Musical Politics

[rockymountaindem]

There are several posts about music today, including one about The Who's song "Won't Be Fooled Again" and it's parallels to the modern situation in our country.

I submit another song which I feel falls right into the "eerily prophetic" category: "Nowhere Man" by the Beatles.

"He's a real nowhere man, sitting in his nowhere land, making all his nowhere plans for nobody... doesn't have a point of view, knows not where he's going to, isn't he a bit like you and me? Nowhere man, please listen, you don't know what you're missin', nowhere man... the world is at your command. He's as blind as he can be, just sees what he wants to see..."

It should be Dubya's campaign song, for goodness sakes! It's like the Beatles knew what was going to happen! Dooby dooby, Dooby dooby...

[Drifter]

1. Don't forget ...

Dickie's Such an Asshole - Frank Zappa.

This song was originally written during the Watergate scandal for Dick Nixon. Now it seems appropriate for the Dick we have now (either one).

Cheers
Drifter

2. Act Naturally

Well I hope you come and see me in the movies
then I know that you will plainly see
The biggest fool that ever hit the big time
and all I gotta do is act naturally
:)

[Loonman]

3. Short Memory

Conquistador of Mexico, the Zulu and the Navaho
The Belgians in the Congo short memory
Plantation in Virginia, the Raj in British India
The deadline in South Africa short memory
The story of El Salvador, the silence of Hiroshima
Destruction of Cambodia short memory

Short memory, must have a, short memory

The sight of hotels by the Nile, the designated Hilton style
With running water specially bought short memory
A smallish man Afghanistan, a watch dog in a nervous land
They're only there to lend a hand short memory
Wake up in sweat at dead of night
And in the tents new rifles hey short memory

If you read the history books you'll see the same things happen again and again

Repeat repeat short memory they've all got it
When are we going to play it again
Got a short, got a short, got a short, got a short
They've got a short must have a short they've got a short aah
Short memory, they've got a.

(Hirst/Moginie/Garrett)

[bobthedrummer]

4. "5 to 1" by The Doors, "Monster" by Steppenwolf,

"Lather" by Jefferson Airplane, "Desolation Row" by Bob Dylan,
"Holiday in the Sun" by The Sex Pistols, "Get Up, Stand Up" by Bob Marley and The Wailers and thousands more songs too.

[Loonman]

5. I Think 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 by Midnight Oil is one of the best political

Albums out there.
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The rich get richer
The poor get the picture
The bombs never hit you when you're down so low

Some got pollution
Some revolution
There must be some solution but I just don't know

The bosses want decisions
The workers need ambitions
There won't be no collisions whey they move so slow

Nothing ever happens
Nothing ever matters
No one ever tells me so what am I to know

You wouldn't read about it
Read about it
Just another incredible scene
There's no doubt about it

The hammer and sickle
The news is at a trickle
The commisars are fickle but the stockpile grows

Bombers keeping coming
Engines softly humming
The stars and stripes are running for their own big show

Another little flare up
Storm brewed in a tea cup
Imagine any mix up and the lot would go

Nothing ever happens
Nothing ever matters
No one ever tells me so what I am to know

You wouldn't read about it
Read about it
One unjust, ridiculous steal
Ain't no doubt about it
You wouldn't read about it
Read about it
Just another particular deal
There's no doubt about it