sirmonty: And this doesn't even go into the crazy world of country and western music that has libertarian themes.
And this doesn't even go into the crazy world of country and western music that has libertarian themes.
Marko: sirmonty: And this doesn't even go into the crazy world of country and western music that has libertarian themes. Names? We`re not all from Nashville.
Well, neither am I.
Some of the more well known "country rebels" are Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams (and his son and grandson, HW Jr. and HW III), David Allen Coe, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, etc.
You can find many "rebel" themes in some of the tunes of those guys.
sirmonty: Woody Guthrie (though more of a anarcho-syndicalist) had many songs that focused on anti-statism.
Woody Guthrie (though more of a anarcho-syndicalist) had many songs that focused on anti-statism.
sirmonty: Some of the more well known "country rebels" are Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams (and his son and grandson, HW Jr. and HW III), David Allen Coe, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, etc. You can find many "rebel" themes in some of the tunes of those guys.
Just listened to some Rebel Meets Rebel (David Allen Coe + members of Pantera) and felt compelled to mention them.
The song Cherokee Cry is really cool. Country metal at it's finest.
Talk about indian rights and wrongsSing a few more freedom songsLook to the spirit, ride the windLet's not walk that trail of tears againDigging up our sacred groundsWon't you leave the dead aloneLet the eagle fly and the buffalos roamAnd give us back our homeCherokee cry (x4)Right up front I want my freedom backI know about Geronimo's CadillacThat's how you got us on the reservationDon't talk to me about segregationDigging up our sacred groundsWon't you leave the dead aloneLet the eagle fly and the buffalos roamAnd give us back our homeCherokee cry (x4)Set me free, yeahCry, oh, cherokee cry (x4)
You also have Rush, a band with a heavy Ayn Rand influence. Check this song, called The Trees:There is unrest in the forest, There is trouble with the trees, For the maples want more sunlight And the oaks ignore their pleas. The trouble with the maples, (And they're quite convinced they're right) They say the oaks are just too lofty And they grab up all the light. But the oaks can't help their feelings If they like the way they're made. And they wonder why the maples Can't be happy in their shade. There is trouble in the forest, And the creatures all have fled, As the maples scream "Oppression!" And the oaks just shake their heads So the maples formed a union And demanded equal rights. "The oaks are just too greedy; We will make them give us light." Now there's no more oak oppression, For they passed a noble law, And the trees are all kept equal By hatchet, axe, and saw.
The Kinks are great in this area. Some good tracks are: "Yes Sir, No Sir", "Mr. Churchill Says", "Brainwashed", "20th Century Man", "Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues", "Here Come the People in Grey", and "Mountain Woman".
I am also partial to the popular "Fortunate Son" by CCR.
Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV. And you think you're so clever and class less and free. But you're still f***ing peasants as far as I can see.
There's room at the top they are telling you still. But first you must learn how to smile as you kill, if you want to be like the folks on the hill.
EDIT: Never mind
Thanks.
It's ok I'll delete it so none will be the wiser.
The only Rage Against the Machine album I have listened to is the self titled. I don't get much of a state-communist vibe from the lyrics, but there is a community spiritedness to the lyrics. Some of my favorite lyrics off the album:
"So-called facts are fraud, they want us to allege and pledge, and bow down to their God"
"The teacher stands in front of the class, but the lesson plan he can't recall. The student's eyes don't perceive the lies bouncing of every f****** wall. His composure is well kept, I guess he fears playing the fool. Complacent students sit, and listen to that BS that he learned in school"
"Yes I know my enemies, they're the teachers who taught me to fight me. Compromise, conformity, assimilation, submission, ignorance, hypocrisy, brutality, the elite. All of which are American dreams..."
"Now I've got no patience, so sick of complacence"
"If we don't take action now, we'll settle for nothing later. Settle for nothing now, and settle for nothing later."
"They load the clip in omnicolor, they pack the 9, and fire it a prime time. Sleeping gas, every home like Alcatraz, and MF lost their mind"
Anyway, I like that album.
One hundred trillion Zimbabwe dollar note
Metallica has a number of songs with an anti-war theme:
No Remorse, Fight Fire with Fire, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Battery, Disposable Heroes, Blackened
Many of their songs have intelligent lyrics, if you like that type of music (which I do).
All hip hop has a revolutionary edge, especially stuff like Dead Prez, The Coup (both marxist, sadly, but they do attack government corruption etc), Ras Kass (my favourite political rapper), Talib Kweli, Jeru tha Damaja, most 2Pac, Immortal Technique (leftist), Ice Cube, Goodie Mob...
The Roots: "they got high-powered lenses on the cameras outside/there ain't nowhere to run there ain't hardly nowhere to hide/they hear you when you're whispering so try to keep quiet" etc
The difference between libertarianism and socialism is that libertarians will tolerate the existence of a socialist community, but socialists can't tolerate a libertarian community.
Don't forget the Dead Kennedys. California Uber Alles & Holiday In Cambodia are songs that come to mind.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7lcw_downset-anger_music
anger, hostility towards the opposition....
Where there is no property there is no justice; a proposition as certain as any demonstration in Euclid
Fools! not to see that what they madly desire would be a calamity to them as no hands but their own could bring
Half-every metal song is about rebellion; most of punk as well -;)
Hmm, and what about The Wall, for the thought control bit?
Also, if you understand French, Leo Ferre (a French anarchist singer) has very very cool lyrics, nearly sounds like poetry.
San Quentin, Johnny Cash (Questioning the prison system inside a prison ):
White America, Eminem:
Use Your Fist and Not Your Mouth, Marylin Manson:
Not Ready to Make Nice, Dixie Chicks (After receiving death threats for questioning the war in Iraq...):
Citizen of the Planet, Alanis Morisette:
Try this one, just know its got cuss words in it
"The best way to bail out the economy is with liberty, not with federal reserve notes." - pairunoyd
"The vision of the Austrian must be greater than the blindness of the sheeple." - pairunoyd
Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution
I say the people of Handsworth, know thatOne hand wash the other so they saySo let's join hands my bredrenMake the way for our children (our children, our children)And their children (their children, their children)Ensuring that they get life's fair share of...Equality...Doesn't justice stand for allDoesn't justice stand for allDoesn't justice stand for all mankindWe find society putting us downCrowning us, crowning us, crowning us, crowning usA place of Evil, OH, OHHandsworth means us the Black PeopleHandsworth means us the Black PeopleWe're taiklng now. Speaking Jah Jah language!It's a long, long way we're coming fromTo send this message across, acrossIts been hidden, forbidden, concealed, unrevealedIts got to come out In the open that -BABYLON IS FALLINGBABYLON IS FALLINGIt was foolish to build It on the sandHandsworth shall stand, firm - like Jah rock- fighting backWe once beggars are now choosersNo intention to be losersStriving forward with ambitionAnd if it takes ammunitionWe rebel in Handsworth revolutionDread town, dread town, dread town,Dread town, dread town, dread town,Dread we are for a causeDeprived of many thingsExperienced phoney lawsHatred Babylon bringsWe know what we got to offerWe know what's going onDon't want no favoursCause there is still hungerInnocent convictedPoor wage, hard labourOnly Babylon prospersAnd humble sufferThey are brothers in south of AfricaOne Black represent all, all over the worldCan't bear it no longerBlessed wlththe powerOf Jah CreatorWe will get stronger
You've had all night and day toConsider and prayYou've brought fire on my head andNow you must pay.
Babylon makes the rules where my people suffer
Peter Tosh - Dem Ha Fe Get A Beatin
Do to unfavorable financial conditionsI'm unable to cope with this financial shituationIt's causing an inflation upon creationI can't stand this no longerThe wicked get strongerI can't stand this no longer, causeThe battle is gettin hotterDem ha fe get a beaten, the wickedHa fe get a beatenDem mus get a beaten, the wickedHa fe get a beatenNow that you waitedTill your back is against the wallOne step, to progress, my brother and I knowJah will help you allDem ha fe get a beatinDem mus get a beatinDem ha fe get a beatinAnd dem can't get awayI can't stand this no longerThe wicked get strongerI can't stand this no longer, causeEven cockroach get nougherDem ha fe get a beatenDem mus get a beatin, LordDem ha fe get a beatenDem mus get a beatenTell me how longMust the good suffer for the badAnd every time the good open his mouthThe bad say you musa madDem ha fe get a beaten, LordDem mus get a beatenDem ha fe get a beaten, LordAnd dem can't get awayI can't stand this no longer(Dem mus get a beaten)(Dem ha fe get a beaten)(Dem mus get a beaten)Now that you waited so longTill your back is against the wallIf you make one step to progress, I knowJah will help you allDem ha fe get a beatenDem mus get a beaten, LordDem ha fe get a beaten, dem can't get awayDem must get a beatenI can't stand this no longerThe wicked get so strongI can't stand this no longerEvery thing seem to be wrongDem ha fe get a beatenDem mus get a beatenDem ha fe get a beatenDem can't get away(Dem ha fe get a beaten)(Dem mus get a beaten)They've been reigning too longIt has been 400 long years, andI just can't get onDem ha fe get a beatenDem mus get a beaten
Lucky Dube - Taxman
I pay my gardenerTo clean up my gardenI pay my doctorTo check out da other tingI pay my lawyerTo fight for my rightsAnd I pay my bodyguardTo guard my bodyThere' s only one man I payBut I don' t know what I' m paying forI' m talking about the taxman x3Chorus: (x4)What have you done for me latelyMr taxmanYou take from the richTake from the poorYou even take from meCan' t understand it nowI pay for the policeTo err..I don' t know why'Cause if my dollar was good enoughThere wouldn' t be so much crimeIn the streetsThey tell me you' re a fat manAnd you always take andNever giveChorus till fade
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