# Righty Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2009, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596 "2009-01-23T06:08:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596/21 "2009-01-23T16:47:42Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > 80s Sammy Hagar? Not being able to drive 55 is conservative? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596/22 "2009-01-23T17:22:17Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > 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. Johnny Ramone was big fan of Reagan and actually sent a ‘God Bless’ out to GWB when he was inducted to the RR Hall of Fame. I still like the Ramones, though. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596/23 "2009-01-23T17:43:34Z")
There was a band in the 80’s call The Rainmakers that was very Libertarian in their music. The best example I recall is [“Government Cheese”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZVPv9B-ZlM) (audio only YouTube link.) They had a bunch of songs in a similar vein. I liked them. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596/24 "2009-01-23T18:02:41Z")
I’m gonna say [Right Here, Right Now](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/jesus+jones/right+here+right+now_20070879.html) by **Jesus Jones**. The song starts out with a jab at Tracy Chapman’s “Talkin’ About a Revolution” and takes that as a starting point for celebrating the fall of communism. Also, some of **Oingo Boingo** ’s stuff seems pretty law-and-order, like [Only a Lad](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/o/oingo+boingo/only+a+lad_20102731.html) Similarly taking a poke at bleeding hearts who portray criminals as victims, there’s [Sweet and Tender Hooligan](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/s/smiths/sweet+tender+hooligan_20126791.html) by **The Smiths**. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596/25 "2009-01-23T18:11:26Z")
“Get Over It” by Don Henley, of all people. Of course “End of the Innocence” is far more lefty. “Freshmen” by the Verve Pipe. Screw every attempt to regulate or restrict abortion. Just pass a law that every abortion clinic has to have this & “Brick” by Ben Folds Five playing in the waiting room. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596/26 "2009-01-23T18:39:01Z")
Also, while the songs I know by him aren’t openly conservative, Jon Ondrasik of “Five for Fighting” is conservative on at least national defense issues. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596/27 "2009-01-23T19:17:03Z")
Bob Dylan is thought of as a peacenik, but he had a neoconservative phase. His “Neighborhood Bully” is a resounding defense of Israel against its critics on the Left. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596/28 "2009-01-23T19:32:57Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > The entire 2112 album is dedicated “to the genius of Ayn Rand”. It’s a retelling of her short story “Anthem”. One wonders if they feel as much embarrassment as most reformed Randians do, looking back… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596/29 "2009-01-23T19:35:15Z")
Does [“Tomorrow Belongs to Me”](http://www.metrolyrics.com/tomorrow-belongs-to-me-lyrics-skrewdriver.html) (from _Cabaret)_ count? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596/30 "2009-01-23T19:43:31Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > Johnny Ramone was big fan of Reagan and actually sent a ‘God Bless’ out to GWB when he was inducted to the RR Hall of Fame. > > I still like the Ramones, though. The Ramones also recorded “Bonzo Goes To Bitburg”. \*Bonzo goes to Bitburg and he’ll stop for a cup of tea as I watched him on TV somehow it really bothered me Drank at all the finest bars in town for an extended foreign policy …You’re a politician, don’t become one of Hitler’s children\* > [@Lamar Mundane](#): > > There was a band in the 80’s call The Rainmakers that was very Libertarian in their music. The best example I recall is “Government Cheese” (audio only YouTube link.) > > They had a bunch of songs in a similar vein. > > I liked them. I was sure I’d be the only poster to think of “Government Cheese”. The Rainmakers are also one of my favorite long-lost groups. Ted Nugent is probably one of the outstanding examples of a right-wing rocker. In a more novelty (if that’s the right word) vein, C Company recorded “The Battle Hymn Of Lieutenant Calley” to celebrate the “hero” of the My Lai massacre. I’m hoping it never comes up on my Ipod shuffle when I’m eating. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596/31 "2009-01-23T21:33:07Z")
Grand Funk Railroad on gun control: > [@Grand Funk Railroad](#): > > I’ll tell you a little something that my daddy told to me > My basic fundamentals if you want to be free > 'Cause son, there’s something wrong internally > So, if you want your freedom son > Don’t want your country to be overrun > You got to keep America number one > My daddy told me, Son, don’t let 'em take your gun. Jethro Tull on a similar topic: > [@Jethro Tull](#): > > Now I take second place to the motor car (I am your gun) > In the score of killing kept thus far (I am your gun) > And just remember, if you don’t mind (I am your gun) > It’s not the gun that kills, but the man behind. Seals and Crofts on abortion: > [@Seals and Crofts](#): > > Oh unborn child, if you only knew > Just what your mama was plannin’ to do. > […] > Oh no, mama, just let it be > You’ll never regret it, just wait and see > Think of all the great ones who gave everything > That we might have life here, so please bear the pain. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596/32 "2009-01-23T21:36:24Z")
My favorite is “[Cool, Considerate Men](http://allthingsjohnadams.blogspot.com/2008/03/1776-cool-considerate-men.html)” from the musical 1776. > [@](#): > > Come ye cool cool conservative men > The likes of which may never be seen again > We have land, cash in hand > Self-command, future planned > Fortune flies, society survives > In neatly ordered lives with well-endowered wives > > We sing hosanna, hosanna > To our breeding and our banner > We are cool > > Come ye cool cool considerate set > We’ll dance together to the same minuet > To the right, ever to the right > Never to the left, forever to the right Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596/33 "2009-01-23T21:40:53Z")
John Ashcroft – “Let the eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaagle soooooooooooooooar!!!” ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596/34 "2009-01-23T22:10:59Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Jethro Tull on a similar topic: Not sure if, or how, this relates to lyrics you posted, but there was this snippet on Ian Anderson’s [wiki page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Anderson_(musician)): > [@](#): > > During the late 1980s a popular urban legend concerned Anderson’s alleged “far-right views”. The allegations were groundless and appear to stem from confusion with another Ian Anderson who was a spokesman for the far-right National Front party. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596/35 "2009-01-23T22:22:08Z")
Ballad of the Green Berets ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596/36 "2009-01-23T23:30:42Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > “Freshmen” by the Verve Pipe. Screw every attempt to regulate or restrict abortion. Just pass a law that every abortion clinic has to have this . . . playing in the waiting room. Is _THAT_ what that song is about? I’m usually pretty hip to song meanings but that one has always baffled me. My wife and I heard it while driving awhile back and we were singing along, and then we both stopped and looked at each other and said, “what the hell is this song about?” I’d heard the baby’s breath line, but for some reason I always thought he was referring to [this](http://www.thriftyfun.com/images/gg/Baby's-Breath300x313.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596/37 "2009-01-24T00:25:39Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Not being able to drive 55 is conservative? Somewhat, but what about VOA? ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596/38 "2009-01-24T00:38:30Z")
[“Taxman”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct8HYm10tlI) by the Beatles is their protest against being in the 95% tax bracket in Britain, if that counts. Obviously they themselves don’t qualify as “righties”, but nevertheless… Valete, Vox Imperatoris ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596/39 "2009-01-24T00:57:00Z")
The Call is good 80s Christian rock ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596/40 "2009-01-24T02:33:25Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > The Call is good 80s Christian rock That’s kinda odd since two Democrat Presidential campaigns have used _Let the Day Begin_ as a theme song. I loved the band as a kid, but I never noticed anything overtly christian about their music. I haven’t heard them in a while. You only hear what you want to hear I guess. I think a lot of metal would be conservative once you get past the sex and drugs which aren’t really liberal ideals anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-songs/482596.md?page=3)