I enjoy how much of a struggle everyone in the comments is having to think of a single decent conservative rock band, let alone one like RatM. If you understand people attracted to authortarianism, it makes sense; they prefer simple over nuanced, they tend to be more likely to conform, etc, it’s quite obvious that their values run contrary to art.
That said, conservative rock bands do exist, even if their songs aren’t. They just aren’t generally artistic or thought provoking. Smash Mouth came to mind (they shilled for Bush back in the day) and All Star is still played on the radio. I’d bet if you dug around, you’d probably find more of those 90s pop rock folks orient right.
Although even trying to think of annoying 90s songs led me down a weird rabbit hole. Like, you know that song “Two Princes” by Spin Doctors? Turns out one Spin Doctor is a major atheist activist. So who knows?
Smashmouth is an odd one. Cause their songs are oddly… libertarian? Maybe? But every now and then a pretty ignorant lyrics slips through and it’s like “what’s going on here?”.
Walking on the sun is a pretty good one. Literally saying, “The government sucks, fight back, youve done it before and deserve praise for it.”. And then the last verse is criticizing presumably black neighborhoods for falling into the crack epidemic.
I enjoy how much of a struggle everyone in the comments is having to think of a single decent conservative rock band, let alone one like RatM. If you understand people attracted to authortarianism, it makes sense; they prefer simple over nuanced, they tend to be more likely to conform, etc, it’s quite obvious that their values run contrary to art.
That said, conservative rock bands do exist, even if their songs aren’t. They just aren’t generally artistic or thought provoking. Smash Mouth came to mind (they shilled for Bush back in the day) and All Star is still played on the radio. I’d bet if you dug around, you’d probably find more of those 90s pop rock folks orient right.
Although even trying to think of annoying 90s songs led me down a weird rabbit hole. Like, you know that song “Two Princes” by Spin Doctors? Turns out one Spin Doctor is a major atheist activist. So who knows?
Smashmouth is an odd one. Cause their songs are oddly… libertarian? Maybe? But every now and then a pretty ignorant lyrics slips through and it’s like “what’s going on here?”.
Walking on the sun is a pretty good one. Literally saying, “The government sucks, fight back, youve done it before and deserve praise for it.”. And then the last verse is criticizing presumably black neighborhoods for falling into the crack epidemic.