What song reminds you of the last 8 years?

[Rocknrule]

For me, it's "Amerika" by Rammstein.

[shraby]

1. 16 Tons.

[radfringe]

110. same here... GMTA

[BlooInBloo]

2. I Can See Clearly Now The Rain Is Gone!

Or lightening up at least.

[mcctatas]

3. Funny you should ask....

The Great Song of Indifference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILkDb1mdDAI&feature=related

I don't mind if you go
I don't mind if you take it slow
I don't mind if you say yes or no
I don't mind at all

I don't care if you live or die
Couldn't care less if you laugh or cry
I don't mind if you crash or fly
I don't mind at all

I don't mind if you come or go
I don't mind if you say no
Couldn't care less baby let it flow
'Cause I don't care at all

Na na na, ...

I don't care if you sink or swim
Lock me out or let me in
Where I'm going or where I've been
I don't mind at all

I don't mind if the government falls
Implements more futile laws
I don't care if the nation stalls
And I don't care at all

I don't care if they tear down trees
I don't feel the hotter breeze
Sink in dust in dying sees
And I don't care at all

Na na na , ...
I don't mind if culture crumbles
I don't mind if religion stumbles
I can't hear the speakers mumble
And I don't mind at all

I don't care if the Third World fries
It's hotter there I'm not surprised
Baby I can watch whole nations die
And I don't care at all

I don't mind I don't mind I don't mind I don't mind
I don't mind I don't mind
I don't mind at all

Na na na , ...

I don't mind about people's fears
Authority no longer hears
Send a social engineer
And I don't mind at all

[Aristus]

4. "The Getaway" by Chris De Burgh.

Not the whole song; just the verse that begins:

"We're sick and tired of hearing
That the world is gonna blow
So there's something we'll do
To the leaders before we go:

Let's stick 'em in a room together
Yeah!
And make them fight it out
Until they see nothing from nothing
Will leave nothing at all"

[silverojo]

5. "I'm Takin' My Country Back!"

The song is posted here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbO5JYV1dJc


The lyrics:

Country music's got mamas and daddys
We got bar rooms and old heartbreak songs
But I'm here today to stand up and say
How I feel about my home sweet home
What's left, what's right and what's wrong

And I'm taking my country back
Son, you ain't been doin' her right
Oh, I been watchin' you and I don't like
How you've been treatin' my stars and stripes
You took our jobs and sent 'em overseas
Now we owe billions to the red Chinese
You blew the budget and you botched Iraq
So I'm taking my country back.

We had a bundle in the treasury drawer
More than there had ever been there before
But every day we're drownin' deeper in dept
Maybe four years should be all you get
Then you gave tax breaks to the millionaires
And tried to make the workin' man pay
But you can't tax a man when his jobs not there
Now look at where we are today...hey

I'm taking my country back
Son, you ain't been doin' her right
Oh I been watchin' you and I don't like
How you been treatin' my stars and stripes
You've got too many fancy friends for me
The Saudis treat you like you're royalty
You blew the budget and you botched Iraq
Now I'm takin' my country back

Now I can understand why you were hot
'Cause Bin Laden never did get caught
So you said we had Saddam to blame
Tried to tell us it was all the same
But now the years roll by and our kids keep dyin'
You don't even have a plan to bring 'em home
And those W.M.D. you promised on T.V.
Hey admit it, you figured it wrong...so I'm takin' my country back

Now you don't know my name, but you know who I am
I'm your everyday work hard, play hard
Raise kids and pray hard common man
And lord knows I love this land...that's why

I'm taking my country back
Son, you ain't been doin' her right
Oh I been watchin' you and I don't like
How you been treatin' my stars and stripes
You say "unite" but you divide us more
Cussin' each other on the Senate floor
Ain't we supposed to be above all that?
Hey I'm taking my country back
I got my family and my church and flag...
Now I'm takin' my country back

Copyright 2004 David A. Kent

[Kitty Herder]

12. I think I've heard that on the country radio. In the grocery store.

Maybe it was just one that sounded like it, though, because I don't imagine it would go over well here.

[melody]

6. "I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow"

by Ray Stevens

That pretty much sums it up for the country.

[Hardrada]

7. Dies Irae

[Beregond2]

8. "Eve of Destruction"

[Jamastiene]

14. That was the first song that hit my mind.

You beat me to it.

[Thothmes]

41. Ditto

[glinda]

78. Yes. My vote is for that one also.

[ailsagirl]

90. Same here

That or "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield

[meowomon]

9. Who's Sorry Now?

[pokerfan]

10. Bob Dylan - Masters of War

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWkWSLEW-Ds

[Kitty Herder]

17. I love this video of Pearl Jam performing that song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8GHBk_HSXg

I love Dylan, but I gotta say, Eddie Vedder sings this like it was written for him. Such passion and rage.

[LWolf]

48. Top of my list. :( nt

[ailsagirl]

92. Or Dylan's "Desolation Road" or "Subterranean Homesick Blues"

or "It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleedin'"

Dire Straits' "Brothers in Arms"

Dylan's "The Times They Are a'Changin'"

[tomreedtoon]

11. "RE: Your Brains" by Jonathan Coulton.

All we want to do is eat your brains
We're not unreasonable,
I mean, no one wants to eat your eyes
All we want to do is eat your brains
We're at an impasse here -
Maybe we can compromise.
If you open up the doors,
We'll all come inside and eat your brains.

http://www.jonathancoulton.com/music/thingaweek/ReYourBrains.mp3

[Kitty Herder]

13. "We Can't Make It Here Anymore" by James McMurtry. If you haven't heard it,

here's a link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbWRfBZY-ng

[denem]

15. Springsteen : Something in the Night

Nothing is forgotten or forgiven,
when it's your last time around,
I got stuff running 'round my head
That I just can't live down

When we found the things we loved,
They were crushed and dying in the dirt.
We tried to pick up the pieces,
And get away without getting hurt,
But they caught us at the state line,
And burned our cars in one last fight,
And left us running burned and blind,
Chasing something in the night.

[Sebastian Doyle]

16. If you listen to fools....... or Freepers......

....The (Bush) Mob Rules!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mh7HqkHLjE

Scary side note here..... Ronnie Dio is only 6 years younger than John McCain!

[Yuugal]

18. "The Decline"

NOFX

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7678699283388177257&q=NOFX+the+decline&total=102&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1

[endthewar]

19. "It's the end of the world as we know it" by REM

Sums it up perfectly.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

39. That's been playing in my head a lot lately

taking turns with "Waiting for the End of the World", by Elvis Costello

[frog92969]

20. War Pigs

[chill_wind]

21. "Us and Them". Pink Floyd.

Us, and them

Us, and them
And after all we're only ordinary men.
Me, and you.
God only knows it's not what we would choose to do.
Forward he cried from the rear and the front rank died.
And the general sat and the lines on the map moved from side to side.
Black and blue
And who knows which is which and who is who.
Up and down.
But in the end it's only round and round.
Haven't you heard it's a battle of words
The poster bearer cried.
Listen son, said the man with the gun
There's room for you inside.
"I mean, they're not gunna kill ya,
so if you give 'em a quick short,sharp, shock, they won't do it again.
Dig it? I mean he get offlightly,
'cos I would've given him a thrashing - I only hit him once!
It was only a difference of opinion, but really...I mean good manners
don't cost nothing do they, eh?"
Down and out
It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about.
With, without.
And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about?
Out of the way, it's a busy day
I've got things on my mind.
For the want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died.


http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1690

[coalition_unwilling]

22. "Nowhere Man" for the last 8. If McBush

wins, "Ape Man" by the Kinks.

"I don't feel safe in this world no more,
I don't want to die in a nuclear war,
I want to sail away to a different shore
And live like an ape man."

[WritersBlock]

23. "After the Garden" & "Let's Impeach the President" - Neil Young. n/t

[Hekate]

24. Masters of War by Bob Dylan. I never fully comprehended it the way I do now.

Sure I understood it when it first came out when I was in college. But during the past 6 years I have come to comprehend it completely on a visceral level. Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney are both loathsome examples of Masters of War, lower than cockroaches on a karmic scale.

Hekate

[coalition_unwilling]

25. LOL - Please stop insulting cockroaches! -n\t

[ailsagirl]

94. He was w-a-a-a-a-ay ahead of his time

[Bigjoe7734]

26. Calm Like a Bomb by Rage Against the Machine

That pretty well sums it up for me

[Tanuki]

27. "We don't need another hero"

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/tinaturner/wedontneedanotherhero.html
(as sung by Tina Turner)

"We Don't Need Another Hero"

OUT OF THE RUINS
OUT FROM THE WRECKAGE
CAN`T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE THIS TIME
WE ARE THE CHILDREN
THE LAST GENERATION
WE ARE THE ONES THEY LEFT BEHIND
AND I WONDER WHEN WE ARE EVER GONNA CHANGE
LIVING UNDER THE FEAR, TILL NOTHING ELSE REMAINS

WE DON`T NEED ANOTHER HERO
WE DON`T NEED TO KNOW THE WAY HOME
ALL WE WANT IS LIFE BEYOND
THUNDERDOME

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
WE CAN RELY ON
THERE`S GOTTA BE SOMETHING BETTER OUT THERE
LOVE AND COMPASSION
THEIR DAY IS COMING
ALL ELSE ARE CASTLES BUILT IN THE AIR
AND I WONDER WHEN WE ARE EVER GONNA CHANGE
LIVING UNDER THE FEAR TILL NOTHING ELSE REMAINS

ALL THE CHILDREN SAY
WE DON`T NEED ANOTHER HERO
WE DON`T NEED TO KNOW THE WAY HOME
ALL WE WANT IS LIFE BEYOND
THUNDERDOME

SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH OUR LIFES
WE LEAVE ONLY A MARK
WILL OUR STORY SHINE LIKE A LIGHT
OR END IN THE DARK
GIVE IT ALL OR NOTHING

WE DON`T NEED ANOTHER HERO
WE DON`T NEED TO KNOW THE WAY HOME
ALL WE WANT IS LIFE BEYOND
THUNDERDOME

[zazen]

28. "If you live, your time will come." Mose Allison (et al)

[slewfoot]

29. Wasted Days and Wasted Nights!

[CLG_News]

88. LOL!!! n/t

[Maine-ah]

30. War Pigs and....

Piggies, Beatles

Piggies
by George Harrison, The Beatles
Have you seen the little piggies
Crawling in the dirt
And for all the little piggies
Life is getting worse
Always having dirt to play around in.

Have you seen the bigger piggies
In their starched white shirts
You will find the bigger piggies
Stirring up the dirt
Always have clean shirts to play around in.

In their styes with all their backing
They don't care what goes on around
In their eyes there's something lacking
What they need's a damn good whacking.

Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon.

[VOX]

31. "The Walls Came Down" by The Call. A 26-year old song -- prescient, and now more relevant than ever.

Well they blew the horns
And the walls came down
They'd all been warned
And the walls came down

They stood there laughing
They're not laughing anymore
The walls came down

Sanctuary fades, congregation splits
Nightly military raids, the congregation splits
It's a song of assassins, ringing' in your ears
We got terrorist thinking, playing on fears

Well they blew the horns
And the walls came down
They'd all been warned
But the walls came down

I don't think there are any Russians
And there ain't no Yanks
Just corporate criminals
Playing with tanks

[Coventina]

60. Awesome song! Thanks for reminding me of it.

I loved that band, whatever happened to them?

[LeftishBrit]

32. 'George's Son' by Brass Monkey

(Not even intended to be political; but well, it's about George's son, who listens to the Devil - no doubt Dick Cheney; drives all the sheep off a cliff; and causes financial ruin!):

George's Son

There was George and there was George's son
Two finer dogs there never did run
They ran the sheep and they ran them well
And George's son, he could run like hell

Oh one dark night when all were safe asleep
To George's son, some devil did creep
Saying show your master, come show him true
What young George's son with them sheep can do

And how they scrambled and how they flew
And how they thundered that parish through
How high the cliff he drove them along
Oh, and in his ears was that devil's song

Their clattering bells roused the shepherd bold
And at that sound, oh his blood ran cold
And he prayed for mercy with all his might
Saying some demon rides with my sheep this night

And quickly quickly he ran the ground
And quickly quickly that cliff he found
And quickly quickly he raised his gun
And the devil smiled on young George's son.

A flock was lost and a fortune too
And a brisk young farmer cold ruin knew
To some laboring job he was forced to come
But his saddest loss was young George's son.

There was George and there was George's son
Two finer dogs there never did run
They ran the sheep and they ran them well
And George's son, he could run like hell.


Another relevant song is the chorus of the old British folk song, "The Prickly Bush", as sung by the Fureys:

Oh, the prickly bush
Does pierce my heart full sore,
And if ever I get away from that bush,
I'll never be caught any more!

[Dover]

33. 99 Bucks In My Bank Account, 99 Bucks In the Bank....

The bank did fail
and to no avail
I have no bucks and no bank.

(It's the short version)

[marions ghost]

34. This one's angry enough.....

-- All Our Dark Tomorrows --
25 April 2001. Montpelier.
Bruce Cockburn

The village idiot takes the throne
His the wind in which all must sway
All sane people, die now
Be lifted up and carried away
You've got no home in this world of sorrows

There's a parasite feeding on
Everybody's bag of rage
What goes out returns again
To smite the mouth and burn the page
Under the rain of all our dark tomorrows

I can see in the dark it's where I used to live
I see excess and the gaping need
Follow the money - see where it leads
It's to shrunken men stuffed up with greed
They meet and make plans in strange half-lit tableaux

Under the rain of all our dark tomorrows

You've got no home in this world of sorrows

--------------------------------

Call it Democracy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68zccrskOqQ

[mod mom]

35. Some Humans Ain't Human by John Prine

[deutsey]

36. Highway to Hell

[Efilroft Sul]

37. "Take the Money and Run," Steve Miller Band n/t

[JustAnotherGen]

38. America - By Prince

Around the World In A Day was released back in the mid-80's. I loved that song then, and I love it now. You have to 'listen' to it to hear the tongue in cheek anger of the lyrics:

**********************************************
Yeah
Peace!

Aristocrats on a mountain climb
Making money, losing time
Communism is just a word
But if the government turn over
It'll be the only word that's heard

America, America
God shed his grace on thee
America, America
Keep the children free

Little sister making minimum wage
Living in a 1-room jungle-monkey cage
Can't get over, she's almost dead
She may not be in the black
But she's happy she ain't in the red

America, America
God shed his grace on thee
America, America
Keep the children free

Freedom
Love
Joy
Peace

Jimmy Nothing never went 2 school
They made him pledge allegiance
He said it wasn't cool
Nothing made Jimmy proud
Now Jimmy lives on a mushroom cloud

America, America
God shed his grace on thee
America, America
Keep the children free

America, America
God shed his grace on thee
America, America
Keep the children free

Freedom
Love
Joy
Peace

boom, boom, boom, boom
the bomb go
boom, boom, boom, boom
the bomb go boom.
Teacher, why won't Jimmy pledge allegiance?

***********************************************


That song is from 1985. Probably relevant in 87. And definately relevant today.


I'm also think: You Haven't Done Nothing by Stevie Wonder. I know, I know - must not pick on House Democrats. But at the end of the day - It's not just them. It's the entire government. They feed us their bullshit, we proclaim we are sick of it - and they still do nothing of any value. Go figure.

[peekaloo]

40. Ignoreland by REM

[riqster]

108. That's mine too - A history of the Right-wing takeover

Dead-on accurate and righteously pissed off. Stipe at his most insightful. Even the title "Ignoreland" is spot-on. The nation as a whole has indeed ignored what has been going on.


These bastards stole their power from the victims of the Us v. Them years,
Wrecking all things virtuous and true.
The undermining social democratic downhill slide into abysmal
Lost lamb off the precipice into the trickle down runoff pool.
They hypnotised the summer, nineteen seventy-nine.
Marched into the capital brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready,
Heartless, and labeled. super U.S. citizen, super achiever,
Mega ultra power dosing. Relax.
Defense, defense, defense, defense. yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland. yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland.

The information nation took their clues from all the sound-bite gluttons.
Nineteen eighty, eighty-four, eighty-eight, ninety-two too, too.
How to be what you can be, jump jam junking your energies.
How to walk in dignity with throw-up on your shoes.
They amplified the autumn, nineteen seventy-nine.
Calculate the capital, up the republic my skinny ass.
T.V. tells a million lies. The paper's terrified to report
Anything that isn't handed on a presidential spoon,
I'm just profoundly frustrated by all this. So, fuck you, man. (fuck 'em)
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland. yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland.

If they weren't there we would have created them. Maybe, it's true,
But I'm resentful all the same. Someone's got to take the blame.
I know that this is vitriol, no solution, spleen-venting,
But I feel better having screamed. Don't you?
They desecrated winter, nineteen seventy-nine.
Capital collateral, brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready,
Heartless, and labeled, super U.S. citizen, super achiever,
Mega ultra power dosing. Relax.
Defense, defense, defense, defense. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland. yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland. yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

42. The Back Stabbers

for those of you who remember the 1970s.

[Snotcicles]

52. Diplomacy by Chris Smither released in 2006 it's perfect

The first few lines....
It's getting edgy, time to find a war
There must be somethin' worth fighting for
Peace is so peaceful, it ain't a way to survive
When nobody hates you, nobody knows your alive
..
We got the guns, we got the oilmen too
They're like a choir, they wanna sing for you
Wham Bam, Slip-sliden away
The less you got, the more you gonna pay

[coalition_unwilling]

67. Awesome choice. With apologies to Eddie

Hendricks, I'll second that emotion! :)

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

43. Shrub's bottom line theme song --- Money

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_ofFa50LzY

[MANative]

44. "Eve of Destruction" - Barry McGuire

Hopefully to be followed by "I Can See Clearly Now"

[Romulox]

45. "I Me Mine" nt

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

46. Wargasm- L7

[devilgrrl]

82. Good call...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D20S86c7g3s

[workinclasszero]

47. Badlands by Bruce Springsteen

Lights out tonight,
Trouble in the heartland,
Got a head on collision,
Smashin' in my guts, man,
I'm caught in a cross fire,
That I don't understand

I don't give a damn,
for the same old played out scenes,
I don't give a damn,
for just the in betweens,
Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul,
I want control right now

Talk about a dream,
try to make it real
You wake up in the night,
with a fear so real,
Spend your life waiting,
for a moment that just don't come,
Well, don't waste your time waiting,

Badlands, you gotta live it everyday,
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay,
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood,
and these badlands start treating us good.

Workin' in the fields
till you get your back burned,
Workin' 'neath the wheel
till you get your facts learned,
Baby, I got my facts
learned real good right now,
Poor man wanna be rich,
rich man wanna be king,
And a king ain't satisfied,
till he rules everything,
I wanna go out tonight,
I wanna find out what I got

I believe in the love that you gave me,
I believe in the hope that can save me,
I believe in the faith
and I pray, that someday it may raise me,
Above these badlands

Badlands, you gotta live it everyday,
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay,
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood,
and these badlands start treating us good.

For the ones who had a notion,
A notion deep inside,
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
I wanna find one face that ain't looking through me
I wanna find one place,
I wanna spit in the face of these badlands

Badlands, you gotta live it everyday,
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay,
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood,
and these badlands start treating us good.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

49. "We've Gotta Get Out of this Place (if it's the last thing we ever do)"

Animals. It's how I'm feeling now.

[DailyGrind51]

50. "Highway to Hell!"

[LeftishBrit]

51. Bully in the Alley, by Ian Telfer and John L. Jones

This is what they told him:
Go down if you must but don't stay long
You're a fool if you trust the kids you play among
Better look sharp on your way home, son
There's a bully in the alley want to spoil your fun
So be ready night and day
Stand up for your right of way
There's a bully in the alley He'll do his worst
There's a bully in the alley He won't fear your curse
There's a bully in the alley Get your boot in first
That's what they told him

If you want to win nothing's really wrong
You're a fool if you trust the men you deal among
Better look out for number one
Or he'll do you down just to see you run
So be ready night and day
Stand up for your right of way
There's a bully in the alley He'll do his worst
There's a bully in the alley He won't fear your curse
There's a bully in the alley Get your bid in first
That's what they told him

Out in the darkness he lies in wait
On each knuckle 'hate' and 'hate'
What you sow is what you reap
And the bully in the alley never never sleeps

For liberty we must be strong
You're a fool if you trust this world we live among
Now look sharp till the fight is won
There's a bully in the alley with a bigger gun
So be ready night and day
Stand up for you right of way
There's a bully in the alley He'll do his worst
There's a bully in the alley He won't fear your curse
There's a bully in the alley Get your boot in first
That's what they tell us.

[marmar]

53. Mr. Self Destruct by Nine Inch Nails

I am the voice inside your head
and I control you
I am the lover in your bed
and I control you
I am the sex that you provide
and I control you
I am the hate you try to hide
and I control you
I take you where you want to go
I give you all you need to know
I drag you down I use you up
Mr. Self-destruct
I speak religion's message clear
and I control you
I am denial guilt and fear
and I control you
I am the prayers of the naive
and I control you
I am the lie that you believe
and I control you
I take you where you want to go
I give you all you need to know
I drag you down I use you up
Mr. Self-destruct
I am the needle in your vein
and I control you
I am the high you can't sustain
and I control you
I am the pusher I'm a whore
and I control you
I am the need you have for more
and I control you
I am the bullet in the gun
and I control you
I am the truth from which you run
and I control you
I am the silencing machine
and I control you
I am the end of all your dreams
and I control you
I take you where you want to go
I give you all you need to know
I drag you down I use you up
Mr. Self-destruct

[Coventina]

61. "Head Like A Hole" is pretty appropriate as well....n/t

[Coventina]

54. "The Man Who Sold The World" David Bowie n/t

[adamuu]

55. Flobots – Handlebars

[Coventina]

56. "All That Money Wants" by The Psychedelic Furs n/t

[ITsec]

57. Liar - Three Dog Night

[Bennyboy]

58. Throwing Stones: Grateful Dead......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgHj4sFGGRc


Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free
Dizzy with eternity.
Paint it with a skin of sky, brush in some clouds and sea
Call it home for you and me.
A peaceful place or so it looks from space
A closer look reveals the human race.
Full of hope, full of grace, is the human face.
But afraid, we may our home to waste.
Theres a fear down here we cant forget hasnt got a name just yet
Always awake, always around singing ashes to ashes all fall down.
Now watch as the ball revolves and the nighttime calls
And again the hunt begins and again the bloodwind calls
By and by again, the morning sun will rise
But the darkness never goes from some mens eyes.
It strolls the sidewalks and it rolls the streets
Stalking turf, dividing up meat.
Nightmare spook, piece of heat, you and me, you and me.
Click, flashblade in ghetto night. rudies looking for a fight.
Rat cat alley roll them bones. need that cash to feed that jones
And the politicians throwing stones
Singing ashes, ashes all fall down.
Commissars and pin-striped bosses role the dice
Any way they fall guess who gets to pay the price.
Money green or proletarian gray, selling guns instead of food today.
So the kids they dance, they shake their bones
While the politicians throwing stones
Singing ashes, ashes all fall down.
Heartless powers try to tell us what to think
If the spirits sleeping, then the flesh is ink.
Historys page, it is thusly carved in stone
The futures here, we are it, we are on our own.
If the game is lost then were all the same
No one left to place or take the blame.
We will leave this place an empty stone
Or this shinning ball of blue we can call our home
So the kids they dance, they shake their bones
While the politicians are throwing stones
Singing ashes, ashes all fall down.
Shipping powders back and forth
Singing black goes south while white comes north
And the whole world full of petty wars
Singing I got mine and you got yours.
And the current fashions set the pace.
Lose your step, fall out of grace.
And the radical he rant and rage, singing someone got to turn the page
And the rich man in his summer home,
Singing just leave well enough alone
But his pants are down, his covers blown
And the politicians are throwing stones
So the kids they dance they shake their bones
Cause its all too clear were on our own
Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free
Its dizzying, the possibilities. ashes, ashes all fall down.
Send "Throwing Stones" Ringtone

[kas125]

84. Do you know that Barlow said he wrote that song about Cheney?

I've never heard it the same way since I learned that little fact.

[Bennyboy]

86. Yeah, I kind of forgot to post that in the OP (here is the story)

AD: What is the story behind “Throwing Stones”? You wrote that in Cora as well, right?

JPB: Yeah. That’s the only explicitly political song we ever wrote. And the story behind that was that I was having a serious argument with Dick Cheney at that point, who I’d help get elected and been a pretty good congressman for the stuff that I was interested in, which was environmental stuff. We’d helped stop acid rain in the Wind River Mountains and passed the Wyoming Wilderness Act together and worked out a lot of the necessary compromises. He fished on my ranch and…we were co-conspirators.

But then he got into this obsession with the Russians and this conviction that we had a clash of cultures that had to be resolved by whatever means, and so he helped base the MX Missile in Wyoming. The original idea of the MX Missile was that it was a second-strike, retaliatory weapon that could not be taken out by a first strike because it would be running around on a vast railroad system kind of like a gigantic shell game, so the Russians wouldn’t know where the MX’s were. And the MX itself is an extremely destructive instrument. It has ten warheads, each one of which delivers 550 kilotons of explosive energy. And just for purposes of comparison, the bomb that completely leveled Hiroshima and took out half a million people in a second had only seventeen kilotons to give you some idea. So you can to the math. That’s just one missile. And the plan was to base 100 of them. And Dick was instrumental in seeing to it that they were not based in the original basing formula, which made them explicitly second strike, but that they were basically first strike weapons. They were completely naked and stationary and they were all put on launch on warning. And had all of those missiles gone, because some cloud of geese flew over a radar in Greenland, that would’ve been the end of all like on the planet. And I got so freaked out that somebody was so determined to win a political battle that he was literally willing to endanger all the life on planet Earth, that I felt like I had to say something…so I wrote that song. And like I say, I owe Dick a lot for that song.

[JesterCS]

59. A Perfect Circle - Counting Bodies like Sheep

especially the video.

[Bennyboy]

62. New Speedway Boogie Grateful Dead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVsSKuxyaro

Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia


Please don't dominate the rap, Jack
If you got nothing new to say
If you please, don't back up the track
This train's got to run today

I spent a little time in the mountain
Spent a little time on the hill
I heard some say "better run away"
Others say "better stand still"

Now I don't know but I've been told
It's hard to run with the weight of gold
Other hand I heard it said
It's just as hard with the weight of lead

Who can deny? Who can deny?
It's not just a change in style
One step done and another begun
In I wonder how many miles?

I spent a little time on the mountain
Spent a little time on the hill
Things went down we don't understand
But I think in time we will

Now I don't know but I was told
In the heat of the sun a man died of cold
Do we keep on coming or stand and wait
With the sun so dark and the hour so late?

You can't overlook the lack Jack
Of any other highway to ride
It's got no signs or dividing lines
And very few rules to guide

I spent a little time on the mountain
Spent a little time on the hill
I saw things getting out of hand
I guess they always will

Now, I don't know but I've been told
If the horse don't pull, you got to carry the load
I don't know whose back's that strong
Maybe find out before too long

One way or another
One way or another
One way or another
This darkness got to give


Notes

[Loge23]

63. Everthing's Broken - Dylan (eom)

[Gregorian]

64. Bush It.

I heard this in 2002, and couldn't believe my ears. Sadly, no one's ever heard it but me, evidently. There's a long story behind the author. I'll spare you. The lyrics are comprehensive in every way.

First they went and stole the election
(B) The Supreme Court went and made the selection
(D) The corporations gave the direction
They said (A) "Bush it" (G) (A)

(A) He went and hired his daddy's staff
(B) And few guys from Nixon's just for a laugh
(D) Now the world is his oyster to split in half
(A) Bush it (G) (A)

(A) Now though he'd never been to a foreign land
And a (B) map of the world he'd never understand
(D) Right up his back went the puppeteer's hand
(A) Bush it

(D) Bush it--the old President's son
(B) Bush it--that's the way it's done
(D) Bush it--for all of your friends
(E) Who knows where this whole thing's gonna (A) end (G)(A)

Then someone goes and topples the towers
Took years to build destroyed it in hours
The FBI and CIA said give us more powers
Bush it

Then the puppeteer says hey I got a plan
Though the guys were all Saudis lets bomb Afganistan
Then camp out with our friends in Pakistan
Bush it

But that wasn't the end to these tragic attacks
Some used the U.S. mail to send anthrax
Kinda funny how it went just to Democrats
Bush it

Bush it--The old President's boy
Bush it--He got a brand new toy
Bush it--Down old Texas way
Hey now look at Georgie Junior play

Vice President Cheney meets with Enron of course
On how to manage our oil resource
Give 'em rolling blackouts and a secret task force
We'll Bush it

The Enron goes bankrupt after stealing us blind
But they left a trail of campaign cash behind
But when asked for his records Cheney big time declined
He said Bush it.

Now before 9-1-1 Bush wasn't too bright
Did Osama Bin Laden show him the light?
They're both CIA boys and they know how to fight
They Bush it

Bush it--To the limit and then
Bush it--And Bush it again
Bush it--And make no mistake
There is just so much that we can take

He's got two drunken daughters and a drug addict niece
But that doesn't matter, he'll just call up the police
And say you can keep all the others, but I want their release
Bush it

Now he did booze and coke and he doesn't deny it
But he says that he quit and he's on a new diet
Now he passes out on pretzels--does anyone buy it?
Bush it

Now George is an artist and he's trying to sell it
He's a bit of a devil--doesn't think we can tell it
But it's piled up so high it's hard not to smell it
Bush-it

Bush it--The new President's song
Bush it--You know he can't be wrong
Bush it--Out of the President's way
What more can a real American say?

Bush It! Bush It! Bush It!

Copyright 2002 by Darryl Cherney, PO Box 34, Garberville, CA 95542.

[avaistheone1]

65. My Nineteen Nervous Breakdown

by the Stones

[immoderate]

66. Hard Rain's Gonna Fall

--IMM

[PlanetBev]

68. "Stuff Ya Gotta Watch" by The Band

I feel like I've had to stand by the last eight years and watch in horror.

[annabanana]

69. Monster - Steppenwolf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpuyXdKx9Ws

(Monster)
Once the religious, the hunted and weary
Chasing the promise of freedom and hope
Came to this country to build a new vision
Far from the reaches of kingdom and pope
Like good Christians, some would burn the witches
Later some got slaves to gather riches

But still from near and far to seek America
They came by thousands to court the wild
And she just patiently smiled and bore a child
To be their spirit and guiding light

And once the ties with the crown had been broken
Westward in saddle and wagon it went
And 'til the railroad linked ocean to ocean
Many the lives which had come to an end
While we bullied, stole and bought our a homeland
We began the slaughter of the red man

But still from near and far to seek America
They came by thousands to court the wild
And she just patiently smiled and bore a child
To be their spirit and guiding light

The blue and grey they stomped it
They kicked it just like a dog
And when the war over
They stuffed it just like a hog

And though the past has it's share of injustice
Kind was the spirit in many a way
But it's protectors and friends have been sleeping
Now it's a monster and will not obey

(Suicide)
The spirit was freedom and justice
And it's keepers seem generous and kind
It's leaders were supposed to serve the country
But now they won't pay it no mind
'Cause the people grew fat and got lazy
And now their vote is a meaningless joke
They babble about law and order
But it's all just an echo of what they've been told
Yeah, there's a monster on the loose
It's got our heads into a noose
And it just sits there watchin'

Our cities have turned into jungles
And corruption is stranglin' the land
The police force is watching the people
And the people just can't understand
We don't know how to mind our own business
'Cause the whole worlds got to be just like us
Now we are fighting a war over there
No matter who's the winner
We can't pay the cost
'Cause there's a monster on the loose
It's got our heads into a noose
And it just sits there watching

(America)
America where are you now?
Don't you care about your sons and daughters?
Don't you know we need you now
We can't fight alone against the monster

[lonestarnot]

70. Here, I was just going to post this in another thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiYwwL5LbBw

[LiberalEsto]

71. "Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime" nt

[lynettebro440]

72. Hard times

by the late, great Ray Charles.

[blonndee]

73. "Mad World"

Possibly the most depressing song ever.

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for the daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere

Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

And I find I kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles its a very very
Mad world
Mad world

Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
And I feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen

Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what’s my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me

And I find I kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles its a very very
Mad world
Mad world
Enlarging your world
Mad world

[pacalo]

74. The theme of "Twilight Zone".

[donf]

75. (What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love and Understanding

by Nick Lowe (performed by Elvis Costello and the Attractions)

As I walk through
This wicked world
Searchin' 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? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding?

And as I walked 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? Ohhhh
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? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding?

[SOS]

76. Bob Marley - Ride Natty Ride

Now the fire is out of control,
Panic in the city, wicked weeping for their gold
Everywhere fire is burning,
Destroying and melting their gold,
Destroying and wasting their souls.

Ride, Natty, ride!

Now the people gather on the beach
And the leaders try to make a speech,
But the Dread again tell them that it's too late:
Fire is burning
Man, pull your own weight!

[asdjrocky]

77. Gotta be-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7WASrQFg8o

A revolution never come with a warning
A revolution never sends you an omen
A revolution just arrived like the morning
Ring the alarm we come to wake up the snoring

They tellin' you to never worry about the future
They tellin' you to never worry about the torture
They tellin' you that you'll never see the horror
Spend it all today and we will bill you tomorrow
Three piece suits and bank accounts in Bahamas
Wall street crime will never send you to the slammer
Tell all the children in the arms of their mammas
The F-15 is a homocide bomber

TV commercials for a pop a pill culture
Drug companies circling like a vulture
Ameriraqi babies with a G.I. Joe father
Ten years from now is anybody gonna bother?

Yell Fire, yo, yo, yo
Here we come here we come
Fire, yo, yo , yo, yo
Revolution a comin'
Fire, yo, yo, yo, yo
Fire, yo, yo, yo, yo

Everyone addicted to the same nicotine
Everyone addicted to the same gasoline
Everyone addicted to a technicolour screen
Everybody tryin' to get their hands on the same green
From the banks of the river to the banks of the greedy
All of the riches taken back by the needy
We come from the country and we come from the city
You play us on the record, you can play us on the CD

All the shit you've given us is fertilizer
The seeds that we planted you can never brutalize them
Tell the corporation they can never globalize it
Like Peter Tosh said Legalize it

Girls and boys hear the bass and treble
Rumble in the speakers and it make you wanna rebel
Throw your hands up, take it to another level
And you can never, ever, ever make a deal with the devil

Yell Fire, yo, yo, yo
Here we come here we come
Fire, yo, yo, yo, yo
Revolution a comin'
Fire, yo, yo, yo, yo
Fire, yo, yo, yo, yo

-Michael Franti

[MadrasT]

79. Bloodhoung Gang - "Firewater Burn"

"Fire Water Burn"

The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn,
Burn motherfucker burn.

Hello my name is Jimmy Pop and I'm a dumb white guy,
I'm not old or new but middle school fifth grade like junior high,
I don't know mofo if y'all peeps be buggin' give props to my ho cause she all fly,
But I can take the heat cause I'm the other white meat known as 'Kid Funky Fried',
Yeah I'm hung like planet Pluto hard to see with the naked eye,
But if I crashed into Uranus I would stick it where the sun don't shine,
Cause I'm kind of like Han Solo always stroking my own wookie,
I'm the root of all that's evil yeah but you can call me cookie,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn,
Burn motherfucker burn.

Yo yo this hard-core ghetto gangster image takes a lot of practice,
I'm not black like Barry White no I am white like Frank Black is,
So if man is five and the devil is six than that must make me seven,
This honkey's gone to heaven,
But if I go to hell then I hope I burn well,
I'll spend my days with J.F.K., Marvin Gaye, Martha Raye, and Lawrence Welk,
And Kurt Cobain, Kojak, Mark Twain and Jimi Hendrix's poltergeist,
And Webster yeah Emmanuel Lewis cause he's the anti-christ,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn,
Burn motherfucker burn.

Everybody here we go,
Ohh Ohh,
C'mon party people,
Ohh Ohh,
Throw your hands in the air,
Ohh Ohh,
C'mon party people,
Ohh Ohh,
Wave 'em like you don't care,
Ohh Ohh,
C'mon party people,
Ohh Ohh,
Everbody say ho,
Ohh Ohh,
C'mon party people,
Ohh Ohh,
Everybody here we go.

[MadrasT]

80. And one for our future? "For What It's Worth"

(Buffalo Springfield)

There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware

I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind

I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side

It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away

We better stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

Stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

Stop, now, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

Stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

[dixiegrrrrl]

81. Gordon Lightfoot's Patriot's Dream, esp. last stanza...

"Well there was an old man sitting in his mansion on the hill
And he thought of his good fortune and the time he'd yet to kill
Well he called to his wife one day, ;come sit with me awhile
Then turning toward the sunset, he smiled a wicked smile
;well I'd like to say I'm sorry for the sinful deeds I've done
But let me first remind you, I'm a patriotic son."

Reminds me of Cheney...
Unfortunately, it has been topical since 1964.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTrZ2FEETvs

Images on this particular video version are especially haunting.

btw, for those who may not know, the repeated phrase of
"Let's drink to the men who got caught by the chill"
refers to the "chill" of the "draft".

and I still cry whenever I hear it.

[InkAddict]

83. Slip, Slindin' Away - Simon & Garfunkle

Whoah God only knows, God makes his plan
The informations unavailable to the mortal man
Were workin our jobs, collect our pay
Believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact were slip sliding away

[tomg]

85. Life During Wartime -the Talking Heads

Actually, deciding which Talking Heads was tough

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYtExWp8vDI

Let's make the next along these lines:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c71Bhbv-KGA

[JBoy]

87. Welcome To My Nightmare - Alice Cooper

[malaise]

89. Gimme some truth

Lennon

[CLG_News]

91. Pigs on the Wind (Pink Floyd) n/t

[RagAss]

93. "The End" The Doors

[ThoughtCriminal]

95. Waist Deep in the Big Muddy - Pete Seeger

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waist_Deep_in_the_Big_Muddy

[AlCzervik]

96. "I'd love to change the world" by 10 years after.

[lynettebro440]

98. Oooh good one chimpssmater

love Alvin Lee.

[AlCzervik]

101. that one runs through my head a lot along with Guerrilla radio from Rage.

there have been so mnay "Fuck it, cut the cord!" moments in the past 8 years.

[SoCalDem]

97. 19th Nervous Breakdown n/t

[Stardust]

99. "Tied to the Whipping Post" - The Allman Brothers Band

[alfredo]

100. Leave it up to Chopin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgw_RD_1_5I&feature=related

I wonder if it would be as depressing on the banjo?

[Bennyboy]

102. Don't lend a hand...to raise no flag, atop no Ship Of Fools.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sc02NqsBgs supposedly written by Robert Hunter about Nixon candidacy but still relevant, maybe even more so....

Words: Robt Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia (but you knew that)

Went to see the captain, strangest I could find,
Laid my proposition down, laid it on the line.
I wont slave for beggars pay, likewise gold and jewels,
But I would slave to learn the way to sink your ship of fools.

Ship of fools on a cruel sea, ship of fools sail away from me.
It was later than I thought when I first believed you,
Now I cannot share your laughter, ship of fools.

Saw your first ship sink and drown, from rockin of the boat,
And all that could not sink or swim was just left there to float.
I wont leave you drifting down, but woh it makes me wild,
With thirty years upon my head to have you call me child.

Ship of fools on a cruel sea, ship of fools sail away from me.
It was later than I thought when I first believed you,
Now I cannot share your laughter, ship of fools.

The bottles stand as empty, as they were filled before.
Time there was and plenty, but from that cup no more.
Though I could not caution all, I still might warn a few:
Dont lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools.

Ship of fools on a cruel sea, ship of fools sail away from me.
It was later than I thought, when I first believed you,
Now I cannot share your laughter, ship of fools.

It was later than I thought when I first believed you,
Now I cannot share your laughter, ship of fools.

[tannybogus]

103. Me and Bobby McGee

Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headin' for the trains,
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans.
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained,
Took us all the way to New Orleans.
Took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
And was blowin' sad while Bobby sang the blues,
With them windshield wipers slappin' time and
Bobby clappin' hands we finally sang up every song
That driver knew.

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose,
And nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free,
Feelin' good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues,
And buddy, that was good enough for me,
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.

From the coalmines of Kentucky to the California sun,
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul,
Standin' right beside me through everythin' I done,
And every night she kept me from the cold.
Then somewhere near Salinas, Lord, I let her slip away,
She was lookin' for the home I hope she'll find,
Well I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday,
Holdin' Bobby's body close to mine.

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose,
And nothin' left was all she left to me,
Feelin' good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues,
And buddy, that was good enough for me.
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee.

[OakCliffDem]

104. Pink Floyd 'WELCOME TO THE MACHINE'

Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.
Where have you been?
It's alright we know where you've been.
You've been in the pipeline, filling in time,
Provided with toys and 'Scouting for Boys'.
You bought a guitar to punish your ma,
And you didn't like school, and you
know you're nobody's fool,
So welcome to the machine.

Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.
What did you dream?
It's alright we told you what to dream.
You dreamed of a big star,
He played a mean guitar,
He always ate in the Steak Bar.
He loved to drive in his Jaguar.
So welcome to the Machine.

[Hubert Flottz]

105. This one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eih67rlGNhU

[OneBlueSky]

106. I'm Changing My Name to Chrysler -- by Tom Paxton . . .

I'm Changing My Name to Chrysler
by Tom Paxton
as performed by Arlo Guthrie

Oh the price of gold is rising out of sight
And the dollar is in sorry shape tonight
What the dollar used to get us
Now won't buy a head of lettuce
No the economic forecast isn't right
But amidst the clouds I spot a shining ray

I can even glimpse a new and better way
And I've demised a plan of action
Worked it down to the last fraction
And I'm going into action here today

CHORUS:
I am changing my name to Chrysler
I am going down to Washington D.C.
I will tell some power broker
What they did for Iacocca
Will be perfectly acceptable to me
I am changing my name to Chrysler
I am headed for that great receiving line
So when they hand a million grand out
I'll be standing with my hand out
Yes sire I'll get mine

When my creditors are screaming for their dough
I'll be proud to tell them all where they can all go
They won't have to scream and holler
They'll be paid to the last dollar
Where the endless streams of money seem to flow
I'll be glad to tell them what they can do
It's a matter of a simple form or two
It's not just renumeration it's a liberal education
Ain't you kind of glad that I'm in debt to you

CHORUS

[ceile]

107. "Beat(en) Generation" The The

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isUCQIvOplA

When you cast your eyes upon the skylines of this ...
Once proud nation
Can you sense the fear and the hatred
Growing in the hearts of it's population?

And our youth, oh youth, are being seduced
By the greedy hands of politics and half truths

The beaten generation, the beaten generation
Reared on a diet of prejudice and misinformation
The beaten generation, the beaten generation
Open your eyes, open your imagination

We're being sedated by the gasoline fumes
And hypnotised by the satellites
Into believing what is good and what is right

You may be worshipping the temples of mammon
Or lost in the prisons of religion
But can you still walk back to happiness
When you've nowhere left to run?

If they send in the special police
To deliver us from evil and keep us from peace

Then won't the words sit ill upon their tongues
When they tell us justice is being done
That freedom lives in the barrels of a warm gun?

The beaten generation, the beaten generation
Reared on a diet of prejudice and misinformation
The beaten generation, the beaten generation
Open your eyes, open your imagination

[LiberalHeart]

109. 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

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

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

You may say that 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


(all we can do is imagine that...)

[Coventina]

111. "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" Pet Shop Boys n/t

[Coventina]

112. "Kiss Me, Son of God" They Might Be Giants n/t

[guitar man]

113. "Pissin' in the Wind

Jerry Jeff Walker

Pissin' in the wind, bettin' on a losing friend
Makin' the same mistakes, we swear we'll never make again
Pissin' in the wind, but it's blowing on all our friends
We're gonna sit and grin and tell our grandchildren

About the time I called this Guy it was four in the morning
Teach me the words to the song I was humming

(hum along)

He just laughed and he said that the ole grey cat is sneakin' down
the hall
But all he wants to know is who in the hell is paying for this call

Oh Pissin' in the wind, bettin' on a losing friend
Makin' the same mistakes, we swear we'll never make again
And we're pissin' in the wind, but it's blowing on all our friends
We're gonna sit and grin and tell our grandchildren

Now this Nunn called me up, it was eight in the morning
Wanted to know how in the world am I doin'
Ohhhh ohh, mmmm mmmm
He just laughed and he said get it together boy, and fall on by the house
Some Gonzo buddies would like to play anything your picking now

Oh pissin' in the wind, bettin' on a losing friend
Makin' the same mistakes, we swear we'll never make again
And we're pissin' in the wind, but it's blowing on all our friends
We're gonna sit and grin and tell our grandchildren

Now we worked and we suffered and struggled
Makin' our record till we got it right
Now we're waiting on the check to come sneaking down the hall
Like that old time feeling
That we never should have ever put the record out at all

Yes pissin' in the wind, bettin' on a losing friend
Makin' the same mistakes, we swear we'll never make again
And we're pissin' in the wind, and it's blowing on all our friends....

[LeftHander]

114. This one - The most annoying music ever....

http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/04/a-scientific-at.html

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

115. It's like a giant Rick Roll...

:rofl:

[iheartmulletz]

116. "Only Pawns in Their Game" by Dylan

But the times they are a-changing! *rimshot*

(Drive safe, folks!)

[JDPriestly]

117. All along the Watchtower -- eerily prescient Bob Dylan