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These are songs that sound to me like they were written and/or recorded in a white-hot blaze! Love ‘em.
Contributions welcome.
I Wish Them All Dead - The Wonder Stuff
How Do You Sleep - John Lennon
Let Him Dangle - Elvis Costello
Pills And Soap - Elvis Costello
Tramp The Dirt Down - Elvis Costello
Fortunate Son - CCR
Bloody Well Right - Supertramp
I Hurt You - The Pretenders
Rockin’ In The Free World - Neil Young
For A Thousand Mothers - Jethro Tull
Lone Star Song - Grant Lee Buffalo
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“You Oughta Know” by Alanis Morissette, of course.
“You’re Breaking My Heart” / Nilsson
And… “I’m Not Angry.”
How about Dylan, “Masters of War.”
Marianne Faithfull, “Why’d You Do It.”
“We’re Not Gonna Take It” - Twisted Sister
Positively Fourth Street - Bob Dylan
These two are protest songs, so they’re probably supposed to be angry.
Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire.
Ohio - Crosby Stills Nash & Young
“Do You Hear the People Sing?” from Les Miserables.
Broadway has quite the range of angry songs:
“I Hate Men” - Kiss Me, Kate
“I Could Do Without You” - Calamity Jane
“We’d Like to Thank You, Herbert Hoover” - Annie
“You’re No Good” by Linda Ronstadt or any of the other people who recorded it.
“I’d Rather See You Dead” / Pat Travers
“Death On Two Legs” - Queen
“Your Dictionary” - XTC
“If I Had a Rocket Launcher” - Bruce Cockburn
These Boots Were Made For Walking – Nancy Sinatra
L. David Sloane – Michele Lee
Hooray For Hazel – Tommy Roe
How to be dumb - Elvis Costello
The Pixies - Something Against You
Ministry - Thieves
Slayer - War Ensemble
The Crucifucks - Hinkley Had a Vision
Lightning Bolt - Dead Cowboy
The entire catalogue of the Sex Pistols
Shitlist - L7
Fuck You - Lily Allen
One of These Days - Pink Floyd
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“I Hate the Bloody Queen”, by The Queen Haters
Break Stuff - Limp Bizkit