I'm a member of the band AWAKE (WeAreAWAKE.us) and in addition to offering our music (rock/metal) for free...we
have been "spreading the word" for five years about quite a few conspiracies and social issues. We are just finishing up our latest album, DARK
MATTERS, with a new singer and are planning a tour next year. Our last album, INDUSTRIAL CEMETERIES, is based on the book "The Long Descent" by
John Michael Greer about the end of peak oil and a number of related issues.
Another band with such messages is Jon Oliva's Pain (JonOliva.net). They have some really great music
(rock/metal/ballads) and lyrics. Very intelligent and also related to this post. Jon Oliva is the former singer of Savatage if you were into that
era of metal.
Regardless...enjoy the tunes!
Music artist's trying to wake people up :), page 6
reply posted on 22-8-2009 @ 10:23 PM by NoJoker13
reply to post by Aztek87
I like to think alot of the old school bands actually had something to sing
for, now a days I find a lot of the bands like say GREEN DAY are only
buying into this fad to make money. I mean clearly just to disect the band
I just named look at their previous albums nothing political and then you
can't find anything that isn't. Some of the bands mentionsed here I think
were true patriots on the ways of breaking into this genre of music, sadly
others are just trying to capitalize off of it and make money. Again
GREENY DAY.
[edit on 22-8-2009 by NoJoker13]
I like to think alot of the old school bands actually had something to sing
for, now a days I find a lot of the bands like say GREEN DAY are only
buying into this fad to make money. I mean clearly just to disect the band
I just named look at their previous albums nothing political and then you
can't find anything that isn't. Some of the bands mentionsed here I think
were true patriots on the ways of breaking into this genre of music, sadly
others are just trying to capitalize off of it and make money. Again
GREENY DAY.
[edit on 22-8-2009 by NoJoker13]
reply posted on 22-8-2009 @ 10:35 PM by 1 4M 7H3 1
I've seen a few posts mentioning songs by Saul Williams. He is a great figure for enlightenment. Here is a song by him entitled "List of Demands
(Reparations) that was feature in a Nike Sparq (training equipment) commercial a couple years ago. It is a great workout song but evokes a fantastic
message employing innovative and inspiring lyrics. Although some will assert that having his song feature on a "corporate" commercial does not
resolve this nation's slumber but only exacerbates it, Williams feels that "preaching to the converted" is futile. See his testimony here:
www.punknews.org...
Here is the music video:
Here is the music video:
reply posted on 22-8-2009 @ 10:48 PM by B.Morrison
reply to post by soldier8828
I'm sorry but what have the lyrics of wings for marie prt 1&2 got to do with 'waking people up'???
Sure a verse here or there can be interpreted as such but its not the meaning held by the band itself.
Also the lyrics displayed in the video are erroneous. See...
PRT1
PRT2
........For accurate lyrics & accurate song meaning.
Its a tribute to his mother Judith Marie, 10,000days=length of time in coma,
Its a prayer too, or a demand, he demands she be looked after & have a safe passing/existence in her version of the afterlife "heaven"... Not directly to do with waking up sheeple....
I mean I #ing love those song (wings for..), love that album, love that band & obviously from ur sig' we're in the same boat....I just feel it's a cop out to misrepresent the song like that...
P.L.U.R.I
-B.Morrison
I'm sorry but what have the lyrics of wings for marie prt 1&2 got to do with 'waking people up'???
Sure a verse here or there can be interpreted as such but its not the meaning held by the band itself.
Also the lyrics displayed in the video are erroneous. See...
PRT1
PRT2
........For accurate lyrics & accurate song meaning.
Its a tribute to his mother Judith Marie, 10,000days=length of time in coma,
Its a prayer too, or a demand, he demands she be looked after & have a safe passing/existence in her version of the afterlife "heaven"... Not directly to do with waking up sheeple....
I mean I #ing love those song (wings for..), love that album, love that band & obviously from ur sig' we're in the same boat....I just feel it's a cop out to misrepresent the song like that...
P.L.U.R.I
-B.Morrison
reply posted on 22-8-2009 @ 10:56 PM by Exv8densez
Whoo hoo graet!
reply to post by riddle6
I love your list, really love the new one by Green Day.
Me love me some Pink floyd. As classic, deep and otherworldly unconventional as its gets.
www.youtube.com...
Us and Them bundle up a whole bunch of conspiracies in one without even trying.
The problem with metal, punk rock and even most of hip hop, is that the songs get easily tossed behind as just belonging to marginalized underground genres. Even rebellious musicians are gonna have to find ways to refine and mature their work so that the message does not get drowned in all the.. well “noise”. It always just comes up as adolescent bristle. When you want a song to have massive effect, it doesn’t matter the genre, you have to really think about the artistic element also and try to make it as genuinely timeless as possible. Singers tend to be too specific in their lyrics now days, its ruins the overall goal in the end.
I’ve always been writing little poems since little and as I grew older, I realized how that was an elementary part of my being. I’ve bee seriously considering about concretizing them into songs because I’m beginning to think they can really add tot he part of the wake up call puzzle. Just by the titles alone, I want to make people tremble; I want to MOVE the earth and sky so that they ultimately crack opened the truth, not just whine and bitch about trivial things.
[edit on 22-8-2009 by Exv8densez]
reply to post by riddle6
I love your list, really love the new one by Green Day.
Me love me some Pink floyd. As classic, deep and otherworldly unconventional as its gets.
www.youtube.com...
Us and Them bundle up a whole bunch of conspiracies in one without even trying.
The problem with metal, punk rock and even most of hip hop, is that the songs get easily tossed behind as just belonging to marginalized underground genres. Even rebellious musicians are gonna have to find ways to refine and mature their work so that the message does not get drowned in all the.. well “noise”. It always just comes up as adolescent bristle. When you want a song to have massive effect, it doesn’t matter the genre, you have to really think about the artistic element also and try to make it as genuinely timeless as possible. Singers tend to be too specific in their lyrics now days, its ruins the overall goal in the end.
I’ve always been writing little poems since little and as I grew older, I realized how that was an elementary part of my being. I’ve bee seriously considering about concretizing them into songs because I’m beginning to think they can really add tot he part of the wake up call puzzle. Just by the titles alone, I want to make people tremble; I want to MOVE the earth and sky so that they ultimately crack opened the truth, not just whine and bitch about trivial things.
[edit on 22-8-2009 by Exv8densez]
reply posted on 22-8-2009 @ 11:20 PM by Exv8densez
reply to post by NoJoker13
Please allow me to respectfully disagree.
It is true that a lot of the "old" stuffs were more genuine and it always seems that way because they were the originals.
However, a lot of this "making money" stuff is a distraction by the modern music industry to sort of tint the art and make it seems as if artist now days just want to make money. They've planted the seed and watch it destroy the essential.
Why do you think that music artists are referred by the number of selling albums instead of the content?
Please allow me to respectfully disagree.
It is true that a lot of the "old" stuffs were more genuine and it always seems that way because they were the originals.
However, a lot of this "making money" stuff is a distraction by the modern music industry to sort of tint the art and make it seems as if artist now days just want to make money. They've planted the seed and watch it destroy the essential.
Why do you think that music artists are referred by the number of selling albums instead of the content?
, two great bands that talk about either the truth or the fact that theres much more than just you and me.reply posted on 22-8-2009 @ 11:54 PM by fluffy
reply to post by Aztek87
Muse is awesome!!
Here's one of the best songs from Muse, and it's new - it's from their upcoming album
United States of Eurasia:
Muse is awesome!!
Here's one of the best songs from Muse, and it's new - it's from their upcoming album
United States of Eurasia:
reply posted on 23-8-2009 @ 12:04 AM by Exv8densez
reply to post by Next_Heap_With
Believe it or not, the art is powerful enough to totally destroy the coorporations, from outside or INSIDE. That's how much confidence we should have in it.
unfortunaltely, we don't ; we underestimate it.
See, you can't always know the obstacles coming at you; it is up to you not to choose getting too distracted by them.
Believe it or not, the art is powerful enough to totally destroy the coorporations, from outside or INSIDE. That's how much confidence we should have in it.
unfortunaltely, we don't ; we underestimate it.
See, you can't always know the obstacles coming at you; it is up to you not to choose getting too distracted by them.
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