I'm a bit disillusioned by the songs that are coming from the "political" singers songwriters these days. I'm not very contemporary when it comes to my musical taste, though, and the stuff you write about those people doesn't surprise me at all. For me, a Bob Dylan track circa 1963 or any Woodie Guthrie song or Pete Seeger's interpretation of the early 20th century troubadours is pure bliss.
It's an odd coincidence. I was just watching a documentary about the history of folk music and it had the same critical attitude towards the contemporary youth culture affected by the self-absorption of Kurt Cobain and Joey Ramone. The only really authentic voices of protest that are out there right now are coming from hip-hop, and I don't think it's going to change anytime soon. That makes me wish I were a bigger fan of hip-hop music than I am.
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Date: 2005-10-01 06:44 pm (UTC)I'm a bit disillusioned by the songs that are coming from the "political" singers songwriters these days. I'm not very contemporary when it comes to my musical taste, though, and the stuff you write about those people doesn't surprise me at all. For me, a Bob Dylan track circa 1963 or any Woodie Guthrie song or Pete Seeger's interpretation of the early 20th century troubadours is pure bliss.
It's an odd coincidence. I was just watching a documentary about the history of folk music and it had the same critical attitude towards the contemporary youth culture affected by the self-absorption of Kurt Cobain and Joey Ramone. The only really authentic voices of protest that are out there right now are coming from hip-hop, and I don't think it's going to change anytime soon. That makes me wish I were a bigger fan of hip-hop music than I am.