A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.
I hate Punk Rock but its left so I need to like it I guess 🤷♂️
Hey OP, have you listened to what's on country radio these days? EVERY other song is about how alcohol is so useful (to party, to forget your ex, to enjoy being poor, to self medicate after a 70 hour work week). It's bonkers. And the other half still reference drinking.
Long Neck Bottle has nothing on these insane anthems that encourage drinking and being happy being poor. It's a perfect pacifier for a demographic that is largely impoverished with very few ways to escape poverty. Might as well have em singing along about how the cold beer they have means being broke is fine.
Where I live (not USA), most songs on the radio are about:
It's common to have a mix of those things in a single song
which is very easy to find in punk rock and some variations, as well as rap.
When it comes to rap, it was far easier to find.
I'm not alone in noticing that a lot of mainstream(!!!) rap has become a minstrel show, glorifying capitalism, and racist stereotypes about black people.
Yeah, I should've mentioned that "root" or "OG" rap went into that more often
I was thinking about this watching the doc "Midnight Oil: 1984". A year and a band (I think) that transcended the angry genre, music was catchy and very popular. So maybe the times will come around again. I feel sick of the media ignoring even the most basic issues (like, dunno, survival and stuff), and I think and hope others will connect with art that expresses some level of discontent. Which is a form of sanity these days.
FYI, AWOLNation & Rise Against just released a cover of "Beds are Burning".
Been listening to Ren for a while now and it’s quite a good experience. Money game needless to say, crucify your culture and dear god are probably other songs that hit different.
Give me something to not feel depressed and let me tune out.
Yeah, but you’re forgetting how much it hurts Ed Sheeran’s feelings when you never call.
Does music necessarily need to bring awareness? I'm not even a big lyrics person. Half the time, I don't really pay attention to them. I'm sure I'm far from alone. Otherwise there wouldn't be right-wing RATM fans.
There are other ways to make people politically aware.
Are you serial saying that modern music isn’t angry anymore? Because it ALL sounds angry to me.
I miss the 80’s when things were far less angsty.
No, I'm saying some genres completely lack anger and seem to rarely, if never, touch or try to bring awareness to problematic issues