Well let’s see, right off the top of my head:
For Country, you have:
Toby Keith – “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)”
Toby Keith – “My List”
Alan Jackson – “Where Were You”
Len Doolin – “There Ain’t No Yellow In The Red, White and Blue”
Arron Tippin – “Where the Stars and Stripes and The Eagle Flies”
Randy Travis – “America Will Always Stand”
Charlie Daniels Band – “This Ain’t No Rag”
And of course,
Ray Stevens – “Osama – Yo’ Mama” (You in a heap o’ trouble boy)
And for Rock and Roll, you have:
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Oh all right - Neil Young - "Let's Roll"
Although, Neil Young is more Country than Rocker!
:~D
Open Invitation
by Jackyl
I HATE YOU BIN LADEN
I HATE YOU BIN LADEN
I HATE YOU BIN LADEN
I HATE YOU BIN LADEN
I’M PISSED OFF AND NOT A PATIENT MAN
I’D DROP A BOMB ON AFGANISTAN
I’D SNATCH THAT TOWEL FROM YOUR HEAD
WRAP IT AROUND YOUR NECK
PULL IT TIGHT UNTIL YOU ARE DEAD
“M F” YOU WANT TO PLAY
YOU WANT TO GO TO HELL
I’LL SEND YOU TODAY
(CHORUS)
YOU’VE GOT AN OPEN INVITATION
TO MEET US FACE TO FACE
YOU FIGHT LIKE A COWARD
YOU’RE NOT A MAN YOU’RE A DISGRACE
YOU STEPPED ACROSS THE LINE
FROM YOUR SAND TO MY GRASS
YOU’VE GOT AN OPEN INVITATION TO KISS OUR ASS
I AIN’T SCARED TO TAKE AN EYE
FOR AN EYE
I AIN’T SCARED
IT’S THE TRUTH
IT’S AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH
I’M PISSED OFF SEEING RED
CANDY ASS I WANT YOU DEAD
Yeah, it looks like the rockers are on board, too.
And for Rock and Roll, you have:Sammy Hagar: VOA and the "Dreams" Blue Angels video with Van Halen.
The aforementioned Jackyl Song.
Annnnndd....."Don't Tread on Me" by Metallica. Written not in the wake of September 11 when patriotism became lucrative, but 1991:
Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail
once you provoke her, rattling of her tail
never begins it, never, but once engaged...
never surrenders, showing the fangs of rage
don't tread on me
so be it
threaten no more
to secure peace is to prepare for war
so be it
settle the score
touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
don't tread on me
love it or live it, she with the deadly bite
quick is the blue tongue, forked as lighting strike
shining with brightness, always on surveillance
the eyes, they never close, emblem of vigilance
don't tread on me
so be it
threaten no more
to secure peace is to prepare for war
so be it
settle the score
touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
don't tread on me
so be it
threaten no more
to secure peace is to prepare for war
liberty or death, what we so proudly hail
once you provoke her, rattling on her tail
so be it
threaten no more
to secure peace is to prepare for war
so be it
settle the score
touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
don't tread on me
Also keep in mind that when hard rock was at its most popular, young voters were going 2-1 for Reagan. In fact, I personally suspect the record industry pushed whine-music like Nirvana in order to try and reverse this trend.
As for country, admittedly that twangy stuff is like fingernails on a blackboard for me. But I wouldn't call it all that conservative. With all it's glorification of the ordinary as opposed to the extraordinary, it has an inverse snobbery worthy of an AFL-CIO rally or a Michael Moore event.
-Eric
Another day has almost come and gone
Can't imagine what else could go wrong
Sometimes I'd like to hide away
Somewhere and lock the door
A single battle lost but not the war
'Cause tomorrow's another day
And I'm thirsty anyway
So bring on the rain
It's almost like the hard times circle 'round
A couple drops and they all
Start coming down
Yeah, I might feel defeated
I might hang my head
I might be barely breathing but I'm not dead
'Cause tomorrow's another day
And I'm thirsty anyway
So bring on the rain
No, I'm not gonna let it get me down
I'm not gonna cry
And I'm not gonna lose any sleep tonight...
'Cause tommorow another day and I am not afraid
So bring on the rain
'Cause tomorrow's another day
and I'm thirsty anyway
So bring on the Rain!
I think this was the first song to come out after 9/11.
a.cricket
Ragged Old Flag By John R. Cash, © 1974 House of Cash, Inc.
I walked through a county courthouse square, On a park bench an old man was sitting there. I said, "Your old courthouse is kinda run down." He said, "Naw, it'll do for our little town." I said, "Your old flagpole has leaned a little bit, And that's a Ragged Old Flag you got hanging on it."
He said, "Have a seat," and I sat down. "Is this the first time you've been to our little town?" I said, "I think it is." He said, "I don't like to brag, But we're kinda proud of that Ragged Old Flag.
"You see, we got a little hole in that flag there when Washington took it across the Delaware. And it got powder-burned the night Francis Scott Key Sat watching it writing Say Can You See. And it got a bad rip in New Orleans With Packingham and Jackson tuggin' at its seems.
"And it almost fell at the Alamo Beside the Texas flag, but she waved on though. She got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville And she got cut again at Shiloh Hill. There was Robert E. Lee, Beauregard, and Bragg, And the south wind blew hard on that Ragged Old Flag.</p?
"On Flanders Field in World War I She got a big hole from a Bertha gun. She turned blood red in World War II. She hung limp and low by the time it was through. She was in Korea and Vietnam. She was sent where she was by her Uncle Sam.
"She waved from our ships upon the briny foam, And now they've about quit waving her back here at home. In her own good land here she's been abused -- She's been burned, dishonored, denied, and refused.
"And the government for which she stands Is scandalized throughout the land. And she's getting threadbare and wearing thin, But she's in good shape for the shape she's in. 'Cause she's been through the fire before And I believe she can take a whole lot more.</P.
"So we raise her up every morning, take her down every night. We don't let her touch the ground and we fold her up right. On second thought, I do like to brag, 'Cause I'm mighty proud of the Ragged Old Flag.