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Rockin’ the Right - The 50 greatest conservative rock songs
National Review ^ | June 5, 2006 | John J. Miller

Posted on 05/25/2021 8:49:09 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!

NOTE: This is a fifteen year old article, but the songs are timeless

On first glance, rock ’n’ roll music isn’t very conservative. It doesn’t fare much better on second or third glance (or listen), either. Neil Young has a new song called “Let’s Impeach the President.” Last year, the Rolling Stones made news with “Sweet Neo Con,” another anti-Bush ditty. For conservatives who enjoy rock, it isn’t hard to agree with the opinion Johnny Cash expressed in “The One on the Right Is on the Left”: “Don’t go mixin’ politics with the folk songs of our land / Just work on harmony and diction / Play your banjo well / And if you have political convictions, keep them to yourself.” In other words: Shut up and sing.


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To: Alas Babylon!

Peruse later.


101 posted on 05/25/2021 12:57:19 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Alas Babylon!

I would add “The Pusher” by Steppenwolf to that list. Steppenwolf had several very conservative songs: Born to be Wild and Move Over come to mind.


102 posted on 05/25/2021 1:26:30 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Alas Babylon!
Another that belongs on the list is Back in the USA
103 posted on 05/25/2021 1:27:55 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Alas Babylon!
One that would be highly politically incorrect today. There are even some on this board who would object.

Johnny Reb--Johnny Horton (1959)

104 posted on 05/25/2021 1:41:00 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Alas Babylon!
The Burning of Atlanta--Claude King (1962)

We don't care what the Yankees say,
The South's going to rise again!

105 posted on 05/25/2021 1:45:54 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Alas Babylon!

Yakety-yak (Don’t talk Back)


106 posted on 05/25/2021 2:39:12 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: joethedrummer
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever DO.
107 posted on 05/25/2021 7:15:31 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: Night Hides Not

I had that one from an older vietnam recording telling which places to avoid.

GD the pusherman


108 posted on 05/25/2021 7:22:45 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: y'all

100+ posts and nobody mentions “Immigrant Song”, anthem of the Viking Kitties


109 posted on 05/25/2021 7:59:08 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan ( )
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To: Alas Babylon!

13. “My City Was Gone,” by The Pretenders.
20. “Rock the Casbah,” by The Clash.
35. “Who’ll Stop the Rain,” by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
37. “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” by The Band.


110 posted on 05/25/2021 8:01:37 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Anthem - Rush
2112 - Rush
A Mind of My Own - Strawbs
I’m the Slime - Frank Zappa
Lord Grenville - Al Stewart
Mama’s Got the Know-How - Doug Kershaw
Next - Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Proud to Be an American - The Tubes
Rudy Wants Ta Buy Yez a Drink - Frank Zappa
Slow Train - Bob Dylan


111 posted on 05/25/2021 8:06:17 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Personally, the one I find the most on-spot is the rockin’ country song ‘Keep the Change’ from Daryl Worley, not to be confused with the completely different song by Hank Williams Jr. with the same name.

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

If you see me hold my hand over my heart
Before I start the Pledge of Allegiance
There’s a reason
It’s to honor those who died

And if you see me close my eyes and bow my head
Before I break bread with my family
It ain’t a habit, it’s important
It’s my rite.

I work half the year for me
The other half for Uncle Sam
While he’s bailin’ out those sinkin’ ships
And drownin’ the little man

I watch the news and have to wonder
If this country’s goin’ crazy
Talkin’ ‘bout how much they love it here
But how they want to rearrange it

I’m just your Average Joe
And that makes me smart enough to know
There’s a bunch of us out here
That feel the same

Wanna keep our God, our freedom
A little money in the bank

Y’all can keep the change

Now the fat cats on the hill actin’ so brilliant
Ain’t smart enough to notice
That we’re angry
And that America’s in trouble

If they don’t wise-up and stop
Bustin’ out the blocks that were laid
As a foundation, well, our nation
Could wake up in a pile of ruble

They say we’re makin’ progress
But it’s a big old shame to me
Common sense ain’t near as common
As it used to be

I watch the news and have to wonder
If this country’s goin’ crazy
Talkin’ ‘bout how much they love it here
But how they want to rearrange it

Well, I’m just your Average Joe
And that makes me smart enough to know
There’s a bunch of us out here
That feel the same

Wanna keep our God, our freedom
A little money in the bank

Y’all can keep the change

I bet our grandpas are gettin’ dizzy
Down there in their graves
Rollin’ over and over
Over what’s goin’ on these days

I watch the news and have to wonder
If this country’s goin’ crazy
Talkin’ ‘bout how much they love it here
But how they want to rearrange it

I’m just your Average Joe
And that makes me smart enough to know
There’s a bunch of us out here
That feel the same

Gonna keep our God, our freedom
A little money in the bank

Y’all can keep the change

Just keep the change
Y’all can keep the change


112 posted on 05/26/2021 4:31:20 AM PDT by Mr170IQ
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To: CrimsonTidegirl
Iced Earth is fantastic. It’s a shame that they aren’t better known.

In a just world, Iced Earth would be as famous as Metallica. A DJ in New York played Iced Earth on his metal-themed radio show after the "Horror Show" album came out in 2001, and I was hooked. "Dystopia" is another great song. You're right, the lyrics are so prophetic. "You'll love your servitude. We'll medicate your pain with our technology." I agree that Schaffer is being persecuted for his beliefs. The FBI gave him the "right wing extremist" label, and as soon as you get tagged with that, you're fair game.

113 posted on 05/26/2021 10:53:27 AM PDT by Rainbow Rising (Defund the FBI!)
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To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.

Zuckerberg wants to be The Central Scrutinizer < /Zappa >


114 posted on 05/26/2021 11:25:09 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: Mr170IQ

Obviously, this song was written several years after this article came out ( the article was in 2006, the song came out in 2010 ), but I think it is probably the best conservative political rock out there. Donald Trump should have played it at every one of his rallies.


115 posted on 05/27/2021 11:40:39 AM PDT by Mr170IQ
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To: Alas Babylon!

Didn’t know he’d ventured into the music business!


116 posted on 05/29/2021 12:17:51 AM PDT by FrogMom (Time marches on...)
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To: Alas Babylon!

This song from Five Finger Death Punch Oct 2020. Brilliant imagery of patriots casting off the restrictions/lockdowns. Worth a watch, even if you aren’t a metal fan...they are a fave of the Military (that’s a very good thing).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOkkWIOkWl8


117 posted on 05/29/2021 12:42:52 AM PDT by garandgal
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To: FrogMom

Watch and listen!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trEuG-m9uBA


118 posted on 05/29/2021 5:38:59 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! ("You, the American people, are my only special interest." --President Donald J. Trump)
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