conservatives have iPods too!!

i recently came across "Rockin' the Right: The 50 Greatest Conservative Rock Songs" by John J. Miller, posted on the National Review's web site.

i suggest everyone go take a look, RIGHT NOW! its hilarious.

a few highlights. my comments are in red.

"On first glance, rock ’n’ roll music isn’t very conservative. you don't say! It doesn’t fare much better on second or third glance (or listen), either. shocking! Neil Young has a new song called “Let’s Impeach the President.” Last year, the Rolling Stones made news with “Sweet Neo Con,” another anti-Bush ditty damn those anti-Bush DITTIES... But some rock songs really are conservative — and there are more of them than you might think. do go on!...

What makes a great conservative rock song? yes, what indeed? The lyrics must convey a conservative idea or sentiment, such as skepticism of government or support for traditional values. two excellent conservative ideas or sentiments. And, to be sure, it must be a great rock song well duh!...

In several cases, the musicians are outspoken liberals. what! Others are notorious libertines. monstrous...

It would have been easy to include half a dozen songs by both the Kinks and Rush, but we’ve made an effort to cast a wide net. phew. Who ever said diversity isn’t a conservative principle? seriously?!

So here are NR’s top 50 conservative rock songs of all time... In the end, though, we hope you’ll admit that it’s a pretty cool playlist for your iPod." because its always about the iPod.

some of my favorites from the list....

3. “Sympathy for the Devil,” by The Rolling Stones
Don’t be misled by the title; this song is The Screwtape Letters of rock. The devil is a tempter who leans hard on moral relativism — he will try to make you think that “every cop is a criminal / And all the sinners saints.” What’s more, he is the sinister inspiration for the cruelties of Bolshevism: “I stuck around St. Petersburg / When I saw it was a time for a change / Killed the czar and his ministers / Anastasia screamed in vain.”

6. “Gloria,” by U2.
Just because a rock song is about faith doesn’t mean that it’s conservative. But what about a rock song that’s about faith and whose chorus is in Latin? That’s beautifully reactionary: “Gloria / In te domine / Gloria / Exultate.”

7. “Revolution,” by The Beatles.
“You say you want a revolution / Well you know / We all want to change the world . . . Don’t you know you can count me out?” What’s more, Communism isn’t even cool: “If you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao / You ain’t going to make it with anyone anyhow.” (Someone tell the Che Guevara crowd.)

17. “Stay Together for the Kids,” by Blink 182
A eulogy for family values by an alt-rock band whose members were raised in a generation without enough of them: “So here’s your holiday / Hope you enjoy it this time / You gave it all away. . . . It’s not right.”

28. “Janie’s Got a Gun,” by Aerosmith.
How the right to bear arms can protect women from sexual predators: “What did her daddy do? / It’s Janie’s last I.O.U. / She had to take him down easy / And put a bullet in his brain / She said ’cause nobody believes me / The man was such a sleaze / He ain’t never gonna be the same.”

50. “Stand By Your Man,” by Tammy Wynette.
Hillary trashed it — isn’t that enough? If you’re worried that Wynette’s original is too country, then check out the cover version by Motörhead.

so yes. anyway. there are many others. go look.

so hysterical.