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16 Jun 10 - 11:16 PM (#2929544) Subject: songs of contempt From: Thomas Stern Please let me know of songs (and who/where they are recorded) expressing contempt or abhorrence for the social and/or political structures of our day. Some examples of what I am seeking: Richard Farina - House un-American Blues Activity Dream Michelle Shocked - Ugly American Iris DeMent - Wasteland of The Free Swamp Dogg - They Crowned an Idiot King Buffy St. Marie - No No Keshagesh; Working For The Government Thanks, Thomas. |
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17 Jun 10 - 12:29 AM (#2929562) Subject: RE: songs of contempt From: Amergin Phil Ochs-Love Me I'm a Liberal. |
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17 Jun 10 - 01:16 AM (#2929576) Subject: RE: songs of contempt From: Richard Bridge Tom Robinson, Winter of '79 Coope Boyes and Simpson, (Didn't I go like ) a Lamb to the Slaughter. Greenday, American Idiot Redbone, Cherokee Nation. |
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17 Jun 10 - 01:56 AM (#2929588) Subject: RE: songs of contempt From: Valmai Goodyear Copper Family, A Song For Every Season: Hard Times of Old England Come All You Bold Britons |
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17 Jun 10 - 03:13 AM (#2929609) Subject: RE: songs of contempt From: Acorn4 McGoohan's Blues: Roy Harper (from "Folkjokeopus") The Clash: This is England |
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17 Jun 10 - 03:17 AM (#2929610) Subject: RE: songs of contempt From: Joe Offer Another Phil Ochs classic, Cops of the World |
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17 Jun 10 - 04:49 AM (#2929648) Subject: RE: songs of contempt From: VirginiaTam Chumbawamba Enough is Enough On Ebay Homophobia British Colonialism and the BBC In fact quite a lot by Chumbawamba from the early anarcho punk years to the current acoustic folk is at the very least tinged with social commentary if not rife with it. I am a follower. |
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17 Jun 10 - 12:29 PM (#2929905) Subject: RE: songs of contempt From: Amergin Small Circle of Friends is another one.....I loved Phil Ochs' biting satire....really gets the point across. I think Jello Biafra followed well in his footsteps. Jello and Mojo Nixon also recorded an updated version of Love Me I'm a Liberal. |