Tags: top ten left songs
02/17/08
Yesterday, I assembled some Rock and Roll songs that trumpeted conservative values. Today, I'm doing my far left (Kossacks)* brothers and sisters a favor by compiling a list to encourage them as they seek to change America for the better:
1. Sign of the Times, Donna Fargo.
In this song, Donna sings of the American dream turning into a "nightmare." 1863? 1933? 1942? No, the year we'd all like to forget, 1986. Apparently, Donna had access to some detailed census data, as she concluded that Jews suffered proportionately. Unemployment was at 50%
2. Cortez the Killer, Neil Young.
Proving that extremism begs for an opposite, "noble savagery" is an attempt by Europeans to reverse European feelings of superiority over the people whose land they colonized. The problem with those who take the noble savage route, is that, in their desire to make amends, they often lie, distort, or, like Neil Young, are just stupid.
The Cortez in the song is Hernan Cortez, Spanish conquistador. Why sing about Cortez and not, say, other conquests in history like in everywhere else in the world since the beginning of humanity? Because Cortez was white and the Aztecs weren't, I guess.
If you know anything about Aztec civilization, you know how ridiculous this is:
And the women all were beautiful
And the men stood straight and strong
They offered life in sacrifice
So that others could go on.
Hate was just a legend
And war was never known
The people worked together
And they lifted many stones.
3. (tie) Southern Man, Neil Young; Redneck Friend, Jackson Browne.
Southern Man:
Redneck Friend:
Unless, of course, those savages are a group of primitives for whom you don't have any sympathy- like Southern Americans. Judgmental, perhaps? Can you feel the hate?
Relevant Lyrics (Redneck Friend):
Now your daddy's in the den shootin' up the evening news
Mama's with a friend, lately she's been so confused
Little one-
Come on and take my hand
I may not have the answer but I believe I got a plan
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