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Essay:Greatest Conservative Songs (view source)

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Here is our growing list:

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#''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L--cqAI3IUI Wouldn't It Be Nice]'', by the [[Beach Boys]]. Pro-marriage.

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#"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L--cqAI3IUI Wouldn't It Be Nice]," by the [[Beach Boys]]. Pro-marriage.

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#''[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.

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#"[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.

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#''[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>

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#"[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>

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#''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5aMMRes2u4 Still the One]'', by Orleans (1976). A tribute to fidelity in relationships.

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#"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5aMMRes2u4 Still the One]," by Orleans (1976). A tribute to fidelity in relationships.

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#''[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.

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#"[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.

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#''[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]]!

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#"[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]]!

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#[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."

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#[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."

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#''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dFl9OHE-8g The Man Comes Around]'', by [[Johnny Cash]].

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#"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dFl9OHE-8g The Man Comes Around]," by [[Johnny Cash]].

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#''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-1_d6bbM1I My Love]'', by [[Petula Clark]]. Christian love in secular form.

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#"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-1_d6bbM1I My Love]," by [[Petula Clark]]. Christian love in secular form.

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#''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u0wwCfoJ4 I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)]'', originally by the Bobby Fuller Four. Its title says it all. The version by [[The Clash]] has a good tempo.

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#"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u0wwCfoJ4 I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)]," originally by the Bobby Fuller Four. Its title says it all. The version by [[The Clash]] has a good tempo.

#"You Light Up My Life" by Debbie Boone. One of the biggest hits ever, but [[liberals]] omit that this song is about [[Jesus]].

#"Pomp and Circumstance" ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOcvcBxrfN4 ''Land of Hope & Glory'']) By Freedom gain, by Truth maintain...

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#''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ0oCmDXrVk&mode=related&search= Jerusalem]''. Don't let the sword sleep in the hand.

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#"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ0oCmDXrVk&mode=related&search= Jerusalem]." Don't let the sword sleep in the hand.

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#''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wahd2piIr4Q Brothers In Arms]'', by [[Dire Straits]]. We're fools to make war on our brothers in arms.

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#"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wahd2piIr4Q Brothers In Arms]," by [[Dire Straits]]. We're fools to make war on our brothers in arms.

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#''[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.

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#"[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.

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#"Alive" by P.O.D. About being thankful for the gift of life.

#"Gotta Serve Somebody" by [[Bob Dylan]]. "It may be the devil or it may be the Lord."<ref>http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/serve.html</ref>

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#''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lydBPm2KRaU Jesus Take The Wheel]'', by [[Carrie Underwood]]. A gospel-themed hit from the American Idol winner.

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#"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lydBPm2KRaU Jesus Take The Wheel]," by [[Carrie Underwood]]. A gospel-themed hit from the American Idol winner.

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#''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPBwXKgDTdE Mine]'' by Taylor Swift. Talks about how her parents divorced, and how she doesn't want that to happen with the guy she meets, dates, and marries.

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#"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPBwXKgDTdE Mine]" by Taylor Swift. Talks about how her parents 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.

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#''[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." <ref>http://home.att.net/~chuckayoub/Taxman_Lyrics.html</ref>

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#"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maz9ddxEQnM 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." <ref>http://home.att.net/~chuckayoub/Taxman_Lyrics.html</ref>

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#''[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.

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#"[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.

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#''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZVPv9B-ZlM Government Cheese]'', by The Rainmakers. Humorous spoof of welfare.

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#"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZVPv9B-ZlM Government Cheese]," by The Rainmakers. Humorous spoof of welfare.

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#''[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.

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#"[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.

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#''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzU2iJ9qfXg Gimme Back My Bullets]'', by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]. The name says it all.

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#"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzU2iJ9qfXg Gimme Back My Bullets]," by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]. The name says it all.

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#''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPPlGFh6OpQ Spirit In The Sky]'', by Norman Greenbaum.

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#"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPPlGFh6OpQ Spirit In The Sky]," by Norman Greenbaum.

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#''[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.

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#"[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.

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#''[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."

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#"[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.

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#''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2UE5g72s0o Yours Is No Disgrace]'', by [[Yes]]. Written to, and about, the troops headed for Vietnam.

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#"[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.

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#"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]].

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#''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqXAW2snGMI Capitalism]'', by Oingo Boingo. There's nothing wrong with free enterprise.

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#"[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".

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#"Love Me, I'm a Liberal" by Phil Ochs. Revealing Liberal hypocrisy for what it is.

#"America USA" by [http://giveagiftofsong.com/products.htm] Joey Sudyka. Not very well known, perhaps, but a good patriotic song.

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#''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6XZDb045xU Red White and Blue]'', by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]].

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#"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6XZDb045xU Red White and Blue]," by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]].

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#''[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.

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#"[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.

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#Virtually anything by Toby Keith, but especially "Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American)".

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#Virtually anything by Toby Keith, but especially "Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American)."

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#''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pldyz9VS2yY Under God]'', by [[Pat Boone]].

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#"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pldyz9VS2yY Under God]," by [[Pat Boone]].

#"Christmas Shoes" by NewSons. A Christmas song by a Christian band.

#"God Bless the USA" by Lee Greenwood.<ref>http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/proudtobeamerican.html</ref>

#"God Bless America" Words and music by Irving Berlin.

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#''[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..."

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#"[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..."

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#''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCXiuqJ1E6g Supper'sReady] [[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.''

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#[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCXiuqJ1E6g Supper'sReady] [[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]'' Casting Crowns

#''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnnhYE1DhC4 What If His People Prayed]'' Casting Crowns

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