to Ghengis Khan by Jedi Mind Tricks, and, if I am hearing correctly, they have jumped behind the " fight for Mumia " wagon. It is a really good song, and once again, they actually have the ability to say something, without it sounding cheesy and lame.
"On my way to Philly to fight for Mumia/Only thug gorrilas will react to this/the laws try to destroy black activists" One thing that really ticks me off is when people refer to African American people who are racist, as "reverse racism" I was listening to some song, and the guy was talking about rasicm, and he mentioned this so-called "reverse rasicm" How is that "reverse", it is the same thing as any other kind of rasicm. I just don't understand what makes that "reverse" Alright. So today, I was talking to some kid at school, and he is really into country music. His favorite country artist is David Alan Coe. I told him that I can't stand David Alan Coe, because he is a rasict, sexist, pig. He has a couple songs that he has written, and a couple that he has covered, that are blatantly rasict (****** Hatin' Me, Leroy The Big-Lipped ******) That is plenty enough reason for me to hate an artist. Then, the kid I'm talking to says "He isn't a rasict, he just doesn't like ******s" I then asked him to define "******" and he said that a ****** is a rasict black person. So I asked him, what is the difference between Chris Rock making a rasict joke, and David Alan Coe making a song that is blatantly rasict? Why is it ok for David Alan Coe to do it, but not, Dr. Dre or any other rapper? It shouldn't be accepted in either case. I especially hate it when artists attempt to make their rasict songs, seem like they contain some sort of a political meaning. |
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 07:25 AM. |
© 2003-2024 Advameg, Inc.