I think you can be as explicitly political as you want, as long as it's actually coming from a place of sincerity. The reason a lot of overtly political music sucks is because it's insincere. It's overtly political because it's engaging in falsity where the motive behind the politics is that the artist is being a "pick me", essentially, …
I think you can be as explicitly political as you want, as long as it's actually coming from a place of sincerity. The reason a lot of overtly political music sucks is because it's insincere. It's overtly political because it's engaging in falsity where the motive behind the politics is that the artist is being a "pick me", essentially, a flatterer.
Rage Against the Machine, while not a great example of being against the machine, is a great example of writing good political music. It would be hard to argue that the emotion behind their music is cynically trying to appeal to the commie crowd and not an errant though deeply felt belief.
I think you can be as explicitly political as you want, as long as it's actually coming from a place of sincerity. The reason a lot of overtly political music sucks is because it's insincere. It's overtly political because it's engaging in falsity where the motive behind the politics is that the artist is being a "pick me", essentially, a flatterer.
Rage Against the Machine, while not a great example of being against the machine, is a great example of writing good political music. It would be hard to argue that the emotion behind their music is cynically trying to appeal to the commie crowd and not an errant though deeply felt belief.