I actually like a lot of classic rock (yes even Hotel California, that solo kicks ass) but there is a lot of bad classic rock too. What do you think the worst classic rock song is? What is the most overrated band or artist? I think Supertramp is mid at best, but Bob Seeger is truly dreadful.

  • lil_tank [any, he/him]
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    4 months ago

    When a somebody says rock is the best music you just know that, consciously or not, they're putting "white music" above the rest

    • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]
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      4 months ago

      Narrator: "Early rock songs were stolen from Black people."

      [old footage rolls]

      Presenter: "My next guest has been accused of stealing from the ethnic community, but I think that's wholly unjustified. Elvis, everybody!"

      Elvis [singing]: "♫ Me and my brothers run away from the cops, from the way we look we know they're gonna stop us... ♫"

      Presenter: "Well, that could mean anything..."

      Elvis [continuing] "♫ Cause we're Black, Black, Black! ♫"

      [presenter groans]

    • Belly_Beanis [he/him]
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      4 months ago

      Multiple hip-hop artists have made triple entendres in multiple songs. I don't think I've ever seen that come out of rock. And even their double entendres are often lazy sex-addled puns. "Hahahaha get it? Pie is like a vaginer!"

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        4 months ago

        Rap and hiphop are lyrically just on their own level compared to any other genre I'm familiar with. that really pissed me off when I figured it out. When i was a kid in the 90s all the (white) adults were droning on and on about "Oh those ignorant rappers they just sing about six and drugs and they don't have any culture they're just violent crime guys" and then a decade later I'm half listening to something on the radio and it's like "Wait did this track just sample Beethoven and make a bunch of references to classical literature and geopolitics?" I was lied too by white reactionaries can you believe that?

      • gay_king_prince_charles [she/her, he/him]
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        4 months ago

        I've never met anyone that likes rock for the lyricism. Especially not references. Good rock lyrics are about a story and usually don't have more depth than that. Hip-hop tends to have much better lyrics, but rock tends to have better instrumentals.

      • Ithorian [comrade/them]
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        4 months ago

        If you get into metal you can find some clever lyrics but hip-hop truly has some of the greatest lines ever.

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          • Ithorian [comrade/them]
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            4 months ago

            There's tons of great ones but one of my favorites:

            *Where the cash cows actually beef

            Blood turns wine when I leak for police

            Like 'That's not a riot, it's a feast, let's eat.' *

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          • stigsbandit34z [they/them]
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            4 months ago

            Last wish: I wish I had two more wishes And I wish they fixed the door to the matrix, there's mad glitches

            I’ve heard madvilliany hundreds of times and idk how I’m just now realizing how clever this is

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      • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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        4 months ago

        Multiple hip-hop artists have made triple entendres in multiple songs. I don't think I've ever seen that come out of rock.

        You'll see it in more niche rock music. But yeah most popular rock music won't have it.

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          4 months ago

          The only Rock music I can think of off the cuff that really has fun with lyrics is Cake and They might Be Giants and I'm not sure if either of them are actually rock.

          • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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            TV On The Radio is an art rock band that have some great lyrics. I mean if we're talking about triple entendres, their song "Dirty Whirl" is about a sexual relationship with a woman, Hurricane Katrina, and the Hindu deity/goddess Durga. The first verse introduces it nicely

            Oh, there is a murderess amongst us
            Her love is a violent spiral
            Hurling in upon us
            Conjured up at the birth of the world
            Durga is a dancer
            Mindless questions find no answers
            Slicing through the ether
            Yeah, she's gleaming like mother of pearl

            Right there is a triple entendre. Though some clever lyricism, the "murderess" could be a woman the singer is in a relationship with, a hurricane (likely Katrina given the release time of the song) or Durga. The mother of pearl lyric is particularly clever. Mother of Pearl, also known as nacre, is produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer. And mollusc shells from the outside appear as a spiral, look at a snail shell for example. Just like a hurricane.

    • Gosplan14_the_Third [none/use name]
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      4 months ago

      So, it's bad to like rock music, and good to like music preferred by people of color?

      It's silly to limit yourself in that way and not explore music in its fullest.

      • lil_tank [any, he/him]
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        4 months ago

        So, it's bad to like rock music, and good to like music preferred by people of color?

        Uh no wtf lol

        I said people who make a hierarchy between genres with rock on top are a symptom of deeply ingrained racism

        It's silly to limit yourself in that way and not explore music in its fullest.

        My favourite style of music is filled with problematic right wing politics so no I'm not the kind of person to limit themselves for politics quiet the contrary

        • Gosplan14_the_Third [none/use name]
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          4 months ago

          I said people who make a hierarchy between genres with rock on top are a symptom of deeply ingrained racism

          Yeah, okay. No real disagreement here. Saying one genre is better than another is often yet another symptom of class and/or racial tensions. The infamous "I listen to every genre but rap and country"