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remember when clinton had fleetwood mac sing...i think kerry should have a group do the same for him, but on the campaign trail...
who would you like and what song?? my pick: black eyed peas: where is the love What's wrong with the world, mama People livin' like they ain't got no mamas I think the whole world addicted to the drama Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism But we still got terrorists here livin' In the USA, the big CIA The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK But if you only have love for your own race Then you only leave space to discriminate And to discriminate only generates hate And when you hate then you're bound to get irate, yeah Badness is what you demonstrate And that's exactly how anger works and operates Nigga, you gotta have love just to set it straight Take control of your mind and meditate Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all People killin', people dyin' Children hurt and you hear them cryin' Can you practice what you preach And would you turn the other cheek Father, Father, Father help us Send us some guidance from above 'Cause people got me, got me questionin' Where is the love (Love) Where is the love (The love) Where is the love (The love) Where is the love The love, the love It just ain't the same, always unchanged New days are strange, is the world insane If love and peace is so strong Why are there pieces of love that don't belong Nations droppin' bombs Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones With the ongoin' sufferin' as the youth die young So ask yourself is the lovin' really gone So I could ask myself really what is goin' wrong In this world that we livin' in people keep on givin' in Makin' wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends Not respectin' each other, deny thy brother A war is goin' on but the reason's undercover The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug If you never know truth then you never know love Where's the love, y'all, come on (I don't know) Where's the truth, y'all, come on (I don't know) Where's the love, y'all People killin', people dyin' Children hurt and you hear them cryin' Can you practice what you preach And would you turn the other cheek Father, Father, Father help us Send us some guidance from above 'Cause people got me, got me questionin' Where is the love (Love) Where is the love (The love) Where is the love (The love) Where is the love The love, the love I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder As I'm gettin' older, y'all, people gets colder Most of us only care about money makin' Selfishness got us followin' in the wrong direction Wrong information always shown by the media Negative images is the main criteria Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria Kids wanna act like what they see in the cinema Yo', whatever happened to the values of humanity Whatever happened to the fairness in equality Instead in spreading love we spreading animosity Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' under That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' down There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin' under Gotta keep my faith alive till love is found People killin', people dyin' Children hurt and you hear them cryin' Can you practice what you preach And would you turn the other cheek Father, Father, Father help us Send us some guidance from above 'Cause people got me, got me questionin' Where is the love (Love) Where is the love (The love) Where is the love (The love) Where is the love (The love) ______________________________________ i say stick it to the man baby g crazy is not a rare human condition everything is food if you chew hard enough |
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Join Date: May 2004
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Anyone remember when Clinton used the Bruce Springsteen song "Born in the USA" song for his campaign at one point. Apparently Clinton didn't realize that the song was very politically charged, however negatively. Crazy democrats
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Join Date: May 2004
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The election itself should have a theme song.
Burning Down the House http://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/talking-heads/135067.html |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Road Warrior
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We don't stop - Spearhead
(excerpt from lyrics) They've got a war for Oil A war for Gold A war for money and a war for souls a war on terror and a war on drugs a war on communists and a war on hugs a war on birds and a war on bees they got a war on hippies trying to save the trees A war with jets and a war with missiles a war with high seated government officials Wall street war on high finance war on people who just love to dance A war on music a war on speech a war on teachers and the things they teach a war for the last 500 years war just messing up the atmosphere A war on muslims, a war on jews a war on christians and hindus a whole lot of people saying kill them all we got a war on my man, abul jamal a war on pot is a war that's failed a war that's filling up the nations jails world war 1,2 ,3 and 4 chemical weapons, biological war Bush war 1 and Bush war 2 They've got a war for me They've got a war for you |
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that was reagan....and it made bruce mad enough to talk to the press about it and for him to ask reagan to stop using it... g |
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too early for songs, plus i think the stakes are way too high this time around to trivialize the election with a jingle. i even offered my services to the kerry campaign yesterday. my signature, AMERICAN TUNE, by paul simon although nearly 30 years old, is again meaningful....... Many's the time I've been mistaken And many times confused Yes, and I've often felt forsaken And certainly misused Oh, but I'm alright, I'm alright I'm just weary to my bones Still, you don't expect to be Bright and bon vivant So far a-way from home, so far away from home And I don't know a soul who's not been battered I don't have a friend who feels at ease I don't know a dream that's not been shattered or driven to its knees but it's alright, it's alright for we lived so well so long Still, when I think of the road we're traveling on I wonder what's gone wrong I can't help it, I wonder what has gone wrong And I dreamed I was dying I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly And looking back down at me Smiled reassuringly And I dreamed I was flying And high up above my eyes could clearly see The Statue of Liberty Sailing away to sea And I dreamed I was flying We come on the ship they call the Mayflower We come on the ship that sailed the moon We come in the a-ge's most uncertain hours and sing an American tune Oh, and it's alright, it's alright, it's alright You can't be forever blessed Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day And I'm trying to get some rest That's all I'm trying to get some rest "What's a Canadian farm boy to do?" Last edited by SKMDC : 2004-06-04 at 17:11. |
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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As for the thread, yeah, I can think of several theme songs for Mr. Kerry. But it's Friday, the weather is great and I feel zingy and upbeat, so I ain't gonna go down that road. Marvel at my restraint, won't you? |
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Born down in a dead man's town The first kick I took was when I hit the ground You end up like a dog that's been beat too much Till you spend half your life just covering up Born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. Got in a little hometown jam So they put a rifle in my hand Sent me off to a foreign land To go and kill the yellow man Born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. Come back home to the refinery Hiring man says "Son if it was up to me" Went down to see my V.A. man He said "Son, don't you understand" I had a brother at Khe Sahn fighting off the Viet Cong They're still there, he's all gone He had a woman he loved in Saigon I got a picture of him in her arms now Down in the shadow of the penitentiary Out by the gas fires of the refinery I'm ten years burning down the road Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go Born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A. change the southeast asian references to middle eastern and it still pertains. "What's a Canadian farm boy to do?" |
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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I had that album - who didn't? - back when I was in high school (it was 1984, right? Or thereabout...) and I read the lyrics and got, right away, that it was NOT the "rah, rah...feel good, fist pumping" song everyone took it for.
I loved the words and when I'd see people on news reports or, worse, MTV Music News TOTALLY missing it, I'd just roll my eyes. Kinda like this... A definite downer song, but if all you're hearing to is the music and the chorus (which, no doubt, most probably did), then it's taken by some to be a counterpart to that sappy Lee Greenwood song that rears its head about every eight years. It's anything but. But that's politicians for you. Some geeky aide, considered "hip" by the older members of the entourage, probably suggested it. But Bruce ain't a Republican and all President Reagan or his staff would have to do is read a couple of interviews to know that Springsteen probably wouldn't be nuts about the idea of Reagan using the song. Hell, they probably went and asked Don Henley and Cher next. "You see, Mr. President. This Don Henley was in a musical group called The Eagles...and we all know that the eagle is the proud symbol of America. He's GOTTA be one of us. Shall I make the call, sir?". Meanwhile, Henley probably hated Reagan more than any musician going. |
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