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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo about that band "Madison Rising"
Yesterday I posted their stunningly bad, Creed - esque version of the National Anthem that they performed at the Daytona 500. I had not heard of this band before, I didn't know anything about them, yet was stunned - not only that they were asked to play the National Anthem in front of the Daytona 500 where some 200,000+ people were present - but that they bill themselves as a "patrotic" (read: right wing) rock band. So I decided to do some research because I am under the impression that "conservative rock" is the exact opposite of what rock should stand for. Here are a few random videos that I was able to pull up on a simple Youtube search:
1. "In The Days That Reagan Ruled" :
"These people can't communicate
No language as a glue
The communists in Hollywood
Tell you what to do
But things were so much different
In the days that Reagan ruled"
2. "Right To Bear" :
"The government makes the gun laws
So they can take away our right to own
Every citizen unarmed
Is a citizen they control"
And here's them getting a rousing endorsement from Fox News and Mike Huckabee:
They're pretty much Bill Hicks' worst nightmare.
And just for the record here's Jimi Hendrix's complete rendition of the SSB:
Tikki
(14,560 posts)Want a really relevant song (one of many) about reagan
more here...
http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2011/03/hey_ronnie_punk_songs_about_reagan.php
Tikki
Initech
(100,118 posts)deutsey
(20,166 posts)In the days that Reagan ruled
Initech
(100,118 posts)deutsey
(20,166 posts)Maher sums up precisely why here.
And if I hear Obama praise Reagan one more time, I think my head will explode.
get the red out
(13,468 posts)to be playing at a NASCAR race. Sounds like 'bagger-rock.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)of Ronnie Raygun for starting the process of militarizing the police.
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/12/the-militarization-of-american-police-and-shredding-of-our-constitutional-rights-started-30-years-ago.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/11/20/1038382/-The-Militarization-of-the-Police-began-during-the-Reagan-years
GeorgeGist
(25,326 posts)These are just punks.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)that it almost defies belief. Just more proof that if you play to the sheep they'll buy your shit no matter how idiotic it is.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)something to spend their 'donated' tax write off billions on
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Initech
(100,118 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)"...cobbled together out of spare parts in 2011 by Purple Eagle Entertainment CEO and Founder Richard Mgrdechian. Previously a NASA engineer and investment banker, Richard naturally turned his sights on the heavy metal music scene, seeing a void in the marketplace for a pro-America, pro-gun, pro-war, anti-immigrant rock group to take the nation by storm."
Real art doesn't flow from the suit down, it flows from the street up.
Zorra
(27,670 posts)need to take a shower.
mikeysnot
(4,757 posts)You know your band sucks when you have to disable the comments and you have more dislikes than likes...
Gag...
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Another winner.
Initech
(100,118 posts)Where they covered "conservative rock" (an oxymoron at that ), and this was one of the bands that was profiled. With songs like "Bush Was Right", you know automatically that they suck.
What's really funny is the whole "conservative rock" movement is based on the fact that "Hollywood just doesn't get us". I remember when P.O.D. gave magazines the impression that they were the anti-Marilyn Manson way back when. Same premise, different year.
mikeysnot
(4,757 posts)is another way to say "No Hollywood cannot fathom how stupid you are..."
Bush was right? No one is arguing that he is right, just his correctness of fact.
dembotoz
(16,864 posts)right wing nutters who cant stand county
GReedDiamond
(5,318 posts)...would be if Ted The Ped Chickenhawk Nugent were to join them.
Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)They found one.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,224 posts)Rock band, Rapper delight dozens at the Buffalo Tea Party
By Erica Allen
E-mail Erica
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
BUFFALO It was an afternoon full of teabags, tax anger and tunes at Club W yesterday in downtown Buffalo. Grunge metal newcomers Il Eagles and Canadian-born hip-hop sensation Chuggo dazzled a larger than expect crowd of approximately 75 tax protesters who gathered at the bar to vent their frustration at President Barack Obamas tax policies.
Participants in what was dubbed the Buffalo Tea Party demonstrated genuine enthusiasm for the event, and the late announced musical accompaniment of Il Eagles and Chuggo only helped to add a sense of excitement for those who came.
Club W serves the best chicken strip appetizers in town, said Tony Marceski, 58, of Hamburg. I dont know if it is the cornflake breading on it, but once I heard this tea party was going to be held at Club W, I knew I had to be here.
First on stage was the rock band, Il Eagles, a Missouri based act who the St. Louis Riverfront Times once described as having a bluesy-funk sound and heralded as possibly being the next Oasis. Mustachioed Il Eagles lead singer Tom Moran came fully dressed for the part, sporting an American flag bandana, sunglasses and a tee-shirt of his hometown baseball team, the St. Louis Cardinals.
Moran and his bandmates wasted no time in jumping into their eight minute jam titled, Radio Lady and the Tamale Children, which Moran described as being an allegorical tale of a small business forced to shutter its doors after being hit with crippling unemployment compensation taxes. After striking his last chord of the song, Moran directed his anger at the 44th President. Since when do taxes solve any of our problems, President Obama? Get a brain! Moran shouted as the audience cheered.
After Il Eagles cleared the stage, the much publicized rapper Chuggo, a native of Toronto, took over the proceedings. Flanked by six City of Buffalo police officers (assigned by the city upon the tea party organizers request to control the crowd of nearly 100 anti-tax protesters), the bald-headed Chuggo appeared with his trademark golden skull staff and immediately launched into a monologue decrying wasteful government spending.
Chuggo then treated the audience to his never-before heard single, Kudzu, much to the crowds amazement. Upon finishing the song, Chuggo stopped for a moment and took the time to address the topic of the day.
The American taxpayers are like a duck that has been duct-taped to the wall by the U.S. government, Chuggo said in an uncharacteristically hushed tone. Well, Im here to say that we as a people are not going to stand by the sticky restraints of high taxes. President Obama, free the duck! Clearly, Chuggos statement riled up the passions of the audience, as chants of Free the duck! soon enveloped the entire club.
Still, despite the plethora of musical talent patrons of Club W were treated to that afternoon, those in attendance were not forgetful of the true reason for the gathering. I cannot think of one single thing that my hard earned tax money does to help me or my family, said Deborah Boyle, 39 of Tonawanda. Boyle said when she learned about the tea party, she immediately rushed over to pick up her daughter Susan, who was participating in a science fair at Tonawanda High School, where she is a student.
I would have been here sooner but for having to pull over for that fire engine on Interstate 290, Boyle said. Its important for both me and my daughter to speak out against being forced to pay taxes when we are getting absolutely nothing in return. Boyle and her daughter were unable to attend the march to Niagara Square, as she had to go visit her father in the VA nursing home in Batavia.
Those who did stay for the march, however, were joined by Chuggo himself. Chuggo, wearing a suit and a tie but carrying the golden skull staff by which his fans have come to know him, was reflective on the days proceedings. The fact is, Chuggo said, You pay your taxes, and what do you get? Nothing but an empty wallet. The 5-foot-1, 37 year old self-described populist rapper became somewhat choked up with emotion as he continued.
You see, the people are it. Thats how I feel., Chuggo said, Chuggo shook his head in disgust as he boarded the Buffalo Metro Rail to take him back to his hotel, and then on to his next cause celebre. Why is this country forcing its own people to pay taxes only to see that money go to projects that dont do anything for the common man?
jmowreader
(50,571 posts)They posted the entire Chuggo Novella without crediting it to you.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,224 posts)And the Chuggo story belongs to all of us! The word of Chuggo must be spread, like mayonnaise on white bread, without regard to credit!
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)Chorophyll
(5,179 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,224 posts)....is going to be insufferable.
It's like an entire Sean Hannity show set to a Yamaha.
I actually read through their entire catalog's lyrics. The worst one had to be called, "Honk If You Want Peace."
Essentially--and I'm not making this up--the song was about a father who had a very sick daughter that he had to drive to the hospital, but there was an anti-war protest that was blocking the streets, so the daughter died.
Again, that's 100% real. I shit you not. Apparently, anti-war protests kill little girls.
Initech
(100,118 posts)And saw the front door broken in
I grabbed my piece and went inside
To see who lurks within
There we stood face to face
My gun, the thief, and I
Man you should have seen him run
When I cocked that .45
Disarmed our rights will disappear
We wont let it happen here
Chorus:
Its one of my rights as a free man
To protect my home when needed
I demand my right to bear arms
Its one of my rights as a free man
To protect my home when needed
I demand my right to bear arms
The government makes the gun laws
So they can take our right to own
Every citizen un-armed
Is a citizen they control
All they see are weapons
Its the only thing they know
Disarm the voting country-men
And society will fall
Youll never take our guns away
In return for tyranny
Chorus
The people have spoken
We wont let it happen
We wont let it happen here
Chorus
Intruder story? Check? Grab your gun? Check. Them evil democrats is going to take our rights away? Check mate!
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,224 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)Initech
(100,118 posts)It's a line from their nauseating Reagan worship song.
Warpy
(111,406 posts)playing at white power rallies. I guess they've written new material that's merely batshit teabagger insane and that makes them "mainstream" enough for NASCAR.
Drummer's decent but the rest of them suck warthog balls with fart notes aplenty.
It's typical of the talent on the far right fringe.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)wandy
(3,539 posts)Were they able to run the race?
Did the cars start?
Do you remember a part of Woodstock?
Stay away from the brown acid, thats bad stuff man.......
Do you remember the Monkees?
Hay let's grab a couple of photogenic kids and turn them into a bubble gum band for profit and profit.
Madison Rising would be the Monkees after a generous serving of "Brown Acid"