rockymountaindem
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Tue Jan-27-04 12:59 PM
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There are several posts about music today, including one about The Who's song "Won't Be Fooled Again" and it's parallels to the modern situation in our country.
I submit another song which I feel falls right into the "eerily prophetic" category: "Nowhere Man" by the Beatles.
"He's a real nowhere man, sitting in his nowhere land, making all his nowhere plans for nobody... doesn't have a point of view, knows not where he's going to, isn't he a bit like you and me? Nowhere man, please listen, you don't know what you're missin', nowhere man... the world is at your command. He's as blind as he can be, just sees what he wants to see..."
It should be Dubya's campaign song, for goodness sakes! It's like the Beatles knew what was going to happen! Dooby dooby, Dooby dooby...
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Tue Jan-27-04 01:31 PM
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Dickie's Such an Asshole - Frank Zappa.
This song was originally written during the Watergate scandal for Dick Nixon. Now it seems appropriate for the Dick we have now (either one).
Cheers Drifter
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Tue Jan-27-04 01:39 PM
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Well I hope you come and see me in the movies then I know that you will plainly see The biggest fool that ever hit the big time and all I gotta do is act naturally :)
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Tue Jan-27-04 01:43 PM
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Conquistador of Mexico, the Zulu and the Navaho The Belgians in the Congo short memory Plantation in Virginia, the Raj in British India The deadline in South Africa short memory The story of El Salvador, the silence of Hiroshima Destruction of Cambodia short memory
Short memory, must have a, short memory
The sight of hotels by the Nile, the designated Hilton style With running water specially bought short memory A smallish man Afghanistan, a watch dog in a nervous land They're only there to lend a hand short memory Wake up in sweat at dead of night And in the tents new rifles hey short memory
If you read the history books you'll see the same things happen again and again
Repeat repeat short memory they've all got it When are we going to play it again Got a short, got a short, got a short, got a short They've got a short must have a short they've got a short aah Short memory, they've got a.
(Hirst/Moginie/Garrett)
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Tue Jan-27-04 02:08 PM
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4. "5 to 1" by The Doors, "Monster" by Steppenwolf, |
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"Lather" by Jefferson Airplane, "Desolation Row" by Bob Dylan, "Holiday in the Sun" by The Sex Pistols, "Get Up, Stand Up" by Bob Marley and The Wailers and thousands more songs too.
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Loonman
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Tue Jan-27-04 02:14 PM
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5. I Think 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 by Midnight Oil is one of the best political |
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Albums out there. -------------------------------------------- The rich get richer The poor get the picture The bombs never hit you when you're down so low
Some got pollution Some revolution There must be some solution but I just don't know
The bosses want decisions The workers need ambitions There won't be no collisions whey they move so slow
Nothing ever happens Nothing ever matters No one ever tells me so what am I to know
You wouldn't read about it Read about it Just another incredible scene There's no doubt about it
The hammer and sickle The news is at a trickle The commisars are fickle but the stockpile grows
Bombers keeping coming Engines softly humming The stars and stripes are running for their own big show
Another little flare up Storm brewed in a tea cup Imagine any mix up and the lot would go
Nothing ever happens Nothing ever matters No one ever tells me so what I am to know
You wouldn't read about it Read about it One unjust, ridiculous steal Ain't no doubt about it You wouldn't read about it Read about it Just another particular deal There's no doubt about it
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