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

Zer0 · 03-02-2015, 05:06 PM

It doesn't make sense to ask why pop artists themselves are not addressing social issues. The problem is why major record labels are not promoting artists that do.

Chula Vista · 03-02-2015, 05:08 PM

They talk about it via Twitter these days.

~~Soulflower~~ · 03-02-2015, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

They talk about it via Twitter these days.

Some of the big name's oddly don't talk about it at all...

Aux-In · 03-04-2015, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

They talk about it via Twitter these days.

Chula speaks truth. It's kind of like off-shoring your outrage from music onto Twitter, Facebook, or whatever the next big thing is. Those types of mediums didn't exist back then, so the only way to get a message out was through music, TV, books and so on. Social issues are talked about all the time, and the media makes double sure of that. Actually, listening to music for me is a great getaway from all the fake outrage that goes around these days.

~~Soulflower~~ · 03-04-2015, 02:35 PM

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Chula speaks truth. It's kind of like off-shoring your outrage from music onto Twitter, Facebook, or whatever the next big thing is. Those types of mediums didn't exist back then, so the only way to get a message out was through music, TV, books and so on. Social issues are talked about all the time, and the media makes double sure of that. Actually, listening to music for me is a great getaway from all the fake outrage that goes around these days.

Why can't music also be used as a tool to influence others or bring awareness to an issue?

I know social issues is talked about but why can't it be talked about in music anymore?

Black Francis · 03-04-2015, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Soulflower

Why can't music also be used as a tool to influence others or bring awareness to an issue?

I know social issues is talked about but why can't it be talked about in music anymore?

How great would it be to see one of these with current pop stars

I get what you're asking for Soulflower but times have changed.

~~Soulflower~~ · 03-04-2015, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Francis

How great would it be to see one of these with current pop stars

I get what you're asking for Soulflower but times have changed.

Yea I know everyone can not be as great as my baby daddy...sigh.

YorkeDaddy · 03-02-2015, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Zer0

It doesn't make sense to ask why pop artists themselves are not addressing social issues. The problem is why major record labels are not promoting artists that do.

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

~~Soulflower~~ · 03-02-2015, 05:39 PM

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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.

~~Soulflower~~ · 03-02-2015, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Zer0

It doesn't make sense to ask why pop artists themselves are not addressing social issues. The problem is why major record labels are not promoting artists that do.

There are some pop stars though that do have a certain level of input in the direction of their music. Once they reach a certain level of fame or success for the label, they do have some input. Its interesting that some of the big name pop stars dont care to discuss social issues in their music like artists of the past. Yes, I agree this is also a big problem with major labels as well.

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	They talk about it via Twitter these days. __________________ “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.”