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Originally Posted by Seer
Are you saying you don’t like politically involved music because you cannot relate to most of it or because people who write music are unable to make a rational political statement?
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Both. I can't relate to most "political" music because, like American politics in general, it's extremely polarized. American political music today consists mostly of bands whining about the perceived evils of capitalism and American consumerism - in other words, biting the hands that feed them. On the other end of the spectrum, you have less popular but more absurd things like "Nazi punk." Basically, when a band makes a political statement, it's almost always very liberal or very conservative.
The second part of your statement is very applicable to most modern political music, IMO. Most bands today that do write political songs seem to be very politically radical or immature.
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Originally Posted by Seer
If it is the second of the two, what is it that makes a musician more incapable of presenting an opinion through music than you or me presenting an opinion in our daily lives?
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Nothing inherently makes them more incapable of doing this. I just happen to think that politics and music are, in most cases, an unappealing combination.