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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Like others on this thread, Zevon mentioned a certain band.....
""Sweet home Alabama"
Play that dead band song
Turn those speakers up full blast
Play it all night long"
Although I agree with your premise, you gotta admit that nearly all rockers have baggage in their lives.
Lynyrd Skynrd (Sweet Home Alabama) were known to use heroin and other drugs, despite their anti-drug song, "That Smell."
In fact wasn't there some investigation relating drugs to the fatal plane crash that killed off several band members.
"The Bird is the Word" by the Rivingtons
The last movie I went to the theater to see was "Team America" because that one couldn't wait for DVD for me to see it. Absolutely tears Islamofascists, North Korea, and Hollyweird liberals new ones and is outrageously over-the-top funny.
I have "Team America" on DVD :P
It's been so overplayed, like others with "Proud to be an American", this one makes me want to scratch my eyes out. The local classic rock station refuses to play it simply because it's been played to death.
I'm going to weigh in with Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World." It seems to answer the whiners by proclaiming the many blessings bestowed upon us by the Almighty. It brings tears to my eyes everytime I hear Louis' version, but I was almost sobbing when I saw on TV the rendition by Natalie Cole, Pavrotti and Domingo.
That's the challenge. But, I need to apologize to you, they did have Tammy Wynette's "Stand by your Man" on the list.
NYT spin.
Not to be trusted.
For the NYT conservative is having dinner first before annonymous sex.
Feel Like a Number by Bob Seger on that list?
I take my card and I stand in line
To make a buck I work overtime
Dear Sir letters keep coming in the mail.
I work my back till its racked with pain
The boss can't even recall my name
I show up late and I'm docked
It never fails
I feel like just another
Spoke in a great big wheel
Like a tiny blade of grass
In a great big field...
To workers I'm just another drone
To Ma Bell I'm just another phone
I'm just another statistic on a sheet
To teachers I'm just another child
To the IRS I'm just another file
I'm just another consensus on the street
Gonna cruise out of this city
Head down to the sea
Gonna shout out at the ocean
Hey it's me!
And I feel like a number
Feel like a number
Feel like a stranger
A stranger in this land
I feel like a number
I'm not a number
I'm not a number
Dammit I'm a man
I said I'm a man... OW Ow ow....
Glad to see Creed's 'One' made it. I've posted the lyrics to that song on numerous affirmative action threads. It is a good tune.
I misstated my point. Lydon is a committed leftist. We do share some common ground on a few points, but he is a lib to the core.
I always thought it was pretty odd that John Cougar is a liberal and endorses idiots like Algore and Kerry when the majority of his songs are conservative in nature.
No, I cannot forget where it is that I come from... Ironic.
What's it gonna be, boy?
Yeeeeessss..... or..... No?
A Country Boy Can Survive. By Hank Williams Jr.
"I swore to my God and on my Mother's grave, that I would love you till the end of time. Now I'm praying for the end of time"
Just had the Bat out of Hell cd cranked on the way to work this morning...
Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
I would also add "Electric Eye" by Judas Priest. Very Orwellian.
Electric Eye
Up here in space
I'm looking down on you
My lasers trace
Everything you do
You think you've private lives
Think nothing of the kind
There is no true escape
I'm watching all the time
I'm made of metal
My circuits gleam
I am perpetual
I keep the country clean
I'm elected electric spy
I'm protected electric eye
Always in focus
You can't feel my stare
I zoom into you
You don't know I'm there
I take a pride in probing all your secret moves
My tearless retina takes pictures that can prove
I'm made of metal
My circuits gleam
I am perpetual
I keep the country clean
Electric Eye, in the sky
Feel me stare, always there
There's nothing you can do about it
Develop and expose
I feed upon your every though
And so my power grows
McCartney played lead on "Taxman"?? Want to see proof on that one! One of Beatles best IMHO.
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