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Skidmore

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35. Pop music is mass marketed. Protest music is viral.

Reply to GreatGazoo (Reply #13)

Thu Dec 4, 2014, 11:41 AM

Dec 2014

Protest music during the Sixties made its way by being passed between students and other sympathizers and in acts of cultural disobedience. With YouTube and other social media, it would seem to me that protest music could be disseminated much quicker today, as would be true for dissident writings. Gee whiz, you don't even need a mimeograph machine and an ocean of blue ink these days to get word around.

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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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