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alykanas@slrpnk.net to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months ago

Why are there no big artists doing protest songs ?

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Why are there no big artists doing protest songs ?

alykanas@slrpnk.net to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months ago
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  • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    Macklemore has a couple.

  • geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
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    They are signed with labels and are not allowed.

    Lowkey and Macklemore have stepped up though

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      It’s funny how Macklemore’s redemption for humiliating Kendrick Lamar is humiliating Kendrick Lamar again.

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        Kendrick was a massive disappointed. Fakest rapper alive trying to diss Drake instead of speaking out againdt a genocide.

        Gaza has ripped the mask off everyone.

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    I’ve heard of one big protest song by a pretty mainstream artist which didn’t autofill on youtube when I just searched for it and was apparently buried. I wonder how many other songs were buried.

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    This depends on how you discover music. Usually radio or top lists don’t cover major political issues since it makes half their audience angry. Also it can take a bit to get a song written, recorded, mixed, mastered and released in most cases.

    Im into metal and there are some artists that release amazing protest songs

    Fox lake

    • savior

    Fit for an autopsy

    • flat lining
    • no man is without fear

    Thy art is murder

    • holy war
    • make America hate again

    Acrania

    • dissolution in a discordant system
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    There are, maybe look for different genres

  • zerofatorial@lemm.ee
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    Here’s a good one:

    https://youtu.be/y29kmnhjtc8

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    Because “Killing in the Name Of” is still relevant.

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      10 months ago

      some of those that work forces

    • SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      10 months ago

      Take a Bow by Muse works almost too perfectly, too

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    Pretty sure Eminem did like 8 years ago, the first time.

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    Big artists are performing clowns for monopoly capitalists.

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      This. Especially these morons rapping about “the Man keeping them down” when they’re literally working FOR “the man” and they’re covered in gold bling. Congratulations. You just made a bunch of rich, white record executives even richer, while doing NOTHING for the people you claim to care about.

  • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org
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    They are not on your side. That’s why punk and hardcore is a thing and “pop” is garbage

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    There were a lot of protest songs about Iraq and then it just seemed to fizzle out

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    They value not being a target. Their sponsors definitely value not being a target.

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    I’m surprised at the lack of folk songs about Luigi

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      Here you go. There are a number of ‘corrido de luigi’ songs out there.

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        Using this as a place to infodump because I just learned it: you know how haikus follow a 5-7-5 syllable pattern? For corridos every line is 8 syllables.

        The more you know 🌈⭐️

        • Match!!@pawb.social
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          thanks!

    • Goldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Neathan Apollo did one :3

    • pepeSilvia@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      This one is a solid earworm:

      https://youtu.be/J_swGiAHhbQ

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    because they’re rich and don’t want to alienate any portion of people that make them more rich? Also they aren’t even slightly inconvenienced by the changes in policy.

    Artists reciprocating the feelings of the people is a thing of the past.

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