political music
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Anti-Flag... name says it all... good stuff.
Check out James McMurty's new single "We can't make it here any more". You can download it from his website, which is
Steve Earle "Copperhead Road"
Johnny Cash "Drive On"
A big chunk of Woody Guthry's catalog
Log on to KPIG radio
and give it a listen. So many artists that mainstream radio never plays
HTML:
www.jamesmcmurtry.comJohnny Cash "Drive On"
A big chunk of Woody Guthry's catalog
Log on to KPIG radio
HTML:
www.kpig.com
Have you forgotten - Darryl Worelly (Spelling?)
Awfull beautiful life -(not sure if that is the title) Darryl W
Angry American - Toby Keith (he has some non-aired songs that might be worthy of attention look to his last two albums)
Traveling Soldier - Dixie chicks
I am sure there are lots but I am not the best source. These would all be current songs and influenced by the last decade or so. Some may not be full length political statements but there is a statement in there.
Awfull beautiful life -(not sure if that is the title) Darryl W
Angry American - Toby Keith (he has some non-aired songs that might be worthy of attention look to his last two albums)
Traveling Soldier - Dixie chicks
I am sure there are lots but I am not the best source. These would all be current songs and influenced by the last decade or so. Some may not be full length political statements but there is a statement in there.
how could i forget these"
patti smith - "rock and roll nigger" and "piss factory"
stone cold classics.
patti smith - "rock and roll nigger" and "piss factory"
stone cold classics.
xtc - dear god
And the thread comes back from the dead. Took a little longer than Jesus though...
minutemen
"dream told by moto"
"when those bombs start falling on the first day of
world war three, I'm gonna grab me a girl
and go and **** her, yeah-yeah world
war three".
"no parade"
having to fight
having to kill
having to see blood to spill
so this is what it's all about
it's not john wayne in a movie
there are no parades fr these heroes
and all i line up are the widows
war is real
when death is made with steel
i don't want to see it
i can't believe in it
"the punch line"
I believe when they found the body of general george a.
custer quilled like a porcupine with indian arrows, he didn't
die with any honor, any dignity, nor any valor.
I wouldn't doubt when they found george a. custer
an american general patriot and
indian fighter, he died with **** in his pants.
"just another soldier"
Over 300 dead,we still got pride
We've lost all our morals,we still got pride
Should we fight this war in some far corner of the globe
And learn how to die for some unjust cause
Is this our future?
Ashes are all that remain
It's easy when you got pride
How much pride does a dead soldier got?
His life so short,no chance to even start
The ones he left behind
The world he'll never see
But no one could deny that the soldier died with pride.
"king of the hill"
what is peace
to the people
who work the land
and die in wars?
it was learned in a game
that was played by us all
who held the top of the hill
from the rest was called the king
and I can't believe it all
was good for humankind
is it peace
to point the guns?
is it war
to fire the guns?
we would run with all of our might
push the king off to take the hill
and to learn who was king
and who makes the better serf
I can't believe it all
was good for humankind
and i have to read the lies
between the lines
believe in this
we are part
of a whole we call the earth
and i have to read the lies
between the lines
"courage"
Where's your courage?
Are you afraid to die?
Are you happy that God is on your side?
I wrote this song in a story of men who died for glory
Where's your courage?
Do you think you're alone?
Are you laughing for being blind and pure?
I wrote this song in a story of men who died for glory
Where's your courage?
Do you share all you have?
Are you hiding from something you dont know?
Where's your courage?
"the cheerleaders"
we'll talk some reason
we could look at the past
will the nation grow?
prosperity may last
can we look
at the problems ahead?
with our heads in the sand
we might as well be dead
cheer him on
the leader of the team
he'll push on through
at all cost to win
but are we free
to think for ourselves
or doomed
to repeat our mistakes?
when you hear them and call your name
can you count the lives they will take?
do you have to see the body bags
before you make a stand?
the cheerleaders
call our their names
on the sidelines
they can feel the players sweat
and i wonder
what it is they see?
all the rallies
will never set them free
can you hear them
call your name?
can you count the lives
they will take?
do you have to see the body bags
come off the plane
just a little bit
just a little bit
just a little bit too late
can you hear them
call your name?
can you count the lives
they will take?
do you have to see the body bags
before you make a stand?
can you hear them
just a little bit
just a little bit too late
"political nightmare"
Someone's doing something
Confusion
Another invasion?
Sympathize with who?
Someone killed somebody
Confusion
Did anyone gain?
How much did it cost?
Woke up screaming
Someone changed sides
Everyone was dying
One too many votes...Satan won
zach dela rocha can eat sh!t and die
"dream told by moto"
"when those bombs start falling on the first day of
world war three, I'm gonna grab me a girl
and go and **** her, yeah-yeah world
war three".
"no parade"
having to fight
having to kill
having to see blood to spill
so this is what it's all about
it's not john wayne in a movie
there are no parades fr these heroes
and all i line up are the widows
war is real
when death is made with steel
i don't want to see it
i can't believe in it
"the punch line"
I believe when they found the body of general george a.
custer quilled like a porcupine with indian arrows, he didn't
die with any honor, any dignity, nor any valor.
I wouldn't doubt when they found george a. custer
an american general patriot and
indian fighter, he died with **** in his pants.
"just another soldier"
Over 300 dead,we still got pride
We've lost all our morals,we still got pride
Should we fight this war in some far corner of the globe
And learn how to die for some unjust cause
Is this our future?
Ashes are all that remain
It's easy when you got pride
How much pride does a dead soldier got?
His life so short,no chance to even start
The ones he left behind
The world he'll never see
But no one could deny that the soldier died with pride.
"king of the hill"
what is peace
to the people
who work the land
and die in wars?
it was learned in a game
that was played by us all
who held the top of the hill
from the rest was called the king
and I can't believe it all
was good for humankind
is it peace
to point the guns?
is it war
to fire the guns?
we would run with all of our might
push the king off to take the hill
and to learn who was king
and who makes the better serf
I can't believe it all
was good for humankind
and i have to read the lies
between the lines
believe in this
we are part
of a whole we call the earth
and i have to read the lies
between the lines
"courage"
Where's your courage?
Are you afraid to die?
Are you happy that God is on your side?
I wrote this song in a story of men who died for glory
Where's your courage?
Do you think you're alone?
Are you laughing for being blind and pure?
I wrote this song in a story of men who died for glory
Where's your courage?
Do you share all you have?
Are you hiding from something you dont know?
Where's your courage?
"the cheerleaders"
we'll talk some reason
we could look at the past
will the nation grow?
prosperity may last
can we look
at the problems ahead?
with our heads in the sand
we might as well be dead
cheer him on
the leader of the team
he'll push on through
at all cost to win
but are we free
to think for ourselves
or doomed
to repeat our mistakes?
when you hear them and call your name
can you count the lives they will take?
do you have to see the body bags
before you make a stand?
the cheerleaders
call our their names
on the sidelines
they can feel the players sweat
and i wonder
what it is they see?
all the rallies
will never set them free
can you hear them
call your name?
can you count the lives
they will take?
do you have to see the body bags
come off the plane
just a little bit
just a little bit
just a little bit too late
can you hear them
call your name?
can you count the lives
they will take?
do you have to see the body bags
before you make a stand?
can you hear them
just a little bit
just a little bit too late
"political nightmare"
Someone's doing something
Confusion
Another invasion?
Sympathize with who?
Someone killed somebody
Confusion
Did anyone gain?
How much did it cost?
Woke up screaming
Someone changed sides
Everyone was dying
One too many votes...Satan won
zach dela rocha can eat sh!t and die
Interesting choice...I always found Byrne to be sort of cooly a-political and celebratory of mass culture. I mean, even "Don't Worry About the Government" is about being a-political and part of the mass culture and government that sustains it. You could make a point about it being thusly subversive, but I think Bryne is pretty detached, and there's as much of a case of it being sincere or merely observational...
And "Nothing But Flowers" isn't at all about paradise...it's about a misguided idea of paradise that we really wouldn't want in the end anyhow, and I think it's not subversive at all...merely ironic/cynical in its presentation of a post-consumer world.
I think you should look at Steve Earle if you're talking country, too, btw...
MD
EDIT: AHHH DON'T FEED THE ZOMMBBBIIEEEE THREAD!!!
There's always Bruce Cockburn as well...
BRAINS....BRAINS....
BRAINS....BRAINS....
Here's Neil Young's "Let's impeach the President" (haven't read the whole thread so I don't know if this been posted already).
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=173097&highlight=neil+young
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=173097&highlight=neil+young