My Levellers cds are pretty much all protest songs, with pretty fiddles.
Mal: Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us? Zoe: Big damn heroes, sir.
'Safe'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Daisy Jane - Nov 05, 2004 7:36:58 am PST #5771 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Gandalfe - Nov 05, 2004 7:39:08 am PST #5772 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Surely if you're gonna have one Costello, it's Shipbuilding. If 2, Shipbuilding and Tramp the Dirt Down. If 3, actually, Oliver's Army, Shipbuilding and Tramp the Dirt down.
What about Radio Radio?
Jon B. - Nov 05, 2004 7:39:50 am PST #5773 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Curious - in my post of the Police lyrics - do you see the whole post in the "quote" font (looks like a typwriter font) or just the first paragraph? Because my browser (Firefox on XP) has shown it both ways.
Only the first paragraph is the fixed-width font. The rest is the standard font. The t p tags you've embedded in the post close the t tt tag on most browsers (I'm using IE).
Daisy Jane - Nov 05, 2004 7:41:03 am PST #5774 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
What about "Elvis Costello Totally Wants to Make Out With Heather Alayne"?
Or does that one not really count as a "protest song"?
tommyrot - Nov 05, 2004 7:43:39 am PST #5775 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Thanks Jon. Will fix.
(Wondering why Firefox does it both ways....)
eta: Weird. When I went to edit, it looked OK. I discovered that each <p> tag had been closed before the next <p> began a new paragraph, even though I did not enter any </p> tags.
Alicia K - Nov 05, 2004 7:50:36 am PST #5776 of 10003
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
Only if it's protesting his marriage to Diana Krall, Heather.
Lyra Jane - Nov 05, 2004 7:56:51 am PST #5777 of 10003
Up with the sun
I like "Less Than Zero" and "Pills and Soap," for Elvis protest songs. "Tramp the Dirt Down" is angriest, but i'm not sure its best.
tommyrot - Nov 05, 2004 8:00:24 am PST #5778 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
When I saw Elvis C. live, he did this cover that had lyrics like "Everyone talks about justice, but I don't think they know what it means" or WTTE.
Any ideas what this might be? (This was about 13 years ago so I don't remember much of it.)
Daisy Jane - Nov 05, 2004 8:01:01 am PST #5779 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Only if it's protesting his marriage to Diana Krall, Heather.
Y'know they have those cds at Starbucks with songs that inspired a particular artist. I checked to make sure there was an Elvis song on hers.
lisah - Nov 05, 2004 8:09:23 am PST #5780 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
"Elvis Costello Totally Wants to Make Out With Heather Alayne"
I think the protest version is "Why isn't Elvis Costello Making Out with Heather Alayne Right the F NOW!"
right?