It is what he did when he came home that counts!
Posted on 08/23/2004 6:14:52 PM PDT by RightWingReader
If you're confused and need direction this political season, hold tight, because you can be sure that a rock star will be along shortly to show you the way.
Musicians, some loosely defined, are mobilizing big-time this year to oust Bush. A CD, titled "Rock Against Bush, Vol. I," was released earlier this year, purportedly to raise money for organizations which encourage young people to vote. Bands such as Sum 41, Offspring, New Found Glory and Jello Biafra with D.O.A. are included on the compact disc – I believe the latter is also included on the dessert menu.
This is a war – Bush is the enemy, and music is their weapon.
Take Offspring, for example. Here's a little from "Self Esteem," their biggest hit:
I'll relate this little bit
That happens more than I'd like to admit
Late at night she knocks on my door
Drunk again and looking to score
Now I know I should say no
But that's kind of hard when she's ready to go
I may be dumb
But I'm not a dweeb
I'm just a sucker with no self esteem
If that Shakespearian verse doesn't motivate kids to vote, I don't know what will.
The sequel, "Rock Against Bush II," is now out, featuring Green Day, No Doubt, Rancid and the Foo Fighters, among others. I like some of the Foo Fighters stuff, despite the "what monkeys do at the zoo" sounding name, but I refuse to buy any of their CDs. The reason I won't is simple: Because some of my money is going to be used to try to get people to the polls – people who had no intention of casting a ballot in the first place, to a voting machine they can't figure out how to use, to vote for somebody for reasons they would never have heard about, but for an ad printed on a nitrous-oxide balloon at a "Rock Against Bush" concert. My vote is now cancelled out just because I wanted to listen to "Learn to fly" in the car.
For those of us who are a bit older, but still confused about who to vote for, an organization called "Vote for Change" will stage almost three dozen concerts in several swing states this fall. The goal will be to spread the word about how Bush has brought America to be, as singer Rickie Lee Jones told the New York Post, "The closest we've come to Nazi Germany." If she can prove that Nazi Germany also had an ignoramus singer with a head devoid of historical scope, on a stage loaded with amplifiers and relativism, then I'll agree with her.
Performers in the "Vote for Change" series include the yodelish Dave Matthews, Jackson Browne will make us feel like voting (in 1977), and Willie Nelson, who should by all rights be a Republican, since more of them want to get rid of the IRS (apparently overridden by the fact that not enough of them want to legalize pot). John Mellencamp and P. Diddy are also active on the anti-Bush bandwagon, but hopefully they aren't in close proximity the next time they change their names, lest they become hopelessly intertwined, and we end up with Cougar Diddy, P.John Daddy, or Puff Mellen.
The Dixie Chicks will prove once again that, yes, the "curtains match the carpet," but only in the sense that neither end contains brains. There are many others, with Bruce Springsteen at the forefront, of course. "The Boss" will show up to the dingbat plant to supervise a workforce that will arrive in private jets, stay in five-star hotel suites, ride in limousines and take a stage unimpeded to say whatever they please, all in an effort to demonstrate the sheer oppression of the Bush administration.
The "Rock Against Bush" CDs cost a few bucks for each volume. Lay out a little more and you could attend the corresponding tour. Tickets for the "Vote for change" concerts are in the $40-$80 range. For a similar sum, you can listen to Don Henley prattle on during his solo tour, buffering good songs with unsolicited political opinions to the point that you're tempted to break federal law by wringing the neck of an Eagle, and for a few hundred dollars, you can listen to Barbra Streisand denounce corporate greed, unless said "corporation" happens to be "Barbra, Inc."
Once these musicians manage to get the word out that "Bush must go," they may find that their audience can't afford gas so they can drive to the polls.
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By Doug Powers
> {insert group name here} Against Bush ...
pro-Nader? (joke)
Expect the anti-Bush theme to get renewed life as the
Kerry Kookie Krumbles.
There were precious few people who were "for" Kerry to
begin with, and as the centerpiece of his campaign is
revealed as decaying rot, no one will support him now.
Being the generic "anti-Bush" is all that he has going
for him.
I can't wait for the music industry to go out of business. I would rather listen to A.C. at full volume than listen to any of the bands on this CD.
Don't forget Sheryl Crow. She's joined the Vote for Change tour. I wonder if Lance will be there.
I agree. I'd rather listen to my AC or AC/DC at full volume than these guys. BTW the "music industry" is imploding thanks to internet, greed/stupidity of industry, AND stunts like this by "signed" "artists". Self-production and promotion and "freer" music will eliminate these "middlemen". The last CD I bought was via internet and by a self-promoted/unsigned/real-people band. I play bass so this was a no-brainer: http://www.clatter.com/pages/cd2.html
Try here for self-promoting, unsigned, all flavors music:
http://www.cdbaby.com/
Enjoy and do vote.
Too sad too bad....I always liked her singing style and her backup musicians (I'm talking a long time ago)...oh well.
FMCDH(BITS)
I would tell them to just shut up and sing, but 90% of today's music is pure crap.
Check out http://www.middlepillar.com
I (used to) like foo fighters, but their third cd will be my last. Not that many good songs on the latest cd, and now that dave grohl has revealed himself to be an idiot, I don't feel like supporting him.
It is what he did when he came home that counts!
I am APPALLED at this lyrics of this song by NOFX (a friend has it in his profile). -
He's not smart, a C student
And that's after buying his way into school
Beady eyes, and he's kinda dyslexic
Can he read? No one's really quite sure
He signs stuff and he executes people
Maybe that's why, he doesn't have any friends
Cocaine and a little drunk driving
Doesn't matter, when you're the Commander in Chief.
Idiot son of an asshole
He's the idiot son of an asshole
Idiot son of an asshole
He's the idiot son of an asshole
Put on some make-up, turn on the 8-Track,
I'm putting a week back on the shelf,
Suddenly I'm the President, of the United States,
But they I woke up, and realized I'm still me.
He's too dumb, to eat pretzels, apparently smart enough to fix an election.
Moved boldly into the White House,
but most people voted against him.
He likes naps, He's good at naptime, A couple of naps and then a nap and then he's ready for bed
People waste their money on this garbage?
cool site! it makes me want to get my (horrible) band back together. ill have to search it some more later
I looked up my old band name and it was taken! (what was the chance of someone else taking the name Jet Jaguar!! it was such a lame movie)
o Kerry and Hitler were both "War Heros" with medals.
o Kerry and Hitler were heros in wars that their nation "lost".
o Kerry and Hitler were both "Wounded" in that war.
o Kerry and Hitler are both opportunists.
o Kerry and Hitler are dedicated to overthrow the existing order.
o Kerry and Hitler were both leaders of radical organizations willing to use violence to win.
o Kerry and Hitler used national dissatisfaction with the war they fought in to gain political prominence.
o Kerry and Hitler use sympathetic newsmedia to mold what people are allowed to know and believe.
o Kerry and Hitler use their ties to the entertainment business to stage grandious events meant to impress the weak minded.
o Kerry and Hitler supress or ban books dangerous to them.
o Kerry and Hitler are both adopted by the super-rich as a vehicle to take political control.
o Kerry and Hitler are both socialists.
LOL! Would have been more appropriate for all The Dead Kennedys to play. The more I look at this whole scenario, the more it makes sense.
Its been a long time since I listen to the dead kennedys and for the last two weeks I would have sworn it was "Christmas in Cambodia".
Come on Jello Biafra you know you really hate Kerry you know you want to do this song.
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