NIN:Year Zero debate.

Originally Posted by MetheGelfling

With regards to Emotive, perhaps you missed the part where I said, "I think one of the major problems with similar albums isn't so much the lyrical content as the fact that it severly dates itself."

I agree somewhat, in the opinion that anti-Bush songs that are made by unintellectual, knee-jerk reaction bands are utter brainwashed trash.

However, to dismiss political songs because they "date themselves" is a bit rash. There are a ton of classic rock songs from the late '60s that criticize the Vietnam War and we still listen to them.

And to all the people attacking Aramaethe, cut him some slack. If an artist that I listened to for a while (and you enjoy his music) starts putting in lyrics that I personally find offensive or derivative, I'd be disappointed too. I dunno if I'd post a thread about it, though.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I agree about NIN being anti-conservative from the start, so it shouldn't be so much of a surprise.

I guess it'd be more applicable with say, John Mayer, who has a slight (very slight) political stance in his latest album, but had pretty benign lyrics in the first two albums.

Muse also took a more anti-Bush stance in their last album, and although I am a moderate, I found the songs to be just as kickass as their previous work.

How ya doing, buddy?