"Abraham, Martin & John" by Dion was so maudlin and over-produced I considered becoming a conservative to safely distance myself from it. Why aren't there any songs about Frederick Douglass? Now there's a guy who deserves a little praise once in a while.

"Every Picture Tells a Story" by Rod Stewart is a racist piece of crap:

On the Peking ferry I was feeling merry
sailing on my way back here
I fell in love with a slit eyed lady
by the light of an eastern moon
Shangai Lil never used the pill
She claimed that it just ain't natural
She took me up on deck and bit my neck
Oh people I was glad I found her
Oh yeah I was glad I found her
I firmly believe that I didn't need anyone but me
I sincerely thought I was so complete
Look how wrong you can be
The women I've known I wouldn't let tie my shoe
They wouldn't give you the time of day
But the slit eyed lady knocked me off my feet
God I was glad I found her

Forget how cold-blooded creepy it is to claim you're in love with someone you call "slit eye" because she's Chinese but it reeks of the old me-so-horny-me-love-you-long-time white man's fantasy crap that I could puke. I can't believe Stewart read through the lyrics and decided it would be ok instead of saying, "I'm not singing this shit!" Because that sure would have been my reaction.