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Here is the top 10:
1. Wont Get Fooled Again, by The Who. The Who - The Kids Are Alright - Won't Get Fooled Again
The conservative movement is full of disillusioned revolutionaries; this could be their theme song, an oath that swears off naïve idealism once and for all. Theres 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 Townshends ringing guitar, Keith Moons pounding drums, and Roger Daltreys 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, Ill tax the street / If you try to sit, Ill tax your seat / If you get too cold, Ill tax the heat / If you take a walk, Ill 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.
3. Sympathy for the Devil, by The Rolling Stones. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil Remixes - EP - Sympathy for the Devil
Dont be misled by the title; this song is The Screwtape Letters of rock. The devil is a tempter who leans hard on moral relativism he will try to make you think that every cop is a criminal / And all the sinners saints. Whats more, he is the sinister inspiration for the cruelties of Bolshevism: I stuck around St. Petersburg / When I saw it was a time for a change / Killed the czar and his ministers / Anastasia screamed in vain.
4. Sweet Home Alabama, by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Then and Now - Sweet Home Alabama
A tribute to the region of America that liberals love to loathe, taking a shot at Neil Youngs Canadian arrogance along the way: A Southern man dont need him around anyhow.
5. Wouldnt It Be Nice, by The Beach Boys. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
Pro-abstinence and pro-marriage: Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might come true / Baby then there wouldnt be a single thing we couldnt do / We could be married / And then wed be happy.
6. Gloria, by U2. U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky - Gloria
Just because a rock song is about faith doesnt mean that its conservative. But what about a rock song thats about faith and whose chorus is in Latin? Thats beautifully reactionary: Gloria / In te domine / Gloria / Exultate.
7. Revolution, by The Beatles.
You say you want a revolution / Well you know / We all want to change the world . . . Dont you know you can count me out? Whats more, Communism isnt even cool: If you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao / You aint going to make it with anyone anyhow. (Someone tell the Che Guevara crowd.)
8. Bodies, by The Sex Pistols. Sex Pistols - Filthy Lucre Live - Bodies
Violent and vulgar, but also a searing anti-abortion anthem by the quintessential punk band: Its not an animal / Its an abortion.
9. Dont Tread on Me, by Metallica.
A head-banging tribute to the doctrine of peace through strength, written in response to the first Gulf War: So be it / Threaten no more / To secure peace is to prepare for war.
10. 20th Century Man, by The Kinks. The Kinks - The Kinks' Greatest: Celluloid Heroes - 20th Century Man
You keep all your smart modern writers / Give me William Shakespeare / You keep all your smart modern painters / Ill take Rembrandt, Titian, da Vinci, and Gainsborough. . . . I was born in a welfare state / Ruled by bureaucracy / Controlled by civil servants / And people dressed in grey / Got no privacy got no liberty / Cause the 20th-century people / Took it all away from me.
Here is the top 10:
1. Wont Get Fooled Again, by The Who. The Who - The Kids Are Alright - Won't Get Fooled Again
The conservative movement is full of disillusioned revolutionaries; this could be their theme song, an oath that swears off naïve idealism once and for all. Theres 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 Townshends ringing guitar, Keith Moons pounding drums, and Roger Daltreys 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, Ill tax the street / If you try to sit, Ill tax your seat / If you get too cold, Ill tax the heat / If you take a walk, Ill 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.
3. Sympathy for the Devil, by The Rolling Stones. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil Remixes - EP - Sympathy for the Devil
Dont be misled by the title; this song is The Screwtape Letters of rock. The devil is a tempter who leans hard on moral relativism he will try to make you think that every cop is a criminal / And all the sinners saints. Whats more, he is the sinister inspiration for the cruelties of Bolshevism: I stuck around St. Petersburg / When I saw it was a time for a change / Killed the czar and his ministers / Anastasia screamed in vain.
4. Sweet Home Alabama, by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Then and Now - Sweet Home Alabama
A tribute to the region of America that liberals love to loathe, taking a shot at Neil Youngs Canadian arrogance along the way: A Southern man dont need him around anyhow.
5. Wouldnt It Be Nice, by The Beach Boys. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
Pro-abstinence and pro-marriage: Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might come true / Baby then there wouldnt be a single thing we couldnt do / We could be married / And then wed be happy.
6. Gloria, by U2. U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky - Gloria
Just because a rock song is about faith doesnt mean that its conservative. But what about a rock song thats about faith and whose chorus is in Latin? Thats beautifully reactionary: Gloria / In te domine / Gloria / Exultate.
7. Revolution, by The Beatles.
You say you want a revolution / Well you know / We all want to change the world . . . Dont you know you can count me out? Whats more, Communism isnt even cool: If you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao / You aint going to make it with anyone anyhow. (Someone tell the Che Guevara crowd.)
8. Bodies, by The Sex Pistols. Sex Pistols - Filthy Lucre Live - Bodies
Violent and vulgar, but also a searing anti-abortion anthem by the quintessential punk band: Its not an animal / Its an abortion.
9. Dont Tread on Me, by Metallica.
A head-banging tribute to the doctrine of peace through strength, written in response to the first Gulf War: So be it / Threaten no more / To secure peace is to prepare for war.
10. 20th Century Man, by The Kinks. The Kinks - The Kinks' Greatest: Celluloid Heroes - 20th Century Man
You keep all your smart modern writers / Give me William Shakespeare / You keep all your smart modern painters / Ill take Rembrandt, Titian, da Vinci, and Gainsborough. . . . I was born in a welfare state / Ruled by bureaucracy / Controlled by civil servants / And people dressed in grey / Got no privacy got no liberty / Cause the 20th-century people / Took it all away from me.