Election Songs - RED for Victory & BLUE for Defeat

Self | 11/8/2016 | Self

[NowApproachingMidnight]

Post songs here that have to do with RED winning and BLUE losing. Tougher to find red winning songs for sure, but they are out there...

[NowApproachingMidnight]

The Animals - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oay5Nyfqpw

[beaversmom]

This doesn’t really fit with your theme, but I was thinking of this one earlier today in regards to the election.

Uprising:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8KQmps-Sog

Rise up and take the power back
It’s time the fat cats had a heart attack
You know that their time’s coming to an end
We have to unify and watch our flag ascend

[Salamander]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR2VdsueOLg

[Pollster1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14IRDDnEPR4

99 Red Ballons - Nena

Somehow, this seems appropriate for what freedom is facing:

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You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we’ve got
Set them free at the break of dawn
Till one by one they were gone
Back at base, sparks in the software
Flash the message “somethings out there”
Floating in the summer sky
Ninety nine red balloons go by

Ninety nine red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, its red alert
There’s something here from somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
And focusing it on the sky
The ninety nine red balloons go by

Ninety nine decisions treat
Ninety nine ministers meet
To worry, worry, super scurry
Call the troops out in a hurry
This is what we’ve waited for
This is it boys, this is war
The President is on the line
As ninety nine red balloons go by . . .

[HLPhat]

What Thomas Jefferson's statue will be singing, if...

[Harry Nilsson - Without You 1972 (HD)]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bQGRRolrg0

 

[HLPhat]

Hmm. This one could go either way....

[Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTFVMMCwsss

[piasa]

Always hated that one.

[4rcane]

how about red and black
https://youtu.be/cjp-Gyo5tNM?t=1m14s

[ToastedHead]

Go no further than Les Deplorables!

I am supposed to be working and can’t figure out how to link to youtube here right now without leaving a mess for day shift, but totally check out Red and Black from Les Miserables.

“Red, the blood of angry men...Black, the dark of ages past...Red, I feel my soul on fire...Black, the night that ends at last.”

[gigster]

Rush- RED Barchetta

[Fresh Wind]

There are not many songs out there ABOUT elections themselves (apart from some assorted campaign songs), but there was an obscure rockabilly song by a country singer from Louisiana named Thomas Johnson, who recorded under the name “The Lonesome Drifter”. He recorded a song “Eager Boy” in 1958 about a poor country boy who aspires to be president someday...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPcsZZJhHBM

The original record is so rare and sought after that a copy sold on eBay for over $5,000 in 2010.

[Bernard]

“Red Roses for a Blue Lady”

[pinkandgreenmom]

Red, Red Wine (UB40)

[Pollster1]

Always hated that one.

I hate the words and the message, the idea that those in the military are eager fir a flimsy excuse to fight. I love the sound of it. The music is nice, and I have fond memories of the song as background when I was young.

[freepdawg]

I have been a member and supporter of FreeRepublic for years and only posted and responded to posts occasionally, but this thread got my attention because I am a professional songwriter sort of specializing in patriotic songs. I co-wrote both of the songs listed below. "God & Guns" was originally recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd (and in fact was the title of their 2009 album and tours as well). Hanks Williams, Jr. has since also recorded the song. It's on his new album "It's About Time" released early 2016.

Hank also recorded my song "Red, White & Pink Slip Blues" in 2008 and it was the first single released to radio and CMT off his "127 Rose Avenue"album. The song was also just released again on his brand new "A Country Boy Can Survive" album available exclusively at Walmart. My song is on Disc 3, the "Hits" disc.

- God & Guns - Skynyrd version (Click Here.)

- God & Guns - Hank version (Click Here.)

- Red, White & Pink Slip Blues - Hank version (Click Here.)

[Dr. Sivana]

Here's two songs with BOTH colors:

David Bowie, "Cat People":

"See These eyes so red, red like jungle burning bright. Those who feel me near, close the blinds and change their minds"

"See these eyes so blue, an ageless heart that can never mend, whose tears can never dry, a judgment made can never bend"

(Movie version BETTER than the "Let's Dance" album version)

Also, Elton John "Between 20 and 17"

"I'm blue tonight, I'm red when I'm mad"

[Bronzy]

In honor of Mr. Trump and his diligent campaigning, Johnny Cash singing, I’ve Been Everywhere”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov4epAJRPMw

[Bronzy]

A song played by RSBN at a Trump rally in West, by God,Virgina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=793tuPzHyio

[Bronzy]

A song played by RSBN at a Trump rally in West, by God,Virgina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=793tuPzHyio

[Bronzy]

Sorry, did not know it got posted as my computer shut down. One of those browser has to shut down issues.