Here are some tunes to get the party started — the Republican Party. National Review’s list of the “50 greatest conservative rock songs” takes some labeling liberties and covers a lot of musical ground, from the Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again” (No. 1) to Blink 182’s “Stay Together for the Kids” (No. 17) to Aerosmith’s “Janie’s Got a Gun” (No. 28) to Sammy Hagar’s “I Can’t Drive 55″ (No. 38) to Tammy Wynette’s “Stand By Your Man” (No. 50).
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So which side gets the funny farm song? “Theeeyyy’rrreee coming to take me away haha. They’re coming to take me away tee hee to the funny farm…”
How ironic that they like The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again”, as I believe the lyrics were aimed at (and against) people just like them.
“where life is beautiful all the time, and I’ll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats” (sorry, that was 41 years ago if if I didn’t get the lyrics exactly right. But I had the 45! :-)
Anyway, Julie, have you listened to the Firesign Theater? If not, you really should. ;-)
I’ll have to check it out.
I listened to it from my Dad’s audiotape collection when I was growing up. I bought that song as part of a collection on CD for him not long ago – just cause he doesn’t have a tape player in his truck anymore. ;)
Guns n Roses’ “Welcome to the Jungle” is more my speed. Which ’side’ gets that one?
oh I forgot that’s Washington DC’s Theme Song.
A few I think I would find on the rights list?
“Money, that’s what I want”
Workin for the Man (Orbison)
And lets not forget the redneck “Working Man”
Wasn’t Clintons rock anthem ‘Wang Dang Sweet Poontang’?(by Ted Nugent)
no it was “Don’t Stop” by Fleetwood Mac
‘And lets not forget the redneck “Working Man”‘
That one is by Merle Haggard, and he recently came out protesting the right wing.
I’ll fix your flat tire Merle,Don’t you get them sweet picken’ fingers all covered with earl!!
Yeah I remember them playing the Mac song over and over.I don’t think it’s near as funny as Nugent.
I dunno I prefer Johnny Paycheck’s “Take this job and shove it”
well if they’re gonna play Nugent (being the conservative rock god that he is) I think it ought to be “Stranglehold”
Dis b what I iz rockin’ out 2 fo sho!!!
Artist/Band: Daniels CharlieLyrics for Song: Simple ManLyrics for Album: Other Songs
I ain’t nothing but a simple manCall me a redneck, I reckon that I amBut there’s things goin’ on that make me mad down to the coreI have to work like a dog to make ends meetThere’s crooked politicians and crime in the streetAnd I’m madder than hell and I ain’t gonna take it no moreWe tell our kids to just say noAnd then some panty waist judge lets a drug dealer goAnd he slaps him on the wrist and he turns him back out on the townWell, if I had my way with people sellin’ dopeI’d take a big tall tree and a short piece of ropeAnd hang ‘em up high and let ‘em swing till the sun goes down
Chorus:Well you know what’s wrong with the world todayPeople done gone and put their Bibles awayThere livin’ by law of the jungle not the law of the landWell the good book says it, so I know it’s the truthAn eye for an eye and a tooth for a toothYou’d better watch where you goAnd remember where you’ve beenThat’s the way I see it I’m a simple man
Now, I’m the kind of man that wouldn’t harm a mouseBut if I catch somebody breakin’ in my houseI’ve got a twelve gauge shotgun waitin’ on the other sideSo don’t go pushin’ me against my willI don’t want to have to fight you but I durn sure willSo if you don’t want trouble that you’d better just pass me on byAs far as I’m concerned there ain’t no excuseFor the raping and the killing and the child abuseAnd I’ve got a way to put and end to all that messYou just take those rascals out in the swampPut them on their knees and tie ‘em to a stumpAnd let the rattlers and the bugs and the alligators do the rest__________________Viva La Revolucion Blanco!!!
Julie, your father was a communist. Not only did he listen to communist-propaganda trash, he forced you to listen to it as a young child. Vee have cahmps for people like you. It is not your fault, but ve must reeducate you.
Were you ever forced to listen to “Waiting for the Electrizian, Or Sumvun Like Him?” Did you listen to “Don’t Crush that Dvarf, Hand Me the Pliers”?
Yes, ve thought so.
; -)
Democrats song would be that one about”Something happinin here, What it is ain’t exactly clear, There’s a man with a gun over there, Tellin me I got to be ware.Hey stop children what’s that sound, everybody look what’s goin down….
Or how about “Eve of Distruction”?
Or how about “Eve of Distruction”?
Heartlander,I’m laughing so hard I’m crying. The thought of my daddy (who’s about as religeous rightwing as they get-he’s one of pastor terry’s flock) being a commie. At least he has good taste in music. :)roflmao
Didnt the rude pundit do a story on this almost a week ago?
I guess better late than never
I wonder how some of those artist feel about being on that list. I bet half of them would rather not be.
By the way democrats have better taste in music.
“What the Right Wing rocks out to?”
I’ll tell you what the Right Wing rocks out to: war porn.
http://bodyandsoul.typepad.com/blog/2005/03/todays_los_ange.html
As Jack Black points out in the “School of Rock”, rock music is about “sticking it to the Man”.
I agree. End of discussion.
I thought rock music was “the devils music” to conservatives. I can remember not so many years ago that when any time a rock band came to wichita that they were usally met by protesters.
Yeah, there’s a metal/punk group who’s biggest hit is a true story about getting beat up at a gig in Wichita.
For What It’s Worth (that’s the title, and very appropos, XXX)by Buffalo Springfield
There’s something happening hereWhat it is ain’t exactly clearThere’s a man with a gun over thereTelling me I got to beware
I think it’s time we stop, children, what’s that soundEverybody look what’s going down
There’s battle lines being drawnNobody’s right if everybody’s wrongYoung people speaking their mindsGetting so much resistance from behind
I think it’s time we stop, hey, what’s that soundEverybody look what’s going down
What a field-day for the heatA thousand people in the streetSinging songs and carrying signsMostly say, hooray for our side
It’s time we stop, hey, what’s that soundEverybody look what’s going down
Paranoia strikes deepInto your life it will creepIt starts when you’re always afraidYou step out of line, the man come and take you away
We better stop, hey, what’s that soundEverybody look what’s going downStop, hey, what’s that soundEverybody look what’s going downStop, now, what’s that soundEverybody look what’s going downStop, children, what’s that soundEverybody look what’s going down
Want more?
Love is but a song we singAnd fear’s the way we die.You can make the mountains ringOr make the angels cry.Though the bird is on the wingAnd you may not know why.C’mon people nowSmile on your brotherEv’rybody get togetherTry to love one another right now
Some will come and some will goAnd we shall surely pass.When the one that left us hereReturns for us at last.We are but a moment’s sunlightFading in the grass.C’mon people nowSmile on your brotherEv’rybody get togetherTry to love one another right nowIf you hear the song we singYou will understand.You hold the key to love and fearIn your trembling hand.Just one key unlocks them bothIt’s there at your commandC’mon people nowSmile on your brotherEv’rybody get togetherTry to love one another right now
I promise to stop in a minute. :) The previous was Come Together by the Youngbloods.
But maybe the post appropriate for the right might be:
I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die-Rag
Oh this is, this is just a try out. It’s not …’Fixin’-To-Die-Rag’, ‘Fixin’-To-Die-Rag’, Take 1.
One, two, three, four.Well, come on all of you, big strong men,Uncle Sam needs your help again.Yeah, he’s got himself in a terrible jamWay down yonder in VietnamSo put down your books and pick up a gun,Gonna have a whole lotta fun.
And it’s one, two, three,What are we fighting for ?Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn,Next stop is Vietnam;And it’s five, six, seven,Open up the pearly gates,Well there ain’t no time to wonder why,Whoopee! we’re all gonna die.
Yeah, come on Wall Street, don’t be slow,Why man, this is war au-go-goThere’s plenty good money to be madeBy supplying the Army with the tools of its trade,Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb,They drop it on the Viet Cong.
And it’s one, two, three,What are we fighting for ?Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn,Next stop is Vietnam.And it’s five, six, seven,Open up the pearly gates,Well there ain’t no time to wonder whyWhoopee! we’re all gonna die.
Well, come on generals, let’s move fast;Your big chance has come at last.Now you can go out and get those reds’Cause the only good commie is the one that’s deadAnd you know that peace can only be wonWhen we’ve blown ‘em all to kingdom come.
And it’s one, two, three,What are we fighting for ?Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn,Next stop is Vietnam;And it’s five, six, seven,Open up the pearly gates,Well there ain’t no time to wonder whyWhoopee! we’re all gonna die.
Come on mothers throughout the land,Pack your boys off to Vietnam.Come on fathers, and don’t hesitateTo send your sons off before it’s too late.You can be the first ones in your blockTo have your boy come home in a box.
And it’s one, two, threeWhat are we fighting for ?Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn,Next stop is Vietnam.And it’s five, six, seven,Open up the pearly gates,Well there ain’t no time to wonder why,Whoopee! we’re all gonna die.
Damn RD, you sing well.
We are going to add much of the music that other right wing church going conservatitives use in our funeral protests! Music always helps make the point!
Rev Phelps
XXX, what can I say? I’m hooked on Oldies. Those 60’s protest songs still ring in my ears, and each time I hear one on the radio, I get weepy. I wasn’t a part of the scene back then. That’s what happens to many rural teens. But I did know what was going on, and I did know those songs were speaking the truth. Now that I’m over 30, and in this day and age, I don’t trust anyone breathing.
And its 1 2 3 what are we fighting for …
Don’t ask me I don’t give a sh** next stop is near Tikrit …
“Ohio” touched me for decades. The Gops would ‘have a cow’ if they ever heard Ozzie’s “War Pigs.” Or Metalica’s “One.”