November 23, 2008

I feel like putting up a music video tonight that captures the mood of America. Get your requests in now...

Here's your winner... Dylan - "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall"












74 comments:

satan said...

WAR

The world is a ghetto.

1972 recession

Anonymous said...

what's up keith ! digging the blog again!
How about "you dropped the bomb on me" late 80' music

rich in fl

brian t said...

Try the Transatlantic Sessions version of Stephen Foster's Hard Times Come Again No More. It's not just America that's getting moody, y'know...

Anonymous said...

twisted sister, we're not going to take it.

Anonymous said...

I would go for PULP's music video COMMON PEOPLE.

William Shatner and Joe Jackson covered it live on Leno also.

COMMON PEOPLE is the new American Pie.

Anonymous said...

Nirvana

Anonymous said...

"It's the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine)"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAdUaOdPhe0

This one goes through my head randomly at times these days, lol!

Anonymous said...

Some mighty cool suggestions so far.

So; You've Had A Bad Day ???

The Night Santa Went Crazy ???

Until We Break ???

Gasoline ???

Anonymous said...

If there is one - Sex Pistols "Problem"

Or Rollins Band "Liar"

Anonymous said...

It's the End of the World As We Know It.

Anonymous said...

Hellbound Train Savoy Brown

Anonymous said...

run dmc's 'hard times'

Anonymous said...

Duke Bootee & Melle Mel 'Message II'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIESdi6m4s8


'It's called survival, and only the strong can survive...'

Anonymous said...

"Silver" by the Pixies

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=G4BIl-3CUZk

Anonymous said...

"Constant Sorrow", from Brother Where Art Thou

ApleAnee said...

Dire Straits

Money for Nothin

Now look at them yo-yos thats the way you do it
You play the guitar on the mtv
That aint workin thats the way you do it
Money for nothin and chicks for free
Now that aint workin thats the way you do it
Lemme tell ya them guys aint dumb
Maybe get a blister on your little finger
Maybe get a blister on your thumb

We gotta install microwave ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators
We gotta move these colour tvs

Anonymous said...

I nominate "The torture never stops" Parts 1 and 2 by Frank Zappa.

Anonymous said...

"We Are The Champions" by Queen.

Hey, I'm not giving up easily.

ApleAnee said...

Or in the spirit of The New Messiah:

http://tinyurl.com/6dv7bn

Little Snoop Dog & Air Force One.

Can't wait for the Inaugural Ball myself.

Anonymous said...

I have two requests:

Megadeth- "Foreclosure of a dream."

Megadeth- "Symphony of destruction."

Both are very fitting for the times we are going through. Thing is, these songs are more real NOW than when they were recorded in the early 1990's.

Anonymous said...

Timezone
World Destruction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuL2kvEaWrw

Anonymous said...

"Sweating Bullets" By Megadeth Would definetly be fitting

Anonymous said...

Low Budget
The Kinks

Anonymous said...

How bout All to Blame by Sum 41?

Anonymous said...

Omar and The Howlers - Hard Times in the Land of Plenty (http://tinyurl.com/6z932l)

U2 - Silver and Gold (http://tinyurl.com/54tkyx)

Anonymous said...

Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire

blogger said...

doh!

Anonymous said...

Cyress Hill-

"When the "Ship" Goes Down"

Yah, better be ready!

Anonymous said...

Puhleeeze Keith, NO MORE RICK!!!

Anonymous said...

"Gimme Some Money" - Spinal Tap

Anonymous said...

Carolina in my Mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNjLUPqckWY&feature=related

Anonymous said...

In honor of Stammerin' Hank Paulson's 'conflicted' guidance during these troubled times:

Locomotive Breath

Jethro Tull

Anonymous said...

Journey- Dont Stop Believing!

Anonymous said...

"Waiting For the Great Leap Forwards" by Billy Bragg.

http://tinyurl.com/68fpoo

OK that only captures the mood of a small portion of America.

Most Americans are headed toward the "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime."

http://tinyurl.com/3akcvr

Take notice how in the first chorus it is a Railroad Tycoon looking for a handout.

blogger said...

that's manilow covering astley

you got barry rolled

Honica Jewinski said...

Ball and chain by Social Distortion..

Jim said...

I vote for:
"Sabotage" Beastie Boys as that about sums up our economy. But I also like:

Don Henley==> The End Of The Innocence

Alice In Chains ==> Down in a Hole

The Rolling Stones ==> You Can't Always Get What You Want

Collective Soul ==> The World I Know

-SRI

Anonymous said...

"Watch them all fall down, domino dancing"

Pet Shop Boys

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

"Journey- Dont Stop Believing!"


LMFAO!

Burnin' For You; Blue Oyster Cult

"Home in the valley
Home in the city
Home isnt pretty
Aint no home for me..."

Roccman said...

Dillon

It's a hard rain...

Anonymous said...

How about the dancing headless chicken from the movie, "Eraser Head."

Anonymous said...

KMFDM - Dogma

This was from 1996 of of their album XTORT... Had Nicole Blackman doing voiceover.

"We owe so much money we are not broke we're broken... We're so poor we can't even pay attention..."

Sex Drugs God Cash - AMERICA!

Anonymous said...

perfect anthem for today's markets: "Free Fallin'" (Tom Petty & the Hearbreakers)

Anonymous said...

Frank's Wild Years
Tom Waits

Anonymous said...

Either "The Future" by Leonard Cohen or

"I Hate Banks" by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper. This one is rare and I don't normally do huge posts but I can't find a site with the lyrics all alone so here goes:

I Hate Banks
by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper

I hate banks...
I just can't stand 'em.
Gimme a shovel & man I'll plant 'em.
Six feet under thats where they belong...
I hate banks is the name of this song.
I think I'll rob myself one or two...
Yeah I hate banks, yeah, how 'bout you?

Well...lend me a nickel & lend me a dime,
repossess my house any old time.
Financial institutions think they're so high faluting...
Just a bunch of fruits in three piece suits,
trying to steal all my loot.
Things are smelling pretty rank,
We must be near a stinking bank.
Smells worse than Rockefellars feet,
Wall Street can eat my meat.

Yeah throw the moneylenders out of the temple;
I hate banks its just that simple.
Royal Crown Palm Ade Tin,
is a the best thing to keep your money in.
Mason jar is okay too,
if you see a bank well you know what to do.

Now, lemme tell you people something...
The only banks I like, well, I like Ernie Banks alright.
And I like the banks of the Mississippi River...
Yeah, and I like banks of fender twin reverb...
Electric guitar amplifiers behind me, raging on the stages...

Well,when I walk in they treat me like a dog;
want to hit them in the head with a doo-doo log.
Republicans, one and all...
Their talleywhackers are mighty small.
Stealing from the poor gonna give to the rich...
Wanna make the bank president twitch in a ditch.

Yeah, see that teller with the blue hair,
giving me the evil-eye stare.
Won't cash my check don't like my ID...
got the security guard after me.
If I was E. F. Sloane,
I'd say the Dow Jones can suck my bone.
Yeah.

Everybody say the three magic words!
I want you to help me say the words!
I want you to repeat after me!
I HATE BANKS!
Can't stand 'em!
I HATE BANKS!
Don't Like 'em!
I HATE BANKS!
Bunch of Foo-Foo's!
I HATE BANKS!
Contrary like a big zit!

I hate banks...
I just can't stand 'em.
Gimme a shovel & man I'll plant 'em.
Six feet under thats where they belong...
I hate banks is the name of this song.
I think I'll rob myself one or two...
Yeah I hate banks, yeah, how 'bout you?

Now lemme tell you something...
I'm not real fond of the PHONE COMPANY either!
You know?
Yeah, and I don't like the cable TV company.
You know why I don't like the cable TV company?
Cause they just be sucking that stuff right out the sky!
THEY don't have to pay nuttin for it!
I just get me one of them bootleg cable boxes,
and get me one of them climb the pole and stick the thing in...
I ain't gonna pay for it!
NOOOOO!!!!"

Ross said...

These Are the Breaks - Kurtis Blow

Miss Goldbug said...

There's a great my husband told me about- it's a song by Neil Young called "Ordinary People" dont know if there's a music video out yet, but here's part of the lyrics:

Two out of work fashion models and a fashion slave
Tried to dance away the Michelob night.
The bartender poured herself another drink while two drunks were watching the fight.
The champ went down like a light, fighting for the people
But his timing wasnt right
The high rolling people
Taking limos in the neon night
Las Vegas people
They came to see a Las Vegas fight
Fighting for the people.

There
There's a man in the window with a big cigar
Says everything's for sale
Yeah, the house and the boat and the railroad car
The owner's gotta go to jail
He acquired these things from a life of crime
Now he's selling them to make bail
He was ripping off the people
Selling guns to the underground
Living off the people
Skimming the top when there's no one around
Trying to help the people
Lose their ass for a piece of ground
Patch of ground people.....

Anonymous said...

man, you just can't make this sh*t up. from an online article:

" Citigroup Inc is looking at putting risky assets in a government-supported "bad bank" -- a step to reassure investors that the rest of its assets were safe, a person briefed on the matter said on Sunday.

The "bad bank" might take on $100 billion of Citigroup's assets, although that number is still being discussed. Citigroup might bear the initial losses on the assets, and the government might cover losses beyond a particular threshold, the person said."

i have an idea, why doesn't the government just make Citi the "bad bank" and dump all the toxic cr*p there?

Anonymous said...

The Tubes:"I want it all now"

Miss Goldbug said...

Billy Joel's "Allentown"

Anonymous said...

Total No-Brainer.

"Down Payment Blues" AC/DC

"Hiding from the rent man!"

Anonymous said...

"No Shelter" by Rage Against the Machine

Anonymous said...

oh man, we are going back to the clinton years of slicing and dicing words and meanings.

A BO aide has now said that BO's economic plan will "save or create 2.5 million jobs".

Save? Well, i guess that is better than losing....

Anonymous said...

Well, we are now guaranteeing 300 Billion of Citi's assets.

Now, how about Citi addressing the remaining 700 billion that is off balance sheet?

Anonymous said...

Goin' Up The Country
Canned Heat

Anonymous said...

Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys

Anonymous said...

My City Was Gone (OHIO)
The Pretenders

Anonymous said...

Ball and Chain
Janis Joplin
Monterey Pop Festival
(Check it out on You Tube)

Anonymous said...

The Offspring
The Kids Aren't Alright

When we were young the future was so bright
The old neighborhood was so alive
And every kid on the whole damn street
Was gonna make it big and not be beat

Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn
The kids are grown up but their lives are worn
How can one little street
Swallow so many lives

Anonymous said...

"Back on the Chain Gang" is appropriate too i think - Pretenders. There are some absolutely great You tube videos of Chrissy Hynde singing this. Just substitute country for lover.
Thanks everyone for the interesting music. I had a good time tonight checking it all out.

Anonymous said...

"Union Sundown" by Bob Dylan

Anonymous said...

"Living in a box"

Great hits of the 80s. I don't know the artist.

Anonymous said...

Barry Manilow...that was a truly inspired pick.

Although it's too late...

The Carpenters
We've Only Just Begun

Anonymous said...

Where the executioner's face is always well hidden

Anonymous said...

I grew up with this song. Such a prophetic, ominous piece. Scary.
Great video. Thank you Keith.

Anonymous said...

Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction [1965]

http://alternativereel.com/includes/music-videos/display_review.php?id=00302

Anonymous said...

Those were the days - Mary Hopkin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNVit7cesj8&feature=related

...and they ain't coming back. Not in our lifetime.

Anonymous said...

MINISTRY!!!!! (industrial metal)
This bands last album "The Last Sucker" features a drawing of Bush morphed into a reptile.

Rio Grande Blood album artwork is a drawing of Bush in a Oil Drum

Houses of the Mole even has a song called No W

Ministry has been on a anti bush bandwagon since their song from 1992 New World Order featuring Poppy Bush voice in the song

Also check out KMFDM's album WW111

and Skinny Puppy's Greater Wrong of the Right

Anonymous said...

I really like this thread.

Ring around the Rosy

Anonymous said...

Owning all of Dylan's albums up to and including Slow Train, I have to admit that my favorite song is 'Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands'.
It's an epic poem, and if you have 30 minutes to spare, give it a listen. Joan Baez's version is also nice.
keyer soze

Anonymous said...

As far as this thread, I'd nominate 2525 by Zager and Evans. My old 45 has long since died, but it said something like... 'we took all this old earth could give and we ein't put back nothing'.
That's depressing, isn't it?
keyser soze

Anonymous said...

Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin

Anonymous said...

Howdy Keith and Happy Thanksgiving. Suggestion three part

AC/DC "Have a Drink on Me"

followed by

Talking Heads "Road to Nowhere"

followed by Kinks "Where have all the good times gone?"

followed by

Wallflowers "Everybody out of the Water"

Smug Bastard

Anonymous said...

for some:

Stones - Gimme Shelter


I crack me up sometimes.

Smug Bastard

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