Quote Originally Posted by djshiva View Post
I don't think it was posing as a social revolution. It absolutely was one. But like most musical social revolutions, it was co-opted by capitalism and greed.

Look back through the history of music/social revolutions from jazz to rock and roll to reggae to punk
how, exactly? what did raves or 90s electronic music culture change? it was a lot of fun, and felt like something really cutting edge. in some ways, it was cutting edge. but it didn't change anything big in society, or even really impact politics. reggae, for example, did. even that had an ambiguous effect on jamaican life, but it certainly shook things up in a way electronic dance music never did.

maybe i'm just being overly cynical, but in retrospect it just seems like an innovative way to blow off steam, backed by some fantastic music, and not too much else.