Pbb-I think there a number of aspects to what you are asking.
First up I guess it's difficult to do that type of thing and be original-and a lot of the original music still stands up-you could pick several dozen Dylan songs that would still fit a myriad of problems that are in the world today.
Who would want to follow that legacy and hope to even get near doing it as well as he did?
I agree with Ozfly too there is a trend at the moment to be based more in entertainment/escapism-however music follows trends there has been as much pap in the past at different times-I believe at some stage the climate will change.
I think also it's hard to get this type of music right in the modern world-there have been some earnest attempts to make political points or deal with complicated issues-the late 80's is littered with lame nonsense songs that died under the weight of the issues they were trying to deal with-stand up(or preferably sit down and shut up) Simple Minds et al.
In modern terms I guess there are bands who make their points maybe in a less obvious way-Radiohead's recent output has been political albeit disguised at times-I'm sure there are others certainly some have taken stances on political issues like Coldplay and the ubiquitous Bono.
I do think in some ways popular culture has simply run out of idea's and is in something of a dark age but I do believe in the power of music on all different kinds of levels to help at the very least in a minor way.............
First up I guess it's difficult to do that type of thing and be original-and a lot of the original music still stands up-you could pick several dozen Dylan songs that would still fit a myriad of problems that are in the world today.
Who would want to follow that legacy and hope to even get near doing it as well as he did?
I agree with Ozfly too there is a trend at the moment to be based more in entertainment/escapism-however music follows trends there has been as much pap in the past at different times-I believe at some stage the climate will change.
I think also it's hard to get this type of music right in the modern world-there have been some earnest attempts to make political points or deal with complicated issues-the late 80's is littered with lame nonsense songs that died under the weight of the issues they were trying to deal with-stand up(or preferably sit down and shut up) Simple Minds et al.
In modern terms I guess there are bands who make their points maybe in a less obvious way-Radiohead's recent output has been political albeit disguised at times-I'm sure there are others certainly some have taken stances on political issues like Coldplay and the ubiquitous Bono.
I do think in some ways popular culture has simply run out of idea's and is in something of a dark age but I do believe in the power of music on all different kinds of levels to help at the very least in a minor way.............