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kentauros

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31. That's an excellent point.

Reply to el_bryanto (Reply #10)

Thu Dec 4, 2014, 11:24 AM

Dec 2014

I may be (just barely) in the generation most likely to be considered wanting/liking protest songs, but a marketer would never make any headway with me. Modern music is what I like, so long as it's not commercialized. And so, I listen to public radio sources and similar sites online. I've never been a fan of protest music, then or now.

I figure I'm not alone, generation-wise, in these music tastes, either.

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Where is the music? No music no movement. [View all] safeinOhio Dec 2014 OP

You'll have to ask the entertainment corporations kentauros Dec 2014 #1

I couldn't have.. sendero Dec 2014 #3

I only lister to Independent music safeinOhio Dec 2014 #5

Same here, with somafm.com kentauros Dec 2014 #7

That's a lame excuse. TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #16

I was never much of a fan of Seeger's music. kentauros Dec 2014 #30

Wouldn't know- never willingly listened to Clear Channel. TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #47

Well, that's precisely my point. kentauros Dec 2014 #51

This one still works. hobbit709 Dec 2014 #2

10 of the Most Touching Trayvon Martin Tribute Songs bigwillq Dec 2014 #4

this is bigger problem than we realize olddots Dec 2014 #6

More like this safeinOhio Dec 2014 #8

This is the way I remember it. safeinOhio Dec 2014 #9

THIS is what we need. It tells the story and lets us make fun of the fools who are making the moves. jwirr Dec 2014 #76

The Music industry is fractured el_bryanto Dec 2014 #10

That's an excellent point. kentauros Dec 2014 #31

I wonder if the term Protest Music is really useful. el_bryanto Dec 2014 #34

What current music do you listen to? alcibiades_mystery Dec 2014 #11

I think that's the point frazzled Dec 2014 #17

So? Codeine Dec 2014 #21

Local college Indie station safeinOhio Dec 2014 #22

"You're not doing it right!" Codeine Dec 2014 #12

MTV and American Idol turned popular music into a neutered marionette GreatGazoo Dec 2014 #13

Popular music has always been a manufactured product. Codeine Dec 2014 #18

Holy shiit azmom Dec 2014 #20

Can you create a post with just azmom Dec 2014 #24

It's brutal. I found that one here (at DU) about a week ago GreatGazoo Dec 2014 #26

First time seeing it. azmom Dec 2014 #29

Pop music is mass marketed. Protest music is viral. Skidmore Dec 2014 #35

I don't think YouTube is the answer- it may be the problem TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #52

Rallies. Gosh, I remember the rallies Skidmore Dec 2014 #60

you might enjoy this, (if you haven't seen it already) -- 1990 doc GreatGazoo Dec 2014 #68

I found "Call the Cops" and "Fuck the Police" to be very powerful. logosoco Dec 2014 #79

I love all three. Yeah even the rap one because it did not have any of the stuff I posted about jwirr Dec 2014 #83

"Get it out to the people"? Codeine Dec 2014 #96

But that only educates you. And the message only gets to you. I think sometimes democracy does jwirr Dec 2014 #97

We don't use music as a messaging medium anymore. Codeine Dec 2014 #99

I hear you. But there are a lot of people that we are missing. Those of us on DU are up on most of jwirr Dec 2014 #107

Isn't much of rap/hip-hop (?) social protest? HereSince1628 Dec 2014 #14

One wonders how well they'd have reacted to folks in their sixties and seventies Codeine Dec 2014 #19

Much of rap/hip-hop is violence towards women. former9thward Dec 2014 #45

Very little hip hop Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2014 #72

A record producer convinced a band I was with to rewrite the lyrics of our songs, Zorra Dec 2014 #15

If senior citizens don't know about songs they don't exist. LeftyMom Dec 2014 #23

You'd do well to get off his lawn. nt Codeine Dec 2014 #40

Skidmark Bob will show you around johnnyreb Dec 2014 #25

Dead Prez... That's who you're looking for. nt MrScorpio Dec 2014 #27

My generation had NWA. aikoaiko Dec 2014 #28

And then there is\was Public Enemy KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #36

True, that was the bigger NYC group. aikoaiko Dec 2014 #41

And Tribe Called Quest (nt) Recursion Dec 2014 #44

yeah, they were for smart people. ;-) aikoaiko Dec 2014 #48

Best album of the 1990s Recursion Dec 2014 #50

Ha. I didn't mean it that way. aikoaiko Dec 2014 #53

The Abstract Poet promenade like Shakespeare, or Edgar Allen Poe. Recursion Dec 2014 #54

Ouch azmom Dec 2014 #92

There's this genre called "hip hop" Recursion Dec 2014 #32

This is not the 1960s. randome Dec 2014 #33

no shit dembotoz Dec 2014 #39

I don't think anyone says it is the 60s again but what we are saying is that music educated about jwirr Dec 2014 #86

But music was different then. There was a whole lot less of it. Codeine Dec 2014 #104

I hear you. We are in the age of specialization. How do you try to get the message to others about jwirr Dec 2014 #109

Social media. Codeine Dec 2014 #111

there's this thing called rap librechik Dec 2014 #37

Oh, they do, just not "commercial" rap Recursion Dec 2014 #42

Well, there's always been protest music. Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2014 #38

Thank you. I'm sick of boomer BS about this. Recursion Dec 2014 #43

Thank you!!! I love Talib Kwali, Mos Def, PE.... giftedgirl77 Dec 2014 #56

Welcome to Jamrock Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2014 #70

They are amazing & very much the reason I just shake giftedgirl77 Dec 2014 #91

Nasir my favorite!! bravenak Dec 2014 #102

This message was self-deleted by its author azmom Dec 2014 #62

Please tell me this post was a high-level parody. Recursion Dec 2014 #46

What you're trying to say is that modern movements lack romanticism. True Blue Door Dec 2014 #49

"We Shall Overcome"? fadedrose Dec 2014 #55

The headlining act at Woodstock was Sha Na Na. Recursion Dec 2014 #57

What are some current ones? azmom Dec 2014 #63

Well, Jay-Z comes to mind as a good starter (nt) Recursion Dec 2014 #66

Sha Na Na played 7:30 am to 8:00 am on Monday and were followed by Jimi Hendrix Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #64

They were at the top of the poster. And Jimi always played last per his contract (nt) Recursion Dec 2014 #67

He who plays last and can demand such is the headliner. The biggest words on the poster were Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #73

Right there with you. azmom Dec 2014 #77

I wasn't even born until the late 70's..... giftedgirl77 Dec 2014 #58

Um, which came first: the protests or the songs? brooklynite Dec 2014 #59

... Catherine Vincent Dec 2014 #61

Good choice. Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #65

Here you go. Ink Man Dec 2014 #69

That is something I have thought for years. When did we stop listening to folk and protest music? jwirr Dec 2014 #71

When folk music turned 50, maybe? Recursion Dec 2014 #74

LOL. Only hard rock is too loud. jwirr Dec 2014 #87

Hard rock is 60 years old (Dick Dale). Get with the times. If your genre doesn't have "post-" Recursion Dec 2014 #88

Hard rock was what my parents listened to, and I'm in my 40s. Codeine Dec 2014 #98

What are hooks? Yes I am 73 years old and I actually like some of the music today. Imagine! But jwirr Dec 2014 #101

I don't feel that way at all. Codeine Dec 2014 #106

Thanks for the explaination. But we did look back to the 30s - Woodie Guthrie and Pete Seegers jwirr Dec 2014 #110

I listen to folk, Americana, "New-Grass", and alternative country IDemo Dec 2014 #89

I noticed that starting in 2002. It has been grievously missing. Hekate Dec 2014 #75

No, seriously, it hasn't Recursion Dec 2014 #81

I'm glad that hip-hop is aware and current, but can a big crowd sing it? Hekate Dec 2014 #93

Gangstas' Paradise is the most singable song of the past several decades Recursion Dec 2014 #94

Why do we need to sing? Codeine Dec 2014 #100

Perhaps some of you aren't listening? wyldwolf Dec 2014 #78

Thanks for the links! logosoco Dec 2014 #80

Macklemore and John Mayer? Codeine Dec 2014 #84

These threads always say so much about DU's demographics. nt LeftyMom Dec 2014 #90

Perhaps they're waiting for a Crosby, Stills and Nash comeback? wyldwolf Dec 2014 #95

The music is there, you just need to listen. dilby Dec 2014 #82

My favorite azmom Dec 2014 #85

You must not listen to much Rap. bravenak Dec 2014 #103

I have more. bravenak Dec 2014 #105

Today's Music Festivals - Focus On otohara Dec 2014 #108

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