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Essay:Greatest Conservative Songs (view source)
Revision as of 16:03, November 6, 2013
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|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8QLI39r0nk "Fucc the Devil"]
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8QLI39r0nk "Fucc the Devil"]
|Andrew Jackson Jihad
|[[Andrew Jackson Jihad]]
|Song about defeating the devil and the dangers of alcoholism.
|Song about defeating the devil and the dangers of alcoholism.
|NA
|NA
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|Amen
|Amen
|Kid Rock
|[[Kid Rock]]
|Talks about "Stop living off handouts and favors". Written and performed by a republican.
|Talks about "Stop living off handouts and favors". Written and performed by a republican.
|N/A
|N/A
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|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3S7mlRYL-8 America]
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3S7mlRYL-8 America]
|Neil Diamond
|[[Neil Diamond]]
|Freedom, Liberty, Patriotism
|Freedom, Liberty, Patriotism
|8
|8
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|''America USA''
|''America USA''
|Joey Sudyka
|[[Joey Sudyka]]
|Not very well known, perhaps, but a good patriotic song.
|Not very well known, perhaps, but a good patriotic song.
|NA
|NA
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|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y5GDvN9_OE ''Ballad of the Green Berets'']
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y5GDvN9_OE ''Ballad of the Green Berets'']
|Sergeant Barry Sadler
|[[Sergeant Barry Sadler]]
|Pro-American and pro-military.
|Pro-American and pro-military.
|1
|1
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|''Bus Stop''
|''Bus Stop''
|The Hollies
|[[The Hollies]]
|Pro-[[chivalry]], pro-romance and pro-marriage: "Someday my name and hers are going to be the same."
|Pro-[[chivalry]], pro-romance and pro-marriage: "Someday my name and hers are going to be the same."
|5
|5
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|[http://youtu.be/cMfrLFirGWc ''Chapel of Love'']
|[http://youtu.be/cMfrLFirGWc ''Chapel of Love'']
|Dixie Cups
|[[Dixie Cups]]
|Marriage in a church
|Marriage in a church
|1
|1
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|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIF4U_QFSxQ ''Chores'']
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIF4U_QFSxQ ''Chores'']
|Animal Collective
|[[Animal Collective]]
|"Now I've got these chores / and I'm not gonna hurt no-one" -- Hard work is praised and violence is discouraged. A scary song for [[liberals]]!
|"Now I've got these chores / and I'm not gonna hurt no-one" -- Hard work is praised and violence is discouraged. A scary song for [[liberals]]!
|NA
|NA
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|''Country Trash''
|''Country Trash''
|Johnny Cash
|[[Johnny Cash]]
|In a comedic way, the song praises the small town conservative virtues of the people looked down upon by big city liberals as "Country trash"
|In a comedic way, the song praises the small town conservative virtues of the people looked down upon by big city liberals as "Country trash"
|NA
|NA
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|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkGZKOgfOi4 ''Dawn of Correction'']
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkGZKOgfOi4 ''Dawn of Correction'']
|The Spokesmen
|[[The Spokesmen]]
|Conservative response to the liberal anti-war song ''Eve of Destruction'', many of the lyrics directly counter statements in that song. Opening lines are "The western world has a common dedication/To keep free people from red domination".
|Conservative response to the liberal anti-war song ''Eve of Destruction'', many of the lyrics directly counter statements in that song. Opening lines are "The western world has a common dedication/To keep free people from red domination".
|36
|36
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|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38oeBgvbMYA ''Don't Let 'Em Take Your Gun'']
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38oeBgvbMYA ''Don't Let 'Em Take Your Gun'']
|Grand Funk Railroad
|[[Grand Funk Railroad]]
|A father gives his son some sage advice.
|A father gives his son some sage advice.
|NA
|NA
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|[http://youtu.be/v9BtLRWbkmA ''Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)'']
|[http://youtu.be/v9BtLRWbkmA ''Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)'']
|Fleetwood Mac
|[[Fleetwood Mac]]
|Used by Bill Clinton as his campaign theme song in 1992, but liberals often try to appeal to conservative themes for elections.
|Used by Bill Clinton as his campaign theme song in 1992, but liberals often try to appeal to conservative themes for elections.
|3
|3
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|''Do You Hear the People Sing''
|''Do You Hear the People Sing''
|Claude-Michel Schönberg
|[[Claude-Michel Schönberg]]
|Standing up to government in the name of freedom, from the musical ''Les Miserables''
|Standing up to government in the name of freedom, from the musical ''Les Miserables''
|NA
|NA
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| ''Game of Love''
| ''Game of Love''
|Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders
|[[Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders]]
|"The purpose of a man is to love a woman, and the purpose of a woman is to love a man... It started long ago in the Garden of Eden when Adam said to Eve 'Baby, you're for me.'"
|"The purpose of a man is to love a woman, and the purpose of a woman is to love a man... It started long ago in the Garden of Eden when Adam said to Eve 'Baby, you're for me.'"
|1
|1
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|''Get a Job''
|''Get a Job''
|The Silhouettes
|[[The Silhouettes]]
|Self-explanatory; a rebuke to lazy [[liberals]] who want to sit around and wait for government handouts.
|Self-explanatory; a rebuke to lazy [[liberals]] who want to sit around and wait for government handouts.
|1
|1
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|''Get it Right the First Time''
|''Get it Right the First Time''
|Louisiana's LeRoux
|[[Louisiana's LeRoux]]
|Wealthy Georgia politician is placed in high office and turns out to be a puppet with no ideas of his own. Released in 1980 when Jimmy Carter was up for re-election.
|Wealthy Georgia politician is placed in high office and turns out to be a puppet with no ideas of his own. Released in 1980 when Jimmy Carter was up for re-election.
|NA
|NA
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|''Glory Hallelujah''
|''Glory Hallelujah''
|Frank Turner
|[[Frank Turner]]
|Rejects those who say there is no God, insisting that never was the case
|Rejects those who say there is no God, insisting that never was the case
|NA
|NA
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|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z5hD38Bs8Y''God Bless America'']
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z5hD38Bs8Y''God Bless America'']
|Irving Berlin
|[[Irving Berlin]]
|American patriotic, classic song.
|American patriotic, classic song.
|NA
|NA
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|[http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/proudtobeamerican.html ''God Bless the USA'']
|[http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/proudtobeamerican.html ''God Bless the USA'']
|Lee Greenwood
|[[Lee Greenwood]]
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|7 (Hot Country)
|7 (Hot Country)
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|[http://www.ixlyrics.com/CLIVE-DUNN/GRANDAD.html ''Grandad'']
|[http://www.ixlyrics.com/CLIVE-DUNN/GRANDAD.html ''Grandad'']
|Clive Dunn
|[[Clive Dunn]]
|UK Number 1 hit, in praise of senior citizens and their values
|UK Number 1 hit, in praise of senior citizens and their values
|Classic
|Classic
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|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZVPv9B-ZlM ''Government Cheese'']
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZVPv9B-ZlM ''Government Cheese'']
|The Rainmakers
|[[The Rainmakers]]
|Humorous spoof of welfare.
|Humorous spoof of welfare.
|NA
|NA
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|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6yLQRF-cEU&ob=av2nHave You Forgotten?]
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6yLQRF-cEU&ob=av2nHave You Forgotten?]
|Darryl Worley
|[[Darryl Worley]]
|Patriotic response to [[September 11, 2001 attacks]]<ref>http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=15568</ref>
|Patriotic response to [[September 11, 2001 attacks]]<ref>http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=15568</ref>
|1 (US Country)
|1 (US Country)
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|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1KtScrqtbc "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"]
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1KtScrqtbc "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"]
|Hollies
|[[Hollies]]
|Repeats the slogan of Boys Town, a Christian charity for youngsters founded by Father Edward J. Flanagan in Omaha<ref>http://www.boystown.org/about/father-edward-|j-|flanagan</ref>
|Repeats the slogan of Boys Town, a Christian charity for youngsters founded by Father Edward J. Flanagan in Omaha<ref>http://www.boystown.org/about/father-edward-|j-|flanagan</ref>
|NA
|NA
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|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0heL2Czeraw ''I Am America'']
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0heL2Czeraw ''I Am America'']
|Krista Branch
|[[Krista Branch]]
|American [[Tea Party Movement]] Song
|American [[Tea Party Movement]] Song
|NA
|NA
|-
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|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u0wwCfoJ4 ''I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)'']
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u0wwCfoJ4 ''I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)'']
|The Crickets
|[[The Crickets]]
|Its title says it all. The version by ''The Clash'' has a particularly good tempo.
|Its title says it all. The version by ''The Clash'' has a particularly good tempo.
|9 (Bobby Fuller Four version)
|9 (Bobby Fuller Four version)
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|''I Saw The Light''
|''I Saw The Light''
|Hank Williams
|[[Hank Williams]]
|Redemption of sin through faith.
|Redemption of sin through faith.
|NA
|NA
|-
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|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHAFmFsb9XM&feature=related ''The Fightin' Side of Me'']
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHAFmFsb9XM&feature=related ''The Fightin' Side of Me'']
|Merle Haggard
|[[Merle Haggard]]
|A song about patriotism and standing up for [[America]].
|A song about patriotism and standing up for [[America]].
|1 (Hot Country Singles)
|1 (Hot Country Singles)
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|[http://youtu.be/fHvf20Y6eoM ''Turn, Turn, Turn'']
|[http://youtu.be/fHvf20Y6eoM ''Turn, Turn, Turn'']
|The Byrds
|[[The Byrds]]
|An almost word-for-word direct quotation from the [[Bible]], specifically [[Ecclesiastes]], with the addition of the refrain "Turn, Turn, Turn".
|An almost word-for-word direct quotation from the [[Bible]], specifically [[Ecclesiastes]], with the addition of the refrain "Turn, Turn, Turn".
|1
|1
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|[http://youtu.be/C68J1tJM6vU ''Unborn Child'']
|[http://youtu.be/C68J1tJM6vU ''Unborn Child'']
|Seals and Crofts
|[[Seals and Crofts]]
|This pro-life song was a hit single in 1974, but for some reason gets left off the Seals and Crofts greatest hits albums.
|This pro-life song was a hit single in 1974, but for some reason gets left off the Seals and Crofts greatest hits albums.
|sixty-six
|sixty-six
|-
|-
|''Union Sundown''
|''Union Sundown''
|Bob Dylan
|[[Bob Dylan]]
|The title says it all.
|The title says it all.
|NA
|NA
|-
|-
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qcMjKxt-dE ''53rd & 3rd'']
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qcMjKxt-dE ''53rd & 3rd'']
|The Ramones
|[[The Ramones]]
|A song denouncing sodomy.
|A song denouncing sodomy.
|?
|?