Posted on 05/25/2006 8:07:18 PM PDT by grundle
Following is National Review's list of its top 50 conservative rock songs, with the magazine's explanations of its choices.
1. "Won't Get Fooled Again," by The Who.
The conservative movement is full of disillusioned revolutionaries; this could be their theme song, an oath that swears off naive idealism once and for all. "There's nothing in the streets / Looks any different to me / And the slogans are replaced, by—the—bye. . . . Meet the new boss / Same as the old boss." The instantly recognizable synthesizer intro, Pete Townshend's ringing guitar, Keith Moon's pounding drums, and Roger Daltrey's wailing vocals make this one of the most explosive rock anthems ever recorded — the best number by a big band, and a classic for conservatives.
2. "Taxman," by The Beatles.
A George Harrison masterpiece with a famous guitar riff (which was actually played by Paul McCartney): "If you drive a car, I'll tax the street / If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat / If you get too cold, I'll tax the heat / If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet." The song closes with a humorous jab at death taxes: "Now my advice for those who die / Declare the pennies on your eyes."
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I just saw this on the AOL homepage :-)
I would have made "Proud to be an American" by Lee Greenwood number 1.
I wonder how long it will take before one of the featured performers publicly takes offense at their song being identified as conservative.
No Ted Nugent?
They got the Metallica lyrics wrong.
It should be:
"So be it / Friend no more / To secure peace is to prepare for war.
"So be it / Settle the score / Touch me again with words that you will hear ever more."
Sucks that they had to put Creed on the list. Otherwise not bad. Glad it is rock songs, a lot of blantantly conservative country songs suck almost as hard as Creed. For whatever reason some of them lack any sense of subtlety.
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::fires up Limewire::
I'm sure John Lydon would love to see his name on FR and one of his sex pistol songs listed as a conservative anthem.
There was a thread here when NRO published it seemingly months ago. It was a pretty lame list, IIRC.
Merle Haggard's "Are the Good Times Really Over" should be on the list (can't read the article).
Sweet but brain-dead... disqualified.
11. "The Trees," by Rush.
Some took it for fascism, not knowing that Geddy himself is Jewish.
22. "Red Barchetta," by Rush. In a time of "the Motor Law," presumably legislated by green extremists, the singer describes family reunion and the thrill of driving a fast car — an act that is his "weekly crime."
More than that, it was a call for performance over safety. Superficially- for sports cars over SUVs. F16s over 747s.
Excellent choices, and plenty of irony in that such artists rarely translate their own values into politics correctly. They're all libs!
After all, what is the Declaration of Independence but a polite way of saying "F**k You, I Won't Do What You Tell Me!." ;-)
I would have included 2112 on the list....
::spits on Michael Moore::
Bastid.
Oh please no.
Considering that the original Punk movement was as much against the Popular Left as it was against the Establishment, I wouldn't be so sure.
I just got this NR issue in the mail today. They had The Pretenders "Ohio" tune in there too.
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