Nicholas 2.0's Election Day chart addendum

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This is a chart that I've been working on all week. It consists of songs and videos written, recorded, and/or released after President Bush waged war on Iraq in early 2003. I never got to hear a lot of the topical singles released closer to the war's beginning, but this list reflects all the songs and videos I have heard and seen in the past 2 years, whose subject matter is compassion, anti-war, and anti-Bush administration, either directly or implicitly. The entries are ranked in order of personal preference along with how much personally meaningful substance they have to them.

I had wanted to provide just links to each entry's lyrics and appropriate videos, but regarding the lyrics, if you want something done right, you've gotta do it yourself. I manually corrected all the lyrics that I found online. So I guess I'll provide the lyrics in quote boxes somewhere.

Without further ado, here's my supplemental chart for this week:

40. Yellowcard "Only One" (video) launch.yahoo.com/artist/videos.asp?artistID=1098224
39. The World/Inferno Friendship Society "The Expatriate Act"
38. Black Eyed Peas (f/ Justin Timberlake) "Where Is the Love"
37. Dillinger Four "Like Sprewells on a Wheelchair"
36. No Use for a Name "Fields of Agony [acoustic]"
35. Beastie Boys "That's It That's All"
34. Eminem "Mosh" (plus video) launch.yahoo.com/artist/videos.asp?artistID=1037847
33. Beastie Boys "We Got The"
32. Bad Religion "Atheist Peace"
31. Green Day "Favorite Son"
30. The Get Up Kids "Lion and the Lamb"
29. Bad Religion "The Empire Strikes First"
28. A Perfect Circle "What's Going On" (Marvin Gaye cover)
27. A Perfect Circle "Let's Have a War" (Fear cover)
26. A Perfect Circle "Peace, Love and Understanding" (Nick Lowe cover)
25. Beastie Boys "Right Right Now Now"
24. Bad Religion "To Another Abyss"
23. Incubus "Megalomaniac" (video) [Launch doesn't have it currently, but I imagine most of you have seen it.]
22. The Ataris "Heaven Is Falling" (Bad Religion cover, written during the first Bush administration)
21. NOFX "The Irrationality of Rationality"
20. Papa Roach "Getting Away With Murder" (video) launch.yahoo.com/artist/videos.asp?artistID=1045024
19. Anti-Flag "Turncoat" (The lyrics are probably close enough. I don't have my music video to review for accuracy.)
18. Beastie Boys "(It Takes) Time to Build"
17. The Offspring "Baghdad"
16. Faithless "Mass Destruction"
15. NOFX "Idiot Son of an Asshole"
14. NOFX "Re-gaining Unconsciousness"
13. Ministry "Wrong"
12. Green Day "American Idiot"
11. Bad Religion (f/ Sage Francis) "Let Them Eat War"
10. NOFX "American Errorist (I Hate Hate Haters)"
09. A Perfect Circle "Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums" (plus video) search.launch.yahoo.com/search/lsearch/video?p=a+perfect+circle
08. A Perfect Circle "Annihilation" (Crucifix cover)
07. System of a Down "Boom!" (plus video) [Launch doesn't have it currently, but I think most of you have seen this.]
06. Green Day "Holiday"
05. NOFX "Franco Un-American" (plus video) search.launch.yahoo.com/search/lsearch/video?p=nofx
04. A Perfect Circle "Imagine" (John Lennon cover) (plus video)http://search.launch.yahoo.com/search/lsearch/video?p=a+perfect+circle
03. Pennywise "God Save the USA"
02. NOFX "Idiots Are Taking Over"
01. Ministry "No W" (plus video) search.launch.yahoo.com/search/lsearch/video?p=ministry

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I guess I'll start posting lyrics here:

39. The World/Inferno Friendship Society "The Expatriate Act"

What America do I live in if not this one? What do they think they are exporting? It’s not me.
This land is my land wherever I stand, only that money belongs to thee.
The riot of history and our history of riots and the life you’ve strangled out of the word ‘free’.
Liberty ain’t an airport in Newark and towers don’t need to be free.
You drop the ‘e’ in equality, something nice in a high end catalogue never sent to the likes of me.
This land is my land wherever I stand, what god has made let no man lease, let no man lease.

Some of the phrases in that rhetoric that you’re stuttering
must mean the opposite to you than it does to me.
Yeah being scared and confused is a part of freedom,
Is that what you wanted me to get out of that speech?
Is there another America than the one I live in? Then why do I get their TV?
This land is my land and you should understand that when you say ‘we.’

Can’t you see that the America you live in is not this one
And that you don’t protect or represent me. This land is my land, but from where I stand outside
the gated communities, I can see there is another America than the one I live in
and what they’re exporting is me. This land is my land wherever I stand,
See you in the funny papers or the penitentiary.

This land is my land and I mean goddamn you’re embarrassing me.

38. Black Eyed Peas (f/ Justin Timberlake) "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's addicted to the drama
only attracted to the things that'll bring the trauma
overseas, yeah we tryin’ to stop terrorism
but we still got terrorists here livin’
in the U.S.A, the big C.I.A
the bloods & the crips, and the KKK
but if you only have love for your own ways
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
madness is what you demonstrate
and that's exactly how anger works and operates
man, ya gotta have love, this'll set us straight
take control of your mind and meditate
let your soul gravitate, to the love y’all

[chorus:]
people killing, people dying
children hurt and you hear them crying
will you practice what you preach
and would you turn the other cheek
father, father, father, help us
we need some guidance from above
these people got me, got me questioning
where is the love?
(love) where is the love?
(the love) where is the love?
(the love) where is the love?
(where is the love the love my love)

it just ain't the same, old ways have changed
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 dropping bombs, chemical gasses filling lungs
of little ones with ongoing suffering, as the youth die young
so ask yourself, is the lovin’ really gone
so I can ask myself, really what is going wrong
with this world that we living in, people keep on giving in
making wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends
not respecting each other, deny thy brother
a war is going on but the reason's under cover
the truth is kept secret, and swept under the rug
if you never know truth, then you never know love
where's the love ya'll? C’mon (i don't know)
where's the truth ya'll? (i don't know)
and where's the love ya'll?

[chorus]

I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
as I'm getting older, ya'll people gets colder
most of us only care about money making
selfishness got us following 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 and equality
instead of spreading love we spreading animosity
lack of understanding leading us away from unity
that's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling under
that's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling down
It's no wonder why sometimes I'm feeling under
gotta keep my faith alive till love is found
now ask yourself

where is the love?
where is the love?
where is the love?
where is the love?
father, father, father, help us
we need some guidance from above
these people got me, got me questioning
where is the love?
now sing with me ya'll (one love one love)
we only got (one love one love)
that's all we got (one love one love)
and something's wrong with it
something's wrong with it
something's wrong with the w-w-world
we only got (one love one love)
that's all we got (one love one love)

37. Dillinger Four "Like Sprewells on a Wheelchair"

Not so jumpy now, downtown
No talk of concerns or fear
We'll just hand over all our tax money
Then bitch about nothing but the price of cable and beer.
Oh, how easy it is sometimes
To get lost in these party lines
Are we cops of the free even overseas
Or has the 'them and us' mentality ruined our eyes.

[Chorus]
It's a message from the malcontent
We refuse to buy, we're heaven sent
With our gameface on
We're a UN no-show bullies from the get-go.
They hit us with this 'love it or leave it' shit
Like a dog in a cage trained to beg then sit
If that's how it's gonna be
I'm not calling this home.

Mine's a little voice
Shit, I thought that was the point
Born of a freedom never realized
With manifest destiny kept like a sign from the skies.
All around the world
Ignored and pissed
Staring back at us
Like spoiled little kids
How have we proven them wrong
Police states, Hollywood, embargos and radio songs.

[Chorus]

We're the land of the free trial membership to crap
Where adults can't find world powers on a map
Where leaders run free with absconded power
Where a flag costs more than you make in an hour
Where I stand with so many but we're told we're alone
Where I work for a living but I never feel at home.

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36. No Use for a Name "Fields of Agony [acoustic]"

How many people, how many have died?
I'm feeling lucky and afraid at the same time
How many times have you sat home and wondered why?
We always hear about the U.S.A. but not the other side
In fields of agony everybody dies
How many humans, how many does it take?
We get a cedar box, they get a body rake
How many lives will it take before we can end this war?
Bring Johnny home soon he forgot what it was that they
were fighting for...In fields of agony

I don't want to die and be sent home on a cargo plane
A tag on my toe without my name because I'm one of a million, a million
How many weapons, how many do we need?
What about the economy, what about the economy?
Won’t be the hero at the end of your catastrophe
It can't be stopped with unity, with collaboration of
you and me...and human decency...in fields of agony...

35. Beastie Boys "That's It That's All"

[Ad Rock:]
Back on the scene for the people's delight
You want peace for the people then you say alright
'Cause George W's got nothing on we
We got to take the power from he

[Mike D:]
When I'm on the mic I feel good to go
Like a snow day for school with hot cocoa
So don't speak what I heard, just say what I know
And my zodiac sign is Scorpio

[MCA:]
Look what the cat dragged in
The creme de la creme without the skin
So take a rest and mind your own biz
[chorus:]
And that's it that's all that's all there is

[Mike D:]
One for Brooklyn, two for Manhattan
Let's go to work, get those hands clappin'
Make you bounce, rock, roll and skate
Don't underrate how I operate

[MCA:]
It ain't what you say, it's what you mean
Intention leads to action, that is my theme
So pay attention now as I begin to recap
Puttin' words and ideas stacked back to back

[Ad Rock:]
Some rhymes go flat, well mine go fizz
I got no time for the drama 'cause stress is for kids
'Cause when you're dead and buried well you got no biz
[chorus:]
And that's it that's all that's all there is

[MCA:]
The time and place for the mind is here and now
Keep the mind present less to worry about
But like the hammer to the nail hit the nail on the head
Well I don't shoot blanks and I don't shoot lead

[Ad Rock:]
Well I'm a freaky streaker like Winnie the Pooh
T-shirt and no pants and I dance the boogaloo
Like George Whipple on New York One
Got a hairy ass and that's no fun

[Mike D:]
I'm in the rhyme zone a different time zone
And on the microphone you know that I'm at home
It's time we looked past all our differences
[chorus:]
And that's it that's all that's all there is

34. Eminem "Mosh"

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America
And to the Republic for which it stands
One nation under God
Indivisible...with liber
It feels so good to be back..

I scrutinize every word, memorize every line
I spit it once, refuel, re-energize and rewind
I give sight to the blind, my insight through the mind
I exercise my right to express when I feel it's time
It's just all in your mind, what you interpret it as
I say to fight, you take it as I'mma whip someone's ass
If you don't understand, don't even bother to ask
A father who has grown up with a fatherless past
Who has blown up now to rap phenomenon that has
Or at least shows no difficulty multi-taskin’
And in juggling both perhaps mastered his craft
Slash entrepreneur who has held onto a few more rap acts
Who's had a few obstacles thrown his way through the last half
Of his career typical manure moving past that
Mr. kisses ass crack, he's a class act
Rubber band man, yea he just snaps back

[Chorus:]
Come along follow me as I lead through the darkness
As I provide just enough spark that we need to proceed
Carry on, give me hope, give me strength
Come with me and I won't steer you wrong
Put your faith and your trust as I guide us through the fog
To the light at the end of the tunnel
We gon’ fight, we gon’ charge, we gon’ stomp, we gon’ march
Through the swamp, we gon’ mosh through the marsh
Take us right through the doors (c'mon)

All the people up top on the side and the middle
Come together lets all bomb and swamp just a little
Just let it gradually build from the front to the back
All you can see is a sea of people, some white and some black
Don't matter what color, all that matters we gathered together
To celebrate for the same cause, no matter the weather
If it rains let it rain, yeah the wetter the better
They ain't gonna stop us they can't, we stronger now more than ever
They tell us no we say yeah, they tell us stop we say go
Rebel with a rebel yell, raise hell we gon’ let em know
Stomp, push, shove, mush, Fuck Bush, until they bring our troops home (c'mon)

[Chorus]

Imagine it pouring, it's raining down on us
Mosh pits outside the oval office
Someone's tryin’ ta tell us something,
Maybe this is God just sayin' we're responsible
For this monster, this coward,
That we have empowered
This is Bin Laden, look at his head noddin'
How could we allow something like this without pumping our fists
Now this is our final hour
Let me be the voice and your strength and your choice
Let me simplify the rhyme just to amplify the noise
Try to amplify and times it, and multiply by six...
Teen million people, are equal at this high pitch
Maybe we can reach Al-Qaida through my speech
Let the president answer a higher anarchy
Strap him with an AK-47, let him go, fight his own war
Let him impress daddy that way
No more blood for oil, we got our own battles to fight on our own soil
No more psychological warfare, to trick us to thinking that we ain't loyal
If we don't serve our own country, we're patronizing a hero
Look in his eyes its all lies
The stars and stripes, they've been swiped, washed out and wiped
And replaced with his own face, mosh now or die
If I get sniped tonight you’ll know why,
Cause I told you to fight.

[Chorus]

And as we proceed,
To mosh through this desert storm,
In these closing statements, if they should argue
Let us beg to differ.
As we set aside our differences
And assemble our own army
To disarm this Weapon of Mass Destruction
That we call our President, for the present
And mosh for the future of our next generation,
To speak and be heard.
Mr. President, Mr. Senator
Do you guys hear us?

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33. Beastie Boys "We Got The"

[Ad Rock:]
Who got the chance to make things right?
Why the politicians always want to fight?
The Christian coalition and the right wing ooooh!
Let me tell you what you can do

[MCA:]
Step outside the cone of silence
Too much hatred and violence
It's time to rewind
We need a military decline

[Mike D:]
Got the power of the mind focused
Government like a locust
Are we gone or just going?
Time to act on what we be knowin’ y'all

[chorus:]
Who got the power to make a difference?
Who got the power to make a change?
Who got the power to make a difference?
We got the, we got the, we got the

[MCA:]
Eyes on the prize and never wane
Take the bull by the reins
If you want it be the change
Like Gandhi and MLK

[Mike D:]
Wait up, got to change the system
Need knowledge, power and wisdom
Same way I rock this microphone
Speak up, just let it be known

[Ad Rock:]
Hey ladies, fellas
And everyone between
Take the power back and let them react
And let's show them what we mean; Check it out

[chorus]

[Mike D:]
We can work, walk, march and protest
Think about how we approach this
Ask questions but they keep frontin'
Due time we change a little something

[Ad Rock:]
Hey, yo, don't you know
Won't forget Amadou Diallo
To the crooked people and the crooked cops
Got to spread love before the world goes pop [cuckoo!]

[MCA:]
Never again should we use the A-bomb
We need an international ban on
all W.O.M.D.'s gone
We need a multilateral disarm

[chorus]

32. Bad Religion "Atheist Peace"

Maybe it’s too late for intellectual debate,
but a residue of confusion remains.
Changing with the times, and developmentally tortured minds
are the average citizen's sources of pain.

”Tell me what we’re fighting for”
I don’t remember anymore, only temporary reprieve

And the world might cease if we fail to tame the beast
From the faith that you release comes an atheist peace, atheist peace.

Poilitical forces rent bitter cold winds of discontent
and the modern age emerged triumphantly.
But now it seems we've stalled and it’s time to de-evolve
and relive the dark chapters of history

”Tell me what we’re fighting for”
No progress ever came from war, only a false sense of increase

And the world won’t wait for the truth upon a plate
but we’re ready now to feast on an atheist peace, atheist peace

31. Green Day "Favorite Son"

He hit the ground running,
At the speed of light.
The star was brightly shining,
Like a neon light.

It's your favorite son.

A fixture on the talkshows,
To the silver screen.
From here to Colorado,
He's a sex machine.

It's your favorite son.

But isn't it a drag? Isn't it a drag? Isn't it a drag?
It's pretty bloody sad, but isn't it a drag?

A clean-cut All-American,
Really ain't so clean.
His royal auditorium,
Is a murder scene.

It's your favorite son.
Oh, isn't it a drag? Isn't it a drag?
Isn't it a drag? It's pretty bloody sad, but isn't it a drag?

Well no one says it's fair.
Turn a teenage lush, to a millionaire.

Now where's your fuckin' champion?
On a panty raid.
He's not the All-American,
That you thought you paid.

It's your favorite son.
But isn't it a drag?

30. The Get Up Kids "Lion and the Lamb"

[Verse]
I've never been one for war
The sand were sinking in is thick as oil

[Chorus]
Lion and the lamb
they’re all gone, they’re all gone
slaughter the lion and the lamb
for our home, for our home

[Verse]

[Chorus]

what have, what have, what have become of

[Chorus]

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29. Bad Religion "The Empire Strikes First"

We strike first and we're unrehearsed
Here we go again to stage the greatest show on heaven and earth
Come on! Get your money's worth

[chorus:]
Don't wanna live (can't live)
Don't wanna give (can't give)
Don't wanna be (won't be)
E-M-P-I-R-E (can’t live)
Don't wanna live (can’t give)
Don't wanna be (won’t be)
E-M-P-I-R-E

We're coming on fast and we're built to last
We stumbled once in 'Nam now we're glad to finally say those days have passed
Tell me how long can it last?

[chorus]

We just started out
You don't need to be afraid
Yeah you deserve two minutes hate

Well, we spit and we cursed and our bleeding hearts burst
But even ten million souls marching in February couldn't stop the worst,
Couldn't reverse

[chorus]

I can't live
If it isn't with you

28. A Perfect Circle "What's Going On"

Mother, mother, there's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, there's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today

Father, father, we don't need to escalate
War is not the answer. Only love can conquer hate
You know you've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today

Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me, so you can see
What's going on

Father, father, everybody thinks we're wrong
But who are they to judge us simply ‘cause our hair is long
You know we've got to find a way
To bring understanding here today

Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me, so you can see
What's going on

27. A Perfect Circle "Let's Have a War"

[chorus]
There's so many of us, there’s so many others, there’s so many

(Let's have a war) So you can go and die
(Let's have a war) We could all use the money
(Let's have a war) We need the space
(Let's have a war) Clean out this place

[pre-chorus]
It already started in the city. Suburbia will be just as easy.

(Let's have a war) Jack up the Dow Jones
(Let's have a war) It can start in New Jersey
(Let's have a war) Blame it on the middle-class
(Let's have a war) We're like rats in a cage

[pre-chorus]
[chorus]

(Let's have a war) Sell the rights to the networks
(Let's have a war) Let our wallets get fat like last time
(Let's have a war) Give guns to the queers
(Let's have a war) The enemy's within

[pre-chorus & chorus simultaneously]

26. A Perfect Circle "Peace, Love and Understanding"

As I walk on through this wicked world
Searching for light in the darkness of insanity.
I ask myself, is all hope lost?
Is there only pain and hatred and misery?

And each time I feel like this inside, there's one thing I wanna know:
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding?

And as I walk on through troubled times
My spirit gets so downhearted sometimes
So where are the strong and who are the trusted?
And where is the harmony? Sweet harmony.

'Cause each time I feel it slippin' away, just makes me wanna cry.
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding?

So where are the strong? And who are the trusted?
And where is the harmony? Sweet harmony.

'Cause each time I feel it slippin' away, just makes me wanna cry.
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding?

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25. Beastie Boys "Right Right Now Now"

[Ad Rock:]
Once upon a time up on this mic
MC's be really workin' on what they write
With the sound delight we rock all night
And yes we're gonna party for the right to fight

[Mike D:]
We're international like Matt Takei
Rock the mic from Munich out to Taipei
Still around the way is where we'll stay
Say what we mean, mean what we say

[MCA:]
Trajectories from the past are taking their toll and
What we do now is future molding
Columbine bowling, childhood stolen
We need a bit more gun controlling

[chorus:]
Right, right, now, now, what is goin' on?
We, we, gotta, gotta get it goin' on
Be, be, fore, fore it's too far gone
We gotta work together, it's been too long

[Mike D:]
When I get on you scream "Hoo Tight!"
Rockin' this flow I could go all night
I'm not here to fight, or incite
I'm like the beach in the Bahamas make you feel alright

[MCA:]
I'm getting kind of tired of the situation
The US attacking other nations
And narration, on every station
False elation's got me losing my patience

[Ad Rock:]
Well I'm a funky-ass Jew and I'm on my way
And I got to say fuck the KKK
And oh yeah hey, how about today?
If you want to set it off then let me hear you say

[chorus]

[MCA:]
I went to get a loan and they asked my race
I wrote down ‘human’ inside the space
It's a disgrace how they try to debase
It ain't the bank's damn business how my lineage trace

[Ad Rock:]
Now let me drop a verse that's terse and concise
I'm an iron chef when I slice and dice
With the rhyme precise, the word is nice
So please pass me the Riunite on ice

[Mike D:]
Well let's go to work and not beserk
'Cause when the time comes the body goes to dirt
Try to smooth it out like Levert
Keep the mind alert and not revert

[chorus]

24. Bad Religion "To Another Abyss"

Not long ago, and yet the image is so vague I hesitate to label it a memory
There was a show of local color and I felt astray ’cause I had nothing to offer but insufficiency

And you know that it’s a bitch when you learn to scratch that itch
Of blatant fallibility. Sooner to some, but eventually
All gets pointed in the same direction while the human masses and their vague conceptions
Obliterate each other with impunity, and you wonder, “what’s in this for me?”

To another abyss, to no avail
The search is bound to fail
To another abyss, to no avail
So long ago I set sail
And it chills me to the bone that I’m so far away from home
To another abyss

So what should I do now? What should I celebrate?
Given finite means and a penchant to depreciate
How can I still avow and depend upon a state
That cares nothing for my happiness, welfare, or fate?

And I know I can’t explain the commotion in my brain
Like a terrifying reality deconstructed but inadequately
All gets pointed in the same direction while the human masses and their vague conceptions
Obliterate each other with impunity and release the weight of history

[Chorus]

So long ago, so long ago…oh, I set sail
And I’m struggling on the way
And I’m waiting for the day (to another abyss)
And I’m looking for the way back home (to another abyss)
So far away (to another abyss)
So far away (to another abyss)
(to another abyss) So far away
(to another abyss)

22. The Ataris "Heaven Is Falling"

As I walk beneath the valley
I shall fear no evil
so thanks to King George and his rainbow cabinet,
today murder is legal.

God, I know that it's wrong
to kill my brother for what he hasn't done
and as the planes blacken the sky
it sounds like heaven is falling
it sounds like heaven is falling
you promised me a new day is dawning
I've seen a thousand points of light
like so many points of hatred, shame, and horror

God, I want to be a man
but I don't want to die with a rifle in my hand
and as the planes blacken the sky
it sounds like heaven is falling
it sounds like heaven is falling
you promised me a new day is dawning
well nothing here looks new to me
but a score of mothers' sons
caught 'tween the devil and the deep blue sea

21. NOFX "The Irrationality of Rationality"

Frank, the new CEO, had to answer to the board.
The board was getting anxious and the shareholders were
On a bed, legs in air, ass-cheeks open wide.
They were about to get fucked like it was their first time.
When one makes twenty million, and ten thousand people lose,
What keeps that one from swallowing a shotgun?

Dan, the company man, felt loyalty to the corp.
After sixteen years of service, and a family to support,
He actually started to believe the weaponry and chemicals were for national defense.
'Cause Danny had a mortgage and a boss to answer to.
The guilty don't feel guilty, they learn not to.

Helen is living in her car, trying to feed her kids.
She got laid off from work and her house was repossessed.
It's hard to think clearly when it's thirty-eight degrees.
Desperate people have been known to render desperate deeds.
But when she shot that family and moved into their home,
The paper read she suffered from dementia.

19. Anti-Flag "Turncoat"

[chorus:]
Turncoat! Killer! Liar! Thief!
Criminal with protection of the law!

States’ lies dressed up as evening news
(We're tired of lies we want the truth!)
Brodcast by corpses courting you
(We're tired of lies we want the truth!)
Most people they will never know
(We're tired of lies we want the truth!)
With you or against you?
Then I am against you because you're a...

[chorus]

In your corner
Makes me wanna
Douse myself in gasoline!
Civil servants fall in line for you
Too brainwashed to see the truth
You use anyone you can!

[chorus]

18. Beastie Boys "(It Takes) Time to Build"

[Mike D:]
If you don't like the news then press eject
Baby Davis getting older can't take a rain check
It's time to let'em know what we expect
Stop building SUV's strung out on OPEC
[Ad Rock:]
Hold up, wait up you know we come correct
You wanna change things up, well hey then get set
It's easier to sit back than stick out your neck
It's easier to break it than build it correct
[MCA:]
We've got a president we didn't elect
The Kyoto treaty he decided to neglect
And still the US just wants to flex
Keep doin' that wop we gonna break our necks
[chorus]
It takes a second to wreck it. It takes time to build. You gots to chill
[Ad Rock:]
Hate filled people wanna keep us in check
Tearin' down each other is what they expect
If you want love well hey that's a bet
We've got to give before we can get
[MCA:]
Waiting like a batter who is on deck
When it's time to wreck shop then shop I'll wreck
So let's calibrate and check our specs
We need a little shift on over to the left
[Mike D:]
I don't really know but I suspect
I think it's due time that we inspect
How they get their information and their facts are checked
Another press conference someone's talking out their neck

[chorus]
[MCA:]
So step up to the window and place your bets
Is the US gonna keep breaking necks
Maybe it's time that we impeach Tex
And the military muscle that he wants to flex
[Mike D:]
By the time Bush is done what will be left
Selling votes like E-pills up in the discotheque
Environmental destruction and the national debt
But plenty of dollars left in the fat war chest
[Ad Rock:]
What the real deal why you can't connect
Why you hating people that you never met
Didn't your mama teach you show some respect?
Why not open your mind for a sec?

[chorus]

[Nicholas2.0]

17. The Offspring "Baghdad"

In your plane in the blue sky
You roam again
Words that echo in your mind
Make your heart beat faster
'This is no Vietnam
We will win in Iraq'

The president said, 'Let it ride, ride'
Islam be damned
Make your last stand
In Baghdad

Warrior, the time bomb's about to go
What will you feel
Will you ever wonder
If the man that's in your sights
Ever kissed his girl good-bye

The Captain said, 'Kill or die'
Islam be damned
Make your last stand
In Baghdad

Great Satan (our flags are burning, our flags will burn)

Soon America will find its young men in the sand
Where their casualty is just a number in Iraq

The president said, 'Let it ride, ride'
You will be damned
Make your last stand
In Baghdad

16. Faithless "Mass Destruction"

Chorus:
whether long range weapon or suicide bomb
a wicked mind is a weapon of mass destruction
whether you're soaraway sun or bbc1
misinformation is a weapon of mass destruc
you coulda caucasian or a poor asian
racism is a weapon of mass destruction
whether inflation or globalisation
fear is a weapon of mass destruction
whether halliburton, enron or anyone
greed is a weapon of mass destruction
we need to find courage, overcome
inaction is a weapon of mass destruction

my dad came into my room holding his hat
i knew he was leavin’, he sat on my bed, told me some facts
son, i have a duty callin’ on me
you an’ your sister be brave my little soldier
an’ don't forget all i told ya
you're the mister of the house now remember this
an’ when you wake up in the morning give your mama a kiss
then i had to say goodbye
in the mornin’ woke mama with a kiss on each eyelid
even though i'm only a kid, certain things can't be hid
mama grabbed me, held me like i was made a-gold
but left her inner stories untold. i said
mama, it'll be all be allright, when daddy comes home
tonight

(Chorus)

the skin under my chin is explodin’ again
i'm getting’ stress from some other children, i'm holdin’ it in
we takin’ sides like a politician an if i get friction
we get to fightin’, i defend my dad
he's the best of all men
an’ whatever he's doin’, he's doin’ the right thing
it's frightening, but it makes me mad
why do all these people seem to hate my dad?
an’ if that aint enough, now i got these spots
i go to sleep every night with my stomach in knots
and what's more i hear mama next door
explore the radio for reports of war
and all we seem to do is hide the tears
seems like daddy’s been gone for years
but he's right, now I’m geared up for the fight
an’ he would be proud of me
if my daddy came home tonight

(Chorus)

my story stops here, let's be clear
this scenario is happenin’ everywhere
an’ you ain't goin to nirvana or far-vana
you comin’ right back here to live out your karma
with even more drama than previously...
seriously
just how many centuries have we been waitin’
for someone else to make us free
and we refuse to see, that people overseas suffer just like we
bad leadership and egos unfettered and free
who feed on the people they're supposed to lead
i don't need good people to pray and wait
for the lord to make it all straight
there's only now, do it right
'cos i dont want your daddy leaving home tonight

(Chorus)

NOFX "Idiot Son of an Asshole"

He's not smart, a C student
And that's after buying his way into school
Beady eyes, and he's kinda dyslexic
Can he read? No one's really quite sure
He signs stuff and he executes people
Maybe that's why, he doesn't have many friends
Cocaine and a little drunk driving
Doesn't matter when you're the Commander in Chief.

[chorus:]
Idiot son of an asshole
He's the idiot son of an asshole

He's too dumb to eat pretzels,
Apparently smart enough to fix an election.
Moved boldly into the White House,
But most people voted against him.
He likes naps, He really likes naptime,
A couple of naps and then a nap and then he's ready for bed,
He may be from Bush descent, but he's always gonna be the un-president.

[chorus]

He's our president

14. NOFX "Re-gaining Unconsciousness"

First they put away the dealers, keep our kids safe and off the streets.
Then they put away the prostitutes, keep married men cloistered at home.
Then they shooed away the bums, and they beat and bashed the queers,
Turned away asylum-seekers, fed us suspicions and fears.
We didn´t raise our voice, we didn´t make a fuss.
It´s funny, there was no one left to notice when they came for us.

Looks like witches are in season. You better fly your flag and be aware
Of anyone who might fit the description. Diversity is now our biggest fear.
Now with our conversations tapped and our differences exposed,
How ya supposed to love your neighbor with our minds and curtains closed?
We used to worry ´bout big brother
Now we got a big father and an even bigger muther.

And still you believe this aristocracy gives a fuck about you.
They put the mock in demockracy and you swallowed every hook.
The sad truth is you’d rather follow the school into the net
cuz swimming alone at sea is not the kind of freedom that you actually want.
So go back to your crib and suck on a tit, bask in the warmth of your diaper.
You´re sitting in shit and piss while sucking on a giant pacifier.
A country of adult infants. A legion of mental midgets
A country of adult infants, a country of adult infants all regaining their unconsciousness.

13. Ministry "Wrong"

[chorus:]
You’re wrong every time

What makes you think that you’ve a god-given right
For killing people in a needless fight
You’re like a rapist with a target in sight
Democracy

Whoever told you that you were bright
The skull and bones, the conservative right
You’re like a plague turning day into night
Atrocity

[chorus]

What makes you think that you could start this mess
Then crawl away to a world you detest
You’re fuckin’ evil but you couldn’t care less
Conspiracy

What makes you think that we could ever believe
A major liar with a minor in greed
You make a profit off the people in need
Hypocrisy

[chorus]

[George W. Bush dialogue:]
“Tonight I have a message for the people of Iraq:...Go home and die…Go home and die…”

You’re wrong.

Your time is coming and it won’t be long
The bill of rights is now the bill of wrong
Already proven that you don’t belong
In history

Your time is over – you’ll be out on the street
What do you say to the people you meet
I saved the world ‘cause I didn’t repeat
My policy

[chorus]

[Nicholas2.0]

12. Green Day "American Idiot"

Don't want to be an American idiot.
Don't want a nation under the new media.
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mindfuck America.

Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the alienation,
Where everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
For that’s enough to argue.

Well maybe I am the male who is into other malesgot America.
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.
Now everybody do the propaganda!
And sing along to the age of paranoia.

[chorus]

Don't want to be an American idiot.
One nation controlled by the media.
Information age of hysteria.
It's calling out to idiot America.

[chorus]

11. Bad Religion (f/ Sage Francis) "Let Them Eat War"

There's a prophet on a mountain and he's making up dinner
With long division and a riding crop
Anybody can feel like a winner
When it's served up piping hot
But the people aren't looking for a handout
They're America's working corps
Can this be what they voted for?

Let them eat war! Let them eat war!
That's how to ration the poor
Let them eat war! Let them eat war!
There's an urgent need to feed declining pride

From the force to the union shops
The war economy is making new jobs
But the people who benefit most
Are breaking bread with their benevolent host
Who never stole from the rich to give to the poor
All he ever gave to them was a war
And a foreign enemy to deplore

[chorus]
[Sage Francis]
(We've got to) kill 'em and eat ‘em before they reach for their checks
Squeeze some blue collars, make ‘em bleed from their necks
Seize a few dollars from the people who sweat
Because it's freedom or debt and they won't question it (they won’t question it.)
At a jobsite the boss is God-like
Conditioned work horses park at a stop light
Seasoned vets with their feet in nets
A stone’s throw away from a rock fight, but not tonight, feed 'em death

Here comes another ration (feed ‘em death)
’Cause they're the finest in the nation (feed ‘em death)
When there's nothing left to feed them with (feed ‘em death)
It's freedom or it's death!

[chorus]
There’s an urgent need to feed

10. NOFX "American Errorist (I Hate Hate Haters)"

It's okay, allow yourself a little hate.
Hatred is not so bad, when directed at injustice.
You can turn the other cheek, just don’t turn the other way.

Enemy of the planet, we finally have a common hate
A reason to forget about our differences and stand as a united front
It's up to us, we must expose, humiliate American Errorists.
We'll start with one (The – war – has – just begun!)

9. A Perfect Circle "Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums"

Don't fret precious I'm here
Step away from the window. Go back to sleep
Safe from pain and truth and choice and other poison devils,
See, they don't give a fuck about you like I do.

Count bodies like sheep
Counting bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums
Go back to sleep
Go to sleep
Go back to sleep

I’ll be the one to protect you from your enemies and all your demons
I'll be the one to protect you from a will to survive and a voice of reason
I'll be the one to protect you from your enemies and your choices, son
They're one in the same, I must isolate you…
Isolate and save you from yourself …

8. A Perfect Circle "Annihilation"

From dehumanization to arms production,
For the penitent of the nation or its destruction,
Powers, power, the law of the land.
Those living for death will die by their own hand.
Life’s no ordeal if you come to terms.
Reject the system dictating the norms.

From dehumanization to arms production
To hasten the nation towards its destruction.
Powers, power, the law of the land.
Those living for death will die by their own hand.
It’s your choice: peace or annihilation.

7. System of a Down "Boom!"

I've been walking through your streets, where all your money's earning,
Where all your building's crying, and clueless neckties working,
Revolving fake lawn houses, housing all your fears,
Desensitized by TV, overbearing advertising, God of consumerism,
And all your crooked pictures, looking good, mirrorism,
Filtering information, for the public eye,
Designed for profiteering, your neighboor, what a guy.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Every time you drop the bomb,
You kill the god your child has born.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Modern globalization, coupled with condemnations,
Unnecessary death, matador corporations,
Puppeting your frustrations, with the blinded flag,
Manufacturing consent is the name of the game,
The bottom line is money, nobody gives a fuck.
Four thousand hungry children leave us per hour from starvation,
While billions spent on bombs create death showers.

[chorus:]

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Why must we kill our own kind?

[chorus]

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Every time you drop the boom!

[Nicholas2.0]

6. Green Day "Holiday"

Hear the sound of the falling rain
Coming down like an Armageddon flame (Hey!)
The shame, the ones who died without a name

Hear the dogs howling out of key
To a hymn called “Faith and Misery” (Hey!)
And bleed, the company lost the war today

I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday

Hear the drum pounding out of time
Another protestor has crossed the line (Hey!)
To find, the money's on the other side

Can I get another Amen (Amen!)
There's a rag wrapped around a score of men (Hey!)
A gag, A plastic bag on a monument

[chorus]

"The representative from California has the floor"

Zieg heil to the president gasman
Bombs away is your punishment
Pulverize the Eiffel towers
Who criticize your government
Bang bang goes the broken glass and
Kill all the males who are into other males that don't agree
Trials by fire, setting fire
Is not a way that's meant for me
Just cause, just cause because we’re outlaws, yeah!

[chorus]

This is our lives on holiday

5. NOFX "Franco Un-American"

I never thought about the universe, it made me feel small
Never thought about the problems of this planet at all
Global warming, radioactive sites
Imperialistic wrongs and animal rights, no!

Why think all the bad things when life is so good?
Why help with an 'am' when there's always a 'could'?
Let the whales worry ‘bout the poisons in the sea
Outside of California, it's foreign policy
I don't want changes, I’ve no reactions
Your dilemmas are my distractions

That's no way to go, Franco Un-American
No way to go, Franco Un-American
No way to go, Franco Un-American
No way to go, Franco, Franco Un-American

I never looked around, never second-guessed
Then I read some Howard Zinn, now I'm always depressed
And now I can't sleep from years of apathy
All because I read a little Noam Chomsky

I'm eating vegetation, 'cause of Fast Food Nation
I wear uncomfortable shoes 'cause of globalization
I'm watching Michael Moore expose the awful truth
I'm listening to Public Enemy and Reagan Youth

I see no world peace 'cause of zealous armed forces
I eat no breath-mints 'cause they’re from de-hoofed horses
Now I can't believe what an absolute failure
The president's laughing 'cause we voted for Nader

That's no way to go, Franco Un-American
No way to go, Franco Un-American
No way to go, Franco Un-American
Where can we go, Franco Un-American

I want to move north and be a Canadian
Or hang down low with the nice Australians
I don't want to be another 'I-don't-care-ican'
What are we gonna do Franco, Franco Un-American

4. A Perfect Circle "Imagine"

Imagine there's no heaven. It's easy if you try
No hell below us. Above us only sky

Imagine all the people living for today...

Imagine there's no countries. It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for. And no religion too

Imagine all the people living life in peace...

[chorus:]
You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will live as one

Imagine all the people sharing all the world...

[chorus]

Imagine no possessions. I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger. A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people sharing all the world…

[chorus]

3. Pennywise "God Save the USA"

[(got too much you’re killing me) not correct, but it’s closer than the online version.] it’s how this world’s supposed to be
the home of the brave and the free, for you and me
but now there's something wrong, shit’s been going on too long,
never gonna change. There’s no way, so I say
what’s the CIA? And the NRA?
they're all the same, just names that change
fuck, there’s no excuse, any way you lose
its all a joke in the good ole U.S.A.
[chorus:]
all we need is more factories pumping filth into the sky
corporate greed and perverted priests, it’s the story of our lives
and apathy’s a national disease and there is no end in sight
God Save the U.S.A., blame the president, and say your prayers tonight.

the irony of liberty is no one here is truly free
where elections are stolen by greed, the GOP
so watch the nightly news, find out how you're getting screwed
what’cha gonna do? there's no use, so i say
Fuck the industry, the aristocracy
they're all the same, just names that change
fuck, there’s no excuse, any way you lose
its all a joke in the good ole U.S.A.
[chorus]
the government hypocrisy, an arrogant idolatry
corporate philosophy, the nightly news – a tragedy
where no one cares what’s right or wrong
heroes now have all but gone
the freedoms that we all abuse
obituaries, front page news
[chorus]

2. NOFX "Idiots Are Taking Over"

it's not the right time to be sober
now the idiots have taken over
spreading like a social cancer
is there an answer?
Mensa membership conceding
tell me why and how are all the stupid people breeding
Watson, it's really elementary
the industrial revolution
has flipped a bitch on evolution
the benevolent and wise
are being thwarted, ostracized
what a bummer
the world keeps getting dumber
insensitivity is standard
and faith is being fancied over reason
Darwin's rolling over in his coffin
the fittest are surviving much less often
now everything seems to be reversing
and it's worsening
someone flopped a steamer in the gene pool
now angry mob mentality's no longer the exception, it's the rule
and I’m starting to feel a lot like Charlton Heston
stranded on a primate planet
apes and orangutans that ran it to the ground
were generals and the armies that obeyed them
followers following fables
philosophies that enable them to rule without regard

there's no point for democracy when ignorance is celebrated
political scientists get the same one vote as some Arkansas inbred
majority rule don't work in mental institutions
sometimes the smallest softest voice carries the grand biggest solutions

what are we left with?
a nation of god-fearing pregnant nationalists
who feel it's their duty to populate the homeland
pass on traditions
how to get ahead religions
And prosperity via simpleton culture
the idiots are taking over

[Nicholas2.0]

And finally...

1. Ministry "No W"

[George W. Bush dialogue:]
“Evil. Evil…Evil. Evil…Evil. Evil…Despicable acts of terror…Evil. Evil…Psalm 23.”

If this is really living
Then why am I so unforgiving
Half the world is down the toilet
Half on it's way.

Well if I had a dollar for
Every time he hollers:
"Trust us with your hearts and minds"
Or I'll make you pay

TRUST ME

Ask me why you’re feeling screwed
And I'll give you the answer
There's a Colin, Dick, and Bush
Just a-hammerin' away

Ask me why you feel decived
And stripped of all your liberties
It doesn't take a genius
To explain that today

TRUST ME

[George W. Bush dialogue:]
“We’re fighting a war against evil.
We’re fighting evil. We’re fighting evil. We’re fighting evil.
The FBI, the CIA, we’re on the hunt. We’re fighting evil. We’re fighting evil.
One person at a time…

Thank you. Goodnight…and God bless America.”

[Nicholas2.0]

Oh s**t! I completely forgot to include "'Merican" by the Descendents. I'll have to edit it in later.

Damn, how in the world could I forget that one?

[tobedawg]

Cool Chart!!! Also: Thanks for posting the lyrics!!

There were also 2 Zack De La Rocha songs that were released post-Iraq War, "March of Death" and "We Want it All".. If you haven't checked them out yet, they are both great and downloadable on *ahem* most file sharing services..

[Nicholas2.0]

Hey, thanks for the reply! Glad someone vocally appreciated it. I'm aware of those Zack songs, but I only heard "March of Death" once, which was around the time it came out. Ditto for "In a World Gone Mad" by the Beastie Boys, which I regretfully could not include. I use school computers 95% of the time during the school months. File-sharing software is a strictly forbidden and has been since about 2003. (Oh, but the advantage I took up until that point!)

It's not worth the effort anymore to edit my chart for "'Merican," but I put it in at #26. So slide everything after down one. Here are the lyrics for "'Merican," which are surprisingly accurate, untouched:

"'Merican"

We flipped our finger to the king of england
Stole our country from the indians
With god on our side and guns in our hands
We took it for our own
A nation dedicated to liberty
Justice and equality
Does it look that way to you?
It doesn't look that way to me
The sickest joke I know

[Chorus]
Listen up man, I'll tell you who I am
Just another stupid american
You don't wanna listen
You don't wanna understand
So finish up your drink and go home

I come from the land of Ben Franklin
Twain and Poe and Walt Whitman
Otis Redding, Ellington,
The country that I love
But it's a land of the slaves and the ku klux klan
Haymarket riot and the great depression
Joe McCarthy, Vietnam
The sickest joke I know

[Chorus]

I'm proud and ashamed
Every fourth of july
You got to know the truth
Before you say that you got pride

Now the cops got tanks 'cause the kids got guns
Shrinks pushin' pills on everyone
Cancer from the ocean, cancer from the sun
Straight to Hell we go

[Chorus 2x]

[Jeffster]

Wow, what a bunch of hateful garbage.

[tobedawg]

Nah, it's just voices of musicians that disagree with the President's point of view..

Kinda like the Republicans disagreed with Clinton during the 1990's..

It's no different from AM Talk Radio (the Rush Limbaugh's, Hannity's, Savages, etc..) which has proven to be very successful..

I thought that citizens have the right to disagree with each other's point of view?

[Jeffster]

tobedawg said:

Nah, it's just voices of musicians that disagree with the President's point of view..

Kinda like the Republicans disagreed with Clinton during the 1990's..

It's no different from AM Talk Radio (the Rush Limbaugh's, Hannity's, Savages, etc..) which has proven to be very successful..

I thought that citizens have the right to disagree with each other's point of view?

Of course they do. I didn't say they didn't have a right to make up horribly stupid lyrics. Just as I have the right to label them as hateful garbage. ;) I would have said the same thing about disgusting lyrics like that if I had seen them written about Clinton in the 90's too, or anyone else for that matter.

[crash46]

Jeffster said:

Wow, what a bunch of hateful garbage.

Well, the "garbage" part, coming from you, doesn't the least bit surprise me, but what the heck is "hateful" about any of the following songs?

40. Yellowcard "Only One"
39. The World/Inferno Friendship Society "The Expatriate Act"
38. Black Eyed Peas (f/ Justin Timberlake) "Where Is the Love"
37. Dillinger Four "Like Sprewells on a Wheelchair"
36. No Use for a Name "Fields of Agony [acoustic]"
35. Beastie Boys "That's It That's All"
33. Beastie Boys "We Got The"
32. Bad Religion "Atheist Peace"
31. Green Day "Favorite Son"
30. The Get Up Kids "Lion and the Lamb"
29. Bad Religion "The Empire Strikes First"
28. A Perfect Circle "What's Going On" (Marvin Gaye cover)
27. A Perfect Circle "Let's Have a War" (Fear cover)
26. A Perfect Circle "Peace, Love and Understanding" (Nick Lowe cover)
25. Beastie Boys "Right Right Now Now"
24. Bad Religion "To Another Abyss"
23. Incubus "Megalomaniac"
22. The Ataris "Heaven Is Falling" (Bad Religion cover, written during the first Bush administration)
21. NOFX "The Irrationality of Rationality"
20. Papa Roach "Getting Away With Murder"
19. Anti-Flag "Turncoat" (The lyrics are probably close enough.  I don't have my music video to review for accuracy.)
18. Beastie Boys "(It Takes) Time to Build"
17. The Offspring "Baghdad"
16. Faithless "Mass Destruction"
12. Green Day "American Idiot"
11. Bad Religion (f/ Sage Francis) "Let Them Eat War"
09. A Perfect Circle "Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums"
08. A Perfect Circle "Annihilation" (Crucifix cover)
07. System of a Down "Boom!"
06. Green Day "Holiday"
05. NOFX "Franco Un-American"
04. A Perfect Circle "Imagine" (John Lennon cover)

Ridiculous. I only removed eight of the 40 songs, and four were by the same guys.

[Nicholas2.0]

crash46 basically just did what I came into this topic to do, so for now, I'm not going to go over all the lyrics again myself with a fine-tooth comb pulling out any more lyrics that Jeffster might have deemed "hateful."

It's worth mentioning that, during the '90's, musicians didn't perceive Clinton's administration to be reckless, irresponsible, and bullheaded enough to warrant 2 fairly high-profile compilation albums' worth of dissent. And no right-wing musicians ever had album titles taking shots at Clinton's administration, either.

[Jeffster]

Nicholas2.0 said:

crash46 basically just did what I came into this topic to do, so for now, I'm not going to go over all the lyrics again myself with a fine-tooth comb pulling out any more lyrics that Jeffster might have deemed "hateful."

And I certainly didn't ask ya to. It was a bit of a dismissive , knee-jerk reaction on my part based on the rather obscene and insulting tone of several of the lyrics posted. Definitely wasn't aiming to turn your personal chart topic into another political discussion. ;)

It's worth mentioning that, during the '90's, musicians didn't perceive Clinton's administration to be reckless, irresponsible, and bullheaded enough to warrant 2 fairly high-profile compilation albums' worth of dissent. And no right-wing musicians ever had album titles taking shots at Clinton's administration, either.

Heh, well, after I said that first part, now you've got me curious, WHY is that "worth mentioning"? I'm just not sure what your point is. Anyway, I expect there probably were some musicians that took shots at Clinton, but overall it's well-known that most famous musicians tend to be more liberal or atleast socially liberal, so they're going to more often have a problem with Republican presidents, some of those people I respect because they are consistent in their anti-war stances, others are just blatantly partisan, and if Clinton had taken the exact same actions against Iraq that Bush did, they would have likely not protested in the slightest.

Anyway, my "garbage" comment was not based on the political views expressed, I respect the right of dissent from the establishment very much, I'm very much anti-establishment myself in a lot of ways. It seems to me however that there should be a difference between angry scribblings in a journal, and what is released to the public as art, once one has had time to craft and perfect it. I respect honest expression, and I've written a few obscenity-laced lyrics myself in my life, but if I was in a position to have an actual wide audience or record contract, I would tend to try to be a little more respectful in my expression of my views.

Again, apologies for derailing a perfectly good usual Nick chart with like 12 songs by the same artist ;) Carry on.

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Jeffster said:

... some of those people I respect because they are consistent in their anti-war stances, others are just blatantly partisan, and if Clinton had taken the exact same actions against Iraq that Bush did, they would have likely not protested in the slightest.

I think that to an extent I would have to agree. I couldn't blame someone for liking those protest songs in any real way, but at times my head shook at how hypocritical a few of the artists who ended up with anti-war songs seemed.

In some cases, I really don't mind, especially like what you mentioned about being consistent. I also kind of like how Sonic Youth had only one anti-Bush track on their new album ("Peace Attack"), rather than all 10 songs about it. Not that it means much, but only a handful of those songs made for the known target in full albums are really going to be remembered that much longer after the next four years, IMO.