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Essay:Greatest Conservative Songs

2011-05-07T00:35:35Z

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There are many brilliant—and popular—conservative songs.

Here is our growing list:
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM4lDtsV-9Q "Let me call you sweetheart"] – We all know that the truly sweet women are [[conservative|conservatives]] and all the feminazis are [[liberal|liberals]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L--cqAI3IUI "Wouldn't It Be Nice"] by the [[Beach Boys]] – Pro-marriage.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw5RkzbHb-w "You Can't Hurry Love (You Just Have to Wait)"] – Abstinence for rock fans. The versions by [[The Supremes]] and Phil Collins were popular.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6yLQRF-cEU "Have You Forgotten?"] by Darryl Worley – Patriotic response to [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].<ref>http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=15568</ref>
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5aMMRes2u4 "Still the One"] by Orleans (1976) – A tribute to fidelity in relationships.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHsDa9_HSlA "Sweet Home Alabama"] by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – A response to hippie culture. Defends Southerners from stereotyped attacks by [[liberal]], Canadian rocker Neil Young.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwBirf4BWew "Stand By Your Man"] by [[Tammy Wynette]] – Don't expect [[feminists]] to like that one! Or [[Hillary Clinton]]!
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCqZ-9-lDEo "Lee Greenwood's rendition"] of [[Battle Hymn of the Republic]] – "As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dFl9OHE-8g "The Man Comes Around"] by [[Johnny Cash]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-1_d6bbM1I "My Love"] by [[Petula Clark]] – Christian love in secular form.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u0wwCfoJ4 "I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)"] by The Crickets – Its title says it all.
# "You Light Up My Life" by Debbie Boone – One of the biggest hits ever, but [[liberals]] omit that this song is about [[Jesus]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ0oCmDXrVk&mode=related&search= "Jerusalem"]. Don't let the sword sleep in the hand.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wahd2piIr4Q "Brothers In Arms"] by [[Dire Straits]] – We're fools to make war on our brothers in arms.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeWZhuzFMM8 "The Ascent of Stan"] by [[Ben Folds]] – Tells the story of a former "textbook hippie man" who realizes that he has become everything that he was protesting against.
# "Starting All Over Again" by [[Petula Clark]] – Keep moving onward, even in the most difficult of times.
# "Thank You My Lord" by [[Petula Clark]] – The title says it all.
# "Brick" by Ben Folds Five – Shows the regret involved in abortion.
# "Alive" by P.O.D – About being thankful for the gift of life.
# [http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/serve.html "Gotta Serve Somebody"] by [[Bob Dylan]] – "It may be the devil or it may be the Lord."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lydBPm2KRaU Jesus Take The Wheel]'', by [[Carrie Underwood]]. A gospel-themed hit from the American Idol winner.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPBwXKgDTdE Mine] by 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.
# "Red Barchetta" by [[Rush]] – Tells the story of a future with excessive regulation, where even driving is illegal.
# "Father of Mine" by 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.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maz9ddxEQnM The Taxman] by [[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."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4eonyfRet8&feature=related Back in the U.S.A.] by [[Chuck Berry]] – A patriotic song about missing life in the U.S.A.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZVPv9B-ZlM "Government Cheese"] by The Rainmakers – Humorous spoof of welfare.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErPywgiMb4k "Angry Young Man"] by [[Billy Joel]] – The doctrinaire leftist radical with "his fist in the air and his head in the sand" comes in for biting criticism.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzU2iJ9qfXg Gimme Back My Bullets] by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – The name says it all.
# "OMG" by Usher – He sings to God about his love for Jesus.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPPlGFh6OpQ "Spirit In The Sky"] by Norman Greenbaum.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38oeBgvbMYA "Don't Let 'Em Take Your Gun"] by Grand Funk Railroad – A father gives his son some sage advice.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=096LhjGNNCk "Something For Nothing"] by Rush – "You can't get something for nothing, you can't have freedom for free."
# "Neighborhood Bully" by [[Bob Dylan]] – Israel's right to exist and defend itself.
# "Get It Right the First Time" by Louisiana's Le Roux – 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.
# "Only The Young" by Journey – "The shadows of a golden age, a generation waits for dawn, the brave carry on, the bold and the strong". An anthem for the Reagan Generation.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2UE5g72s0o "Yours Is No Disgrace"] by [[Yes]] – Written to, and about, the troops headed for Vietnam.
# "Fair Exchange" and "Sparks of the Tempest" by [[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.
# "In America" by the [[Charlie Daniels]] Band – Patriotism makes a comeback in response to the Iran hostage crisis and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
# "Storm the Embassy" by the Stray Cats – Another conservative song about the Iran hostage crisis.
# "We Must Take America Back" by 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.
# "Renegade" by [[Steppenwolf]] – [[John Kay]]'s childhood escape from Communist [[East Germany]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqXAW2snGMI "Capitalism"] by Oingo Boingo – There's nothing wrong with free enterprise.
# "Unborn Child" by 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.
# "Bad Rap (Who You Tryin' To Kid, Kid?)" by Steve Taylor – Takes aim at LA and NY hipsters, the Village Voice, abortion, and "the left-wing band with their head in the sand".
# "Last Kiss" by 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."
# "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" by Phil Ochs – Revealing Liberal hypocrisy for what it is.
# "America USA" by Joey Sudyka – Not very well known, perhaps, but a good patriotic song.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6XZDb045xU "Red White and Blue"] by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBohsCG8emk "Simple Man"] by [[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.
# "That Smell" by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – A very strong anti-drug use song by America's most well-known Southern rock band.
# Virtually anything by Toby Keith, but especially "Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American)".
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pldyz9VS2yY "Under God"] by [[Pat Boone]].
# "Christmas Shoes" by NewSons – A Christmas song by a Christian band.
# [http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/proudtobeamerican.html "God Bless the USA"] by Lee Greenwood.
# "God Bless America" by Irving Berlin.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kZ0pA9REyU "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed"] by Yes – "...I know your cross is heavier With every step Every step But I know a man who'd walk miles for you..."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCXiuqJ1E6g "Supper's Ready"] by [[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.''
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoaH0I9UwLI "Your Love Is Extravagant"] by Casting Crowns.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnnhYE1DhC4 "What If His People Prayed"] by Casting Crowns.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EBiei21-C8 "King Without a Crown"] by 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."
# "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver (and others) – Celebrates Southern country landscape and traditions.
# "Sin City" by the Flying Burrito Brothers – Attacks modern decadence and predicts divine punishment for sin.
# "I Saw the Light" by Hank Williams (and numerous cover versions) – Redemption from sin through faith.
# "No Son of Mine" by Genesis.
# "Don't Stop" (Thinking About Tomorrow) by Fleetwood Mac – Used by Bill Clinton as his campaign theme song in 1992, but liberals often try to appeal to conservative themes for elections.
# "Lightning Crashes" by Live – The joy and significance of childbirth.
# "Takin' Care of Business" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive – The work ethic and promoting self-employment.
# "Cat's In The Cradle" by Harry Chapin – The importance of traditional families and responsible fatherhood.
# [http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=6547 "The Devil Went Down To Georgia"] by [[Charlie Daniels]] – A deeper message here, as Daniels explains.
# "Big Money" by Rush - Pro-[[capitalism]]
# "Real American" by Rick Derringer – patriotic anthem, known as [[Hulk Hogan]]'s pre-match song
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1lSMXE3W8w&feature=related "Amazing Grace"] – A Christian hymn written by English poet and clergyman [[John Newton]] (1725–1807), published in 1779.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5EfwBWgg0&feature=related "Go Down Moses"] performed by [[Louis Armstrong]]; written by Sy (Arr) Oliver.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5zEP4kvfnc "Walking Contradiction"] by [[Green Day]] – Though a vocal critic of the [[Bush Administration]], here [[Green Day]] mocks the often self-contradictory and inconsistent [[liberal]] ideologies, hence the term "walking contradiction".
# "God and Guns" by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – A powerful new song that elaborates on the song title.
# "Staying Alive" by the Bee Gees – Pro-people and pro-staying alive, and this: "we can try to understand/the [[New York Times]]' effect on man."
# "Sympathy for the Devil" by the Rolling Stones – Reminds humanity that nobody is perfect and evil is present in the world and needs to be fought.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVsZap7WBm8 "All In''] by Lifehouse – Describes a relationship with God as being full of commitment and without reservations.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y5GDvN9_OE "The Ballad of the Green Berets"] by Sergeant Barry Sadler – Pro-American and pro-military.
# "Iraq No Phobia" by 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."''
# "Bus Stop" by The Hollies – Pro-romance and pro-marriage: "Someday my name and hers are going to be the same."
# "Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes" by Kevin Ayers – Defends the right of businessmen to choose their customers: "we don't serve strangers in blue suede shoes".
# "Union Sundown" by Bob Dylan – The title says it all.
# "People Get Ready" by Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions – An all-time classic song about the glory of the [[Lord]].
# "Get A Job" by The Silhouettes – Self-explanatory; a rebuke to lazy [[liberals]] who want to sit around and wait for government handouts.
# "Don't Tread on Me" by Metallica – Pretty self-explanatory meaning; speaks to [[Conservative values]].
# "Hypnotize" by System of a Down – SOAD is a rather left-ish band although this song is about liberals believing anything they see or hear in the media.
# "Gematria (The Killing Name)" by Slipknot – This song is about what the liberals of America, who can get ''very'' annoying sometimes.
# "Welcome to the Family" by Avenged Sevenfold – A song about death row, although not anti-death penalty.
# "Turn, Turn, Turn" by The Byrds – An almost word-for-word direct quotation from the [[Bible]], specifically [[Ecclesiastes]], with the addition of the periodic refrain "Turn, Turn, Turn".
# "Critical Acclaim" by Avenged Sevenfold – Pro-America and pro-Military.
# "The Star Spangled Banner" – The American national anthem.
# "YMCA" by Village People – This song gets young men excited to go to a Christian organization.
# [http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/pearl+jam/dissident_20106414.html "Dissident"] by 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.
# "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M. – A man sings to Jesus about how he is losing his faith due to the secularization of modern America.
# "Consoler of the Lonely" by The Raconteurs – A man who is spiritually lost experiences inner turmoil in his battle against the temptations of the devil.
# "The Crow and The Butterfly" by Shinedown – A metaphor for how liberals (the crow) will attack and berate those who do not agree (the butterfly).
# "More Human Than Human" by White Zombie – Satires the use of sex in the media to brainwash and dehumanize the viewer, an example of despicable [[hollywood values]].
# "Lazy" by Deep Purple – Criticizes lazy liberals and lazy, fat atheists.
# "Computer Camp Love" by Datarock – Mentions God and, more importantly, abstinence: "Her name is Judy/That’s a nice name/Yeah, she’s a nice girl/Big deal, did you get in her pants/She’s not that kind of a girl, booger"
# "The Winner Takes It All" by ABBA – A song supporting the superior electoral college system, where the winner in a state gets all of the electoral votes. This is opposing the liberal proposition that elections be based on popular vote, which stemmed from Al Gore's loss during the 2000 elections.
# "Monkey Man" by The Rolling Stones – A satire of evolution and the idea that man descended from primates.
# "Sleep Away" by Bob Acri – Bob Acri was a very conservative Christian, and with each of his songs he tried to tell the story of the immorality of liberals. This song is no exception, and is even more notable as it is one of the most widespread songs ever. In an informal survey, it was found that approximately 100% of Windows 7 users have this song in their music libraries.
# "Darling Nikki" by Foo Fighters – Satires those who do not engage in abstinence and eventually pay for it.
# "The Feel Good Drag" by Anberlin – Criticizes Islamic values, such as polygamy.
# "The Boys Are Back in Town" by Thin Lizzy – Pro-military.
# "Still Alive" by Jonathan Coulton – A sort of anthem for the perseverance and goodwill of Conservatives: "We do what we must because we can/for the good of all of us." Also about the importance of hard work to attain luxuries, such as cake, something those obese atheists sure eat a lot of (with very little hard work, I might add!).
# "Adrift" by Barenaked Ladies – A man goes insane after he "said goodbye" to his love, Jesus. Preaches the power of religion to make everyday life much easier.
# "Beautiful Disaster" by 311 – About how liberals will twist many disasters and such to fit their own agendas.
# "Mad World" by Gary Jules – Criticizes the [[liberal creep]] occurring in our everyday life, making the world quite "mad," indeed. Specifically addresses the dehumanization of public schools: "Hello teacher tell me what’s my lesson/Look right through me/Look right through me."
# "The Man Who Sold The World" by David Bowie – A Liberal President reflects on the injustices he has performed in office against the people and Jesus.
# "Hotel California" by The Eagles – Criticizes [[liberal]] [[hollywood values]] and liberal [[murder]]: "[California] could be hell... [the devil/Mel Gibson] lit... a lovely place [on fire]... in... 1969. The masters... stab[ed]... the night man."
# "Mr. Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra – Praises God and his divine guidance: "Now his hand is on your shoulder."
# "Ding Dong Song" by Gunther Levi – About the immorality of the controversies surrounding Clinton's presidency.

Please add your best conservative picks.

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Essay:Greatest Conservative Songs

2011-05-06T13:19:58Z

PatG: Added some more, enjoy!

Essay:Greatest Conservative Songs

2011-05-06T00:39:26Z

PatG: Added another 10 and fixed a link

There are many brilliant—and popular—conservative songs.

Here is our growing list:
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM4lDtsV-9Q "Let me call you sweetheart"] – We all know that the truly sweet women are [[conservative|conservatives]] and all the feminazis are [[liberal|liberals]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L--cqAI3IUI "Wouldn't It Be Nice"] by the [[Beach Boys]] – Pro-marriage.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw5RkzbHb-w "You Can't Hurry Love (You Just Have to Wait)"] – Abstinence for rock fans. The versions by [[The Supremes]] and Phil Collins were popular.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6yLQRF-cEU "Have You Forgotten?"] by Darryl Worley – Patriotic response to [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].<ref>http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=15568</ref>
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5aMMRes2u4 "Still the One"] by Orleans (1976) – A tribute to fidelity in relationships.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHsDa9_HSlA "Sweet Home Alabama"] by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – A response to hippie culture. Defends Southerners from stereotyped attacks by [[liberal]], Canadian rocker Neil Young.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwBirf4BWew "Stand By Your Man"] by [[Tammy Wynette]] – Don't expect [[feminists]] to like that one! Or [[Hillary Clinton]]!
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCqZ-9-lDEo "Lee Greenwood's rendition"] of [[Battle Hymn of the Republic]] – "As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dFl9OHE-8g "The Man Comes Around"] by [[Johnny Cash]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-1_d6bbM1I "My Love"] by [[Petula Clark]] – Christian love in secular form.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u0wwCfoJ4 "I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)"] by The Crickets – Its title says it all.
# "You Light Up My Life" by Debbie Boone – One of the biggest hits ever, but [[liberals]] omit that this song is about [[Jesus]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ0oCmDXrVk&mode=related&search= "Jerusalem"]. Don't let the sword sleep in the hand.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wahd2piIr4Q "Brothers In Arms"] by [[Dire Straits]] – We're fools to make war on our brothers in arms.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeWZhuzFMM8 "The Ascent of Stan"] by [[Ben Folds]] – Tells the story of a former "textbook hippie man" who realizes that he has become everything that he was protesting against.
# "Starting All Over Again" by [[Petula Clark]] – Keep moving onward, even in the most difficult of times.
# "Thank You My Lord" by [[Petula Clark]] – The title says it all.
# "Brick" by Ben Folds Five – Shows the regret involved in abortion.
# "Alive" by P.O.D – About being thankful for the gift of life.
# [http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/serve.html "Gotta Serve Somebody"] by [[Bob Dylan]] – "It may be the devil or it may be the Lord."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lydBPm2KRaU Jesus Take The Wheel]'', by [[Carrie Underwood]]. A gospel-themed hit from the American Idol winner.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPBwXKgDTdE Mine] by 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.
# "Red Barchetta" by [[Rush]] – Tells the story of a future with excessive regulation, where even driving is illegal.
# "Father of Mine" by 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.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maz9ddxEQnM The Taxman] by [[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."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4eonyfRet8&feature=related Back in the U.S.A.] by [[Chuck Berry]] – A patriotic song about missing life in the U.S.A.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZVPv9B-ZlM "Government Cheese"] by The Rainmakers – Humorous spoof of welfare.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErPywgiMb4k "Angry Young Man"] by [[Billy Joel]] – The doctrinaire leftist radical with "his fist in the air and his head in the sand" comes in for biting criticism.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzU2iJ9qfXg Gimme Back My Bullets] by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – The name says it all.
# "OMG" by Usher – He sings to God about his love for Jesus.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPPlGFh6OpQ "Spirit In The Sky"] by Norman Greenbaum.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38oeBgvbMYA "Don't Let 'Em Take Your Gun"] by Grand Funk Railroad – A father gives his son some sage advice.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=096LhjGNNCk "Something For Nothing"] by Rush – "You can't get something for nothing, you can't have freedom for free."
# "Neighborhood Bully" by [[Bob Dylan]] – Israel's right to exist and defend itself.
# "Get It Right the First Time" by Louisiana's Le Roux – 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.
# "Only The Young" by Journey – "The shadows of a golden age, a generation waits for dawn, the brave carry on, the bold and the strong". An anthem for the Reagan Generation.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2UE5g72s0o "Yours Is No Disgrace"] by [[Yes]] – Written to, and about, the troops headed for Vietnam.
# "Fair Exchange" and "Sparks of the Tempest" by [[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.
# "In America" by the [[Charlie Daniels]] Band – Patriotism makes a comeback in response to the Iran hostage crisis and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
# "Storm the Embassy" by the Stray Cats – Another conservative song about the Iran hostage crisis.
# "We Must Take America Back" by 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.
# "Renegade" by [[Steppenwolf]] – [[John Kay]]'s childhood escape from Communist [[East Germany]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqXAW2snGMI "Capitalism"] by Oingo Boingo – There's nothing wrong with free enterprise.
# "Unborn Child" by 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.
# "Bad Rap (Who You Tryin' To Kid, Kid?)" by Steve Taylor – Takes aim at LA and NY hipsters, the Village Voice, abortion, and "the left-wing band with their head in the sand".
# "Last Kiss" by 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."
# "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" by Phil Ochs – Revealing Liberal hypocrisy for what it is.
# "America USA" by Joey Sudyka – Not very well known, perhaps, but a good patriotic song.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6XZDb045xU "Red White and Blue"] by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBohsCG8emk "Simple Man"] by [[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.
# "That Smell" by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – A very strong anti-drug use song by America's most well-known Southern rock band.
# Virtually anything by Toby Keith, but especially "Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American)".
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pldyz9VS2yY "Under God"] by [[Pat Boone]].
# "Christmas Shoes" by NewSons – A Christmas song by a Christian band.
# [http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/proudtobeamerican.html "God Bless the USA"] by Lee Greenwood.
# "God Bless America" by Irving Berlin.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kZ0pA9REyU "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed"] by Yes – "...I know your cross is heavier With every step Every step But I know a man who'd walk miles for you..."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCXiuqJ1E6g "Supper's Ready"] by [[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.''
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoaH0I9UwLI "Your Love Is Extravagant"] by Casting Crowns.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnnhYE1DhC4 "What If His People Prayed"] by Casting Crowns.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EBiei21-C8 "King Without a Crown"] by 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."
# "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver (and others) – Celebrates Southern country landscape and traditions.
# "Sin City" by the Flying Burrito Brothers – Attacks modern decadence and predicts divine punishment for sin.
# "I Saw the Light" by Hank Williams (and numerous cover versions) – Redemption from sin through faith.
# "No Son of Mine" by Genesis.
# "Don't Stop" (Thinking About Tomorrow) by Fleetwood Mac – Used by Bill Clinton as his campaign theme song in 1992, but liberals often try to appeal to conservative themes for elections.
# "Lightning Crashes" by Live – The joy and significance of childbirth.
# "Takin' Care of Business" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive – The work ethic and promoting self-employment.
# "Cat's In The Cradle" by Harry Chapin – The importance of traditional families and responsible fatherhood.
# [http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=6547 "The Devil Went Down To Georgia"] by [[Charlie Daniels]] – A deeper message here, as Daniels explains.
# "Big Money" by Rush - Pro-[[capitalism]]
# "Real American" by Rick Derringer – patriotic anthem, known as [[Hulk Hogan]]'s pre-match song
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1lSMXE3W8w&feature=related "Amazing Grace"] – A Christian hymn written by English poet and clergyman [[John Newton]] (1725–1807), published in 1779.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5EfwBWgg0&feature=related "Go Down Moses"] performed by [[Louis Armstrong]]; written by Sy (Arr) Oliver.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5zEP4kvfnc "Walking Contradiction"] by [[Green Day]] – Though a vocal critic of the [[Bush Administration]], here [[Green Day]] mocks the often self-contradictory and inconsistent [[liberal]] ideologies, hence the term "walking contradiction".
# "God and Guns" by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – A powerful new song that elaborates on the song title.
# "Staying Alive" by the Bee Gees – Pro-people and pro-staying alive, and this: "we can try to understand/the [[New York Times]]' effect on man."
# "Sympathy for the Devil" by the Rolling Stones – Reminds humanity that nobody is perfect and evil is present in the world and needs to be fought.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVsZap7WBm8 "All In''] by Lifehouse – Describes a relationship with God as being full of commitment and without reservations.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y5GDvN9_OE "The Ballad of the Green Berets"] by Sergeant Barry Sadler – Pro-American and pro-military.
# "Iraq No Phobia" by 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."''
# "Bus Stop" by The Hollies – Pro-romance and pro-marriage: "Someday my name and hers are going to be the same."
# "Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes" by Kevin Ayers – Defends the right of businessmen to choose their customers: "we don't serve strangers in blue suede shoes".
# "Union Sundown" by Bob Dylan – The title says it all.
# "People Get Ready" by Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions – An all-time classic song about the glory of the [[Lord]].
# "Get A Job" by The Silhouettes – Self-explanatory; a rebuke to lazy [[liberals]] who want to sit around and wait for government handouts.
# "Don't Tread on Me" by Metallica – Pretty self-explanatory meaning; speaks to [[Conservative values]].
# "Hypnotize" by System of a Down – SOAD is a rather left-ish band although this song is about liberals believing anything they see or hear in the media.
# "Gematria (The Killing Name)" by Slipknot – This song is about what the liberals of America, who can get ''very'' annoying sometimes.
# "Welcome to the Family" by Avenged Sevenfold – A song about death row, although not anti-death penalty.
# "Turn, Turn, Turn" by The Byrds – An almost word-for-word direct quotation from the [[Bible]], specifically [[Ecclesiastes]], with the addition of the periodic refrain "Turn, Turn, Turn".
# "Critical Acclaim" by Avenged Sevenfold – Pro-America and pro-Military.
# "The Star Spangled Banner" – The American national anthem.
# "YMCA" by Village People – This song gets young men excited to go to a Christian organization.
# [http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/pearl+jam/dissident_20106414.html "Dissident"] by 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.
# "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M. – A man sings to Jesus about how he is losing his faith due to the secularization of modern America.
# "Consoler of the Lonely" by The Raconteurs – A man who is spiritually lost experiences inner turmoil in his battle against the temptations of the devil.
# "The Crow and The Butterfly" by Shinedown – A metaphor for how liberals (the crow) will attack and berate those who do not agree (the butterfly).
# "More Human Than Human" by White Zombie – Satires the use of sex in the media to brainwash and dehumanize the viewer, an example of despicable [[hollywood values]].
# "Lazy" by Deep Purple – Criticizes lazy liberals and lazy, fat atheists.
# "Computer Camp Love" by Datarock – Mentions God and, more importantly, abstinence: "Her name is Judy/That’s a nice name/Yeah, she’s a nice girl/Big deal, did you get in her pants/She’s not that kind of a girl, booger"
# "The Winner Takes It All" by ABBA – A song supporting the superior electoral college system, where the winner in a state gets all of the electoral votes. This is opposing the liberal proposition that elections be based on popular vote, which stemmed from Al Gore's loss during the 2000 elections.
# "Monkey Man" by The Rolling Stones – A satire of evolution and the idea that man descended from primates.
# "Sleep Away" by Bob Acri – Bob Acri was a very conservative Christian, and with each of his songs he tried to tell the story of the immorality of liberals. This song is no exception, and is even more notable as it is one of the most widespread songs ever. In an informal survey, it was found that approximately 100% of Windows 7 users have this song in their music libraries.
# "Darling Nikki" by Foo Fighters – Satires those who do not engage in abstinence and eventually pay for it.
# "The Feel Good Drag" by Anberlin – Criticizes Islamic values, such as polygamy.
# "The Boys Are Back in Town" by Thin Lizzy – Pro-military.
# "Still Alive" by Jonathan Coulton – A sort of anthem for the perseverance and goodwill of Conservatives: "We do what we must because we can/for the good of all of us." Also about the importance of hard work to attain luxuries, such as cake, something those obese atheists sure eat a lot of (with very little hard work, I might add!).
# "Adrift" by Barenaked Ladies – A man goes insane after he "said goodbye" to his love, Jesus. Preaches the power of religion to make everyday life much easier.
# "Beautiful Disaster" by 311 – About how liberals will twist many disasters and such to fit their own agendas.
# "Mad World" by Gary Jules – Criticizes the [[liberal creep]] occurring in our everyday life, making the world quite "mad," indeed. Specifically addresses the dehumanization of public schools: "Hello teacher tell me what’s my lesson/Look right through me/Look right through me."

Please add your best conservative picks.

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Essay:Greatest Conservative Songs

2011-05-06T00:06:47Z

PatG: Just "saving" so I don't lose my work. Feel free to look over what I've done thus far.

There are many brilliant—and popular—conservative songs.

Here is our growing list:
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM4lDtsV-9Q "Let me call you sweetheart"] - We all know that the truly sweet women are [[conservative]]s and all the feminazis are [[liberal]]s.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L--cqAI3IUI "Wouldn't It Be Nice"] by the [[Beach Boys]] – Pro-marriage.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw5RkzbHb-w "You Can't Hurry Love (You Just Have to Wait)"] – Abstinence for rock fans. The versions by [[The Supremes]] and Phil Collins were popular.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6yLQRF-cEU "Have You Forgotten?"] by Darryl Worley – Patriotic response to [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].<ref>http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=15568</ref>
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5aMMRes2u4 "Still the One"] by Orleans (1976) – A tribute to fidelity in relationships.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHsDa9_HSlA "Sweet Home Alabama"] by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – A response to hippie culture. Defends Southerners from stereotyped attacks by [[liberal]], Canadian rocker Neil Young.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwBirf4BWew "Stand By Your Man"] by [[Tammy Wynette]] – Don't expect [[feminists]] to like that one! Or [[Hillary Clinton]]!
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCqZ-9-lDEo "Lee Greenwood's rendition"] of [[Battle Hymn of the Republic]] – "As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dFl9OHE-8g "The Man Comes Around"] by [[Johnny Cash]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-1_d6bbM1I "My Love"] by [[Petula Clark]] – Christian love in secular form.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u0wwCfoJ4 "I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)"] by The Crickets – Its title says it all.
# "You Light Up My Life" by Debbie Boone – One of the biggest hits ever, but [[liberals]] omit that this song is about [[Jesus]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ0oCmDXrVk&mode=related&search= "Jerusalem"]. Don't let the sword sleep in the hand.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wahd2piIr4Q "Brothers In Arms"] by [[Dire Straits]] – We're fools to make war on our brothers in arms.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeWZhuzFMM8 "The Ascent of Stan"] by [[Ben Folds]] – Tells the story of a former "textbook hippie man" who realizes that he has become everything that he was protesting against.
# "Starting All Over Again" by [[Petula Clark]] – Keep moving onward, even in the most difficult of times.
# "Thank You My Lord" by [[Petula Clark]] – The title says it all.
# "Brick" by Ben Folds Five – Shows the regret involved in abortion.
# "Alive" by P.O.D – About being thankful for the gift of life.
# [http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/serve.html "Gotta Serve Somebody"] by [[Bob Dylan]] – "It may be the devil or it may be the Lord."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lydBPm2KRaU Jesus Take The Wheel]'', by [[Carrie Underwood]]. A gospel-themed hit from the American Idol winner.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPBwXKgDTdE Mine] by 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.
# "Red Barchetta" by [[Rush]] – Tells the story of a future with excessive regulation, where even driving is illegal.
# "Father of Mine" by 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.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maz9ddxEQnM The Taxman] by [[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."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4eonyfRet8&feature=related Back in the U.S.A.] by [[Chuck Berry]] – A patriotic song about missing life in the U.S.A.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZVPv9B-ZlM "Government Cheese"] by The Rainmakers – Humorous spoof of welfare.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErPywgiMb4k "Angry Young Man"] by [[Billy Joel]] – The doctrinaire leftist radical with "his fist in the air and his head in the sand" comes in for biting criticism.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzU2iJ9qfXg Gimme Back My Bullets] by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – The name says it all.
# "OMG" by Usher – He sings to God about his love for Jesus.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPPlGFh6OpQ "Spirit In The Sky"] by Norman Greenbaum.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38oeBgvbMYA "Don't Let 'Em Take Your Gun"] by Grand Funk Railroad – A father gives his son some sage advice.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=096LhjGNNCk "Something For Nothing"] by Rush – "You can't get something for nothing, you can't have freedom for free."
# "Neighborhood Bully" by [[Bob Dylan]] – Israel's right to exist and defend itself.
# "Get It Right the First Time" by Louisiana's Le Roux – 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.
# "Only The Young" by Journey – "The shadows of a golden age, a generation waits for dawn, the brave carry on, the bold and the strong". An anthem for the Reagan Generation.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2UE5g72s0o "Yours Is No Disgrace"] by [[Yes]] – Written to, and about, the troops headed for Vietnam.
# "Fair Exchange" and "Sparks of the Tempest" by [[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.
# "In America" by the [[Charlie Daniels]] Band – Patriotism makes a comeback in response to the Iran hostage crisis and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
# "Storm the Embassy" by the Stray Cats – Another conservative song about the Iran hostage crisis.
# "We Must Take America Back" by 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.
# "Renegade" by [[Steppenwolf]] – [[John Kay]]'s childhood escape from Communist [[East Germany]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqXAW2snGMI "Capitalism"] by Oingo Boingo – There's nothing wrong with free enterprise.
# "Unborn Child" by 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.
# "Bad Rap (Who You Tryin' To Kid, Kid?)" by Steve Taylor – Takes aim at LA and NY hipsters, the Village Voice, abortion, and "the left-wing band with their head in the sand".
# "Last Kiss" by 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."
# "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" by Phil Ochs – Revealing Liberal hypocrisy for what it is.
# "America USA" by Joey Sudyka – Not very well known, perhaps, but a good patriotic song.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6XZDb045xU "Red White and Blue"] by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBohsCG8emk "Simple Man"] by [[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.
# "That Smell" by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – A very strong anti-drug use song by America's most well-known Southern rock band.
# Virtually anything by Toby Keith, but especially "Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American)".
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pldyz9VS2yY "Under God"] by [[Pat Boone]].
# "Christmas Shoes" by NewSons – A Christmas song by a Christian band.
# [http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/proudtobeamerican.html "God Bless the USA"] by Lee Greenwood.
# "God Bless America" by Irving Berlin.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kZ0pA9REyU "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed"] by Yes – "...I know your cross is heavier With every step Every step But I know a man who'd walk miles for you..."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCXiuqJ1E6g "Supper's Ready"] by [[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.''
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoaH0I9UwLI "Your Love Is Extravagant"] by Casting Crowns.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnnhYE1DhC4 "What If His People Prayed"] by Casting Crowns.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EBiei21-C8 "King Without a Crown"] by 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."
# "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver (and others) – Celebrates Southern country landscape and traditions.
# "Sin City" by the Flying Burrito Brothers – Attacks modern decadence and predicts divine punishment for sin.
# "I Saw the Light" by Hank Williams (and numerous cover versions) – Redemption from sin through faith.
# "No Son of Mine" by Genesis.
# "Don't Stop" (Thinking About Tomorrow) by Fleetwood Mac – Used by Bill Clinton as his campaign theme song in 1992, but liberals often try to appeal to conservative themes for elections.
# "Lightning Crashes" by Live – The joy and significance of childbirth.
# "Takin' Care of Business" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive – The work ethic and promoting self-employment.
# "Cat's In The Cradle" by Harry Chapin – The importance of traditional families and responsible fatherhood.
# [http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=6547 "The Devil Went Down To Georgia"] by [[Charlie Daniels]] – A deeper message here, as Daniels explains.
# "Big Money" by Rush - Pro-[[capitalism]]
# "Real American" by Rick Derringer – patriotic anthem, known as [[Hulk Hogan]]'s pre-match song
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1lSMXE3W8w&feature=related "Amazing Grace"] – A Christian hymn written by English poet and clergyman [[John Newton]] (1725–1807), published in 1779.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5EfwBWgg0&feature=related "Go Down Moses"] performed by [[Louis Armstrong]]; written by Sy (Arr) Oliver.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5zEP4kvfnc "Walking Contradiction"] by [[Green Day]] – Though a vocal critic of the [[Bush Administration]], here [[Green Day]] mocks the often self-contradictory and inconsistent [[liberal]] ideologies, hence the term "walking contradiction".
# "God and Guns" by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – A powerful new song that elaborates on the song title.
# "Staying Alive" by the Bee Gees – Pro-people and pro-staying alive, and this: "we can try to understand/the [[New York Times]]' effect on man."
# "Sympathy for the Devil" by the Rolling Stones – Reminds humanity that nobody is perfect and evil is present in the world and needs to be fought.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVsZap7WBm8 "All In''] by Lifehouse – Describes a relationship with God as being full of commitment and without reservations.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y5GDvN9_OE "The Ballad of the Green Berets"] by Sergeant Barry Sadler – Pro-American and pro-military.
# "Iraq No Phobia" by 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."''
# "Bus Stop" by The Hollies – Pro-romance and pro-marriage: "Someday my name and hers are going to be the same."
# "Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes" by Kevin Ayers – Defends the right of businessmen to choose their customers: "we don't serve strangers in blue suede shoes".
# "Union Sundown" by Bob Dylan – The title says it all.
# "People Get Ready" by Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions – An all-time classic song about the glory of the [[Lord]].
# "Get A Job" by The Silhouettes – Self-explanatory; a rebuke to lazy [[liberals]] who want to sit around and wait for government handouts.
# "Don't Tread on Me" by Metallica – Pretty self-explanatory meaning; speaks to [[Conservative values]].
# "Hypnotize" by System of a Down – SOAD is a rather left-ish band although this song is about liberals believing anything they see or hear in the media.
# "Gematria (The Killing Name)" by Slipknot – This song is about what the liberals of America, who can get ''very'' annoying sometimes.
# "Welcome to the Family" by Avenged Sevenfold – A song about death row, although not anti-death penalty.
# "Turn, Turn, Turn" by The Byrds – An almost word-for-word direct quotation from the [[Bible]], specifically [[Ecclesiastes]], with the addition of the periodic refrain "Turn, Turn, Turn".
# "Critical Acclaim" by Avenged Sevenfold – Pro-America and pro-Military.
# "The Star Spangled Banner" – The American national anthem.
# "YMCA" by Village People – This song gets young men excited to go to a Christian organization.
# [http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/pearl+jam/dissident_20106414.html "Dissident"] by 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.
# "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M. – A man sings to Jesus about how he is losing his faith due to the secularization of modern America.
# "Consoler of the Lonely" by The Raconteurs – A man who is spiritually lost experiences inner turmoil in his battle against the temptations of the devil.
# "The Crow and The Butterfly" by Shinedown – A metaphor for how liberals (the crow) will attack and berate those who do not agree (the butterfly).
# "More Human Than Human" by White Zombie – Satires the use of sex in the media to brainwash and dehumanize the viewer, an example of despicable [[hollywood values]].
# "Lazy" by Deep Purple – Criticizes lazy liberals and lazy, fat atheists.
# "Computer Camp Love" by Datarock – Mentions God and, more importantly, abstinence: "Her name is Judy/That’s a nice name/Yeah, she’s a nice girl/Big deal, did you get in her pants/She’s not that kind of a girl, booger"

Please add your best conservative picks.

== References ==

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