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Favorite openly political songs?

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I have tons, but the one which came to mind first is -

"Go to Sleep. (Little Man being Erased.)" by Radiohead

GREAT lyrics, perfectly convey Thom Yorke's political and societal dismay and fury (which I can relate to).

"We don't really want a monster taking over / Tiptoe around, tie him down / We don't want the loonies takin' over..."

The song's five years old now, but serves as the perfect reaction to McCain/Palin (the monsters, the loonies).

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  1. Stop! by Against Me! is about the election this year.


  2. my president- young jeezy

    "my president is black, my lambo's blue, and i be god damned if my rims aint too"

  3. Haha, Killer Queen: Queen

    Poor Margaret Thatcher! ^.^

  4. Capital G by Nine Inch Nails

  5. Ohio - CSNY

    Fortunate Son - CCR

    Dead Kennedy's songs.

  6. Phil Ochs had a lot of funny ones. Like "Draft Dodger Rag", "Cops Of The World", and "Outside A Small Circle Of Friends."

    i really dont go for political songs anyway.

    stick to s*x, cars and drugs.

    who wants a song that has "a message" anyway?

    just take my mind off of how awful things are.

    don't REMIND me.

  7. I like these:

    Common People by Pulp

    Bullet the Blue Sky by U2

    In The Name Of Love by U2 (live version especially)

    Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2

  8. American Idiot by Green Day.

    The first line says it all...DON'T WANNA BE AN AMERICAN IDIOT!

    It is annoying when people take it too literally though and think that Green Day are saying Americans are idiots. You gotta look behind the words.

  9. Well, glad I'm hear to counteract the propaganda.

    How about this.

    Dazed And Confused

    Suits Obama's limp insipdness and total lack of a plan to a tee.

    Going out of Your way to insult someone that served their country as well and as nobly as John McCain doesn't fly with Me.

    And what exactly is wrong with Sarah Palin besides being an upstanding decent Person??

  10. Freda Payne's -  Bring The Boys Home

  11. Anything by SOAD

  12. Any Rage Against the Machine song. While I don't always agree with their political viewpoints(namely Communism), they are right about a good many things. My favourite Rage song would probably be either "Know Your Enemy" or "Freedom".

  13. "the monsters, the loonies" ??

    LMAO !!

    Okay, sure !!  Here ya go !!

    For McCain -

    "Heroes" by David Bowie

    "I'm a Man" by Spencer Davis Group

    "Leader of the Pack" by The Shangri-Las

    "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" by Pat Benatar

    For Obama --

    "The Man With the Child in His Eyes" by Kate Bush

    "Foolin' " by Def Leppard

    "Toys in the Attic" by Aerosmith

    "Coward of the County" by Kenny Rogers

    Does anyone really know what a Protest Song is ???

    NOTE - This Answer was in Reaction to this Post.

    I hated doing it, because POLITICS is the Great Divider and IMO does NAWT Belong in R&P

    While We're at it :)) --

    Where's your knowledge of Musical History ??

    Check out bands, like The Weavers & Woody Guthrie.

    They were under immense political pressure, because of their history of singing protest songs and folk songs favoring labor unions.

    Did C,S,N,Y or Peter, Paul, & Mary have to Live in Fear ??

    Now - Those were the serious people -- not like the Garbage of a Song like "OHIO" - which is complete Propaganda.

    Where's the song about the Facts of the Tens of Thousands of People, RUSHING at a Moderate Force of Young National Guardsman ??

    They were Stupid !!..The Students are Repsonsible for Creating "4 Dead in O-HI-O" -- but, the Propaganda continues.

    .

  14. anti-flag die for your govnerment

    anti-flag turncoat

    anti-flag the press corpse

    yeah you get it...


  15. dear mr president by pink

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eRApNHSR...


  16. A song that was definitely a product of the times and a big hit in the turbulent summer of 1968.

    An upbeat plea for tolerance and freedom:

    People Got to Be Free - The Rascals

    -Audio-

    http://46thengineers.com/media/Young_Ras...


  17. the Who won't get fooled again

    "meet the new boss, same as the old boss"

  18. Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice :- )

  19. Holiday in Cambodia & California Uber Alles both by the Dead Kennedys
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