Comment by Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works on Education

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Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP

34 points

7 months ago

The best thing about America is that the music always stays relevant.

System Of A Down - B.Y.O.B.

Wonder if we’re going to get any World War 3 bangers soon.

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synae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.org

11 points

7 months ago

Here’s a whole album full, from around the same time - KMFDM - WWIII

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Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP

1 point

7 months ago

Were there any popular Afghanistan invasion songs? I recall many songs such as Fortunate Son for the Vietnam war but I can’t really recall popular 2010-2020 anti war music.

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RaoulDook@lemmy.world

4 points

7 months ago

Audioslave did some but they weren’t “mainstream” popular.

This one is more about Bush and the lame response to the Katrina disaster but Tom Morello said it’s a “finger-pointing song” and includes lyrics about trading lives for oil.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vR1-PyXHfI

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Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works

7 points

7 months ago

Pretty much any punk song from 2001 onwards was anti-war on terror/Bush.

I’d personally recommend the album Mobilize by Anti-Flag, but that’s just my nostalgia talking, fucking banger album though.

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Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP

-1 points

7 months ago

Nice song. But that’s from 2002, just like the other user which linked a 2006 song. They all seem to be before 2010.

Where did anti war music go from 2010 to 2020? Did being anti-war become unpopular or were they just less featured in our media? Or did people stop making anti war songs?

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Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works

7 points

7 months ago

After the death of Bin Laden, a decade of constant warfare, and the machinations utter crushing of the leftist movement re: occupy, anti-wot protests, the GFC, etc., etc. we were all just burnt out. You still have generic anti-war songs here and there, but it wasn’t as pressing an issue for people.

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4 points

7 months ago

America forgot it was at war in Afghanistan until the disastrous pullout. You gotta have awareness of a thing to rage against it

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synae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.org

6 points

7 months ago

From my recollection, Afghanistan wasn’t singled out in pop culture music; rather the entire “war on terror” was lumped together.

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AbsentBird@lemm.ee

2 points

7 months ago

American Idiot by Green Day comes to mind.

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kerrigan778@lemmy.world

2 points

7 months ago

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The whole album Ashes of the Wake also about half of Rise Against’s discography.

Oh, also can’t believe I forgot, obviously American Idiot and Holiday by Green Day

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DigitalDruid@lemmy.sdf.org

8 points

7 months ago

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synae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.org

4 points

7 months ago

Don’t worry, you can still have plausible deniability - listen to their song Kunst and you’ll see the Depeche Mode meaning has been co-opted and muddied by the band. You know, for fun!

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DigitalDruid@lemmy.sdf.org

3 points

7 months ago

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