Posted on 04/12/2017 3:42:09 PM PDT by EveningStar
Rock and politics… what hath Charlie Daniels wrought?
While the whining lyrics of Elton John, Green Day, Sting and Bruce Springsteen dominate the charts when it comes to political songs making their way to the charts, there have been more than a few that managed to work their way into the hearts of conservitarians everywhere.
While most of the tunes on this list are openly and unashamedly jingoistic, a few have managed over time and circumstances to easily fall into the small government and/or flat-out nationalistic leanings of many Rock fans.
In no particular order;
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So why don’t we dump ‘em people
To the bottom of the sea
Before some fool come around here
Wanna shoot either you or me
-Seems pretty clear to me
The Beatles “The Tax Man:
http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/oroark/clips/taxman-update.mp4/view
Everyone is pi$$ed off but the 10,000 convinces the masses that it's the libs. vs. libertarian vs conservatives and and vice versa and the shell game continues.
Believe it or not, The Animals - in their “House of the Rising Sun” heyday - recorded “Bury My Body,” a jazzed-up version of an old Gospel song. And they didn’t do it in a spirit of mockery.
They're as far from conservative as can be and are an insult to FR.
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“If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals–if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.”-— Ronald Reagan
Ha Ha Mr Wilson.
Ha Ha Mr Heath.
It’s risky to assume any song lyrics mean so-and-so is “conservative,” or even “liberal.”
In 2012 I co-authored a rock and roll history with Mark Stein, lead singer/keyboardist of Vanilla Fudge. His connections allowed me to interview a bunch of rockers, such as Billy Joel, Alice Cooper, Robby Krieger, David Paich, Dave Mason, and others.
I’d say my conversations with them, some of which got pretty intimate, lead me to know for sure that Vinny Martel and Mark Stein of Fudge are definite conservatives and both were Trump voters. Alice Cooper (Vince) is a Bible believing Republican here in AZ. Rudy Sarzo of Quiet Riot was a guest on a panel we had in LA about how rock helped combat communism. I’d say he’s moderate-to-conservative.
“I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door And I’ll Get It Myself)” by James Brown
I think Metal guys tend to be more conservative, but then the Grunge bands tend to be very liberal.
Ball of Confusion -The Temptations (Politicians say, ‘More Taxes will solve everything’.....and the band played on....)
Neighbourhood Bully by Bob Dylan (believe it or not).
Absolutely!
I think The Who’s “won’t get fooled again” places well on any conservatives music list.
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