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As for why there's less anti-Bush punk rock at the moment, I guess it's partly because the genre is no longer political by design, but lyric writers strike me as more jaded now - perhaps explicitly anti-government songs are seen as redundant? As opposed to the actual performers being apoliticalThere is probably a lot of political punk out there, judging from the zines I look at. But it seems people are too afraid to be tasteless now, and a lot of the anti-Reagan stuff was tasteless, insulting, and fun. I think nowadays people are expected to write dreary college term papers set to music.
― Kerry (dymaxia), Monday, 7 June 2004 17:54 (twenty years ago) link
My boyfriend chose "Reagan" as his confirmation name. 1986. We have a video of the bishop chuckling as he heard Kevin's chosen saint name.
kevin is, of course, very upset at this time and would like to be alone to remember his "saint" in his own way.
― aimurchie, Tuesday, 8 June 2004 16:49 (twenty years ago) link
You are the sons of Reagan ...Heil!
You're gonna kill some pagans ...Heil!
The right's your sacred mission
You'll start an inquisition
You're gonna purge the heathen kind?
You are Reagan Youth! ...Heil! Heil! Heil!
Reagan Youth ...Seig Heil!
You are the sons of Reagan ...Heil!
You are the godforsaken ...Heil!
The right is your religion
You watch television
It programs your programmed minds
You are the sons of Reagan ...Heil!
You are the unawakened ...Heil!
You wnat another war
Forward to El Salvador!
Die to kill a communist?
You are Reagan Youth! ...Heil! Heil! Heil!
Reagan Youth! ...Seig Heil!
Don't be fooled!
― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 17:15 (twenty years ago) link
Circle Jerks - "Stars and Stripes"
"Ha ha ha, you're all gonna die, and you voted for that guy"
― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 17:58 (twenty years ago) link
two years pass...
I'm going to vote for The Zero Boy's "Civilization's Dying", although it just references Reagan getting shot.
"With the Pope
And the president
And the big rockstar who made alot of money
All got one thing in common
They know it ain't no fun to get shot with a gun"
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 03:15 (seventeen years ago) link
not hardcore or from the 80's, but there's the sonic youth song "youth against fascism" that was released when clinton was beginning his first term. the song applies to a lot of recent presidents and it's probably about bush sr., but i always think of reagan.
yeah the president sucks, he's a war pig fuck, this shit is out of luck.
― Godfrzej Ljang (godfrzej), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 05:10 (seventeen years ago) link