Rock alert: Some classic songs are conservative

PittsburghLIVE. ^ | August 15, 2004 | Tom Purcell

[John Lenin]

The Boss and the gang are singing the wrong tunes.

Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, the Dixie Chicks and others are on a mission to kick President Bush out of the White House. They're touring through swing states to spread their anti-Bush message.

[John Lenin]

Another one

American Pie

I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news but she just smiled and turned away, I went down to the sacred store where I'd heard the music years before but the man there said the music wouldn't play and in the streets the children screamed, the lovers cried, and the poets dreamed but not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken and the three men I admire most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, they caught the last train for the coast, the day, the music, died, and they were singin...

[andyandval]

Pearl Jam, chill out. Shut up and sing for godsakes, shut up and sing.

[Republic Rocker]

Boycott.....break existing CD's....... turn radio dial when played..... past their peak artist in Kerry tailspin mode!

[John Lenin]

Pearl Jam is a bunch of druggies, what do you expect.

[Clemenza]

Skynyrd's "Saturday Night Special" could've been written by Sarah Brady.

[Clemenza]

Heavy metal band Metallica must be Republican, too. I think its song "Don't Tread on Me" was written by the Bush administration

James Hetfield (Lead Singer and Rhythm Guitarist) is a Republican. I don't know about the other members of the group but I think Lars Ulrich (Drummer and co-founder) is a dem.

[Tall_Texan]

Having my baby...what a lovely way of saying how much you love me...

< snip >

You could have swept it from your life but you wouldn't do it...no, you wouldn't do it...

Can you imagine the feminazis going nuclear over that song today?

[John Lenin]

The song I like by Skynrd was when they told Neil Young where to go in Sweet Home Alabama.

[Jet Jaguar]

Agreed.

[Jet Jaguar]

Rush, Red Barchetta. Al Gore future song.

My uncle has a country place
That no one knows about
He says it used to be a farm
Before the Motor Law
And on Sundays I elude the eyes
And hop the Turbine Freight
To far outside the Wire
Where my white-haired uncle waits
Jump to the ground
As the Turbo slows to cross the borderline
Run like the wind
As excitement shivers up and down my spine
Down in his barn
My uncle preserved for me an old machine
For fifty odd years
To keep it as new has been his dearest dream
I strip away the old debris
That hides a shining car
A brilliant red Barchetta
From a better vanished time
I fire up the willing engine
Responding with a roar
Tires spitting gravel
I commit my weekly crime
Wind
In my hair
Shifting and drifting
Mechanical music
Adrenaline surge...
Well-weathered leather
Hot metal and oil
The scented country air
Sunlight on chrome
The blur of the landscape
Every nerve aware
Suddenly ahead of me
Across the mountainside
A gleaming alloy air car
Shoots towards me, two lanes wide
I spin around with shrieking tires
To run the deadly race
Go screaming through the valley
As another joins the chase
Drive like the wind
Straining the limits of machine and man
Laughing out loud with fear and hope
I've got a desperate plan
At the one-lane bridge
I leave the giants stranded at the riverside
Race back to the farm
To dream with my uncle at the fireside

[GeronL]

air car, two lanes wide??

They ain't that big. Mueller Sky Car or something??

How about a car that runs on air?

[King Nothing]

Lars says he takes no part in American politics. He's Danish.

[GeronL]

Moller at www.moller.com

[jocon307]

"The song I like by Skynrd was when they told Neil Young where to go in Sweet Home Alabama."

It always amuses me when radio stations play those two songs back-to-back. Sometimes I think they don't listen to the lyrics.

I also never knew that commie Pete Seegar wrote "Turn, Turn, Turn." Amazing.

[Hugin]

Kiss My Ass--Ted Nugent

Telegram for Mr Billary...

C'mon baby,
Yeah, big ol' wet one...hey!

Kiss my ass,
Kiss my ass, (c'mon, everybody ought'a)
Kiss my ass, (tastes real good)
Kiss my ass. (oh...)

Don't waste your time on me
I got my own direction
Watch me close, wait and see
I'm lookin' for perfection
I make up my own mind
And I'll leave you far behind
When the goin' gets tough
You can kiss my ass

I believe in animal rights
I let my dog hump on my shin
I can tolerate sexual choice
But not with the next of kin (uh-uh, boy)
I've heard it all before
I ain't gonna take any more
When the goin' gets tough
You can kiss my ass

Everybody!
Kiss my ass, (pucker up)
Kiss my ass
Kiss my ass
Kiss my ass, (c'mon babe)

I've heard it all before
And I ain't gonna take no more, no no
When the goin' gets tough
Kiss my ass!

I see the weenies with the dirty hair
Protestin' on the street
They condemn the clothes we wear
And the morality of what we eat, yeah
It's gotta be a fluke
They make me wanna puke
When the goin' gets tough
They can kiss my ass

Everybody gotta
Kiss my ass - C'mon gang bangers
Kiss my ass - Janet Reno
Kiss my ass - C'mon Billary
Kiss my ass - Callin' on Jesse Jackson
Kiss my ass - How about the IRS
Kiss my ass - Hey, Howard Stern
Kiss my ass - United Nations
Kiss my ass - All those Liberals
Kiss my ass - C'mon Sarah Brady
Kiss my ass - Oh, Courtney Love I've got your hole
Kiss my ass - Beavis, Butthead
Kiss my ass - How about Crips and Bloods

I've heard it all before
And we ain't gonna take it no more
When the goin' gets rough
When the goin's to tough
When the goin' gets rough
They oughta' kiss my ass

[seastay]

Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, the Dixie Chicks and others don’t sing these words, however just their western music itself is a conservative venue, considering the alternatives in the liberal world; these musicians would not even be allowed to play in the new middle east radical states or in leftist communist China. They might be allowed to play in liberal socialist Latin America, but nobody would want to listen, while the leftists in Europe don’t like this stuff as they are too busy with their techno babble. Furthermore, by trashing conservatives they are alienating more than 50% of their American audience, which is ironic for a profession, which can only be successful if one captures the majority of listeners, they obviously therefore are not trying to capture the hearts of the American market. By trashing conservatives they are trashing themselves.

[garylmoore]

These people all sing sick songs with twisted words. I can't believe that Kerry associated himself with these lowlifes. Just goes to show you what kind of people he's looking to elect him.

[sevry]

American Pie

And also one of the top ten most annoying songs ever recorded.

[sevry]

James Hetfield (Lead Singer and Rhythm Guitarist) is a Republican. I don't know about the other members of the group but I think Lars Ulrich (Drummer and co-founder) is a dem.

Hope Hetfield's 'therapy' goes well. Ulrich seems like a bratty kid. And the whole band has traditionally covered some of the most Satanic bands and lyrics out there. Merciful Fate, etc? Never mind that the band has basically played out, at this point.

[glock rocks]

One final hit song about marriage from the early 70s merits addressing. In September of 1971, Paul Stookey (of the venerable folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary) made it to No. 24 on the U.S. charts with “Wedding Song (There Is Love).” A self-described born-again Christian, Stookey approaches his subject with reverence, sensitivity and a clear Scriptural foundation. In a world turned upside down by changing mores and conflicting social agendas, Stookey’s “Wedding Song” is comforting, reassuring and timeless. I think it will be around for years to come, available to all couples who devoutly believe that “whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name, there is love.”