tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post114858334424057352..comments2023-12-24T10:14:39.424-05:00Comments on Cole Slaw Blog: The Top 50 Conservative Rock SongsFlophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04677185628909814152noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-1148794894181582382006-05-28T01:41:00.000-04:002006-05-28T01:41:00.000-04:00I have a listening philosophy for artists with lon...I have a listening philosophy for artists with longevity. I've avoided Dylan's post-Desire work and Neil's stuff between "Hawks and Doves" and "Ragged Glory" because I find their productive years so rewarding that I don't want their lesser periods to dilute my opinion. At some point I'll listen out of curiosity if nothing else.<BR/><BR/>I also try to limit myself to no more than one classic Stones album per year so that I have something to look forward to.Flophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04677185628909814152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-1148678176032519332006-05-26T17:16:00.000-04:002006-05-26T17:16:00.000-04:00The Infidels album isn't bad per se, but it's just...The Infidels album isn't bad per se, but it's just so 80s...you're not really missing out on much...the picture on the back cover is Dylan on a hill overlooking Jerusalem...It's indescribably weird, particularly considering he was a born again like two years previous. The 80s was clearly not a good time for anyone unless your name was Billy (see Ocean, Idol and Dee Williams)Passion of the Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05668987173360877915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-1148658927332122782006-05-26T11:55:00.000-04:002006-05-26T11:55:00.000-04:00"Well, the first chapter of 'Independence Day' was..."Well, the first chapter of 'Independence Day' was really a supply-side critique of real estate regulations ..."<BR/><BR/>Outstanding.<BR/><BR/>Prior to this list, I'd never heard of "Neighborhood Bully." There's a lot of Dylan that I've intentionally avoided.Flophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04677185628909814152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-1148654581954883952006-05-26T10:43:00.000-04:002006-05-26T10:43:00.000-04:00William F. Buckley needs to make an appearance at ...William F. Buckley needs to make an appearance at the NR editorial offices and bitch slap the editor who OKed this story. <BR/><BR/>Here's another song that should be added to the list:<BR/><BR/>"The Immigrant Song," by Led Zeppelin.<BR/><BR/>"So now you'd better stop and rebuild all your ruins,<BR/>For peace and trust can win the day<BR/>Despite of all your losing."<BR/><BR/>Obviously a reference to today's immigration debate; Paige and Plant coming down on the side of the Christian Right in exposing the ostensibly peaceful intentions of new immigrants.<BR/><BR/>The sheer idiocy of picking one song of a particular aritst's repetoire and labeling it "liberal" or "conservative" is astounding. Removing it from the context of the rest of the artist's oeuvre is like pulling individual chapters out of novels and assigning political meaning to them. "Well, the first chapter of 'Independence Day' was really a supply-side critique of real estate regulations ..."<BR/><BR/>And I love how the Ray-gun Cold War Victory story is once again bandied about. Clearly Jesus Jones, David Bowie, and every other artist who decried the Iron Curtain is conservative, because all liberals LOVED the Soviet Union. <BR/><BR/>The logic: Leftists are influenced by Marx, ergo they supported the Soviet Union, Communist China, etc. But, Marx is to the USSR as Edmund Burke is to contemporary conservatism. <BR/><BR/>PS -- "Masters of War" trumps "Neighborhood Bully."waterloohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731469239090329977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-1148651977782638552006-05-26T09:59:00.000-04:002006-05-26T09:59:00.000-04:00This is one of the best afternoon time-wasters eve...This is one of the best afternoon time-wasters ever...<BR/><BR/>"Godzilla" by Blue Oyster Cult! A big green monster!<BR/><BR/>It also prompted a spirited debate at a work happy hour last night about whether or not "Wake Up Little Susie" is actually about teen sex.<BR/><BR/>But the absolute best is the fact that they have a DIFFERENT song by the Proclaimers! I'm just upset that they didn't include the lesser known second single from Chumbawumba, which I believe was called "The Left Can Bite Me"...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-1148587242652112652006-05-25T16:00:00.000-04:002006-05-25T16:00:00.000-04:00How about this one?33. "You Can’t Always Get What...How about this one?<BR/><BR/><I>33. "You Can’t Always Get What You Want," by The Rolling Stones.<BR/>You can "[go] down to the demonstration" and vent your frustration, but you must understand that there’s no such thing as a perfect society — there are merely decent and free ones.</I><BR/><BR/>I always understood that this song was about needing a heroin fix and not being able to find your dealer.<BR/><BR/>Passion, it's things like this that make me think it's hilariously funny to be a human being.Flophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04677185628909814152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-1148586982520014132006-05-25T15:56:00.000-04:002006-05-25T15:56:00.000-04:00Holy crap! "Cult of Personality" is on there ... I...Holy crap! "Cult of Personality" is on there ... I wonder whom that might be about? Clearly, it's John F. Kennedy!Flophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04677185628909814152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-1148586587674050882006-05-25T15:49:00.000-04:002006-05-25T15:49:00.000-04:00Yeah, I saw that list too. Seriously, how pathetic...Yeah, I saw that list too. Seriously, how pathetic must it been to have compiled it. They had to have known the Clash that were practically card carrying Marxist (and a lot of people actually thought they were). Rock the Casbah is a conservative song? Don't you just love the digs at Neil young's "Canadian Arrogance." Who the fuck are they...Though I will actually agree with them on Neighborhood Bully from Dylan's Infidels album. It's such a weird song and surprisingly conservative. It's things like this that make me embarrased to be a human being.Passion of the Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05668987173360877915noreply@blogger.com