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Originally Posted by dirty bunny
Rock wasn't created as a tool for social justice, despite what the writer of "Sorry rock fans, hip hop is the only genre that matters now" seems to think.
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he doesn’t think that. he’s talking about cultural relevance. and maybe exaggerating to make a point, but his point i think is valid.
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Originally Posted by dirty bunny
Rock only really got political in the 1960s as a response to the Vietnam war. It never was the entirety of what rock music was about. And if "Won't Get Fooled Again" sounds aged, well yeah, because the Vietnam era is long over, fella.
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he wasn’t speaking exclusively about politics. rock (and at times roll) used to be the soundtrack of many many many many young people’s lives.
when the sexual revolution came around it was about sex. when the war happened it was about war. when everybody was experimenting with drugs it was about drugs. when everybody got cynical about the broken promises it was cynical. and so forth.
and you could dance to it at parties too. well, some of it.
now however shit is different.
the last time you can say that rock was historically at the middle of some kind of “youth” movement it was the 90s.
that was 20 years ago, or more— say if you take kurt cobain’s suicide as the death of the last rock icon, it’s been 24 years already. full quarter century on april 2019.
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Originally Posted by dirty bunny
But yeah, it's hard to argue that rock music is in the dumps right now. My favourite new band is one that makes retro 80s music. It's a lean time for rock.
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well times are also lean for jazz and classical music. but it doesn’t mean that you can’t listen to any of that.
you can listen to whatever you want these days. nothing is hidden anymore. the future and the past are wide open to everyone. you need no pope’s blessing. the present is an orgy.
just... enjoy whatever you want.