Riggamortis
Member (Idle past 2418 days) Posts: 167 From: Australia Joined: 08-15-2016
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07-28-2017 11:01 PM
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There's a popular Australian hip-hop duo called Bliss n Eso who have influenced an entire generation of Australians. They've written a few politically motivated songs which resonate highly with me and so I thought I'd make a thread where people can share political art which has influenced them, be it music or something else. I'm sure most of you don't want to listen to the songs so I'll just reproduce some of the lyrics. Addicted
quote: "Since a foetus, explored life's subtle secrets From my fingertips to my unique double helix I can see history, I can see the past lessons It's your right, never be afraid to ask questions How can every religion claim to be the only one? How can they preach love yet fight each other holding guns? I think the golden sun may be able to shed some light I'd rather push peace and knowledge to defend our rights These leaders in suits tell us to fight for one side You think they got their sons and daughters on the frontline? Not down for war but down to get an education We're all equal yet they push synthetic separation But in this matrix I won't be failin' to make it This is my cosmos baby, space sailin' with Sagan I heard it's not where you're from it's where you're carvin' your view I heard you don't have to wear a suit to argue the truth And so (Chorus) Who are you to tell me how to live my life? 'Cause I won't give this up These are my shoes, my view, my cue To say I do give a f@$k And pretty soon I'm gonna bloom and it'll be alright Everyday's another chance to ignite Cos I'm addicted, addicted To this universal feeling called life" "They spoon feed but I won't be taking that sedative Cause my thoughts are way too precious to waste on the negative I keep them critical yet positive to break the chains Every dawn is a new chance to make a change Think about all the energy swirling all around us We project it, we get affected, this is profound stuff Earth is my garden and I grew from it I pay the youth homage 'cause I know their view's honest Can you read between the lines of the news comments? Fightin' over land just to take some fuel from it I guess oil boils down to some cool profits But war, what is it good for -- really who wants it?"
The Sea Is Rising
quote: "And all I know is the sun is shining, yet we fight all through the night While the bergs are melting and the sea is rising I don't know so I ask them why, Yeah, why are they refusing to listen? Why are these troops on a mission? Why are they shooting these victims over their view on religion? Yeah why do we all search for love like we got cupids addiction? Why with politicians you can't tell the truth from the fiction? Why do we pollute where we're living? Why are these youth put at risk? And why has this ruling dominion kept us consumed in this prison? Na na na, I won't jump through the hoops of this system Nothing stands between you and the pursuit of your vision... ...I don't want them to look back when the future is written And know we killed ourselves with nuclear fission and stupid decisions Shit I'd rather an asteroid due for collision then know the planet got f$&ked by the human condition Sing the tune with conviction! (Chorus) All I know is the sun is shining yet we fight on thought the night While the bergs are melting and the sea is rising I don't know so I ask them why And all I know is the sun is shining yet we fight on through the night Well if you don't know, shit I don't know, I guess all we can do is ask them why" "Real magic isn't card tricks, big cribs and cars bitch It's making something out of nothing through this hardship And even though that the earth is weak We still bomb each other and idol what the churches speak It's like this land is either run by Labor or Liberal But don't get it twisted they're the same as the criminals"
Most of the lyrics speak for themselves, replace Labor and Liberal with Democrat and Republican for that American touch. Up next is linkin parks commentary on bush and Iraq, RIP Chester Bennington.
quote: Turn my mic up louder, I got to say something Lightweights steppin' aside when we come in Feel it in your chest, the syllables get pumping People on the street then panic and start running Words on loose leaf sheet, complete coming I jump in my mind, I summon the rhyme I'm dumping Healing the blind, I promise to let the sun in Sick of the dark ways we march to the drum and Jump when they tell us that they wanna see jumping Fuck that, I wanna see some fists pumping Risk something, take back what's yours Say something that you know they might attack you for 'Cause I'm sick of being treated like I had before Like I'm stupid standing for what I'm standing for Like this war's really just a different brand of war Like it doesn't cater to rich and abandon poor Like they understand you, in the back of their jet When you can't put gas in your tank, these fuckers Are laughing their way to the bank, and cashing their check Asking you to have compassion and have some respect For a leader so nervous in an obvious way Stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay And the rest of the world watching at the end of the day In the living room, laughing like, "What did he say?" Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen In my living room watching it, But I am not laughing 'Cause when it gets tense, I know what might happen The war is cold, the bold men take action Have to react to get blown into fractions At 10 years old, there's something to see Another kid my age drugged under a Jeep Taken and bound and found later under a tree I wonder if he had thought 'the next one could be me' Do you see the soldiers that are out today? They brush the dust from bulletproof vests away It's ironic, at times like this you pray But a bomb blew the mosque up yesterday There's bombs on the buses, bikes, roads Inside your market, your shops, and your clothes My dad, he's got a lot of fear, I know But enough pride inside not to let that show My brother had a book he would hold with pride A little red cover with a broken spine on the back He hand-wrote a quote inside "When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die" Meanwhile, the leader just talks away Stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay The rest of the world watching at the end of the day Both scared and angry, like "What did he say?" Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen With hands held high into a sky so blue The ocean opens up to swallow you With hands held high into a sky so blue The ocean opens up to swallow you With hands held high into a sky so blue The ocean opens up to swallow you With hands held high into a sky so blue The ocean opens up to swallow you With hands held high into a sky so blue The ocean opens up to swallow you With hands held high into a sky so blue The ocean opens up to swallow you
Personally I thin the 'with hands held high.. ocean opens up to swallow you' line refers to mans tendency to worship magic sky daddies while the world around them burns. Finally, the defensive statement made by the bad guy in the movie Tomorrowland. The premise of the movie is that we mastered the use of tachyons to predict the future and access an alternate reality. The most intelligent people were then transferred to the alternate reality while the original world is allowed to continue its path of self destruction.
quote: Let's imagine... if you glimpsed the future, you were frightened by what you saw, what would you do with that information? You would go to... the politicians, captains of industry? And how would you convince them? Data? Facts? Good luck! The only facts they won't challenge are the ones that keep the wheels greased and the dollars rolling in. But what if... what if there was a way of skipping the middle man and putting the critical news directly into everyone's head? The probability of wide-spread annihilation kept going up. The only way to stop it was to show it. To scare people straight. Because, what reasonable human being wouldn't be galvanized by the potential destruction of everything they've ever known or loved? To save civilization, I would show its collapse. But, how do you think this vision was received? How do you think people responded to the prospect of imminent doom? They gobbled it up like a chocolate eclair! They didn't fear their demise, they re-packaged it. It could be enjoyed as video-games, as TV shows, books, movies, the entire world wholeheartedly embraced the apocalypse and sprinted towards it with gleeful abandon. Meanwhile, your Earth was crumbling all around you. You've got simultaneous epidemics of obesity and starvation. Explain that one! Bees and butterflies start to disappear, the glaciers melt, algae blooms. All around you the coal mine canaries are dropping dead and you won't take the hint! In every moment there's the possibility of a better future, but you people won't believe it. And because you won't believe it you won't do what is necessary to make it a reality. So, you dwell on this terrible future. You resign yourselves to it for one reason, because *that* future does not ask anything of you today. So yes, we saw the iceberg and warned the Titanic. But you all just steered for it anyway, full steam ahead. Why? Because you want to sink! You gave up! That's not the monitor's fault. That's yours.
Powerful stuff. So I'm interested in the influence of art the political views of people from other nations and generations. Or discussion on the potential use and current use of art to influence political opinion. Fire away.
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