papakapp said:
I suddenly like system of a down a lot more now.
RE: the theme of the thread, I don't like republicans, George Bush, or country music, but when the Dixie Chicks went off on Bush, I would have quit listening to them if I ever had listened to them in the first place. I also lost respect for Green Day after "american idiot" and I lost respect for Eminem after "mosh". Pretty much whenever a singer gets political in their music I loose respect for them.
But for a band to sing about how cold rationalism is the death of real living, that is exactly what music is imho. Music is real living and the exact opposite of cold rationalism. Science is cold rationalism and not real living.
I beg to differ. Bad Religion frequently offers an intellectual challenge to the irrationality of religion frequently. There are also scientific undertones since the lead singer and one of the songwriters has a PhD in evolutionary biology
Also, what about bands that were ALWAYS political? I can agree that I lost respect for Green Day when they jumped on the political bash Bush band wagon, but if someone has been critical or commented on politics for 20 years before what then? Is it that you just don't listen to them.
Also, incredibly, this came up.
Also,(last one I swear) System of a Down is political, they are just normally subtle about it.