Any time I hear a song make a contemporary reference I always roll my eyes. Like if a song mentions social media or whatever it's so cringe. But I was wondering, did people in the past feel the same way? Like in the 80s if a song mentioned MTV were people like "this is cool" or "this is gay"?
Brothers in Arms [Warner Bros., 1985]"Money for Nothing" is a catchy sumbitch, no getting around it, and the first side moves with simple generosity, not a virtue one associates with this studio guitarist's ego trip. But it's too late for the old bluesboy to suck us into his ruminations of the perfidy of woman and the futility of political struggle, and "Money for Nothing" is also a benchmark of pop hypocrisy. We know Mark Knopfler's working-class antihero is a thicky because he talks like Randy Newman and uses the same word for homosexual that old bluesboys use, a word Knopfler has somehow gotten on the radio with no static from the PMRC. I mean, why not "little nigger with the spitcurl" instead of "little faggot with the earring," Mark? And while we're at it, how the hell did you end up on MTV? By spelling its name right? B-
>>127990562man, shut the fuck up, dude. clearly.
>>127990562dude is so tiresome he could write for Rolling Stine
>>127990484It's like fashion trends, depends on if cool people are doing it or not, people doing music in the 60s-90s were cooler people in general but if you hear something political in 2020s it's always a whitewoman/bl*ck/troon/boomer zionist so your mind asociates it with cringe
>>127990562You're not him, you're a gimp posting all his old ass reviews, but ever day?
>>127991158It's an automated spambot.
>>127990484I dunno but from what I know about the 80s, MTV had a massive amount of power in determining what would be popular, and it was also harder to make music because people didn't have computers do everything.
If it's topical and makes sense it's okay to reference other forms of pop culture and media. I think it's more annoying in today's day and age because it's so overdone. I roll my eyes when designer brands, social media apps etc. are dropped in modern songs.
>>127991652>and it was also harder to make music because people didn't have computers do everythingthis is what zoomers actually believe
