I've been trying to put together a playlist of accidental self owns by Big Media(TM) where they tried to make music slamming those on the right, but ended up making something catchy and being embraced by the very people they're railing against.
Two particular examples I found were Bad Religion's "The Kids Are Alt-Right"
Lyrics: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/badreligion/thekidsarealtright.html
And a song from Far Cry 5 called "Keep Your Rifle by Your Side"
Lyrics: https://genius.com/Dan-romer-keep-your-rifle-by-your-side-lyrics
In the former, BR tries to paint the right as a cult (who doesn't these days) but it's hard to take seriously when the lyrics are:
We love God, We love our women, We love tradition, We love kin, We've got shiny new tools, For ancient impulses, That we can't even understand, So if you feel alone, And downtrodden, There's an elixir for your ills
So a bunch of people who feel alone and downtrodden found a group willing to accept them? Well that's not so different than the left in many cases. But they also love tradition and family? Personally, I find it hard to take any of that negatively.
In the latter, for context, the song was written by the in game doomsday cult, but if you're like me and are familiar with Ruby Ridge and Waco the lyrics hit kind of different. Essentially, the group sings about how the government will keep coming after them and it is their duty to defend themselves, their families, and their land by force. It does have a religious tinge to it but not exactly something that makes me want to dislike them. The video on YT has 2.3 million views when everything else in the album is sub 1 mill and the comments are absolutely flooded with people agreeing with the sentiments in the song. And it's catchy as fuck.
Anyway, if any of you have found something similar or have something to add, I'd love to hear it.
I'm sensing a pattern with Bad Religion...
Punk is branded as anti authority but it really isn't, it's anti right authority. Notice how rarely ANY punk song or band has libertarian or even centrist views vs being commie scum or anarchists who are secretly commies or socialists and almost never criticize the left....MAYBE (not really familiar with early punk) in the 70s/80s but now it's all DNC or commie cucking.
You gotta look up incelcore, or I think some people are calling it bedroom punk. It's proper current counterculture punk. The biggest name in it rn is Negative XP/School Shooter. There's a few compilations up on Bandcamp under MK Ultra Support Group
Pretty much just a bunch of dudes putting stuff up on SoundCloud, so it tends to be LoFi. But if people with no experience recording their own music isn't punk, I dont know what is
They funnel the dangerous rage of the teens and young adults into the controlled environment of punk that helps them advance their schemes.
Curious, what would your opinion on this be? Punk or nah?
kinda? reminds me of REALLY early 70s garage rock or proto punk.
They're certainly good at making you think.