What are some good songs on social commentary?
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Topic: What are some good songs on social commentary?
Posted By: aglasshouse
Subject: What are some good songs on social commentary?
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2014 at 8:35pm
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Well, as you might have seen, being a metalhead that you probably are, a thing that metal artists like to do it point out flaws in our system of government and as a society itself. What are some of your guys' favorite metal/non-metal songs that talk about social issues? I'll start with a Staind song that I can't stop listening to lately  : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEfU4ss98ZA |
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Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2014 at 9:07pm
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Basically half of Megadeth's songs Tool - Vicarious Metallica - Disposable Heroes Korn - Politics Slayer - Skeletons of Society Helstar - Harsh Reality, When We Only Bleed, and Fall of Dominion ------------- If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2014 at 11:28pm
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How about "Cop Killer" by Body Count? Seems relevant in the US at the moment ------------- 
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Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2014 at 12:38am
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^ I haven't heard that song, but just by the name it already sounds relevant. ------------- If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2014 at 1:14pm
Great list Uni!  ------------- "Before you see the light you must die!!!!!!!!!!" - Slayer "Today is born the seventh one, born of woman, the seventh son" - Steve Harris |
Unitron wrote:
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2015 at 12:40am
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Anthrax - Keep It in the Family ------------- "Before you see the light you must die!!!!!!!!!!" - Slayer "Today is born the seventh one, born of woman, the seventh son" - Steve Harris |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2015 at 12:44am
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anything by rage against the machine, really also this |
Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2015 at 12:49am
I was actually thinking about this the other day, did RATM make any songs that weren't political or social commentary? ------------- If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2015 at 1:07am
Answer to that is no  ------------- "Before you see the light you must die!!!!!!!!!!" - Slayer "Today is born the seventh one, born of woman, the seventh son" - Steve Harris |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2015 at 3:31am
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...even a track like "KKK Bitch", which is a quite humourous and sexually explicit track, oozes social commetary. ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2015 at 3:54am
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Would Sacred Reich's"Who's to Blame?" count, although it's more of a commentary on family dynamics. I don't know why I mention that one, when SR have so many other politico-social commentary songs, such as: Death Squad Ignorance No Believers Administrative Decisions Surf Nicaragua One Nation The American Way Crimes Against Humanity State of Emergency Etc. ------------- 
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Posted By: aglasshouse
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2015 at 3:09pm
Their name does state so, so yes that does make sense. |
Posted By: Valdis
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2015 at 8:43am
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I really like David Bowie - Cygnet Committee ------------- Rely on nothing under heaven. |
Posted By: bartosso
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2015 at 9:53am
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Anything by Cattle Decapitation. Like this for instance, yo: Also some STUFF BY BABYMETAL I'm serious, it's a feminist song.
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