Best Ever Albums

Re: ronald reagan in music

Bork — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:23:08 GMT

Author: Bork

Posted: 10/11/2012 21:23

Don't forget Kinky Friedman's Flyin' Down the Freeway:

"Well, it's retro rocket time inside my attic
I'm all wrapped up in the flag to keep me warm
Got my brain locked in the cruise-o-matic
Rollin' ronnie reagan in suppository form..."

Good stuff.

Re: ronald reagan in music

paladisiac — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:16:04 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 10/11/2012 13:16

Well, now there's a video for yeasayer's entry:

http://pitchfork.com/news/48179-yeasayer-share-reagans-skeleton-video-add-tour-dates/

Re: ronald reagan in music

Mr. Shankly — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:30:30 GMT

Author: Mr. Shankly

Posted: 10/11/2012 12:30

RFNAPLES wrote:

NO, see my post at the top of the page.

Sorry. 🫢

Re: ronald reagan in music

RFNAPLES — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:26:24 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 10/11/2012 12:26

NO, see my post at the top of the page.

Re: ronald reagan in music

Mr. Shankly — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 06:41:25 GMT

Author: Mr. Shankly

Posted: 10/11/2012 10:41

You've missed a big one:

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Johnny Ramone, the guitarist and a self-proclaimed Republican resented Joey for writing this one too (But then again, Joey hated Johnny for stealing his girlfriend 😨 )

Here's the story of the song:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonzo_Goes_to_Bitburg

Come to think of it, this might be one of the very times, the Ramones were political. 🤔

Re: ronald reagan in music

Jackwc — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:03:32 GMT

Author: Jackwc

Posted: 10/11/2012 00:03

Can't talk Reagan without this music video:

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Re: ronald reagan in music

Romanelli — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:00:43 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 10/11/2012 00:00

paladisiac wrote:

"we didn't start the fire" billy joel

This contradicts your statement that every song about Reagan is a good song.

The most obvious song in the Reagan category would be "Russians" by Sting from Dream Of The Blue Turtles. But again...not that great of a song.

Re: ronald reagan in music

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:16:53 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/10/2012 18:16

junodog4 wrote:

Wasn't late 70s, early 80s British music full of protest songs against her?

Essentially, yes.

Re: ronald reagan in music

junodog4 — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:08:23 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 10/10/2012 18:08

How about Thatcher?

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Wasn't late 70s, early 80s British music full of protest songs against her?

Re: ronald reagan in music

paladisiac — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:53:38 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 10/10/2012 12:53

checked these out last night. some good selections. some, i'm not sure they're about reagan without looking up.

Re: ronald reagan in music

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:24:45 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/10/2012 12:24

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EDIT: I see you already mentioned this in the OP. The video is wicked anyway.

Re: ronald reagan in music

RFNAPLES — Tue, 9 Oct 2012 21:14:57 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 10/10/2012 01:14

Public Enemy-Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
Ramones-Bonzo Goes to Bitburg
U2-Bullet the Blue Sky

Re: ronald reagan in music

Anonymous — Tue, 9 Oct 2012 19:47:59 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/09/2012 23:47

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Re: ronald reagan in music

Anonymous — Tue, 9 Oct 2012 19:26:58 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/09/2012 23:26

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Re: ronald reagan in music

junodog4 — Tue, 9 Oct 2012 15:43:23 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 10/09/2012 19:43

an_outlaw wrote:

What does Nebraska have to do with Ronald Reagan? No mention of him on the albums wikipedia page.

It explored themes of poverty, desolation and pessimism to contrast the 'me-first', feel-good commercialism of trickle-down Reagan Americana. To show that not everyone in the US was flourishing, that many were struggling under the new economic reality.

Re: ronald reagan in music

Anonymous — Tue, 9 Oct 2012 15:39:11 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/09/2012 19:39

What does Nebraska have to do with Ronald Reagan? No mention of him on the albums wikipedia page.

Re: ronald reagan in music

junodog4 — Tue, 9 Oct 2012 15:36:21 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 10/09/2012 19:36

Anything by the Dead Kennedys...

and...

Pretty much the whole damn album

not to mention:

Old Mother Reagan

Link

and...

Trickle Down

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Re: ronald reagan in music

alelsupreme — Tue, 9 Oct 2012 15:30:25 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 10/09/2012 19:30

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Re: ronald reagan in music

Applerill — Tue, 9 Oct 2012 15:25:26 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 10/09/2012 19:25

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Re: ronald reagan in music

Anonymous — Tue, 9 Oct 2012 15:17:06 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/09/2012 19:17

paladisiac wrote:

"we didn't start the fire" billy joel

I was about to post that one 😮 It was the first one that came to mind!

Oh... might have thought of a second! "We've Got a Bigger Problem Now' by Dead Kennedys. I'm only guessing they use him by name though.