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62. "Okie from Muskogee" or something like that by some Country Music shitball

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Sat May 11, 2013, 12:44 PM

May 2013

The perfect anthem to bigotry and stupidity.

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Question: What's The Most Politically "Uncomfortable" Song You've Heard In Your Lifetime ??? [View all] WillyT May 2013 OP

There's no point for democracy when ignorance is celebrated... Gravitycollapse May 2013 #1

Politically uncomfortable? As in offensive stuff we disagree with? JaneyVee May 2013 #2

I Put "Uncomfortable"...In Quotes... For A Reason... WillyT May 2013 #7

Two by Steppenwolf, neither of which is well known Fumesucker May 2013 #3

Tie between Deutschland Uber Alles and the Marseillaise. n/t dimbear May 2013 #4

Corporate Cannibal DJ13 May 2013 #5

War Pigs - Black Sabbath IDemo May 2013 #6

That and "Disposable Heroes" for me. PeaceNikki May 2013 #19

What is uncomfortable or controversial about War Pigs?? Ghost in the Machine May 2013 #39

Melanie Safka - I Don't Eat Animals NoPasaran May 2013 #8

i love(d) melanie--had most of her album--yes vynil those days dembotoz May 2013 #10

pretty much anything by ray stevens......... lunasun May 2013 #9

OOPs= sorry I see not offensive but uncomfotable in thought -Anything about war lunasun May 2013 #14

Holy crap, do people actually listen to that? Bjorn Against May 2013 #17

he has so many it sort of gets me ill lunasun May 2013 #21

It is really hard not to laugh at right-wing music it is so awful Bjorn Against May 2013 #25

Oh Sweet Cheeses lunasun May 2013 #29

I wonder what happened to him? LeftInTX May 2013 #47

Either "Subterranean Homesick Blues" or "Masters of War".... Junkdrawer May 2013 #11

Hateful Hate - 10000 Maniacs JustAnotherGen May 2013 #12

Four Dead in Ohio really shook me up loyalsister May 2013 #13

I was 15 when those shootings occurred Cirque du So-What May 2013 #20

I was actually 5 mos. old loyalsister May 2013 #26

Roger Waters - Watching TV Bjorn Against May 2013 #15

Two baldguy May 2013 #16

Slayer ismnotwasm May 2013 #18

+1 lunasun May 2013 #22

Global: Rise Against, "Hero of War" flvegan May 2013 #23

"The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" (Pogues version) nomorenomore08 May 2013 #24

Waltzing Matilda is an excellent choice BainsBane May 2013 #50

Country Joe McDonald - "Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die" Lint Head May 2013 #27

A lot of Phil Ochs could be uncomfortable alarimer May 2013 #28

That song kind of weeds out the people who are invested in an overly idealized image of themselves. nomorenomore08 May 2013 #51

The Star Spangled Banner. Bonobo May 2013 #30

+ a million truebluegreen May 2013 #31

Yep... WillyT May 2013 #33

On some kind of a Phil Ochs roll tonight, so Love Me I'm A Liberal ... DreamGypsy May 2013 #32

Inna Gadda Da Vida jberryhill May 2013 #34

In the Garden of Eden baby LeftInTX May 2013 #48

Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town thelordofhell May 2013 #35

Margaret Thatcher getting hot to a phone call from the US Secretary of War. Fire Walk With Me May 2013 #36

Good video, man, thanks! AverageJoe90 May 2013 #44

Glad you liked it. I'm sure there are some who somehow imagine that I don't understand that Fire Walk With Me May 2013 #59

Clash: Washington Bullets MannyGoldstein May 2013 #37

This one sets my teeth on edge...such a sweet melody, such a dark subtext... MADem May 2013 #38

Buffy Sainte-Marie - Universal Soldier redqueen May 2013 #40

Seven a.m., waking up in the morning..... Nye Bevan May 2013 #41

Southern Polititian by Willie Deville olddots May 2013 #42

Sky Pilot by Eric Burdon and the Animals lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #43

Definitely Metallica...And Justice For All... Zorra May 2013 #45

I always liked "One" - went through a big Metallica phase in 8th grade. nomorenomore08 May 2013 #52

A Perfect Circle (via Joni Mitchell) "Fiddle and the Drum" opiate69 May 2013 #46

Iris Dement "Wasteland of the Free" Little_Wing May 2013 #49

"Land: Horse/ Land of a Thousand Dances/La Mer (de)," Patti Smith BainsBane May 2013 #53

Don McClean's, "Vincent" BainsBane May 2013 #54

This is the best version Generic Other May 2013 #60

Very cool BainsBane May 2013 #65

"Polly," Nirvana (Trigger Warning) BainsBane May 2013 #55

STATE RADIO Democracyinkind May 2013 #56

Dear God Beearewhyain May 2013 #57

"Hitler's Brothers" by Paula Cole and "Pieces of You" by Jewel Behind the Aegis May 2013 #58

The song Sin�ad O'Connor had to sing after tearing up the pope's photograph? Generic Other May 2013 #61

every now and then i look the thing up on youtube dembotoz May 2013 #63

"Okie from Muskogee" or something like that by some Country Music shitball 1-Old-Man May 2013 #62

I was thinking of Mearle Haggard as well... but "Fightin' Side of Me" Rhythm May 2013 #66

Roger Waters-When the Tigers Broke Free. ArnoldLayne May 2013 #64