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Title: The greatest communist and subversive songs ever recorded and passed off as Folk/Rock songs to the masses..
Post by: Wingnut on April 12, 2017, 08:23:22 pm
The other thread got me to thinking. 
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Post by: skeeter on April 12, 2017, 08:47:29 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix9wpslKwBE
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Post by: Sanguine on April 12, 2017, 08:51:07 pm
Well, there's always This Land Is Your Land.
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Post by: mirraflake on April 12, 2017, 08:55:27 pm
Imagine

My ultra conservative history teacher back in HS spent a week on this song. Also discussed Elton John Yellow Brick Road about society moving from agriculture to industrial

We spent  3 weeks just listening to various songs. Best teacher I ever had.
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Post by: Polly Ticks on April 12, 2017, 08:57:32 pm
Imagine

My ultra conservative history teacher back in HS spent a week on this song. Also discussed Elton John Yellow Brick Road about society moving from agriculture to industrial

We spend 3 weeks just listening to various songs. Best teacher I ever had.

First one that popped into mind for me, too.
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Post by: Smokin Joe on April 12, 2017, 09:00:00 pm
Imagine

My ultra conservative history teacher back in HS spent a week on this song. Also discussed Elton John Yellow Brick Road about society moving from agriculture to industrial

We spent  3 weeks just listening to various songs. Best teacher I ever had.

Yep First one I thought of too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLgYAHHkPFs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLgYAHHkPFs)
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Post by: Elderberry on April 12, 2017, 09:28:47 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQlM59sDJVo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQlM59sDJVo)
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Post by: geronl on April 12, 2017, 09:30:52 pm
Next thread recommendation: Greatest folk songs ever passed off as communist-subversive songs
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Post by: Elderberry on April 12, 2017, 09:32:42 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkX0yPWxM3o (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkX0yPWxM3o)
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Post by: mountaineer on April 12, 2017, 09:34:08 pm
I saw the title of the thread and immediately thought, "All of them?" Yeah, that may not be entirely fair.  :shrug:
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Post by: ABX on April 12, 2017, 09:37:00 pm
It seems to me Communist and Subversive are two separate things. Yes, Communists used Subversives, but for the most part, the latter opposes whatever authority is in charge, so a natural enemy of Communists at the end of the day.

That being said, most good Rock (real Rock) is Subversive.
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Post by: Smokin Joe on April 12, 2017, 09:37:38 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaPy1JBlxcI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaPy1JBlxcI)
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Post by: Elderberry on April 12, 2017, 09:42:58 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjxSCAalsBE&spfreload=10 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjxSCAalsBE&spfreload=10)
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Post by: WhatWouldReaganDo on April 12, 2017, 10:04:48 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9ZKyYFyiFA
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Post by: mirraflake on April 12, 2017, 10:17:57 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQlM59sDJVo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQlM59sDJVo)

I just read the lyrics nothing remotely about communist or subversives.

@Elderberry
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Post by: roamer_1 on April 12, 2017, 10:21:00 pm
'Age of Aquarius'

The funny thing with that particular song:
'When the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars, then peace will rule the planets, and love will steer the stars"

Jupiter aligning with Mars... Jupiter is the king star, and Mars is the war star...
That song is saying a whole lot more than it seems to... and it ain't pretty.

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Post by: Smokin Joe on April 12, 2017, 10:24:07 pm
The funny thing with that particular song:
'When the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars, then peace will rule the planets, and love will steer the stars"

Jupiter aligning with Mars... Jupiter is the king star, and Mars is the war star...
That song is saying a whole lot more than it seems to... and it ain't pretty.
put it in context, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dyl0j3WU6Y (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dyl0j3WU6Y)
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Post by: Elderberry on April 12, 2017, 10:47:30 pm
I just read the lyrics nothing remotely about communist or subversives.

@Elderberry

The subliminal messaging was working well.
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Post by: jmyrlefuller on April 13, 2017, 05:23:41 pm
"Share the Land" by the Guess Who. Of course, that one was pretty obvious, but still, it was a mainstream hit.
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Post by: TomSea on July 28, 2017, 05:05:35 pm
Let's not make this political, right? er, left I mean.
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Post by: dfwgator on July 28, 2017, 05:07:32 pm
Well, there's always This Land Is Your Land.

Number One, Hands Down.
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Post by: Free Vulcan on July 28, 2017, 05:07:40 pm
Well, there's always This Land Is Your Land.

My favorite alternative verse to that song:

This land is my land
It is not your land
I got a shotgun
And you don't have one
If you don't get off
I'll blow your head off

This land was made for only me
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Post by: dfwgator on July 28, 2017, 05:08:28 pm
"What the World needs now, is another folk singer, like I need a hole in my head."  - Cracker
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Post by: Joe Wooten on July 31, 2017, 05:43:26 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix9wpslKwBE

I hate you,
You hate me,
We're a dysfunctional family
Shot Barney with a loaded 44
No more purple dinosaur
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Post by: andy58-in-nh on July 31, 2017, 06:10:50 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl-yszPdRTk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl-yszPdRTk)
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Post by: andy58-in-nh on July 31, 2017, 06:13:05 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_yC4ffyGiw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_yC4ffyGiw)
Another Pinko anthem...
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Post by: Free Vulcan on July 31, 2017, 06:14:20 pm
About anything from Peter, Paul, and Mary. Had a friend drag me to a concert of theirs in the early 90's. Was thoroughly creeped out by all the New Age hippie crap.
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Post by: Free Vulcan on July 31, 2017, 06:17:35 pm
And let we forget the full-on commies of Rage Against The Machine, though I like their music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMaCg4fpJKg
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Post by: andy58-in-nh on July 31, 2017, 06:23:13 pm
And let we forget the full-on commies of Rage Against The Machine, though I like their music.
That's a Bruce Springsteen song, and I've always liked it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi0kWe2ixzU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi0kWe2ixzU)
He's still a Pinko.
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Post by: dfwgator on July 31, 2017, 06:26:01 pm
That's a Bruce Springsteen song, and I've always liked it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi0kWe2ixzU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi0kWe2ixzU)
He's still a Pinko.

A very rich Pinko.
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Post by: Wingnut on July 31, 2017, 06:30:08 pm
A very rich Pinko.

You ain't doing it right if you're not rich.  A non rich pinko is just an out of work bum.
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Post by: endicom on July 31, 2017, 07:03:31 pm
Fly Like An Eagle
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Post by: endicom on July 31, 2017, 07:07:59 pm
Something In The Air
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Post by: Joe Wooten on July 31, 2017, 08:52:47 pm
If I Had a Rocket Launcher
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Post by: Wingnut on July 31, 2017, 08:54:02 pm
If I Had a Rocket Launcher

Sometimes a Hammer just won't do?
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Post by: Weird Tolkienish Figure on July 31, 2017, 09:09:19 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reTx5sqvVJ4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reTx5sqvVJ4)
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Post by: mountaineer on July 31, 2017, 10:44:36 pm
That's a Bruce Springsteen song, and I've always liked it:
Ugh, I can't listen to a Springsteen song. I think he's awful (and politics have nothing to do with it).