Why are there no big artists doing protest songs ?

[jared@mander.xyz]

Big popular artist are probably pretty controlled in what the money lets them do.
More independent artist are making the songs.

[shadow@lemmy.ca]

https://youtu.be/sn9EKC9nqU4

[Guest]

This. Was going to mention.

[Guest]

Because “Killing in the Name Of” is still relevant.

[match@pawb.social]

I'm surprised at the lack of folk songs about Luigi

[Guest]

Check out Jesse Welles (@hellswelles). Kind of a modern Bob Dylan.

[pr06lefs@lemmy.ml]

Here you go. There are a number of 'corrido de luigi' songs out there.

[howrar@lemmy.ca]

I'm assuming you're talking about the US leadership? Eminem has been putting out music critical of every (2) Republican president since getting big.

[0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

because they're rich and don't want to alienate any portion of people that make them more rich? Also they aren't even slightly inconvenienced by the changes in policy.

Artists reciprocating the feelings of the people is a thing of the past.

[electric_nan@lemmy.ml]

Macklemore has a couple.

[Guest]

This one is a solid earworm:

https://youtu.be/J_swGiAHhbQ

[the_q@lemm.ee]

Big artists benefit too much from the system. People seem to give passes to the rich they like, but they're all our enemies. No amount of good they could possibly do would offset the support and participation they provide to this machine of destruction.

[methisguy@feddit.nl]

some of those that work forces

[theoubliette@lemmy.ml]

Big artists are performing clowns for monopoly capitalists.

[silverhand@reddthat.com]

This isn't the 90's or 00's. Rebellion against the system is no longer the "cool" theme for artists to make money on.

[sharkweek@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Take a Bow by Muse works almost too perfectly, too

[catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Using this as a place to infodump because I just learned it: you know how haikus follow a 5-7-5 syllable pattern? For corridos every line is 8 syllables.

The more you know ️

[geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml]

They are signed with labels and are not allowed.

Lowkey and Macklemore have stepped up though

[mosscap@slrpnk.net]

I mean, not yet. Give it a few months.

[callouscomic@lemm.ee]

Pretty sure Eminem did like 8 years ago, the first time.