Boomers and Gen Xers posting about like "remember when rock music wasn't political?" and like for decades, into the 2000s rock radio as a format had an implicit policy of only playing white artists*. MTV didn't show videos by black artists for years. That's pretty political!

Probably the same people who think Born in the USA and Rockin in the Free World are good choices to play at conservative political rallies.

Hootie erasure

[Eric Clapton, after acquiring every bootleg copy of him going on racist rants during concerts]: you can’t just play music anymore everything has become so political

GenX here. I remember Tipper Gore and the banning of "I Want Your Sex."

The first nonwhite artists I heard on rock radio? System of a Down. And as Armenians, they’re still technically “Caucasian.”

None of this is correct. One of the dumbest takes I've ever seen.

A Gen X here. I spent a large portion of my youth listening to The Clash, The Jam, Billy Bragg, Depeche Mode, Talking Heads etc (I could go on but no room). Anyone saying that music wasn’t political back then absolutely, positively has shit for brains.

How did Rage Against The Machine slip in there tho?

am i the only one who remember when beatles didnt have politcs

Boomers saying rock wasn't political? What part of "Fixin' to Die Rag," "Ohio," "Give Peace a Chance," "Born in the USA," and "Sky Pilot" don't you understand? Not all Boomers.