Righty Songs

Well this is inspired by An Gadaí’s thread.

Can you guys think of any right wing or conservative songs?

Haven’t really noticed too many songs echo the beliefs of today’s conservatives or republicans.

Stuff in the punk rock genre would be especially interesting.

Besides every Country Western song?

Well, a sizable chunk of modern country and Christian rock.

How “Right” are we talking?

Righty ain’t got no rhythm.

Yeah besides Coutnry and Christian :smiley:

Might I direct you to Conservative Punk? There used to be a ton of MP3s, but it looks like they’ve eliminated that part of the site :frowning: Here’s the band listway’backed, though that doesn’t mean the links will work now.

Here’s an old standard.

Is it just me, or do The Offspring’s songs lean toward conservative? Not overly political/religious or anti-left, but rejecting a lot of the themes of entitlement and promiscuity that similar bands adopt. I get the impression from songs of theirs like Walla Walla, Why Don’t You Get A Job, and Hit That.

Okie from Muskogee by Merle Haggard.

Right-wing punk rock has a pretty close to 100% chance of being racist, but I think there are a few really confused straight edge right winger hardcore punk bands out there. That’s not to say they’re any good, but neither is Okie from Muskogee.

Here’s one, sung by a notoriously right-wing singer.

Not exactly,

CMC fnord!

I don’t believe that for a second.

Do you put fnord in all your posts?

I haven’t heard much Christian rock, but as far as I ca tell, most country music isn’t political at all.

80s Sammy Hagar?

A whole bunch of Rush songs. The most overt of which would be “The Trees”, which is an allegorical criticism of socialism.

“Red Barchetta” is a dystopic future story about a world in which the state has regulated cars off the road.

The entire 2112 album is dedicated “to the genius of Ayn Rand”. It’s a retelling of her short story “Anthem”.

Tom Sawyer is someone “whose mind is not for rent - to any God or government.” Strong individualistic, anti-statist themes can be found throughout Rush’s work.

Aside from Rush, Kid Rock is fairly conservative. So is Ted Nugent, Johnny Ramone, Gene Simmons, Sammy Hagar, and a few others. Joe Perry of Aerosmith supported John McCain.

On the Libertiarian side, there’s Frank Zappa, Mojo Nixon, Dwight Yoakam, Danny Elfman, and John Popper of Blues Traveler, off the top of my head.

Rush? Neil Peart isn’t exactly shy about writing his political leanings into their songs.

Edited: Dammit! Missed it by THAT much…

The most right wing #1 on the pop music charts in the 60s: The Ballad of the Green Berets.

The National Review had an article on the top 50 conservative rock songs of all time. A case can be made for some of them, but mostly it’s good for a laugh.

(Here’s The Rude Pundit’s typically profane take.)

Thanks for the second link - I got to Sweet Home Alabama and almost had a violent episode of cognitive dissonance.