>>2074>But why do they sing about love and heartbreak and Christianity instead of class struggle?Why did western classical composers from 200 years ago write operatic fantasy, romance, and tragedy instead of about class struggle?
Shit, better go yell at somebody for listening to Mozart. Better condemn Mussorgsky immediately; the USSR didn't, but maybe that's why the USSR ultimately failed, they didn't understand the importance of pretending to be morally above historical music that was in no way revolutionary and didn't pretend to be. Unlike you, a definitely very serious socialist who will create the world's most successful socialist revolution by complaining about Martha and the Vandellas.
>>2075This, the subject matter doesn't actually matter that much. The evil is in the industry. That's not to say there wasn't music around less
un-revolutionary than Motown hits, in terms of lyrics, but even that can be mass-marketed and it isn't
revolutionary on its own to sing about class struggle.