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By Alex Coon
Posted: 11/2/04, 1:59 AM EST Section: Face the Music
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
"Dead Flag Blues"
From the album "F#A#(infinity symbol)"
The harrowing post-apocalyptic narrative that opens Godspeed You! Black Emperor's "Dead Flag Blues" paints a vivid picture of scorched terrain, burning buildings and dying hope. The next 10 minutes provide an aural description of the fall of a nation, a fate GY!BE feels will surely be brought about if Bush is re-elected.
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
"The Ballad of the Sin Eater"
From the album "Hearts of Oak"
"The Ballad of the Sin Eater" is Ted Leo's jarring account of his overseas brushes with anti-Americanism while on tour. Leo blames the growing anti-American sentiment abroad on Bush's inflammatory rhetoric and cowboy justice, exclaiming "You didn't think they could hate you, now, did you? Well, they hate you, they hate you 'cause you're guilty."
Talking Heads
"The Big Country"
From the album "More Songs About Buildings and Food"
Talking Heads frontman David Byrne's scathing mockery of the South and Southern culture is the singer's argument as to why a Southerner ought not to occupy the chief seat in the White House. Unfortunately, Kerry's running mate also hails from below the Mason-Dixon, so it appears Byrne will be unsatisfied in either case.
Sleater-Kinney
"Combat Rock"
From the album "One Beat"
With the title of "Combat Rock" gustily referencing the mighty Clash, Sleater-Kinney placed its bar quite high for this song. Fortunately, it delivers in true Clash fashion: witty, incendiary and timeless. A rejection of the Bush administration's blind absolutism, a quick listen of this song is a far more eloquent and effective critique of Bush than Michael Moore could hope to offer.
Toby Keith
"Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)"
From the album "Unleashed"
Ironically, the most accurate encapsulation of the Bush administration's foreign policy appears in the verse of a country song. "We'll put a boot in your ass; it's the American way" pretty much sums up the approach of our 43rd president. Oddly enough, this visceral pro-Bush anthem ends up painting the president in far worse terms than any of his detractors have managed to do.
"Dead Flag Blues"
From the album "F#A#(infinity symbol)"
The harrowing post-apocalyptic narrative that opens Godspeed You! Black Emperor's "Dead Flag Blues" paints a vivid picture of scorched terrain, burning buildings and dying hope. The next 10 minutes provide an aural description of the fall of a nation, a fate GY!BE feels will surely be brought about if Bush is re-elected.
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
"The Ballad of the Sin Eater"
From the album "Hearts of Oak"
"The Ballad of the Sin Eater" is Ted Leo's jarring account of his overseas brushes with anti-Americanism while on tour. Leo blames the growing anti-American sentiment abroad on Bush's inflammatory rhetoric and cowboy justice, exclaiming "You didn't think they could hate you, now, did you? Well, they hate you, they hate you 'cause you're guilty."
Talking Heads
"The Big Country"
From the album "More Songs About Buildings and Food"
Talking Heads frontman David Byrne's scathing mockery of the South and Southern culture is the singer's argument as to why a Southerner ought not to occupy the chief seat in the White House. Unfortunately, Kerry's running mate also hails from below the Mason-Dixon, so it appears Byrne will be unsatisfied in either case.
Sleater-Kinney
"Combat Rock"
From the album "One Beat"
With the title of "Combat Rock" gustily referencing the mighty Clash, Sleater-Kinney placed its bar quite high for this song. Fortunately, it delivers in true Clash fashion: witty, incendiary and timeless. A rejection of the Bush administration's blind absolutism, a quick listen of this song is a far more eloquent and effective critique of Bush than Michael Moore could hope to offer.
Toby Keith
"Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)"
From the album "Unleashed"
Ironically, the most accurate encapsulation of the Bush administration's foreign policy appears in the verse of a country song. "We'll put a boot in your ass; it's the American way" pretty much sums up the approach of our 43rd president. Oddly enough, this visceral pro-Bush anthem ends up painting the president in far worse terms than any of his detractors have managed to do.
