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What is this generations Nirvana, Limp Bizkit, Tupac, or Rage against the machine? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 week ago by Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I feel global political oppression or global wars usually produce great music but Macklemore might be the peak.

Nothing against him, some of his songs are good, but I expected real rage inducing stuff with everything going on. Or is this just the state of music as a whole?

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[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Dub Fx? Check out Cracks in the Mirror. Definitely not as popular as your examples though

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That is my whole point. There is a lot of amazing music but no major breakouts know globally. This post is filled with wonderful examples but 90% have to be searched to figure out who they are.

Say the Doors in the late 60s or early 70s and everyone knew who you were talking about. We don't have that as much.

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, I see that. But I guess that has more to do with how music is produced and "consumed" nowadays rather than the artists themselves - a couple of decades ago it was really tough to get signed by a label, whereas now anyone can produce hits in their bedroom. This has, imo, led to a more "decentralised" music scene, and also to more focus on singles rather than albums. The fact that media outlets, including radios, are corporate-owned definitely doesn't help too.

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 week ago

I feel like that should produce more of those songs. Less thumb on the scale powers to hold you down.

Old songs did a great job of mixing the meaning into the songs. Most singers don't write their own songs. That might be a issue and auto tune can turn anyone into a singer. I used rock and rap as an example due to them usually being more hands on.