The top 50 conservative rock songs

Bruce Fri, Jul 7, 2006 at 12:34 AM EST

I wish there were more conservative rock songs, and more

Republican Rock Stars
words and music by Dr. BLT (c)2006
http://www.drblt.net/music/repubrockstars.mp3

My dream is to make it on this list one day. According to this review, I may have a crack at it:

http://www.morethings.com/music/neil_young-drblt-let's_impeach_the_president.htm

I'm in the process of covering some of the songs on this list, like this one:

Heroes
Dr. BLT cover of David Bowie song

Okay, maybe I didn't do justice to that one, but hey, just because I'm the blogosphere's first "blog 'n' roller," doesn't mean I can nail every song I take on.

Kurt Smith Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 10:33 AM EST

You worship Brangelina and follow their every move and WE'RE stupid and out of touch?

Dixie Liberal Tue, May 30, 2006 at 01:44 PM EST

Those guys at the National Review don't understand the South very well, because their reading of the song "Sweet Home Alabama" is anachronistic. In 1976, two years after "Sweet Home Alabama" came out, the good people of Alabama voted for Jimmy Carter. Actually, every Southern state went for Carter.

Jon Swift Mon, May 29, 2006 at 09:32 AM EST

There are actually a lot of conservative rock songs. I've made a list of 50 more:
http://jonswift.blogspot.com/2006/05/50-more-conservative-rock-songs.html

Don Fri, May 26, 2006 at 04:59 PM EST

A little off topic, but...

Did anyone else think that the use of CCR's "Fortunate Son" in that patriotic Wrangler jeans ad awhile back was just plain wrong or hilariously ironic?

Jaime Fri, May 26, 2006 at 02:47 PM EST

Quoting from Samuel Coleridge makes you conservative? What the hell?

MB Fri, May 26, 2006 at 02:40 PM EST

In 2003 I attended a Springsteen & the E Street Band concert in Detroit and saw first hand the lame attempts of conservatives to bogart rock songs as their own.

In the row in front of me was a group of early 50s Springsteen fans. Throughout the show, they sang along with songs like Badlands, Born to Run, and scores of other Springsteen songs about working class men and women getting screwed over by the rich. This is the same Bruce Springsteen who asked Ronald Reagan to not use "Born in the U.S.A." on his campaign in 1984. (Talk about misunderstanding the meaning of a song!)

Twice in the Springsteen show, the Boss advocate his liberal politics: First he shouted that we should impeach the president, later he asked everyone to read Al Franken's book, "Lying Liars." Both times the middle agers in front of me yelled for the Boss to "just sing your songs, keep politics out of it."

Yes, this was on "The Rising" tour, and yes their idiotic criticism of "keep politics out of it" was aimed at the man who wrote "My Hometown."

Conservatives should stick to modern country, after all, they're the ones who can relate to a song that proudly proclaims the inability to know "the difference between Iraq and Iran."

Frowny McBeard Fri, May 26, 2006 at 02:38 PM EST

What's funnier is that a couple weeks ago one of their talking heads was talking about Neil Young's new album and how it wasn't as good as "Rockin' in the Free World," which "captured the feeling of freedom on the march in '89 and really ROCKED!"

Obviously he missed the part that went:

We got a thousand points of light
For the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler,
Machine gun hand

which was a direct attack at the then President Bush.
It's easy to paint any rock song as Conservative when you pick two lines out of the middle.

Theo Fri, May 26, 2006 at 10:02 AM EST

Rock 'n' roll is about everything conservatism is against. This is just some desperate tool at the NJ adding his own interpretation to songs that have nothing to do with them. You're not cool, you never will be, STFU.

forepac Fri, May 26, 2006 at 09:44 AM EST

The National Review posted the whole list: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NzZkNDU5MmViNzVjNzkzMDE3NzNlN2MyZjRjYTk4YjE= and it's even more out of touch than Gary made it sound.

Charlotte Fri, May 26, 2006 at 07:27 AM EST

Besides, The Pretenders were railing against what has become lately the Wal-marting of America, which is what conservatives want to achieve. That so is so liberal is is beyond the right's understanding

Charlotte Fri, May 26, 2006 at 07:25 AM EST

Ditto. The list sparks of either disingenuousness or just plain stupidity. Either way, to paraphrase #1 on the list "won't get fooled - ever."

Kate Fri, May 26, 2006 at 04:59 AM EST

Some fit but a lot are a stretch aren't they? I'm not quite sure what Bono or John Mellencamp would think about being on this list! Mellencamp seems like more of a populist than anything else; being proud of coming from a small town does not necessarily make you conservative!

Sophie Thu, May 25, 2006 at 09:17 PM EST

I have to agree. A lot of those are painfully out of context. "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" and "I Can't Drive 55" ? That's just ridiculous. And any song about divorce or abortion is clearly conservative? Even Wake Up Little Susie," by The Everly Brothers.The song is about someone who had sex with his high school girlfriend but got busted by the parents; not political at all. Same for almost every song on that list.

liberalGirl Thu, May 25, 2006 at 07:42 PM EST

Are they kidding? If it were April Fool's I think it were a joke, but then again most conservatives don't have much of a sense of humour either. It seems like they are either misinterpreting (sometimes probably on purpose) or taking out of context most of these songs. I'm sure many of these artists would probably be offended to be on this list. If conservatives want people to stop thinking that they are stupid and out of touch, they should stop making lists like this.