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Essay:Greatest Conservative Songs

2011-07-16T01:17:56Z

TSP:

There are many brilliant—and popular—conservative songs.

Here is our growing list:
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0heL2Czeraw I Am America] - Krista Branch - American [[Tea Party Movement]] song
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT88jBAoVIM Amazing Grace] - A Christian hymn written by English poet and clergyman [[John Newton]] (1725–1807), published in 1779.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IStlBOX9F4o God's Gonna Cut You Down] - "Go tell that long tongue liar, go and tell that midnight rider, tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter, tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down"
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L--cqAI3IUI ''Wouldn't It Be Nice''] by the [[Beach Boys]] – Pro-marriage.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iYY2FQHFwE Okie From Muskogee - Merle Haggard] - anti-drug and anti-hippie; A song about praising the traditional American values in Mid-America, was made in response to the Vietnam War protests and [[Counter-Culture]] movement.
#''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl6yilkU1LI Fast Car]'', by Tracy Chapman. Self-help, free market, division of labor, and a criticism of alcohol. "I know things will get better/You'll find work and I'll get promoted/We'll move out of the shelter/Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs"
#''Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road'', by Elton John. The same message as the [[Prodigal Son]]: look objectively at our own lives, and realize that "I should have listened to my old man."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw5RkzbHb-w ''You Can't Hurry Love (You Just Have to Wait)''] – Abstinence for rock fans. The versions by [[The Supremes]] and Phil Collins were popular.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6yLQRF-cEU ''Have You Forgotten?''] by Darryl Worley – Patriotic response to [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].<ref>http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=15568</ref>
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5aMMRes2u4 ''Still the One''] by Orleans (1976) – A tribute to fidelity in relationships.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHsDa9_HSlA ''Sweet Home Alabama''] by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – A response to hippie culture. Defends Southerners from stereotyped attacks by [[liberal]], Canadian rocker Neil Young. "Well, I hope Neil Young will remember/A Southern man don't need him around anyhow."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-1_d6bbM1I ''My Love''] by [[Petula Clark]] – Christian love in secular form.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u0wwCfoJ4 ''I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)''] by The Crickets – Its title says it all. The version by ''The Clash'' has a particularly good tempo.
# ''Anything Goes'' by Guns N' Roses- A blatant message about the dangers of premarital sex.
# ''Seven Nation Army'' by the White Stripes- A song about the growing power of conservatism.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwBirf4BWew ''Stand By Your Man''] by [[Tammy Wynette]] – Don't expect [[feminists]] to like that one! Or [[Hillary Clinton]]!
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCqZ-9-lDEo "Lee Greenwood's rendition"] of ''[[Battle Hymn of the Republic]]'' – "As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dFl9OHE-8g ''The Man Comes Around''] by [[Johnny Cash]].
# ''You Light Up My Life'' by Debbie Boone – One of the biggest hits ever, but [[liberals]] omit that this song is about [[Jesus]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np0solnL1XY ''Free Bird''] by Lynyrd Skynyrd - Because [[Conservatives]] want a free country, and [[liberals]] are in love with [[communism]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ0oCmDXrVk&mode=related&search= ''Jerusalem'']. Don't let the sword sleep in the hand.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wahd2piIr4Q ''Brothers In Arms''] by [[Dire Straits]] – We're fools to make war on our brothers in arms.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeWZhuzFMM8 ''The Ascent of Stan''] by [[Ben Folds]] – Tells the story of a former "textbook hippie man" who realizes that he has become everything that he was protesting against.
# ''Starting All Over Again'' by [[Petula Clark]] – Keep moving onward, even in the most difficult of times.
# ''Thank You My Lord'' by [[Petula Clark]] – The title says it all.
# ''Brick'' by Ben Folds Five – Shows the regret involved in abortion.
# ''Alive'' by P.O.D – About being thankful for the gift of life.
# [http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/serve.html ''Gotta Serve Somebody''] by [[Bob Dylan]] – "It may be the devil or it may be the Lord."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lydBPm2KRaU Jesus Take The Wheel]'', by [[Carrie Underwood]]. A gospel-themed hit from the American Idol winner.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPBwXKgDTdE ''Mine''] by Taylor Swift – Talks about how her parents stooped to [[liberal values]] and divorced, and how she doesn't want that to happen with the guy she meets, dates, and marries.
# ''Red Barchetta'' by [[Rush]] – Tells the story of a future with excessive regulation, where even driving is illegal.
# ''Father of Mine'' by Everclear – A reminder of the importance of good parenting. Everclear singer Art Alexakis wrote much of his material from his own perspective of a troubled childhood. At the end of the song, Alexakis promises to be a better father than his own had been.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maz9ddxEQnM ''The Taxman''] by [[The Beatles]] – George Harrison said, "Taxman was when I first realized that even though we had started earning money, we were actually giving most of it away in taxes."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4eonyfRet8&feature=related ''Back in the U.S.A.''] by [[Chuck Berry]] – A patriotic song about missing life in the U.S.A.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZVPv9B-ZlM ''Government Cheese''] by The Rainmakers – Humorous spoof of welfare.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErPywgiMb4k ''Angry Young Man''] by [[Billy Joel]] – The doctrinaire leftist radical with "his fist in the air and his head in the sand" comes in for biting criticism.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzU2iJ9qfXg ''Gimme Back My Bullets''] by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – The name says it all.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPPlGFh6OpQ ''Spirit In The Sky''] by Norman Greenbaum.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38oeBgvbMYA ''Don't Let 'Em Take Your Gun''] by Grand Funk Railroad – A father gives his son some sage advice.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=096LhjGNNCk ''Something For Nothing''] by Rush – "You can't get something for nothing, you can't have freedom for free."
# ''Neighborhood Bully'' by [[Bob Dylan]] – Israel's right to exist and defend itself.
# ''Get It Right the First Time'' by Louisiana's Le Roux – Wealthy Georgia politician is placed in high office and turns out to be a puppet with no ideas of his own. Released in 1980 when Jimmy Carter was up for re-election.
# ''Wish You Were Here'' by Pink Floyd- A song about wishing that a conservative president would return back to office.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2UE5g72s0o ''Yours Is No Disgrace''] by [[Yes]] – Written to, and about, the troops headed for Vietnam.
# ''Fair Exchange'' and ''Sparks of the Tempest'' by [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] – Warnings about totalitarian governments who want to take away your freedom in the name of utopia. Also much of their early 80s material, which has Christian lyrics.
# ''In America'' by the [[Charlie Daniels]] Band – Patriotism makes a comeback in response to the Iran hostage crisis and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
# ''Storm the Embassy'' by the Stray Cats – Another conservative song about the Iran hostage crisis. "Fifteen man taken captive in a hostile foreign land/Scorchin' sun beaming down onto miles and miles of sand..."
# ''We Must Take America Back'' by Steve Vaus – Became an underground country music hit in 1992 after RCA dropped him and took the album out of print due to the political lyrics.
# ''Renegade'' by [[Steppenwolf]] – [[John Kay]]'s childhood escape from Communist [[East Germany]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqXAW2snGMI ''Capitalism''] by Oingo Boingo – There's nothing wrong with free enterprise.
# ''Unborn Child'' by Seals and Crofts – This pro-life song was a hit single in 1974, but for some reason gets left off the Seals and Crofts greatest hits albums.
# ''Bad Rap (Who You Tryin' To Kid, Kid?)'' by Steve Taylor – Takes aim at LA and NY hipsters, the Village Voice, abortion, and "the left-wing band with their head in the sand".
# ''Last Kiss'' by Wayne Cochran and the C.C. Riders – "Oh where oh where can my baby be; The Lord took her away from me; She's gone to heaven so I got to be good; So I can see my baby when."
# ''Love Me, I'm a Liberal'' by Phil Ochs – Revealing Liberal hypocrisy for what it is.
# ''America USA'' by Joey Sudyka – Not very well known, perhaps, but a good patriotic song.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6XZDb045xU ''Red White and Blue''] by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBohsCG8emk ''Simple Man''] by [[Charlie Daniels]] – A song about how drugs and poor politics are a result of people putting their bibles down. Also a strongly pro death penalty song.
# ''That Smell'' by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – A very strong anti-drug use song by America's most well-known Southern rock band.
# Virtually anything by Toby Keith, but especially ''Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American)''.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pldyz9VS2yY ''Under God''] by [[Pat Boone]].
# ''Christmas Shoes'' by NewSons – A Christmas song by a Christian band.
# [http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/proudtobeamerican.html ''God Bless the USA''] by Lee Greenwood.
# ''God Bless America'' by Irving Berlin.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kZ0pA9REyU ''No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed''] by Yes – "...I know your cross is heavier With every step Every step But I know a man who'd walk miles for you..."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCXiuqJ1E6g ''Supper's Ready''] by [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] – ''There's an angel standing in the sun, and he's crying with a loud voice, "This is the supper of the mighty one", Lord of Lords, King of Kings, Has returned to lead his children home, To take them to the new Jerusalem.''
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoaH0I9UwLI ''Your Love Is Extravagant''] by Casting Crowns.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnnhYE1DhC4 ''What If His People Prayed''] by Casting Crowns.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EBiei21-C8 ''King Without a Crown''] by Matisyahu – A Hasidic Jew raps about God as the source of happiness and salvation from the things of this world: "If you're drowning in the waters and you can't stay afloat ask Hashem for mercy and He'll throw you a rope."
# ''Take Me Home, Country Roads'' by John Denver (and others) – Celebrates Southern country landscape and traditions.
# ''Sin City'' by the Flying Burrito Brothers – Attacks modern decadence and predicts divine punishment for sin.
# ''I Saw the Light'' by Hank Williams (and numerous cover versions) – Redemption from sin through faith.
# ''No Son of Mine'' by Genesis.
# ''Don't Stop'' (Thinking About Tomorrow) by Fleetwood Mac – Used by Bill Clinton as his campaign theme song in 1992, but liberals often try to appeal to conservative themes for elections.
# ''Lightning Crashes'' by Live – The joy and significance of childbirth.
# ''Takin' Care of Business'' by Bachman-Turner Overdrive – The work ethic and promoting self-employment.
# ''Cat's In The Cradle'' by Harry Chapin – The importance of traditional families and responsible fatherhood.
# [http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=6547 ''The Devil Went Down To Georgia''] by [[Charlie Daniels]] – A deeper message here, as Daniels explains.
# ''Big Money'' by Rush - Pro-[[capitalism]]
# ''Real American'' by Rick Derringer – patriotic anthem, known as [[Hulk Hogan]]'s pre-match song
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5EfwBWgg0&feature=related ''Go Down Moses''] performed by [[Louis Armstrong]]; written by Sy (Arr) Oliver.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5zEP4kvfnc ''Walking Contradiction''] by [[Green Day]] – Though a vocal critic of the [[Bush Administration]], here [[Green Day]] mocks the often self-contradictory and inconsistent [[liberal]] ideologies, hence the term "walking contradiction".
# ''God and Guns'' by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – A powerful new song that elaborates on the song title.
# ''Staying Alive'' by the Bee Gees – Pro-people and pro-staying alive, and this: "we can try to understand/the [[New York Times]]' effect on man."
# ''Sympathy for the Devil'' by the Rolling Stones – Reminds humanity that nobody is perfect and evil is present in the world and needs to be fought.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVsZap7WBm8 ''All In''] by Lifehouse – Describes a relationship with God as being full of commitment and without reservations.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y5GDvN9_OE ''The Ballad of the Green Berets''] by Sergeant Barry Sadler – Pro-American and pro-military.
# ''Iraq No Phobia'' by Pro-Pain – It is a pro-American, pro-military heavy metal song about the first [[Gulf War]]: ''"Mohammed's no match for the great Uncle Sam."''
# ''Bus Stop'' by The Hollies – Pro-[[chivalry]], pro-romance and pro-marriage: "Someday my name and hers are going to be the same."
# ''Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes'' by Kevin Ayers – Defends the right of businessmen to choose their customers: "we don't serve strangers in blue suede shoes".
# ''Union Sundown'' by Bob Dylan – The title says it all.
# ''People Get Ready'' by Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions – An all-time classic song about the glory of the [[Lord]].
# ''Get A Job'' by The Silhouettes – Self-explanatory; a rebuke to lazy [[liberals]] who want to sit around and wait for government handouts.
# ''Pray'' by Justin Beiber- a song about supporting your country.
# ''Hypnotize'' by System of a Down – SOAD is a rather left-ish band although this song is about liberals believing anything they see or hear in the media.
# ''Gematria (The Killing Name)'' by Slipknot – This song is about what the liberals of America, who can get ''very'' annoying sometimes.
# ''Don't Tread on me'' by Metallica - Name says it all!
# ''Welcome to the Family'' by Avenged Sevenfold – A song about death row, although not anti-death penalty.
# ''Turn, Turn, Turn'' by The Byrds – An almost word-for-word direct quotation from the [[Bible]], specifically [[Ecclesiastes]], with the addition of the refrain "Turn, Turn, Turn".
# ''Critical Acclaim'' by Avenged Sevenfold – Pro-America and pro-Military.
# ''The Star Spangled Banner'' – The American national anthem.
# ''YMCA'' by Village People – This song praises youth activities at the Young Men's Christian Association; one of the biggest hits of alltime.
# [http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/pearl+jam/dissident_20106414.html ''Dissident''] by Pearl Jam – About a woman who engages in [[liberal values]] by being impregnated out of wedlock and having an abortion, but immediately regrets doing so.
# [http://www.justsomelyrics.com/767663/McCarthy-Keep-an-Open-Mind-or-Else-Lyrics ''Keep an open mind or else''] by McCarthy - about the conservative value of keeping an [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|open mind]].
# ''Way Out Here''- Josh Thompson: "Our house is all protected by the good Lord and a Gun", and "We wont take a dime if we aint earned it, when it comes to weight, brother we pull our own". It is pro gun ownership, the Lord, and hard work. Also preaches the morals and ethics that are known from small towns.
# ''D-I-V-O-R-C-E'' - [[Tammy Wynette]] made this sad song a huge hit in 1968.
# ''Respect'' Aretha Franklin(1967)- This song is about respecting woman and their choices to be equal members in society.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cxwIWPJV0I ''A Better Tomorrow''] by Wu-Tang Clan - A rap song about staying away from liberal excess and illegal acts in order to be a positive influence for the next generation.
# ''God's Gonna Cut You Down'' - by Johnny Cash - Gives a clear message that you cannot lead a life of sin and you will one day have to face the consequences. "You can run on for a long time... Sooner or later God'll cut you down."
# ''Game of Love'' - by Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders - "The purpose of a man is to love a woman, and the purpose of a woman is to love a man... It started long ago in the Garden of Eden when Adam said to Eve 'Baby, you're for me.'"
# ''It's America'' by Rodney Atkins - Celebrates the American spirit and all the good things about the United States
# ''Warning'' by [[Green Day]] – Though a vocal critic of the [[Bush Administration]] and clearly supportive of [[liberal values]], here they once again challenge liberal values with this song that mocks the liberal [[Nanny-state]].
# ''The Fightin' Side of Me'' by Merle Haggard - A song about patriotism and standing up for [[America]].
# ''Liberalism is a Mental Disorder'' by The Infidel (Gregory Van Leer Jr.) with an opening from [[Michael Savage]] - Clearly attacks [[liberal values]].
# ''The River'' by [[Bruce Springsteen]]. Pre-marital sex and trade unionism punished by depression and redundancy.
# ''Lola'' by The Kinks. A sinful lifestyle of alcohol, nightclubbing and casual sex leads to an inevitable confrontation with [[transvestite|sexual deviancy]].
# [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=sex+pistols''Bodies''] by The Sex Pistols. Profane but graphically anti-abortion.
# ''Sunny Afternoon'' by The Kinks - About a rich man trying to enjoy the simple things in life because the Nanny-state has nearly bankrupted him.
# ''2+2=5 (The Lukewarm)'' by Radiohead - A song chastising people for accepting the mainstream medias version of events and not paying attention.
# ''No Children'' by The Mountain Goats - A song about a marriage falling apart because the couple has no children to hold the family together.
# ''Okie from Muskogee'' by Merle Haggard - A song about the heartland and home-town [[conservative]] values.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuUmLIPSasI ''God Loves My Country''] by Balthrop, Alabama - A song that declares that God loves America most of all.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J51LPlP-s9o ''Hallowed Be Thy Name''] by Iron Maiden - Quite possibly one of the most conservative metal songs ever: it's about death row but not anti-death penalty, the protagonist believes in the concepts of an afterlife and a soul, and the title and protagonist's final words are both based on the Lord's Prayer.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVOEoo1oXBs ''Declaration Day''] by Iced Earth - A song about the Revolutionary War.

Please add your best conservative picks.

== References ==

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Talk:Essay:Greatest Conservative Songs

2011-07-16T01:07:29Z

TSP:

See [http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NzZkNDU5MmViNzVjNzkzMDE3NzNlN2MyZjRjYTk4YjE= this]. [[User:Stryker|Stryker]] 10:04, 17 July 2007 (EDT)

: The [[neoconservative]] ''National Review'' list is 95% garbage, not [[conservative]] at all. I only found one tune on the list that should be added ours ("Stand by your man"), and National Review had it at #50.

: The contrast here with ''National Review'' illustrates the need for ''Conservapedia''. But thanks for your link.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 11:31, 17 July 2007 (EDT)

Oops... it seems that I added a bunch of songs from that list. Several of mine (Brick, Red Barchetta, I Can't Drive 55, Sweet Home Alabama, and Revolution 1) were on there. That's interesting, though... the NR person and I thought alike on this one. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 17:16, 17 July 2007 (EDT)

Sweet Home Alabama? I love that song (and I'm a liberal)! Revolution's great, too.--[[User:Autofire|Autofire]] 18:29, 17 July 2007 (EDT)

Sorry? Why was my entry for The Fall's Pseud Mag Ed removed? They have always been the great deflators of liberal complacency. What is going on?

: Post a link to the lyrics of the song here and we'll see. Also, please sign your entries by using the signature button in the row above the edit box. Thanks.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 11:16, 18 July 2007 (EDT)

Can a song possibly be just a song, rather than a political statement? - BornAgainBrit

: Uh, sure, there are songs that lack any meaning at all. "I wanna hold your hand," for example, is a pleasant jingle from your homeland. I trust we'd agree that it is not the most meaningful song in the world. That tune is fun for reminiscing.

: But surely you don't deny that many songs do have political meaning. [[Liberal]] attempts to deny political bias are familiar to us and no one here is fooled. Godspeed.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 13:37, 18 July 2007 (EDT)

The deletion of Bob Dylan's song was not properly explained. Observing that people serve either the devil or the Lord is a conservative observation, and of course Bob Dylan was a born-again Christian who expressed his faith in song (but don't expect [[liberals]] to tell you that).--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 00:03, 21 July 2007 (EDT)

:I didn't mean to step on any toes, but apathy towards devil worship doesn't seem to me like a very conservative trait. Unfortunately, the verses of the songs don't give us ''any'' meaning whatsoever, so the only meaning we can glean from the song are the four lines of the chorus, three of which are essentially the same :/ [[User:Jazzman831|Jazzman831]] 14:06, 21 July 2007 (EDT)

::Paradise by the Dashboard light? I know its a song about having pre-marital sex, but the end is about how it screwed up his life.--[[User:Elamdri|Elamdri]] 04:45, 23 July 2007 (EDT)

After reading this list, I've gotta ask, just how do you define a 'conservative' song?--[[User:Offeep|Offeep]] 15:27, 26 July 2007 (EDT)

: [[Conservative]] is a term that is well-understood. A "conservative song" reflects some of those values without diluting them with a [[liberal]] message.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 15:42, 26 July 2007 (EDT)

I can't believe Okie from Muskogie isn't on here. [[User:Maestro|Maestro]] 23:23, 27 July 2007 (EDT)

I know this is being nitpicky, but I don't like the message of Last Kiss because it seems to suggest a works salvation, that one gets to heaven by doing good rather than accepting Jesus. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 23:30, 27 July 2007 (EDT)

:... and on that note, let's open up a can of [[Mountain Dew]] and get ready to [[Debate:Are we saved by faith or works?]] --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 17:16, 3 August 2007 (EDT)

==Last Kiss==
Somebody just put up "Last Kiss;" actually I recall when it was a hit circa 1964 many adults, parents, teachers and ministers where horrified that a song about death was considered appropriate for young people. My my, how things had changed by 1967.... [[User:RobS|RobS]] 18:08, 28 July 2007 (EDT)

Just like 'Teen Angel,' 'Leader of the Pack,' 'Dead Man's Curve,' and 'Tell Laura I Love Her.' [[User:Maestro|Maestro]] 00:35, 29 July 2007 (EDT)

==Possible Addition==

Ok, I have a suggestion, but I want some feedback before putting it on the page. I was listening to the radio today, and Another Brick in the Wall by Pink Floyd came on. I was thinking that the song talks about the way that public schools brainwash children and turn them into "bricks" in the wall that is liberal society. In a way, the song is pro-homeschooling, because it's teachers that need to leave the kids alone so that parents can instruct their children correctly. Maybe I'm reaching a bit here, but I wanted to see what you all thought. [[User:SSchultz|SSchultz]] 00:23, 2 August 2007 (EDT)

: I'm open to comments and suggestions about this, but I've never viewed the famous song "another brick in the wall" as conservative. You may be right that the song properly complains about the effect of schooling, but the song doesn't offer any conservative solution that I can see.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 01:10, 2 August 2007 (EDT)

::"Another Brick In The Wall" is more of a neutral song. Its part of a concept album in which the main character slowly seperates himself from society. Most Pink Floyd songs are about madness, due to their original lead singer going insane. [[User:TobyKeet|TobyKeet]] 05:32, 24 November 2010 (EST)

==Love Me, I'm a Liberal==

:I'm glad the commies were thrown out
:Of the A.F.L. C.I.O. board

Hardly sounds like a Communist critique. Have you read all the lyrics of the song? [http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics/liberal.html] It's twitting liberals for their supposed concern for others, which is actually sorely lacking. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 17:14, 3 August 2007 (EDT)

:That song is pure sarcasm and Ochs assumes the role of a 1960s-era (Cold War era) "liberal" to attack them from the extreme left in a sarcastic way. Read the lyrics again, he is attacking the AFL-CIO for throwing out the commies. He is saying liberals aren't far left ''enough''. It's not a conservative song, it's an extreme leftist one. [[User:Parrothead|Parrothead]] 17:22, 3 August 2007 (EDT)

So there's a song on this list about breaking the law 'I can't Drive 55,' and one about obeying the law 'I fought the law.' Which is the conservative value? And the Bobby Fuller Four's version of the latter was the superior version, BTW. [[User:Maestro|Maestro]] 10:40, 10 September 2007 (EDT)

== Are these truly conservative? ==

While I understand completely some of these songs being on here, I don't really understand the why Bob Dylan, The Beatles, or Ben Folds (Five) would be on this list. These individual songs may be able to be warped into our mindset, but if one truly looks at these, they become overwhelmingly liberal.

For example: The Beatles - Revolution
While this song does indeed talk about how "Carrying pictures of Chairman Mao" will do no good, it also talks about how war and money can't solve problems. In addition, if a child is to read tis and decide to find out more about The Beatles, they will undoubtedly find some intensely liberal themes. The same idea goes for Bob Dylan. Look at any of his other songs. At the same time, Ben Folds does exactly the same thing.

I cannot argue with the songs and parts on this list, but I wonder if this is a slippery slope?
::It's possible that many of these songs were adopted by conservatives, such as Mike Huckabee playing John Cougar Mellencamp's hits. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 14:48, 18 February 2008 (EST)

: Many of the songs here have a powerful [[conservative]] message, and demonstrate that the music industry does not have to be [[liberal]].--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 15:00, 18 February 2008 (EST)

: P.S. [[Liberals]] do say [[conservative]] things from time to time. We're listing songs here, not artists.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 15:01, 18 February 2008 (EST)

I would just like add that Revolution 1 was written as a reaction against the protesters against the Vietnam War who were getting violent. All Revolution is saying is for the protesters to protest, but not violently, which is still liberal, but a message than other liberal songs. However, for other Beatles songs, they range from being liberal (Why Don't We Do It in the Road?) to be being kind of conservative (Let It Be). Most however, are pretty much neutral. You usually kind Paul McCartney as being more concervative, and Lennon as liberal. [[User:TobyKeet|TobyKeet]] 05:28, 24 November 2010 (EST)

:One problem with the above analysis: Why Don't We Do It In the Road was McCartney's; Lennon was rather famously not involved at all. Personally I've always thought of it as a kind of parody of the free love movement, though apparently that wasn't McCartney's intention. [[User:Ptorquemada|Ptorquemada]] 17:25, 4 April 2011 (EDT)

== In Your Eyes ==

Okay, the song can be considered to be about God, but that alone does not make it conservative. I think Peter Gabriel himself would object to the song's inclusion in this list. --[[User:MakeTomorrow|MakeTomorrow]] 15:23, 18 February 2008 (EST)

: Peter Gabriel can object all he likes. "In Your Eyes" appeals to conservative values, as in "a thousand churches." Do you think we should object when a liberal says something conservative???--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 15:27, 18 February 2008 (EST)
::Religion is not conservative. Fundamentalism is, but not religion. The presence of religion in a song does not make it conservative, even as adherence to religion does not make a person conservative. Look at me, I'm a Christian, but I'm also a communist. Obviously the two are not mutually exclusive. One's personal merely interpersonally-social morals under religion might be more "conservative", in the loosest sense of the term — not conservative, simply somewhat more so — than they would be otherwise; however, that does not automatically make one politically conservative.--[[User:MakeTomorrow|MakeTomorrow]] 15:50, 18 February 2008 (EST)

::: The single best predictor of how conservative someone votes is how often he attends a place of worship of God. Your argument suggesting that you are a counterexample to that correlation means nothing. See point #2 in [[liberal logic]].--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 16:04, 18 February 2008 (EST)

::::That wasn't irrelevant at all. Correlation != causation. --[[User:MakeTomorrow|MakeTomorrow]] 16:08, 18 February 2008 (EST)
::::Sorry, my edit summary should have been "basic statistical interpretation". --[[User:MakeTomorrow|MakeTomorrow]] 16:09, 18 February 2008 (EST)

::::: Why did you cite your counterexample, if it wasn't an example of the logical fallacy #2 in [[liberal logic]]? Do you really think a counterexample disproves causation?

==Land of Confusion==
Does Genesis' ''Land of Confusion'' belong on the list? I remember the music video portraying Ronald Reagan (in puppet form) as inept, and it parodies several conservative leaders, including Margaret Thatcher, et. al. [[User:WesleyS|WesleyS]][[User Talk:WesleyS|Hello!]] 13:58, 5 March 2009 (EST)

: It's liberal lyric of "too many people" is enough reason to bounce it from the list. Thanks for catching this.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 18:53, 5 March 2009 (EST)

==Should Fortunate Son really be on this list?==

It's vehemently anti-war. Please correct if I'm wrong, but I don't think that's a very conservative belief. [[User:JRobbe|JRobbe]]

:I just looked the lyrics. Pretty confused stuff. I'd agree it's not conservative. Would you like to toss it from the list? Please feel free to do so.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 20:26, 7 January 2010 (EST)

:Done. [[User:JRobbe|JRobbe]]

== Long Black Train by Josh Turner? ==

To me, this song seems like a good candidate for this list. --[[User:Dfrischknecht|Dfrischknecht]] 07:14, 22 July 2010 (EDT)

== The Decision by Ricky Van Shelton ==

I think this is another good candidate for this list. It's a song about a teenage girl who gives in to peer pressure and gets pregnant and the consequences of that action. --[[User:Dfrischknecht|Dfrischknecht]] 09:02, 22 July 2010 (EDT)

== New Agey ==

I removed the new agey phrase of "the cycle of life, death and rebirth," for the "Lightning Crashes," by Live, but feel free to discuss here.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 15:23, 22 September 2010 (EDT)

: That wasn't meant to seem "new agey" in the least, but I do understand what you're saying. The song presents a view of life as being cyclical, as the baby is being born an old woman dies, and "The confusion that was hers belongs now to the baby down the hall." I think the lyrics really speak to the significance of life (not just at childbirth), but as a whole. I don't think the song is necessarily about the old woman being reincarnated as the newborn child, but it definitely seems to speak of the circle of life.[[User:JaneX|JaneX]] 15:56, 22 September 2010 (EDT)

:: Perhaps a rewording would work then? How about replacing "the cycle of life, death and rebirth" with "the joy of childbirth in contrast with the end of life"?--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 18:59, 22 September 2010 (EDT)

::: I agree that a rewording would work, thank you for working with me. Perhaps we could just say that the song celebrates the significance of life from birth until death, almost in an as one door closes another opens kind of way? [[User:JaneX|JaneX]] 20:00, 22 September 2010 (EDT)

== Song idea ==

"One Man, One Woman" sung by ABBA. Indirectly a tribute to traditional marriage and monogamy.--[[User:TedM|TedM]] 12:14, 12 January 2011 (EST)

: Sounds good by the title, so how about adding it where you think it would be appropriate in the list? Thanks for your insight.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 12:17, 12 January 2011 (EST)

== Takin' Care of Business ==

This song by BTO is on the list for supporting "Hard work ethic", but its not. The refrain is jokingly ironic. "I love to work at nothing all day; and I've been taking care of business"

The body of the song describes a more easy going life just making music rather than waking up early, catching trains for work, etc.

I'm not saying it makes the song liberal, and not sure why its even necessary to classify songs along political lines, but it sure as heck ain't about working hard.
I'd suggest if someone wants to keep it here because its a good song, and if people can only enjoy it because it conforms to their political views, than change the reason to "Mike Huckabee performed the song" [comment by AndrewJackson]

:You left out how the song praises the self-employed, which is a very conservative, hard-working group of people.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 22:55, 21 March 2011 (EDT)

::Fair enough, but the praise you speak of is "If you ever get annoyed [with, based on earlier lyrics, either your traditional job or the unpleasant commute involved], look at me, I'm self-employed; I love to work at nothing all day." That could be taken as either "I made so much money as an entepreneur that I no longer need to work" or "My official job title is 'Bum'." Neither one of them really expresses admiration for "hard work" in its own right, though the former is certainly a more positive role model than the latter. I do ''like'' the song, but I'm not entirely sanguine about considering it "conservative." [[User:Ptorquemada|Ptorquemada]] 17:36, 4 April 2011 (EDT)

== Adonai My Lord ==

I'm going to delete this song from the list, as it is from the atheistic industrial metal genre. The lyrics reflect a sort of militant Christianity that does not reflect well on the religion as a whole. For example, this group has a song called "Christf---"...obviously they are not conservative. [[User:DennyW66|DennyW66]] 01:14, 23 March 2011 (EDT)

==No U2?==

Surely -- despite the band's liberal leanings -- one of U2's unashamedly Christian songs should make it in. Gloria seems the obvious choice. The chorus, you may remember, goes: "Gloria, in te domine/ Gloria, exultate/ Gloria, Gloria/ Oh Lord, loosen my lips." --[[User:Jdixon|Jdixon]] 12:34, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
:Agreed. Gloria is definitely a good choice. Perhaps "40"; its lyrics are directly lifted from Psalm 40. [[User:DennyW66|DennyW66]] 12:43, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
::You're kidding right? [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/us-election/u2-honoured-to-be-involved-with-obama-celebrations-14145757.html Conservative indeed..] [[User:MaxFletcher|MaxFletcher]] 22:06, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
:::Bono has had a relationship with every President since Clinton; for instance, he worked with Bush on issues relating to Africa and AIDS awareness. The band is very Christian and in no way ashamed of their Christianity. And, rare for rock stars, three of the four members of the band are married family men. They are known for their charitableness and philanthropy, which are of course [[conservative]] traits. Without a doubt, U2 is a conservative, Christian band and they should have representation on this list. [[User:DennyW66|DennyW66]] 22:21, 28 March 2011 (EDT)

::::''Gloria'''s a good choice, please add it if you agree. But U2 became increasingly liberal the more media attention it obtained.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 10:07, 29 March 2011 (EDT)

:::::Maybe it's possible to be Christian and pro-family, and yet left-leaning politically. Anyway, I vote for "Beautiful Day" ... The heart is a bloom / Shoots up through the stony ground / But there's no room / No space to rent in this town

:::::Reminds me of how inhospitable this fallen world can be to the spirits of believers trying to lead a godly life in the midst of a secular world which often seems to be ruled by the devil (John 12:31). Yet God's love is there, like sunshine! --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 14:53, 29 March 2011 (EDT)

== Brothers in Arms - Dure Straits ==

I would like to suggest Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits. It's about war and having ones "brother's in arms" in support. [[User:MaxFletcher|MaxFletcher]] 17:32, 4 April 2011 (EDT)
:If there is no argument to it's inclusion I'll add it soon. Let me know your thoughts though...[[User:MaxFletcher|MaxFletcher]] 17:42, 5 April 2011 (EDT)

== YMCA? ==

I'd always heard that the Village People's YMCA was about [[homosexual]] men seducing other men? That doesn't sound very [[conservative]] to me. Is this just a rumor? --[[User:JustinD|JustinD]] 12:45, 12 May 2011 (EDT)
:This was obviously added as a joke, and no one else seems to have realized it! [[User:TriciaS|TriciaS]] 12:25, 18 June 2011 (EDT)

::Nope - the song is a legitimate tribute to the Young Men's Christian Association.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 13:19, 18 June 2011 (EDT)
:::Right. And Antony came to bury Caesar, not to praise him. "It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. / They have everything that you need to enjoy, / You can hang out with all the boys..." [[User:TriciaS|TriciaS]] 13:32, 18 June 2011 (EDT)
::::It was probably written about more savory activities at the Y but later became identified as a gay anthem. I don't think it's a "conservative song" if it's overwhelmingly associated with homosexuality. [[User:NKeaton|Nate]] 13:43, 18 June 2011 (EDT)

:::::The song is a good faith tribute and attempts to redefine it are not factual.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 15:10, 18 June 2011 (EDT)

:::::: Does anyone have any solid sources one way or the other as to what this song means? I tried some brief googling, but didn't turn up anything at all trustworthy. --[[User:JustinD|JustinD]] 22:35, 28 June 2011 (EDT)

::::::: The band leader said it was a legitimate tribute to the Young Men's Christian Association, and we respect original meaning at ''Conservapedia''.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 22:40, 28 June 2011 (EDT)

::::::::Awesome. Do you have a source for that I can add?--[[User:JustinD|JustinD]] 21:28, 29 June 2011 (EDT)

== Really? Have You Looked Into These Songs? ==

I'd just like to say that I think it's really jacked that you're going around and trying to SAY what these songs mean. For example, Metallica is NOT a conservative band. James Hetfield was a heavy drinker until he went to rehab, Kirk Hammett suffered from drug addiction during his teen years, and if you listen to any other song you hear that they are NOT a conservative band.

Furthermore, Journey is NOT a conservative band. Steve Perry openly voted for Obama in 2008. --[[User:Beanna|Beanna]] 20:04, 24 May 2011 (EDT)

: This isn't a list of conservative bands. It's a list of conservative ''songs''. Even liberals are capable of occasionally singing a conservative song.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 21:19, 24 May 2011 (EDT)

== An idea... ==

I was looking at this list and realised that most of the songs listed here are big hit numbers. I was thinking that it might be interesting to look at whether the more conservative a song is the better it does on the charts. Even though the artist might be liberal it seems there bigger hits are in fact conservative songs! Maybe by charting something like this we could prove that people respond better to the conservative message and perhaps change the minds of some liberal singers. Just an idea. [[User:MaxFletcher|MaxFletcher]] 20:31, 27 May 2011 (EDT)
:We could add the respective chart ranking to this page and then collate the results by rank and date. Perhaps, like the conservative words, we might even see the same pattern repeated here! [[User:MaxFletcher|MaxFletcher]] 20:48, 27 May 2011 (EDT)

::Great idea!--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 22:01, 27 May 2011 (EDT)
:::It'll be a big project though so it'll be awhile for me to collate the results but I fear that we'll find that the majority of new hits are liberal in nature (particulalry coming from M&M and Usher etc) but I think that is because of the "hollywood" influence. Interestingly artists distanced from "fame" have better messages and ''still'' produce amazing hits. [[User:MaxFletcher|MaxFletcher]] 23:11, 27 May 2011 (EDT)

== From a youngin' ==

Citizen/Soldier by 3 Doors Down. I don't know about the band themselves, but any song that supports the National Guard should be listed here, in my honest option. If no one minds, I'll add it.

= Wish you were here =

This is a good list of songs, but as far as I know, ''Wish you were here'' (the title track, along with the entire eponymous album) was not dedicated to a conservative president, but rather to ex-Pink Floyd member Syd Barrett. --[[User:LeonardO|Leo-from-UK]] 19:19, 16 June 2011 (EDT)

== Two song suggestions ==

Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden

1) Like Welcome to the Family, it's about death row, but not anti-death penalty.

2) Multiple references to an afterlife. "Tears they flow but why am I crying?/After all I am not afraid of dying/Don't I believe that there never is an end?" and later in the song: Mark my words believe my soul lives on/Don't worry now that I have gone/I've gone beyond to seek the truth".

3) The very title of the song is derived from the Lord's Prayer, which is also implied to be the protagonist (in the song)'s final words.

Declaration Day - Iced Earth

The whole thing is about the American war for independence, so it's probably a good choice for the list.

I'll add them for the time being, but if most of you think they don't go, I'll take them down.