Top 50 conservative rock songs

[zauberflote]

Salon just posted this: "The National Review is out today
with its list of the "Top 50 Conservative Rock Songs of
All Time." What makes a great conservative rock song?
"The lyrics must convey a conservative idea or sentiment,
such as skepticism of government or support for traditional
values," John Miller says in a post at
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTVkMTE1YmI5YTI3ZDhhYmUzN2MzNDU4ZmIzODI4MjA=
But to view it you have to sign up for $20 or so. No way I'm
doing that.
This liberal just has to know what those songs could be.
Anyone here have access? 

[WritingIsMyReligion]

1. Skepticism of government is a conservative idea?

:wtf:

The last I checked, conservatives in this country were still drinking the kool-aide and kissing Bush's ass day in and day out, while attempting to crush our dissent, and conservatives in Iran and Afghanistan were pushing to keep their theocracies....

:eyes:

[tjwmason]

3. They don't believe in big government.

Which is why they keep spending under such close control - as this graph clearly shows:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

5. They SAY they don't.

Paleoconservatives don't. But neocons....No one knows what the hell they believe.

;)

:hi:

[tjwmason]

9. I was joking.

Hence my graph which showed the U.S. national debt rising under 3 Republican presidents, and falling under Democrats.

But you're right - there's a big difference between paleo- and neo-conservatives. :hi:

[Blue_Tires]

8. remember, they are only skeptical of government

when Clinton and Reno are in charge

[SteppingRazor]

2. I've seen a very similar list... might be the same one...

If it is, it was laughable. The writer was utterly bereft of a sense of irony or deeper meaning. For example, I recall that he cited "I fought the law" as a pro-law and order tune. :eyes:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

6. I remember that one...Some FReep posted it....

"Revolution" and "Sweet Home Alabama" made the list.

:eyes:

[Bossy Monkey]

7. Here ya go

http://www.townhall.com/phillysoc/bartlettpaper.htm
Pinhead city. At least on Firefox, every apostrophe and quotation mark is replaced by a question mark; this many question marks on this particular document seems very appropriate, though.

[Momgonepostal]

10. Papa don't Preach by Madonna is conservative?

Do conservatives actually like when unmarried women who are young enough to still live with their parents have babies out of wedlock?

Some of those others were also quite a stretch. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Andy Williams duet hardly seem like rock.

[madeline_con]

12. If they're anti-abortion, it stands to reason...

they want ALL pregnancies to be carried to term, regardless.

[Aristus]

11. That's a pretty bogus list. Apparantly if a song mentions military

service or America at all in a positive way, it's "conservative". More bullshit trying to paint liberalism as unAmerican or cowardly.

"Ball Of Confusion" is conservative? Don't think so. Listen again, chum.

[liberaltrucker]

13. "Sweet Home Alabama" was, uh, slightly redacted

"In Birmingham, they love the gov'nor-Boo, boo, boo"
is the actual line. Don't ya just love how righties
change the context to support their argument.:grr:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

14. Yup.

:eyes:

Apparently the irony and sarcasm in the song are lost on them.

[Orsino]

15. Baloney.

The blurb for Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" is a clumsy co-opting attempt:

"...The inclusion of this song may be controversial because of its non-Christian lyrics. However, I take the view that being deeply religious makes the song per se conservative, even if the religion is Hinduism or Buddhism...."

Similarly, for the Byrds' "Turn! Turn! Turn!":

"...This is an odd conservative classic, having been written by old time lefty Pete Seeger and performed by a group that later glorified drugs in ?Eight Miles High.? Nevertheless, it makes my list because the lyrics are drawn straight from the Book of Ecclesiastes. I figure that any song based on the Bible deserved inclusion..."

Wrong. Conservatism doesn't advocate duality.

What a maroon.

[Bossy Monkey]

4. Well the example he gives is "Taxman" by The Beatles

when he asked for nominations here: http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NGJhZjcwYzhhODBmN2ViNGFmN2IyMzljMWFiYjU0ZWU=
and ballyhoos The Kinks and Rush in his blurb for the article here:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTVkMTE1YmI5YTI3ZDhhYmUzN2MzNDU4ZmIzODI4MjA=
Yes, John J, suggesting that kids should beat up and rob Santa Claus DOES sound like the conservatives currently in power.:)