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Line 1: − There are many brilliant—and popular—conservative songs. Here is our growing list (click under "Billboard Rank" to list the most popular first):+ − − {| class="wikitable sortable" − |- − !Songs "Classic" − !Artist − !Comments − !Billboard Rank − !Category − |- − |''Living In America'' − |[[James Brown]] − |Song that espouses the virtues of, and pride in, living in the United States. Appears in the movie "Rocky IV" and on the film's soundtrack. − |NA − |Classic/R&B/Funk − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sEqzEgDZ0g "Ain't I Right"] − |[[Marty Robbins]] − |Song against communism and socialism. − |NA − |Classic/Folk − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT88jBAoVIM ''Amazing Grace''] − |[[John Newton]] − |A Christian hymn published in 1779. − |NA − |Classic/Spiritual − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3S7mlRYL-8 America] − |Neil Diamond − |Freedom, Liberty, Patriotism − |8 − |Classic/Pop − |- − |''America USA'' − |Joey Sudyka − |Not very well known, perhaps, but a good patriotic song. − |NA − |Classic/Pop − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErPywgiMb4k ''Angry Young Man''] − |[[Billy Joel]] − |The doctrinaire leftist radical with "his fist in the air and his head in the sand" comes in for biting criticism. − |NA − |Classic/Pop − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4eonyfRet8&feature=related ''Back in the U.S.A.''] − |[[Chuck Berry]] − |A patriotic song about missing life in the U.S.A. − |Sixteen − |Classic/Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y5GDvN9_OE ''Ballad of the Green Berets''] − |Sergeant Barry Sadler − |Pro-American and pro-military. − |1 − |Classic/Traditional − |- − |[http://youtu.be/r5Q8Xa0bPy8''Battle Hymn of the Republic''] − |[[Lee Greenwood]] − |"As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free." − |NA − |Classic/Traditional − |- − |''Bus Stop'' − |The Hollies − |Pro-[[chivalry]], pro-romance and pro-marriage: "Someday my name and hers are going to be the same." − |5 − |Classic − |- − |[http://youtu.be/cMfrLFirGWc ''Chapel of Love''] − |Dixie Cups − |Marriage in a church − |1 − |Classic/Pop − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIF4U_QFSxQ ''Chores''] − |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]]! − |NA − |Classic/Traditional − |- − |''Country Trash'' − |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" − |NA − |Classic/Country − |- − |[http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Crying-in-the-Chapel-lyrics-Elvis-Presley/E547D833F0BBFADF48256874002B3358 ''Crying In The Chapel''] − |[[Elvis Presley]] − |Pro-marriage − |1 − |Classic − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruNrdmjcNTc&ob=av2n''Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American)''] − |[[Toby Keith]] − |A patriotic response to the Sept. 11 attacks − |1 (Hot Country Songs) − |Classic/Country − |- − |''D-I-V-O-R-C-E'' − |[[Tammy Wynette]] − |This sad song was a huge hit in 1968. − |1 − |Classic/Country − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38oeBgvbMYA ''Don't Let 'Em Take Your Gun''] − |Grand Funk Railroad − |A father gives his son some sage advice. − |NA − |Classic/Rock − |- − |[http://youtu.be/v9BtLRWbkmA ''Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)''] − |Fleetwood Mac − |Used by Bill Clinton as his campaign theme song in 1992, but liberals often try to appeal to conservative themes for elections. − |3 − |Classic/Rock − |- − |''Do You Hear the People Sing'' − |Claude-Michel Schönberg − |Standing up to government in the name of freedom, from the musical ''Les Miserables'' − |NA − |Classic − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np0solnL1XY ''Free Bird''] − |Lynyrd Skynyrd − |Because [[Conservatives]] want a free country, and [[liberals]] are in love with [[communism]]. − |Nineteen − |Classic/Rock − |- − |[http://youtu.be/5Jxnt-QY-j4 ''Game of Love''] − |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.'" − |1 − |Classic/Pop − |- − |''Get a Job'' − |The Silhouettes − |Self-explanatory; a rebuke to lazy [[liberals]] who want to sit around and wait for government handouts. − |1 − |Classic − |- − |[http://youtu.be/4ZEE8utquP8 ''Get it Right the First Time''] − |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. − |NA − |Classic − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzU2iJ9qfXg ''Gimme Back My Bullets''] − |[[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] − |The name says it all. − |NA − |Classic/Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z5hD38Bs8Y''God Bless America''] − |Irving Berlin − |American patriotic, classic song. − |NA − |Classic/Traditional − |- − |''God and Guns'' − |[[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] − |A powerful new song that elaborates on the song title. − |NA − |Classic/Country − |- − |[http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/proudtobeamerican.html ''God Bless the USA''] − |Lee Greenwood − | − |7 (Hot Country) − |Classic/Country − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5EfwBWgg0&feature=related ''Go Down Moses''] − |[[Louis Armstrong]] − | − |NA − |Classic/Spiritual − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IStlBOX9F4o ''God's Gonna Cut You Down''] − | − |"Go tell that long tongue liar, go and tell that midnight rider, tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter, tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down" − |NA − |Classic/Traditional − |- − |[http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/jones-george/gods-gonna-get-cha-for-that-6638.html ''God's Gonna Get 'Cha For That''] − |Tammy Wynette & George Jones − |You cannot escape God's gaze, no matter who you are − |25 − |Classic − |- − |[http://youtu.be/EgkBx8csEws ''Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road''] − |[[Elton John]] − |The same message as the [[Prodigal Son]]: look objectively at our own lives, and realize that "I should have listened to my old man." − |2 − |Classic − |- − |[http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/serve.html ''Gotta Serve Somebody''] − |[[Bob Dylan]] − |"It may be the devil or it may be the Lord." − |24 − |Classic/Folk − |- − |[http://www.ixlyrics.com/CLIVE-DUNN/GRANDAD.html ''Grandad''] − |Clive Dunn − |UK Number 1 hit, in praise of senior citizens and their values − |Classic − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZVPv9B-ZlM ''Government Cheese''] − |The Rainmakers − |Humorous spoof of welfare. − |NA − |Classic − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6yLQRF-cEU&ob=av2nHave You Forgotten?] − |Darryl Worley − |Patriotic response to [[September 11, 2001 attacks]]<ref>http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=15568</ref> − |1 (US Country) − |Classic/Country − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1KtScrqtbc "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"] − |Hollies − |Repeats the slogan of the 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 − |Classic − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0heL2Czeraw ''I Am America''] − |Krista Branch − |American [[Tea Party Movement]] Song − |NA − |Classic − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u0wwCfoJ4 ''I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)''] − |The Crickets − |Its title says it all. The version by ''The Clash'' has a particularly good tempo. − |9 (Bobby Fuller Four version) − |Classic − |- − |[http://youtu.be/OtZ5YsvREi4 ''In America''] − |The [[Charlie Daniels]] Band − |Patriotism makes a comeback in response to the Iran hostage crisis and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. − |Eleven − |Classic/Country − |- − |''I Saw The Light'' − |Hank Williams − |Redemption of sin through faith. − |NA − |Classic/Country − |- − |''It's America'' − |Rodney Atkins − |Celebrates the American spirit and all the good things about the United States. − |1 (US Country) − |Classic/Country − |- − |[http://www.justsomelyrics.com/767663/McCarthy-Keep-an-Open-Mind-or-Else-Lyrics ''Keep an Open Mind or Else''] − |McCarthy − |About the conservative value of keeping an [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|open mind]]. − |NA − |Classic/Pop − |- − |''Last Kiss'' − |Wayne Cochran and the C.C. Riders − |"Oh where oh where can my baby be; The Lord took her away from me; She's gone to heaven so I got to be good; So I can see my baby when." − |2 (J. Frank Wilson version) − |Classic − |- − |[http://youtu.be/BvPugOWeZiA ''Let It Be''] − |[[The Beatles]] − |Very popular in Russia under the Soviets − |1 − |Classic − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-1_d6bbM1I ''My Love''] − |[[Petula Clark]] − |A Christian love in secular form. − |1 − |Classic − |- − |[http://youtu.be/kD5M_i6JceU ''Neighborhood Bully''] − |[[Bob Dylan]] − |Israel's right to exist and defend itself. − |NA − |Classic/Folk − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kZ0pA9REyU ''No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed''] − |Richie Havens (Covered by Yes) − |"...I know your cross is heavier With every step Every step But I know a man who'd walk miles for you..." − |NA − |Classic/Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdZTKvNXxPA "Nothing Like You"] − |[[Miles Davis]] and Bob Dorough − |Celebrates the sight of ones beloved - Isaiah 43:4 − |NA − |Classic − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iYY2FQHFwE ''Okie From Muskogee''] − |[[Merle Haggard]] − |Anti-drug and anti-hippie; a song about praising the traditional American values in Mid-America. Was written in response to the Vietnam War protests and counter-culture movement. − |1 (Billboard Hot Country) − |Classic − |- − |''People Get Ready'' − |Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions − |An all-time classic song about the glory of the [[Lord]]. − |3 − |Classic/Spiritual − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6XZDb045xU ''Red White & Blue (Love It or Leave)''] − |[[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] − |"It was all based around this somewhat Utopian view of the world. The idea was that music would lift man up to a higher plane, and that world leaders, if they were able |to sit down on some big grassy knoll where the sun was shining and hear music..." Tom Johnston of LS − |27 − |Classic/Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2lRcxlYx40''Renegade''] − |[[Steppenwolf]] − |[[John Kay]]'s childhood escape from Communist [[East Germany]]. − |NA − |Classic/Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FOUqQt3Kg0''Respect''] − |Aretha Franklin − |This song is about respecting woman and their choices to be equal members in society. − |1 − |Classic/Soul − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBohsCG8emk ''Simple Man''] − |[[Charlie Daniels]] − |A song about how drugs and poor politics are a result of people putting their bibles down. Also a strongly pro death penalty song. − |Twelve − |Classic/Country/Rock − |- − |[http://youtu.be/RCqxq6xqoXI ''Sin City''] − |The Flying Burrito Brothers − |Attacks modern decadence and predicts divine punishment for sin. − |NA − |Classic/Country − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPPlGFh6OpQ ''Spirit In The Sky''] − |Norman Greenbaum − |A religious rock song written in 1969. − |3 − |Classic − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwBirf4BWew ''Stand By Your Man''] − |[[Tammy Wynette]] − |Don't expect [[feminists]] to like that one! Or [[Hillary Clinton]]! − |1 (Hot Country Singles) − |Classic/Country − |- − |''Star Spangled Banner'' − |Francis Scott Key − |The American national anthem. − |NA − |Classic/Traditional − |- − |''Starting All Over Again'' − |[[Petula Clark]] − |Keep moving onward, even in the most difficult of times. − |NA − |Classic/Traditional − |- − |''Stayin' Alive'' − |[[The Bee Gees]] − |Pro-people and pro-staying alive, and this: "we can try to understand/the [[New York Times]]' effect on man." − |1 − |Classic/Pop − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgrQST6VlnQ "Stay With Me"] − |[[Frank Sinatra]] − |Beautiful song of Christian faith. − |NA − |Classic − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKdAVYKYZfo''Storm the Embassy''] − |The Stray Cats − |Another conservative song about the Iran hostage crisis. "Fifteen man taken captive in a hostile foreign land/Scorchin' sun beaming down onto miles and miles of sand..." − |NA − |Classic/Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCXiuqJ1E6g ''Supper's Ready''] − |[[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] − |''There's an angel standing in the sun, and he's crying with a loud voice, "This is the supper of the mighty one", Lord of Lords, King of Kings, Has returned to lead his |children home, To take them to the new Jerusalem.'' − |NA − |Classic/Rock − |- − |''Sympathy for the Devil'' − |The Rolling Stones − |Reminds humanity that evil is present in the world and needs to be fought. − |NA − |Classic/Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukUL_I14GPw''Take Me Home, Country Roads''] − |John Denver − |Celebrates Southern country landscape and traditions. − |2 − |Classic/Folk − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maz9ddxEQnM ''Taxman''] − |[[The Beatles]] − |George Harrison said, "Taxman was when I first realized that even though we had started earning money, we were actually giving most of it away in taxes." − |NA − |Classic/Rock − |- − |[http://youtu.be/p6q9nBusrq8 ''That Smell''] − |[[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] − |A very strong anti-drug use song by America's most well-known Southern rock band. − |NA − |Classic/Country/Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeWZhuzFMM8 ''The Ascent of Stan''] − |[[Ben Folds]] − |Tells the story of a former "textbook hippie man" who realizes that he has become everything that he was protesting against. − |NA − |Classic − |- − |[http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=6547 ''The Devil Went Down To Georgia''] − |[[Charlie Daniels]] − |A deeper message here, as Daniels explains. − |3 − |Classic/Country − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHAFmFsb9XM&feature=related ''The Fightin' Side of Me''] − |Merle Haggard − |A song about patriotism and standing up for [[America]]. − |1 (Hot Country Singles) − |Classic/Country − |- − |[http://youtu.be/fHvf20Y6eoM ''Turn, Turn, Turn''] − |The Byrds − |An almost word-for-word direct quotation from the [[Bible]], specifically [[Ecclesiastes]], with the addition of the refrain "Turn, Turn, Turn". − |1 − |Classic/Folk − |- − |[http://youtu.be/C68J1tJM6vU ''Unborn Child''] − |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. − |66 − |Classic/Folk − |- − |''Union Sundown'' − |Bob Dylan − |The title says it all. − |NA − |Classic/Folk − |- − |''Way Out Here'' − |Josh Thompson − |"Our house is all protected by the good Lord and a Gun", and "We wont take a dime if we aint earned it, when it comes to weight, brother we pull our own". It is pro gun |ownership, the Lord, and hard work. Also preaches the morals and ethics that are known from small towns. − |Fifteen (US Country) − |Classic/Country − |- − |''We Must Take America Back'' − |Steve Vaus − |Became an underground country music hit in 1992 after RCA dropped him and took the album out of print due to the political lyrics. − |NA − |Classic/Country − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nElc2vMU-b0 ''When You Love A Woman''] − |Journey − |True love from the heart − |Twelve − |Classic/Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw5RkzbHb-w ''You Can't Hurry Love (You Just Have to Wait)''] − |The Supremes − |Abstinence for rock fans. Also performed by Phil Collins. − |1 − |Classic − |- − |[http://youtu.be/lnk8SKD9zcA''You Light Up My Life''] − |Debby Boone − |One of the biggest hits ever, but [[liberals]] omit that this song is about [[Jesus]]. − |1 − |Classic − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2UE5g72s0o ''Yours Is No Disgrace''] − |[[Yes]] − |Written to, and about, the troops headed for Vietnam. − |NA − |Classic/Rock − |- − − !Songs "Rock" − !Artist − !Comments − !Billboard Rank − !Category − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVsZap7WBm8 ''All In''] − |Lifehouse − |Describes a relationship with God as being full of commitment and without reservations. − |NA − |Rock − |- − |[http://youtu.be/bHpw6CzprNY ''Bad Rap (Who You Tryin' To Kid, Kid?)''] − |Steve Taylor − |Takes aim at LA and NY hipsters, the Village Voice, abortion, and "the left-wing band with their head in the sand". − |NA − |Rock − |- − |[http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=sex+pistols''Bodies''] − |The Sex Pistols − |Profane but graphically anti-abortion. − |NA − |Rock − |- − |''Critical Acclaim'' − |Avenged Sevenfold − |Pro-America and pro-Military. − |NA − |Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVOEoo1oXBs ''Declaration Day''] − |Iced Earth − |A song about the Revolutionary War. − |NA − |Rock − |- − |[http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/pearl+jam/dissident_20106414.html ''Dissident''] − |Pearl Jam − |About a woman who engages in [[liberal values]] by being impregnated out of wedlock and having an abortion, but immediately regrets doing so. − |3 − |Rock − |- − |[http://youtu.be/K5N2WJ1szHE ''Father of Mine''] − |Everclear − |A reminder of the importance of good parenting. Everclear singer Art Alexakis wrote much of his material from his own perspective of a troubled childhood. At the end of |the song, Alexakis promises to be a better father than his own had been. − |4 − |Rock − |- − |[http://youtu.be/zapGC2PrWiU ''Fair Exchange"] − |[[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] − |Warnings about totalitarian governments who want to take away your freedom in the name of utopia. Also much of their early 80s material, which has Christian lyrics. − |NA − |Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYRZt7xcwpY&feature=youtu.be "Freedom is Colorblind"] − |JoeDanMedia − |A song about how the left uses race to polarize the country. It is a conservative song that tries to unite the country. − |NA − |Rock − |- − |''Iraq No Phobia'' − |Pro-Pain − |It is a pro-American, pro-military heavy metal song about the first [[Gulf War]]: ''"Mohammed's no match for the great Uncle Sam."'' − |NA − |Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b71clnfgyts ''No Son of Mine''] − |Genesis − | − |Twelve − |Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzEhnBdOTAM "ONE TEA PARTY"] − |[[Toot Sweet]] − |This song is a metaphoric call to energize, motivate and unite the movement that we are all passionate about... the time is now to stand together, united, "AS ONE". − |NA − |Rock − |- − |[http://youtu.be/wDrRVlm5HOw "Prayer for America"] − |JoeDanMedia − |A short history lesson put to music regarding our schools and how the Bible was taught there in previous years. − |NA − |Rock − |- − |''Welcome to the Family'' − |Avenged Sevenfold − |A song about death row, although not anti-death penalty. − |8 − |Rock − |- − |[http://youtu.be/wq160PIYjHo "No Rules for Radicals"] − |JoeDanMedia − |This song highlights "rules" Saul Alinsky wrote about in his progressive-liberal book, 'Rules for Radicals'. − |NA − |Rock − |- − |''Real American'' − |Rick Derringer − |Patriotic anthem, known as [[Hulk Hogan]]'s pre-match song. − |NA − |Rock − |- − |[http://youtu.be/FAvQSkK8Z8U ''Red Barchetta''] − |[[Rush]] − |Tells the story of a future with excessive regulation, where even driving is illegal. − |NA − |Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=096LhjGNNCk ''Something For Nothing''] − |Rush − |"You can't get something for nothing, you can't have freedom for free." − |NA − |Rock − |- − |[http://youtu.be/cnijc9wNpV4 ''Sparks of the Tempest''] − |[[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] − |Warnings about totalitarian governments who want to take away your freedom in the name of utopia. Also much of their early 80s material, which has Christian lyrics. − |NA − |Rock − |- − |''Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes'' − |Kevin Ayers − |Defends the right of businessmen to choose their customers: "we don't serve strangers in blue suede shoes". − |NA − |Rock − |- − |''The Big Money'' − |Rush − |Pro-[[capitalism]] − |45 − |Rock − |- − !Songs "Spiritual" − !Artist − !Comments − !Billboard Rank − !Category − |- − |[http://youtu.be/iq10bz3PxyY ''Christmas Shoes''] − |NewSong − |A Christmas song by a Christian band. − |NA − |Spiritual − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoaH0I9UwLI ''Your Love Is Extravagant''] − |Casting Crowns − | − |NA − |Spiritual − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnnhYE1DhC4 ''What If His People Prayed''] − |Casting Crowns − | − |NA − |Spiritual − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA_H6C8iLPA ''Liberalism is a Mental Disorder''] − |The Infidel (Gregory Van Leer Jr.) with an opening from [[Michael Savage]] − |Clearly attacks [[liberal values]]. − |NA − |Rap − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h1oRP7FfBw ''Sunny Afternoon''] − |The Kinks − |About a rich man trying to enjoy the simple things in life because the Nanny-state has nearly bankrupted him. − |Fourteen − |Rock − |- − |''2+2=5 (The Lukewarm)'' − |Radiohead − |A song chastising people for accepting the mainstream medias version of events and not paying attention. − |NA − |Rock − |- − |''No Children'' − |The Mountain Goats − |A song about a marriage falling apart because the couple has no children to hold the family together. − |NA − |Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuUmLIPSasI ''God Loves My Country''] − |Balthrop, Alabama − |A song that declares that God loves America most of all. − |NA − |Folk − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zZE0SrkyNE&ob=av2n ''Where'd You Go''] − |Fort Minor − |Shows the hardship of divorce, liberal values, and the possible future of the families of our service men who could be forced to serve in Libya. − |NA − |Rap − |- − |''Patriotism'' − |Company Flow − |While containing bad language it endorses the US as a super-power. − |NA − |Rap − |- − |''Tribute'' − |Tenacious D − |Comedy single, but it's also a very popular song about overcoming Satan and alludes to many other Christian themes such as heaven and hell. − |4 − |Rock/folk − |- − |''For Martha'' − |The Smashing Pumpkins − |Being torn between the anguish of losing a lost one and the joy of knowing you will one day reunite them with in heaven − |NA − |Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDIGzzeQjaE ''Dethharmonic''] − |Dethklok − |Anti-tax − |NA − |Rock − |- − |''Get Over It'' − |The Eagles − |Written by Don Henley (who is a liberal) about his frustration of people blaming others for their own problems and believing the world owes them a favor ''"the big bad |world doesn't owe you a thing,"'' − |NA − |Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6oYX1D-0w "I Need A Dollar"] − |Aloe Blacc − |"Please Mr.Bossman I need this job more than you can know" - an excellent paean to the plights of unemployment − |NA − |Pop/Soul − |- − |[http://youtu.be/RlOQBGjkm78 "Extra Extra"] − |[[Toots Sweet]] − |Toots does a great job at making the clips entertaining as well as informative. − |NA − |Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yq8zn15EPE "Somebody Must Be Prayin' For Me] − |[[Tim McGraw]] − |Song about prayer and how it is a necessary part of everyday life. − |NA − |Spiritual/Country − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNTUADEhC8Q"The List"] − |The Right Brothers − |A song that melodically lists liberal activists. − |NA − |Rock − |- − |[http://youtu.be/8uxAT6dzKSM "We the People"] − |[[Toots Sweet]] − |A song about the Constitution and how the current administration has been abusing the beloved document we are trying to live by. − |NA − |Rock − |- − |[http://youtu.be/AA1aHrfxgEg "Shut up and Teach"] − |The Right Brothers − |Liberal indoctrination runs rampant in our schools. Song expresses the desire to stick to a non-partisan curriculum. − | NA − |Rock − |- − |[http://youtu.be/ROdsgYyheM4 "On Fire"] − |Switchfoot − |This song is about keeping the faith, in people and in our religion. − |NA − |Spiritual − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pldyz9VS2yY ''Under God''] − |[[Pat Boone]] − | − |NA − |Spiritual − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EBiei21-C8 ''King Without a Crown''] − |Matisyahu − |A Hasidic Jew raps about God as the source of happiness and salvation from the things of this world: "If you're drowning in the waters and you can't stay afloat ask |Hashem for mercy and He'll throw you a rope." − |7 (Hot Modern Rock Tracks) − |Spiritual − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl6yilkU1LI ''Fast Car''] − |Tracy Chapman − |Self-help, free market, division of labor, and a criticism of alcohol. "I know things will get better/You'll find work and I'll get promoted/We'll move out of the |shelter/Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs" − |6 − |Folk − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK9QqIzhwk ''Livin' on a Prayer''] − |Bon Jovi − |Organized labor is harmful to the welfare of workers, who turn to prayer. − |1 − |Rock − |- − |[http://youtu.be/o-z2D9lo9-8 ''Bush Was Right''] − |The Right Brothers − |Celebrating the Bush Administration's success and policies. − |NA − |Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDSK98Y2FNg "Stop Global Whining"] − |The Right Brothers − |Anti-Global Warming hoax song. − |NA − |Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqXAW2snGMI ''Capitalism''] − |Oingo Boingo − |There's nothing wrong with free enterprise. − |NA − |Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dHthaNNnds Keep On Loving You] − |REO Speedwagon − |Love overcomes infidelity "When I said that I love you I meant That I love you forever." − |1 − |Pop − |- − |[http://youtu.be/oHg5SJYRHA0 ''Sweet Home Alabama''] − |[[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] − |A response to hippie culture. Defends Southerners from stereotyped attacks by [[liberal]], Canadian rocker Neil Young. "Well, I hope Neil Young will remember/A Southern |man don't need him around anyhow." − |8 − |Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5aMMRes2u4 ''Still the One''] − |Orleans − |A tribute to fidelity in relationships. − |5 − |Pop − |- − |[http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858733660/ ''What's The Use Of Wond'rin?''] − |Amanda Palmer − |Celebrates the command: "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord." -Ephesians 5:22 − |NA − |Spiritual − |- − |[http://youtu.be/Ke-r2K0ymWc ''Lightning Crashes''] − |Live − |The joy and significance of childbirth. − |1 − |Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJprEyXMrIk''Takin' Care of Business''] − |Bachman-Turner Overdrive − |The work ethic and promoting self-employment. − |Twelve − |Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s5r2sp''Cat's In The Cradle''] − |Harry Chapin − |The importance of traditional families and responsible fatherhood. − |1 − |Folk − |- − |[http://youtu.be/bCFWyLwcR6E ''Thank You My Lord''] − |[[Petula Clark]] − |The title says it all. − |NA − |Spiritual − |- − |[http://youtu.be/7NJMTmz7pkg ''Brick''] − |Ben Folds Five − |Shows the regret involved in abortion. − |6 (Modern Rock Tracks) − |Rock − |- − |[http://youtu.be/Dw6qmYX1ny4 ''Alive''] − |P.O.D. − |About being thankful for the gift of life. − |2 (US Alternative) − |Rock − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_iNdbPvrYk ''Jesus Christ''] − |Brand New − |The singer turns to God for advice and assurance. − |30 (Hot Modern Rock Tracks − |Spiritual − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lydBPm2KRaU ''Jesus, Take The Wheel''] − |[[Carrie Underwood]] − |A gospel-themed hit from the American Idol winner. − |1 (US Country) − |Country − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPBwXKgDTdE ''Mine''] − |[[Taylor Swift]] − |Talks about how her parents stooped to [[liberal values]] and divorced, and how she doesn't want that to happen with the guy she meets, dates, and marries. − |1 (US Adult Contemporary) − |Pop/Country − |- − |- − !Songs "Rap" − !Artist − !Comments − !Billboard Rank − !Category − |- − |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v7xNSgBkum7o "Pray"] − |[[MC Hammer]] − |Working hard and giving thanks. − |2 − |Rap/Pop − |- − − |} − | − Please add your best conservative picks. − − == Debatable Whether Conservative == − − The top five in a poll of the greatest songs in the 20th century, according to the Recording Industry Association of America and the [[NEA]]: − − *''Over the Rainbow'' (Judy Garland) − *''White Christmas'' (Bing Crosby) − *''Respect'' (Aretha Franklin) − *''American Pie'' (Don McLean) − − Also questionable: − − *''Rocky Raccoon'' (Beatles) - has multiple references to Gideon's Bible − − == References == − − <references/> − [[Category:Essays]] − [[category:Music]] − 1.[[http://smartgirlpolitics.ning.com/group/support-conservative-entertainment]]http://smartgirlpolitics.ning.com/group/support-conservative-entertainment − 2.[[http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lmnorton/2011/06/07/bigdawg-spotlight-on-the-in-word-the-antidote-to-liberal-arts-political-correctness]]http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/antidote-to-liberal-arts-political-correctness − 3.[http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lmnorton/2011/05/23/bigdawg-spotlight-on-urban-funk-rocker-toots-sweet-a-conservative-sound-in-a-liberal-town/]http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/urban-funk-rocker-toots-sweet-a-conservative-sound-in-a-liberal-town/
Essay:Greatest Conservative Songs (view source)
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