Posted on 02/09/2008 6:47:13 AM PST by FUMETTI
Can a conservative love rock 'n roll? I am sorry, Freepers, I prefer Nirvana to Nudie, I like the Stones over Rascal Flatts, and the Who over Martina McBride. I wince at the deep voiced dudes with the cowboy hats covering their receding hairlines talking about honky tonks, the wife who done me wrong, and my hunting dog by the swamp. Most country music is actually pop music with a fiddle, anyway. It is not anything more than Britney Spears with a steel guitar hear and there.
I can't stand country music, yet I am a conservative through and through. Give me Nickelback, John Mellencamp, CCR, the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, Aerosmith, and ZZ Top over Randy Travis and the other country stars.
Can you be conservative and love rock 'n roll, I ask again?
I’m a heavy metal conservative. Megadeth, Metallica etc but I don’t hate country.
Yes, listening to The Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin right now
I am a heavy metal conservative myself, a little Godsmack, Metallica and some Soulfly gets me going, I dont care for country that much though.
Absolutely! My daughter is a staunch conservative. So is my 16 yr old grandaughter. They both hate country music.
I love Metallica...the entire Black Album is on my iPod!
That is another group I love...I hear they are reuniting minus Bonham of course. I will pay anything to see their reunion tour.
Hi. I’m kimmie7 and I HATE country music.
Wow, I feel so much better! *whew*
YES!! Without a doubt. Country music is awful.
As for political content, no boot-scooter can hold a candle to Rush. 2112 is a libertarian masterpiece.
I miss Godsmack....they had some great stuff out in the late 1990s.
Its all good.
I saw the 2112 concert. It was brilliant
I always thought it was a slight for the rock ‘n roll hall of fame to not have RUSH in its halls. But Jan Wenner is more about getting rap acts in right now, so don’t expect them, Jethro Tull, and Moody Blues in there either.
You saw them live in what, 75? Dang I’m jealous.
Kimmie, the only rock star they ever show on FOX is Ted Nugent, and he has not had a hit since he was in Damned Yankees. I think FOX should feature more rock acts who are conservative.
I have heard GENE SIMMONS of KISS and C C Deville of Poison are conservatives...they do exist.
Kimmie, the only rock star they ever show on FOX is Ted Nugent, and he has not had a hit since he was in Damned Yankees. I think FOX should feature more rock acts who are conservative.
I have heard GENE SIMMONS of KISS and C C Deville of Poison are conservatives...they do exist.
His son, Jason, will be playing drums for the reunion show. Not a bad drummer either. I would love to see their show!!!
Yeah, Rush is one of those bands forgotten by the industry geeks, but rabidly loved anyway.
I’m a rocker from the get go, though I do like the old country (especially Johnny Cash). Can’t stand modern country, sounds like 70s soft rock with an accent, and 70s soft rock was bad enough the first time around and doesn’t really improve with an accent.
I really don’t think there’s much of a connection between a person’s musical taste and politics. Musicians, like all artists, trend toward liberalism because they’re emotion based people and liberalism is emotion based politics. But just because it makes your toes tap doesn’t mean it drives the mind. Some of the best music made is 60s anti-war music, lyrically it’s completely wrong headed and stupid, but the level of conviction behind it makes it musically compelling.
Woody Guthrie was a raving socialist.
That said, he was a great songwriter and the display at the Rock and roll hall of fame is a hoot! all his instruments carved up with slogans like “This machine kills fascism”
2112...an Excellent album! This thread is going to make me feel very old school before it’s end. LOL
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