44Ronin's Musical Guide to Political Cynicism (1 Viewer)

[44Ronin]

Metal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ5SVDYBNrY

Track: Cult of Personality
Band: Living Colour

A critique of the state of power.

Best lyrics -

"I sell the things you need to be
I'm the smiling face on your T.V.
I'm the Cult of Personality
I exploit you
still you love me"

 

[44Ronin]

Classic Rock

Track: Revolution
Band: The Beatles


Best Lyrics -


"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"

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[44Ronin]

Classic Rock

Track: We Won't Get Fooled Again.
Band: The Who

Best Lyrics -

"We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgment of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song"

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[44Ronin]

Classic Rock

Track: Rock The Casbah
Band: The Clash

The lyrics were inspired by a news report of Iranians being flogged for the crime of owning a disco album. The song is a creation of an amusing fantasy where a disco-hating sharif is defied by everyone from the citizens to his own air force as he tries to stamp out "That crazy Casbah sound." The song is a rallying cry against fundamentalism.

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[44Ronin]

Classic R & B

Track: Everyday People
Band: Sly and the Family Stone

The song has been largely forgotten due to it being commercially bastardised to sell various crap.

"Sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong
My own beliefs are in my song
The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then
Makes no difference what group I'm in
I am everyday people, yeah yeah
There is a blue one who can't accept the green one
For living with a fat one trying to be a skinny one
And different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee
Oh sha sha - we got to live together
I am no better and neither are you
We are the same whatever we do
You love me you hate me you know me and then
You can't figure out the bag l'm in
I am everyday people, yeah yeah
There is a long hair that doesn't like the short hair
For bein' such a rich one that will not help the poor one
And different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee
Oh sha sha-we got to live together
There is a yellow one that won't accept the black one
That won't accept the red one that won't accept the white one
And different strokes for different folks

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