Friday, May 26, 2006

Life Is Life

So..."Conservatives" have their own little playlist, presumably for the enjoyment of Michelle Malkin's latest squawking, and fondling the bump in their stain resistant Dockers.

Predictably, they cherry pick and de-contextualize certain passages which jibe with their ideological leanings-I hardly think Chrissy Hynde or Joe Strummer would be thrilled with inclusion in this rarest of rare. But hey, I'll bet it kicks ass when washed down with a couple of Mich Ultra's, during the commercial breaks of Cavuto.

(Speaking of Joe: There's a line in the movie Rude Boy, where the protagonist Ray asks Strummer about his red "Brigade Rosse" T-shirt. Strummer replies "It's the name of a Pizza Restaurant", apropos, of course, of the above list)

(Aside number two: Somebody care to explain how Iron Maiden's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", and by extension, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, embody conservative principles?)

Since these folk (google bamapachyderm if you don't believe me) lack the basic interpretive skills to understand when lyrics, or reality, for that matter, are calling them out, I would recommend Laibach's "Lieben Heistt Lieben"...you'll like the drums...you'll like the uniforms...its in German...you don't get it, do you?

As for me, since I am a music geek, I would ask the readers out there for an angry leftist top 50...we'll compile a list. List as many (up to fifty) as you'd like.

10 comments:

  1. 1. Bob Dylan "Masters of War"
    2. The Clash "Washington Bullets"
    3. Bodycount "Cop Killer"
    4. Max Romeo "Chase da Devil"
    5. Gil Scott Heron "Winter in America"
    6. The Fartz "The Battle Hymn of Ronnie Reagan".
    7. Megadeth "Peace Sells".
    8. David Bowie "Boys Keep Swinging"
    9. Marilyn Manson "Get your Gunn"
    10.Ministry "NWO".
    11. Dead Kennedys "The Owl".
    12. Barry Maguire "Eve of Destruction"
    13. Johnny Cash "The Ballad of Ira Hayes".
    14. Iggy Pop "I'm a Conservative".
    15. Metallica "One".
    16. Youth Brigade "Violence"
    17. Gang of Four "At Home, He's a Tourist".
    18. System of a Down "Chop Suey".
    19. Black Sabbath "War Pigs".
    20. John Lennon "Working Class Hero".
    21. Rolling Stones "Street Fightin' Man".
    22. Devo "Devo Corporate Anthem".
    23. Laibach "Lieben Heistt Lieben".
    24. Lou Reed "Good Evening, Mr. Waldheim".
    25. Jello Biafra/Mojo Nixon "Will the Fetus be Aborted".

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  2. The The - "Sweet Bird of Truth" (or just about anything else)

    Actually, I guess "Armageddon Days" is appropriate to the times:

    They’re 5 miles high
    As the crow flies
    Leavin’ vapour trails
    Across a blood red sky
    Movin’ in from the East
    Towards the West
    With balaclava helmets
    Over their heads
    YES!

    But if you think that Jesus Christ is coming
    Honey, you’ve got another thing coming
    If he ever finds out who’s hijacked his name
    He’ll cut out his heart and turn in his grave

    Islam is rising
    The Christians mobilising
    The world is on it’s elbows and knees
    It’s forgotten the message
    And worships the creeds

    “It’s War” she cried
    “It’s War” she cried
    “This is War!”
    Drop your possessions
    All you simple folk
    You will fight them on the beaches
    in your underclothes
    You will thank the good lord
    For raising the Union Jack
    You’ll watch the ships sail out of harbour
    And the bodies come floating back
    Watch the ships sail out of harbour
    And the bodies come floating back

    If the real Jesus Christ were to stand up today
    He’d be gunned down cold by the C.I.A.
    Oh, the lights that now burn brightest
    Behind stained glass
    Will cast the darkest shadows
    Upon the human heart
    But God didn’t build himself that throne
    God doesn’t live in Israel or Rome
    God doesn’t belong to the Yankee dollar
    God doesn’t plant the bombs for Hezbollah
    God doesn’t even go to church
    And God won’t send us down to Allah to burn
    God will remind us what we already know
    That the human race is about to reap what it’s sown

    Islam is rising
    The Christians mobilising
    The world is on it’s elbows and knees
    It’s forgotten the message
    And worships the creeds
    The world is on it’s elbows and knees
    It’s forgotten the message
    And worships the creeds

    Armageddon days are here again
    Armageddon days are here again
    Armageddon days are here again
    Armageddon Days Are HERE!!!

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  3. "Baba O'Riley" -- The Who

    Out here in the fields, I fight for my meals
    I get my back into my living
    I dont need to fight, to prove Im right
    I dont need to be forgiven

    Dont cry, dont raise your eye
    Its only teenage wasteland

    Sally, take my hand
    Well travel south, cross land
    Put out the fire and dont look past my shoulder

    The exodus is here
    The happy ones are near
    Lets get together before we get much older

    Teenage wasteland
    Its only teenage wasteland
    Teenage wasteland
    (its only) teenage wasteland

    Theyre all wasted!

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  4. One that SHOULD have been on the conservative list... "Lawyers, Guns, and Money."

    Speaking of guns... this is a milestone:

    http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/5/26/92356/7529

    (and I bet the Kimber problem was a firing-pin either stuck forward or the wrong size for the slide.)

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  5. How about I Fought the Law? So obvious it escapes mention!

    Moving beyond America & England, I like the stuff from Nigeria's Fela Kuti, like Expensive Shit and Black Man Know Yourself.

    And I understand the Dixie Chicks have something on their new album that might make the list.

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  6. I'm gonna try to do you one better and list fifty full ALBUMS of righteous lefty fire (every song, or NEARLY every song being a leftist protest/celebration of some sort):

    1. Ministry - Rio Grande Blood
    2. Ministry - Houses of the Mole
    3. The Groundhogs - Thank Christ for the Bomb
    4. The Groundhogs - Who Will Save the World
    5. Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprosy- Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury
    6. Warrior Soul - Last Decade Dead Century
    7. Warrior Soul - Salutations from the Ghetto Nation
    8. Lamb of God As The Palaces Burn
    10. Warrior Soul - Drugs, God and the New Republic
    11 Metallica - . . .And Justice for All
    12 Public Enemy - fear. . .Black Planet
    13 PE -it Takes a Nation of MIllions
    14 PE - Rebirth of a Nation
    15 Pe - Apocalypse 91
    16 PE - Yo! Bum Rush the Show
    17 PE - There's a Poison Going On
    18 PE - Muse Sick. . .
    19 PE - revolverlution
    20 PE - new Whirl Oder
    21 RATM - RATM
    22 RATM - Battle of Los Angeles
    23 RATM - Evil Empire
    24 RATM - Renegades
    25 Paris - Sleepign With The Enemy
    26 Dead Prez - Let's Get Free
    27 The Coup - Party Music
    28 God Forbid - Constitution of Treason
    29 Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now
    30 Machine Head - Burn My Eyes

    More later. I know I can do it.

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  7. 31 Nuclear Assault - Handle With Care
    32 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
    33 A Perfect Circle - eMOTIVe
    34 Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution will Not Be Televised
    35 Gil Scott-Heron - The First MInute of a New Day
    36 Gil Scott-Heron - It's Your World
    37 Gil Scott-Heron - From South Africa to South Carolina
    38 Gil Scott-Heron - Spirits
    39 Napalm Death - Scum [and there's like 100 tracks on that sumbitch!]
    40 Carcass - Heartwork

    So close. . .

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  8. 1. Clash - Guns of Brixton
    2. Clash - Koka Kola
    3. Clash - I'm So Bored w the USA
    4. Clash - Clash City Rockers
    5. Clash - Remote Control
    6. Clash - White Riot
    7. Clash - Career Opportunities
    8. Clash - Hate and War
    9. Clash - Garageland
    10. Clash - Armagideon Time
    11. Clash - The Call Up
    12. Clash - Clampdown
    13. Clash - Know Your Rights
    14. Clash - Spanish Bombs
    15. Jam - Eton Rifles
    16. Wilco - War on War
    17. Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen

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  9. 41 Sepultura - Nation
    42 Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
    43 Living Colour - Vivid
    44 Living Colour - Time's Up
    45 Living Colour - Stain
    46 The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon
    47 The Coup - Steal This Double Album
    48 Dead Kennedys - Bedtiem for Democracy
    49 Talib Kweli - Reflection Eternal
    50 Melvins w/ Jello Biafra - Never Breathe What You Can't See

    YES!!!!

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  10. Conservatives think that "Cult of Personality" backs the party of W? Keen insight is not among their virtues.

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