Top 50 conservative rock songs May 28, 2006
Posted by Evil Bender in Humor, Right-wingers.trackback
…according to the National Review, which is apparently afraid that rock isn't right-wing enough (gasp).
This really has to be seen to be believed. Let's look at some examples:
7. “Revolution,” by The Beatles.
“You say you want a revolution / Well you know / We all want to change the world . . . Don’t you know you can count me out?” What’s more, Communism isn’t even cool: “If you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao / You ain’t going to make it with anyone anyhow.” (Someone tell the Che Guevara crowd.)
Yeah, very conservative. Consider: You say you'll change the constitution/Well, you know/We all want to change your head/You tell me it's the institution/Well, you know/
You better free you mind instead." Oh yeah, feel the power of the conservativism!
20. “Rock the Casbah,” by The Clash.
After 9/11, American radio stations were urged not to play this 1982 song, one of the biggest hits by a seminal punk band, because it was seen as too provocative. Meanwhile, British Forces Broadcasting Service (the radio station for British troops serving in Iraq) has said that this is one of its most requested tunes.
Oh, yeah: the attack on fundamentalism and those afraid of change is clearly conservative.
33. “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” by The Rolling Stones.
You can “[go] down to the demonstration” and vent your frustration, but you must understand that there’s no such thing as a perfect society — there are merely decent and free ones.
Huh? I'm sure that's exactly what the stones were singing about. And when they sang "I can't get no satisfaction" it was about high taxes, right?
I'll stop there, but there's plenty more from such bastions of conservatism as Bob Dylan, Iron Maiden, and, ahem, Kid Rock. Even assuming all these songs are conservative, they had room on the list for KID ROCK? Ouch…maybe they should have gone for 25. How embarrassing.
Urge to kill rising… I will be looking at a couple of these myself momentarily… thanks for the tip! :)
Heh… “I Fought the Law” is on that list. This is one of those times when something is so stupid it makes me hurt.
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