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Originally Posted by Genteel Death
Bands shouldn't really take it in their hands to address issues where they ultimately have the last word on, unless they distill their content for creative consumption.
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That's exactly the point I was trying to make in terms of self-critique. Music, especially Rock music, seems to operate primarily as a monologue to its audience, rather than a dialogue with it. Unless a band can find a way around that (as, to a degree, happened with dance music in the late 80s-early 90s) it will remain having the last word in a way that seems totally counter-intuitive to it being able to operate as a forum for any kind of effective political debate.