Let's find a song for the RNC!

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Eifert Posting: Apr 1, 2007; Most of the time he catches it every time.; Grimey Drawer

So for some unknown reason the band led by a Tanzanian-English bisexual Zoroastrian objects to the Republican party using his song to promote their campaigns. Go figure. The Republican party needs a new anthem. I think we should help out.

Respecting their culture, I think we need to keep the genre or at least artist in that Dad-rock area they seem to prefer. I have a few suggestions:

David Bowie: Telling Lies
Excerpt:
Shadow falls in shrinking smiles
See me poised at the happy games
Standing in the mouth of all that's pure
Come straggling in your tattered remnants
You come to me with tears and blame, I'm your future
Ask tomorrow, I am the end

City Boy: Heads are Rolling
Excerpt:
Got trouble on the hippie trail, an army's getting greedy
Everybody's getting nervous, can you tell me what it means?
They've got plans for Afghanistan, they've got their eyes on Pakistan
Don't it make you feel uneasy?

I'm curious if any of you have anything better.

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FetusSlapper: Jan 6, 2005; by exmarx

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# ? Jul 20, 2016 23:29

paranoid randroid: Mar 4, 2007

im afraid i cant find a version of the horst wessel lied arranged for kazoos

# ? Jul 20, 2016 23:31

ComradeCosmobot: Dec 4, 2004; USPOL July

Eifert Posting posted:

David Bowie: Telling Lies

Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

# ? Jul 20, 2016 23:37

Seraphic Neoman: Jul 19, 2011

Mein Teil by Rammstein ( :nms:

)

Heute treff' ich einen Herrn
Der hat mich zum Fressen gern
Weiche Teile und auch harte
stehen auf der Speisekarte

Denn du bist was du isst
und ihr wisst was es ist

Es ist mein Teil � nein
Mein Teil � nein
Da das ist mein Teil � nein
Mein Teil � nein

or

Today I will meet a gentleman
He likes me so much he could eat me up
Soft parts and even hard ones
are on the menu

Because you are what you eat
and you know what it is

It is my part � no
My part � no
There that's my part � no
My part � no

Also I suppose

Killing Strangers by Marilyn Manson (yeah yeah I know)

This world doesn't need no opera
We're here for the operation
We don't need a bigger knife
(Cause we got guns)
We got guns, we got guns
We got guns, you better run
(you better run, you better run, you better run)

We're killing strangers
We're killing strangers
We're killing strangers, so we don't kill the ones that we
Love

# ? Jul 21, 2016 01:07

ewe2: Jul 1, 2009

If you're going to put Bowie in the dad-rock arena, We Prick You is also a good choice, eg:

White boys falling on the fires of night
(I wish you'd tell, I wish you'd tell)
Flesh punks burning
in their glue
Revolution comes in the strangest way
(I wish you'd tell, I wish you'd tell)
I'd rather be inside you

Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
We prick you we prick you we prick you
(You show respect even if you disagree
You show respect)

but he has any number of appropriately dystopian lyrics to pick from.

You need something a touch more triumphial or Trumphial though. Something like:

Hosanna
Hey Sanna Sanna Sanna Hosanna
Hey Sanna Hosanna
Hey DT, DT you're alright by me
Sanna Hosanna
Hey Superstar

# ? Jul 21, 2016 03:18

Dusty Baker 2: Jul 8, 2011; Keyboard Inghimasi

http://youtubedoubler.com/iPJ9

# ? Jul 21, 2016 04:27

Eifert Posting: Apr 1, 2007; Most of the time he catches it every time.; Grimey Drawer

Well played.

# ? Jul 21, 2016 04:31

Alec Bald Snatch: Sep 12, 2012; by exmarx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmFSR2E4sCY

# ? Jul 21, 2016 04:33

LePoissonDeNoel: Jan 4, 2005; he sees you when
you're sleeping

he sees you when
you're sleeping

he sees you when
you're sleeping

he sees you when
you're sleeping

https://youtu.be/kWLHpuLrpyk

Might be more appropriate for the Dems this year:

The history books from every age have the same words written on every page:
Always starting with "revolution," and ending in "capitulation"
Always silenced by the truncheon or bought out with concessions
Always repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition...

# ? Jul 21, 2016 04:41

Party Plane Jones: Jul 1, 2007; by Reene; Fun Shoe

If it's about the RNC, When the Ships Come in.
If it's for the RNC, Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues.
If it's about the Trump family, The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol.

(Dylan is always appropriate)

Party Plane Jones fucked around with this message at 04:48 on Jul 21, 2016

# ? Jul 21, 2016 04:46

tabris: Feb 17, 2011; by FactsAreUseless

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0CyOAO8y0

# ? Jul 21, 2016 04:58

Tiberius Thyben: Feb 7, 2013; Gone Phishing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3hy11bgVRk

Excerpt:

Retardation. A celebration
Let's read it now

Retarded
Retarded
Retarded

We suspect she may be, retarded
I never thought I could feel like this
I never thought I could feel like this
Retarded

I feel so mentally retarded
Retarded
I feel so mentally retarded
We suspect she may be, retarded

# ? Jul 21, 2016 10:04

RandomPauI: Nov 24, 2006; Grimey Drawer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3JA1nWPFqM

# ? Jul 21, 2016 11:55

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pei4SnavUk

# ? Jul 21, 2016 12:04

E-Tank: Aug 4, 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsxavPANO8s

It's the eeend of the world as we know it. . .and I feel fine. :smith:

# ? Jul 21, 2016 12:24

Ghetto Prince: Sep 11, 2010; got to be mellow, y'all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfZVu0alU0I

Yeah my blood's so mad feels like coagulating
I'm sitting here just contemplatin'
I can't twist the truth it knows no regulation
Handful of senators don't pass legislation
And marches alone can't bring integration
When human respect is disintegratin'
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'

The pounding of the drums, the pride and disgrace
You can bury your dead but don't leave a trace
Hate your next door neighbor but don't forget to say grace

# ? Jul 21, 2016 12:49

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foNJGsGwczw

# ? Jul 21, 2016 13:16

UnfortunateSexFart: May 18, 2008; ð» ððð« ð·ððð·
ð ð ð ð« ð®ð ð¾ð ð ð¡ððð

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzWSJG93P8

# ? Jul 21, 2016 23:14

Crowsbeak: Oct 9, 2012; by Azathoth; Lipstick Apathy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sXPmz9b4lM

# ? Jul 21, 2016 23:20

QuoProQuid: Jan 12, 2012; Tr*ckin' and F*ckin' all the way to tha
T O P

Recommended playlist for the first day of the Republican National Convention:

The Point of No Return � Paul Manafort, Delegates

quote:

You have come here
In pursuit of your deepest urge
In pursuit of that wish which now is silent
Silent
I have brought you
That our passions may fuse and merge
In your mind you've already succumbed to me
Dropped all defenses, completely succumbed to me
Now you are here with me, no second thoughts
You've decided, decided

Past the point of no return
No backward glances
The games we've played till now are at an end
Past all thought of if or when
No use resisting
Abandon thought and let the dream descend

Jesusland � Willie Robertson

quote:

Take a walk, out the gate you go and never stop
Past all the stores and wig shops
Quarter in a cup for every block
And watch the buildings grow smaller as you go

Down the tracks, beautiful McMansions on a hill
That overlook a highway with riverboat casinos
And you still have yet to see a soul

Jesusland
Jesusland

Those Days Are Gone and My Heart is Breaking � Hon. Rick Perry

quote:

Hey, Danny-boy, I was thinking of our crew
But thinking just makes me sad, and that�s why I write to you
How do you do?
There�s been years between us

Didn�t we have big ideas when our school was done?
We�d leave our smaller minds and move out to Oregon
But I was the only one
Who went the road less taken�

Silent Night/7 O' Clock News � Marcus Luttrell

quote:

Silent Night, Holy Night (This is the early evening edition of the news.)
All is calm, all is bright. (The recent fight in the House of Representatives was over the open housing)
Round yon virgin mother and child (section of the Civil Rights Bill.)
Holy infant so tender and mild (Brought traditional enemies together but it left the defenders of the)
Sleep in heavenly peace (measure without the votes of their strongest supporters.)
Sleep in heavenly peace (President Johnson originally proposed an outright ban covering discrimination...)

Happy Days � Scott Baio

quote:

Sunday, Monday, Happy Days,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Happy Days,
Thursday, Friday, Happy Days,
The weekend comes, my cycle hums
Ready to race to you

These days are ours
Happy and free. (Oh Happy Days)
These days are ours
Share them with me.(Oh baby)

Everybody Hurts � Pat Smith

quote:

When your day is long
And the night, the night is yours alone
When you're sure you've had enough
Of this life, well hang on

Don't let yourself go
'Cause everybody cries
And everybody hurts sometimes

Do You Feel It? � Mark Geist & John Tiegen

quote:

You're always talking, but you're not playing
It doesn't match your face
Gotta find my way, away from this place
Can you take me now
I-I want it, I want it real
Are you afraid of me now?
Are you afraid of me now?

Looking for the Magic � Antonio Sabato, Jr.

quote:

All my life I'm looking for the magic
I've been looking for the magic
Fantasize on a silly little tragic
I've been looking for the magic
In my eyes

Oh, oh, oh, I'm
Looking for the magic in my eyes
In my eyes
Baby in my eyes

S.O.S. � Mary Ann Mendoza, Sabine Durden, & Jamiel Shaw

quote:

Where are those happy days, they seem so hard to find
I tried to reach for you, but you have closed your mind
Whatever happened to our love?
I wish I understood
It used to be so nice, it used to be so good

So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me
S. O. S
The love you gave me, nothing else can save me
S. O. S.

When you're gone
How can I even try to go on?
When you're gone
Though I try how can I carry on?

Eve of Destruction � The Hon. Mike McCaul

quote:

The eastern world it tis explodin',
Violence flarin', bullets loadin',
You're old enough to kill but not for votin',
You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin',
And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin',
But you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Brooklyn We Go Hard � David J. Clarke, Jr.

quote:

This is black hoodie rap, there's no fear in my eyes where they lookin at
Better look on map, Besides, mi nah like to eye fight
Mi nah think such a ting is worth a man's life (CHRIST!!!)
But if a man test my Stuy, I promise he won't like my reply
Boom Bye Bye like Buju I'm crucial.

Despite What You've Been Told �The Hon. Sean Duffy

quote:

Well, I guess by the blood stain of your lips
And the wander of your fingertips
I should prove true to my emptiness
And stay here

Well, I'm just a kid of ill repute
But the skin I wear is my only suit
And you, you're just a substitute
For the one that I hold dear

This Must Be The Place � The Hon. Tom Cotton

quote:

Home is where I want to be
Pick me up and turn me around
I feel numb, burn with a weak heart
Guess I must be having fun

The less we say about it the better
Make it up as we go along
Feet on the ground, head in the sky
It's okay, I know nothing's wrong, nothing

I'm Impressed � Sen. Jeff Sessions

quote:

I'm impressed, I'm impressed
When that gorilla beats his chest
I fall to bits
I confess
I admit I'm impressed
When the torpedo in the vest barks his orders
I'm impressed

And I find that my head's nodding yes
Though my legs are not following
I'm inspired by events
To remember the exits in back of me

Some Crazy Bastard Wants to Hit Me � The Hon. Rudy Giuliani

quote:

He says he knows me
But I don't know that guy
He's waving at me
But he looks kind of mad

Some crazy bastard wants to hit me
He's waving me over so he can hit me

Pretty Hurts � Mrs. Melania Trump

quote:

Mama said, you're a pretty girl
What's in your head it doesn't matter
Brush your hair, fix your teeth
What you wear is all that matters

Just another stage
Pageant the pain away
This time I'm gonna take the crown
Without falling down, down

Coming Home (Major Tom) � Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn

quote:

Standing there alone, the ship is waiting
All systems are go, are you sure?
Control is not convinced
But the computer has the evidence
No need to abort

The countdown starts

Watching in a trance, the crew is certain
Nothing left to chance, all is working
Trying to relax, up in the capsule
"Send me up a drink", jokes Major Tom
The count goes on

I Think We're Alone Now � The Hon. Joni Ernst

quote:

Running just as fast as we can, holding on to one another hands
Trying to get away into the night and then you put your arms around me
And we tumble to the ground and then you say

I think we're alone now,
There doesn't seem to be anyone around
I think we're alone now,
The beating of our hearts is the only sound

BONUS: Bad Day � Press, Paul Manafort

quote:

A Public service announcement followed me home the other day
I paid it nevermind. Go away.
Shits so thick you could stir it with a stick- free Teflon whitewashed presidency
We're sick of being jerked around
Wear that on your sleeve

Broadcast me a joyful noise unto the times, lord,
Count your blessings.
We're sick of being jerked around
We all fall down.

QuoProQuid fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Jul 22, 2016

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Mechanical Ape: Aug 7, 2007; But yes, occasionally I am known to smash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kqLVeP7iHA

It's not the right time to be sober
Now the idiots have taken over

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:31

Schizotek: Nov 8, 2011; I say, hey, listen to me!
Stay sane inside insanity!!!

Laibach are the new Nostradamus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TVtRPVbfeQ

# ? Jul 22, 2016 01:39

karthun: Nov 16, 2006; I forgot to post my food for USPOL Thanksgiving but that's okay too!

Green Day - Basket Case
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUTGr5t3MoY

# ? Jul 22, 2016 04:16

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK: Sep 11, 2008; Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola
-Cheap Trick; Nap Ghost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHmH1xQ2Pf4

# ? Jul 22, 2016 04:40

evacuate meatspace: Jun 26, 2014; there is a monster at
the end of this thread

there is nothing the establishment cannot co-opt

http://vmashup.com/dox3rplM

# ? Jul 23, 2016 03:32

Flavahbeast: Jul 21, 2001

Estuans interius
ira vehementi
estuans interius
ira vehementi
sephiroth
sephiroth

Estuans interius
ira vehementi
estuans interius
ira vehementi
sephiroth
sephiroth

Sors immanis
Et inanis
Sors immanis
Et inanis

Estuans interius
ira vehementi
estuans interius
ira vehementi
sephiroth
sephiroth

Veni, veni, venias,
Ne me mori facias
Veni, veni, venias,
Ne me mori facias

Estuans interius
ira vehementi
estuans interius
ira vehementi
sephiroth
sephiroth

Veni, veni, venias, (Gloriosa)
Ne me mori facias (Generosa)
Veni, veni, venias, (Gloriosa)
Ne me mori facias (Generosa)

Estuans interius
ira vehementi
estuans interius
ira vehementi
sephiroth
sephiroth
sephiroth
sephiroth

# ? Jul 23, 2016 05:39

Michael Bayleaf: Jun 4, 2006; Tortured By Flan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQZDNdUrpIs

# ? Jul 23, 2016 06:05

Nude Bog Lurker: Jan 2, 2007; Fun Shoe

The sun on the meadow is summery warm
The stag in the forest runs free
But gathered together to greet the storm
Tomorrow belongs to me

The branch on the linden is leafy and green
The Rhine gives its gold to the sea
But somewhere a glory awaits unseen
Tomorrow belongs to me

The babe in his cradle is closing his eyes
The blossom embraces the bee
But soon says the whisper, arise, arise
Tomorrow belongs to me
Tomorrow belongs to me

Now Fatherland, Fatherland, show us the sign
Your children have waited to see

The morning will come
When the world is mine
Tomorrow belongs to me
Tomorrow belongs to me
Tomorrow belongs to me
Tomorrow belongs to me

# ? Jul 23, 2016 06:34

ass struggle: Dec 25, 2012; by Athanatos

paranoid randroid posted:

im afraid i cant find a version of the horst wessel lied arranged for kazoos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBxe5se7zUw

# ? Jul 23, 2016 08:38

Mantis42: Jul 26, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgpa7wEAz7I

The sun beams down on a brand new day
No more welfare tax to pay
Unsightly slums gone up in flashing light
Jobless millions whisked away
At last we have more room to play
All systems go to kill the poor tonight

# ? Jul 23, 2016 21:48

Crowsbeak: Oct 9, 2012; by Azathoth; Lipstick Apathy

This also works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8ZqFlw6hYg

# ? Jul 23, 2016 21:55

jwang: Mar 31, 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw

# ? Jul 23, 2016 22:49

crabcakes66: May 24, 2012; by exmarx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfCYZ3pks48

# ? Jul 24, 2016 00:18

Bob James: Nov 15, 2005; by Lowtax; Ultra Carp

How to handle Hillary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KuD0Q8HTBI

# ? Jul 24, 2016 00:25

Technogeek: Sep 9, 2002; by FactsAreUseless

Crowsbeak posted:

This also works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8ZqFlw6hYg

If we're allowing metal, then this would probably be a more fitting choice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSq_30byIMA

# ? Jul 24, 2016 14:11

BrutalistMcDonalds: Oct 4, 2012; Lipstick Apathy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjlBOPLWZyw

# ? Jul 24, 2016 14:23

TapTheForwardAssist: Apr 9, 2007; Pretty Little Lyres

Nude Bog Lurker posted:

The sun on the meadow is summery warm
The stag in the forest runs free
But gathered together to greet the storm
Tomorrow belongs to me

For any of y'all who haven't seen Cabaret, the scene with this song is actually seriously chilling, where a cherubic Hitler Youth stirs up the crowd, worth spending a couple minutes watching (and for context the male couple watching are lovers in the film): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN7r0Rr1Qyc

This song is one of those trippy examples of a kind of roundabout reclaiming: it's from a movie where the rise of the Nazis forms the backdrop to personal drama, and the song was written by American artists to be disturbing. But apparently skinheads enjoyed deliberately taking the song unironically, and so this tune from a Liza Minelli Broadway hit is considered a skinhead anthem.

Here's a cover as done by Skrewdriver, once of the seminal British skinhead bands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DUymX02HJ8

Not to all :thejoke:

or anything, but the original version is literally chilling and worth a look.

# ? Jul 25, 2016 04:40

Mycroft Holmes: Mar 26, 2010; by Azathoth

https://youtu.be/j7VBbWuC_zM

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# ? May 3, 2024 15:41

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK2lNuiD7gM

# ? Jul 25, 2016 09:27

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