Songs About Hypocrisy

Subject: Songs About Hypocrisy
From: GUEST,Greg*F
Date: 24 Feb 18 - 09:01 PM

There is a long tradition of "Do What I Say, Not What I Do".

Any songs that deal with this disingenuisness come to mind?

Songs relating to a powerful odor of mendacity welcome as well.

Subject: RE: Songs About Hypocrisy
From: bobad
Date: 24 Feb 18 - 09:27 PM

Any songs that deal with this disingenuisness come to mind?

How about this one from Lil' Kim: Spell Check

Subject: RE: Songs About Hypocrisy
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Feb 18 - 09:36 PM

Lil' Kim? She's barely literate. She couldn't spell disunjenyous or define it.

Subject: RE: Songs About Hypocrisy
From: bobad
Date: 24 Feb 18 - 09:39 PM

She may be barely literate but she probably knows how to use spell check.

Subject: RE: Songs About Hypocrisy
From: GUEST,Bo Jo
Date: 24 Feb 18 - 09:49 PM

Spell Check? That's why she's barely literate.

Subject: RE: Songs About Hypocrisy
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 24 Feb 18 - 09:50 PM

Look to old political songs, anti-war songs, protest songs.

Subject: RE: Songs About Hypocrisy
From: bobad
Date: 24 Feb 18 - 09:54 PM

Spell Check? That's why she's barely literate.

At least she knows how to use the right tool for the job, unlike the OP.

Subject: RE: Songs About Hypocrisy
From: GUEST,Gerry
Date: 25 Feb 18 - 05:25 AM

S-A-V-E-D comes to mind.

Subject: RE: Songs About Hypocrisy
From: Joe_F
Date: 25 Feb 18 - 07:52 PM

The Reel of Stumpie:

Douce dames maun hae their bairntime borne,
Sae dinna glour sae glumpie, o

One might also go to many of Robert Burns's songs, passim.

Subject: RE: Songs About Hypocrisy
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 25 Feb 18 - 07:54 PM

Remember a tune called "The Games People Play" ?

never meaning what they say,
never saying what they mean . . .

Subject: RE: Songs About Hypocrisy
From: GUEST,Morris-ey
Date: 26 Feb 18 - 06:09 AM

Palaces of Gold, Leon Rosselson.

Subject: RE: Songs About Hypocrisy
From: Pete from seven stars link
Date: 27 Feb 18 - 03:09 PM

Hopper Valley PTA

Subject: RE: Songs About Hypocrisy
From: GUEST,Jim
Date: 27 Feb 18 - 10:41 PM

Let That Liar Alone - The Carter Family and many others (I first heard it by Hazel and Alice).

Subject: RE: Songs About Hypocrisy
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 28 Feb 18 - 02:23 AM

The preacher and the slave.

DtG

Subject: RE: Songs About Hypocrisy
From: Joe Offer
Date: 28 Feb 18 - 03:53 AM

How about "Careless Love"?

Subject: RE: Songs About Hypocrisy
From: Pete from seven stars link
Date: 28 Feb 18 - 05:25 AM

The atheist and the bear !