Friday, June 02, 2006

Fifty More Conservative Rock Songs

Jon Swift lets me know [on my website]that he has fifty more conservative pop/rock/rap songs that promote traditional values---kinda!

I remember reading somewhere that the Nazi propaganda preached that all music had to be in major chords/keys and that the slower the pace, the better. They even had some sort of metronome test to assure that a pop tune did not overstimulate their youth, who were drenched in Wagnerian Sturm und Drang on every possible occasion. So these American "conservative" tunes are nowhere near the ultra-right criteria of political Goebbels. Or whatever. Love Pete Townshend's Gibson Stratocaster riffs and Lynard Skynard's Sweet Home Alabama, no matter how un-German the beat and tempo may be.

And what about Eric Satie, and other eccentric musicians.

Actually, counting "Desperado," that would make 101 songs on the right side of the aisle---and 101 reminds me of Chicago's famous song, which could bump the total to 102.

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