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You don’t think the concept of rock and roll rebellion changed anything? Have you been living under a rock this last century?It's interesting, to me, to contemplate these examples of creative people speaking out on behalf of their peers. In most instances they succeed in the short term, and within their specific groups, but fail in the long term and at the more universal level.
I think this happens because the true purpose of the artist is to render his own experience of truth, not some collective, distilled, idealized version of it. Most of these wanna-be rock anthems fail in the long run, and become trapped in their time because they lack real depth. A depth that can only come from the individual artist's experience, and not from his sub-group's meme.
Listening to this, now, it just sounds like a hollow echo from the past. A snapshot of teen rebellion from 1980-whatever.
You don’t think the concept of rock and roll rebellion changed anything? Have you been living under a rock this last century?
RATM were political/social moversI can see where @PureX might be coming from, though. Comparing stuff from the 60s, where we might find Thunderclap Newman's "Something in the Air" or Ten Years After's "I'd Love to Change the World," which addressed serious social issues of the day. By the 80s, most everyone had sold out to Reagan's ultra-capitalism and excessive consumerism, and a lot of music became more vacuous and puerile, where the most compelling political/social cause of the time seemed to be "Fight For Your Right to Party."
RATM were political/social movers
Bon Jovi gave a different taste of love
The thrash scene, among many others, brought inspirational lyrics to those who were lost in life
Slayer likely sparked more critical thinking of religion
Etc
Sure, the "rock rebels" all became millionaires while their followers went to work for Walmart.You don’t think the concept of rock and roll rebellion changed anything? Have you been living under a rock this last century?
Maybe there hasn’t been any revolutions in this degree lately, but maybe that’s because the message is already out there since the 60s and 70s. Don’t you think it’s useful to keep the message going instead of letting it fall from existence?Sure, the "rock rebels" all became millionaires while their followers went to work for Walmart.
Turns out the musical pretense of rebellion doesn't actually change much.
To be honest, I think the fantasy of revolution stifles the actual possibility of it. Just like the fantasy that we are still a democracy tends to inhibit us from realizing that we have been a full blown plutocracy for the last 40 years.Maybe there hasn’t been any revolutions in this degree lately, but maybe that’s because the message is already out there since the 60s and 70s. Don’t you think it’s useful to keep the message going instead of letting it fall from existence?
I might agree if the rebellious music was more mainstream.To be honest, I think the fantasy of revolution stifles the actual possibility of it. Just like the fantasy that we are still a democracy tends to inhibit us from realizing that we have been a full blown plutocracy for the last 40 years.