http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0419-29.htmby Katrina vanden Heuvel
After reading that New York Times article about the President's iPod, I couldn't resist putting together a Top Ten playlist for Dubya. So, in my Editor's Cut last week, I nominated songs like Kid Rock's "Pimp of the Nation," Eminem's "Mosh" and REM's, "The End of the World as We Know It." I even suggested that Bush add that old jazz standard, "My Heart Belongs to Daddy."
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I've compiled a readers' playlist from all your emails, but first I wanted to share a few of the interesting comments that came in from across the country:
* W.D. Dean from Burleson, Texas, says: "Here are a couple of songs from the master of stinging social commentary...Frank Zappa. If Frank were still with us he would be having a field day with the current political climate. Two of his songs that come to mind are 'Dumb All Over,' a catchy little tune about the influence of the religious right in American politics, although it could easily describe the entire Bush Administration as well and 'When the Lie's So Big,' a song describing the Republican Party in general, also written in 1980. These songs were definitely ahead of their time."
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Hail to the Thief, Radiohead
American Idiot, Green Day
Where is the Love?, Black Eyed Peas
War--What is it Good For?, Edwin Starr
Bu$leaguer, Pearl Jam
Masters of War (and many others, including Idiot Wind and It's All Right Ma), Bob Dylan
White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land (and I Ain't Marching Anymore), Phil Ochs
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feel free to add to this list!