I’ll start. System of a Down.

Recently it seems like some people are JUST NOW realizing that Bring me the horizon is not Christian friendly and I wonder how many other artists can we put into the bag of “Wait, they were political this whole time?”

  • Evan@lemmy.mlMEnglish
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    6 months ago

    This thread has been reported to us. I’ve temporarily made the decision to keep it (other mods; feel free to override). While the question could have been phrased a hell of a lot better (“what are your favourite bands that people don’t get the real meaning of?”), its a valid question and doesn’t quite fall into the “offensive” rule.

    Community: please stay civil. The fact that a song can be political does not mean it is worth debating if it’s politics are correct. If discussion significantly devolves into personal attacks, bans will be issued regardless of partisanship.

    • WhyAUsername_1@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Off topic: I love how clear you are in your articulation. I wish to develop this skill some day . If you don’t mind me asking, how would one develop such a skill?

      • Evan@lemmy.mlMEnglish
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        6 months ago

        I must confess that you’re the first person to tell that to me — English class was always a disaster! The only thing I can point to is practice: I have a blog here that I write at regularly. The other component might be luck? They say that a broken clock is right twice a day and I’m inclined to agree.

        In any case, thank you!

    • EarWorm@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      What do you mean? They’re just songs about nice things, like bringing your own beer to a party, jumping on a pogo stick and shimmying until the break of dawn, yeah. Oh, and cocaine. Lots of cocaine.

    • Tiltinyall@beehaw.org
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      6 months ago

      Not wanting to die shouldn’t be a matter of politics.

      Edit: I’m dead serious too. Singing about culture, tradition, and real heroes for humanity fall more inline with folklore style singing. Which is a tier above politics. Don’t ever diminish an artitsts work with the disgusting political label. And the “politics” of a certain genocidal nation are certainly debatable too.

  • neidu2@feddit.nl
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    6 months ago

    Gotta love how so many MAGAites are bopping to Rage Against the Machine, without realizing that they themselves are part of the most vile and extreme version of the machine. They just latched on to the “fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me” from “Killing in the Name” without that sinhle grain of self awareness necessary to connect the only two dots there are.

    • stembolts@programming.dev
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      6 months ago

      He’s the one who likes all our pretty songs
      And he likes to sing along
      And he likes to shoot his gun
      But he knows not what it means
      And I say ‘yeah’

      • neidu2@feddit.nl
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        6 months ago

        Unrelated to this thread, but that chorus is among my favorite duets. Dave and Kurts voices mesh so incredibly well.

        And I do like shooting guns… wait…

    • PowerCrazy@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Same with the liberals. You know the ones who voted to increase police budgets after the largest anti-police protests since the civil rights era. The ones who cheered when Obama overthrew libya. The ones who were upset about missing brunch while they were protesting the same policies Obama created when Trump was president, and then stopped when Biden became president. The ones who watch Hamilton and cheer everytime they see Clinton.

    • BeamBrain [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      6 months ago

      “Uhhhh ‘the machine’ is clearly Big Woke that’s trying to make us all gay trans Muslims. It’s like you don’t know anything 🙄”

  • folkrav@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    The BMTH thing to me is hilarious. Their first popular single was “Pray for Plagues”, where Oli is asking God to burn this world to the ground, for fucks sake. I guess those fans discovered them post-deathcore and mostly know their singles without reading the lyrics too much, or at all? I genuinely don’t know how else they’d get this idea it’s a Christian friendly band lol

    • frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml
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      6 months ago

      The BMTH thing to me is hilarious

      • Should I save 1½ seconds typing?

      • If that makes my post incomprehensible?

      I’ll never understand how people decide that trade-off is a good one.

      • folkrav@lemmy.ca
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        6 months ago

        It’s a direct answer to the main post, which mentions two bands, and this one is one of them. I thought the context implied the reference, visibly it didn’t, so I’m sorry for that. No need for the snark.

    • hactar42@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I’ve been listening to punk for 30 years now. I’m so glad politics have never made their way into the scene.

  • derekabutton@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    WHY. DO. THEY ALWAYS SEND THE POOR. (Repeat a dozen or so times)

    Sorry but no way they are non political. That’s just one example from a more well known song. Haven’t they publicly spoken on the Armenian genocide, too? If you need to separate your art from your politics, perhaps you should re review your politics. It’s inherent in most aspects of life.

  • Alice@beehaw.org
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    6 months ago

    The only thing funnier than people thinking Pink Floyd is apolitical is people thinking The Wall was right-wing.

    Also met a strange amount of republicans who like Rise Against. When I was first getting into them I saw someone say they turned out to be fash, so I asked for more info and it turned out it was because they said they didn’t want racists, misogynists, or homophobes at their concerts.

    • neidu2@feddit.nl
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      6 months ago

      “Everybody” knows that song, and thinks of it as a harmless party song. “Nobody” has heard their earlier stuff which alternates between punk and anarchism-pop.

      If I remember correctly, they emerged from the blue collar punk scene, and draws a lot of their political views from there.

      • everett@lemmy.ml
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        6 months ago

        Nothing special to see or hear in any of the following: their earlier stuff, their later stuff, tracks 2–12 on the same album, the 10,000 word essay in the liner notes, their followup single, etc.

  • ImInLoveWithLife@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    I’ve always understood SoaD to be overtly political, with songs like Prison Song, Attack, BYOB, A.D.D., and on and on… I listened to them for a long time because I enjoyed the music, but when I gave more than two seconds to think about the lyrics, I immediately understood them to be political in nature (which I actually enjoyed and appreciated more).

    When I want non-political music, I almost avoid lyrics entirely, or listen to old-timey songs about broken hearts and love. I particularly enjoy early jazz guitar like Billy Banks, or The Ink Spots. Or some good EDM like Jaded and Noizu.

    There’s a bit of politics in so much lyrical music, even if it is less transparent, seemingly nonsensical stuff. I do enjoy a good revelation about some bands, though. Like the amount of veterans my age that listen to Lamb of God but are very enthusiastic about military service and God and country types, or as has been mentioned in the thread already, that whole thing with Rage Against the Machine. I feel like SoaD falls into this category a lot too, with these particular people.

    There are certainly moments of social commentary in RHCP songs, but I do enjoy Frusciante’s and Flea’s musical prowess to a degree that I don’t care at all what they’re saying at times, and just very much enjoy the tunes.