The following is intended as irony: any responses that do not treat it as such will be deemed ironic
I have found an argument for you to vote Republican. For all of you to.
Think back... back. No, further than that.
Tricky Dick Nixon was perhaps the most evil President we've had, if we qualify 'lying like a rug on Quaaludes to get what you want' as evil. Yet look at the music that came out while he was president.
Then we have Ford, who was a pretty extremely well-meaning guy. And we had shit music, in the main. Then we got Carter- more shit music. The Schoolhouse Rock music is not an exception to the general rules of music at the time, children. Oh my heavens no; the Schoolhouse Rock music was actually a glowing exemplar of what was good music at the time.
Music stayed pretty shitty throughout Carter's term of office, too. Anybody remember John Denver? Anybody sit up late at night praying they could forget John Denver?
How about the sharp cutting-edge social commentary of the Carpenters?
Then we got Old Mother Reagan. Ronald 'I was the worst governor of California ever' Reagan.
During his tenure in office, we got the Dead Kennedys. We got Camper Van Beethoven. We got some of Springsteen's best work, we got Prince, we got Bowie back from seclusion, we got REM. Ronnie's chum Maggie Thatcher, AKA The Iron Maiden, just happened to preside over the most prolifically creative upsurgence in British music since the 60s.
Then we haveKingPresident Georgebush I. Did you know that pretty much Nirvana's entire catalogue came out during his 4 years in office?
Then we got Bill Clinton.
I defy you to name two American pop acts that were truly innovative and creative from that whole 8 years.
And now we have Georgie Porgie and John Major in Britain. And Franz Ferdinand, British Sea Power, the first new Camper Van Beethoven album in 15 years, the first new Stranglers album in a good decade, &c &c &c.
Clearly, our creative freedoms demand that you vote for George W. Bush. Only through the oppression of the fascist insect that preys on the life of the proletariat by oppressing the masses and starving the creative populace can we ever expect to hear good music again.
...okay, I'm not as convinced as I'd like to be either, here. But damn there's been some fine albums the last couple years.
Think back... back. No, further than that.
Tricky Dick Nixon was perhaps the most evil President we've had, if we qualify 'lying like a rug on Quaaludes to get what you want' as evil. Yet look at the music that came out while he was president.
Then we have Ford, who was a pretty extremely well-meaning guy. And we had shit music, in the main. Then we got Carter- more shit music. The Schoolhouse Rock music is not an exception to the general rules of music at the time, children. Oh my heavens no; the Schoolhouse Rock music was actually a glowing exemplar of what was good music at the time.
Music stayed pretty shitty throughout Carter's term of office, too. Anybody remember John Denver? Anybody sit up late at night praying they could forget John Denver?
How about the sharp cutting-edge social commentary of the Carpenters?
Then we got Old Mother Reagan. Ronald 'I was the worst governor of California ever' Reagan.
During his tenure in office, we got the Dead Kennedys. We got Camper Van Beethoven. We got some of Springsteen's best work, we got Prince, we got Bowie back from seclusion, we got REM. Ronnie's chum Maggie Thatcher, AKA The Iron Maiden, just happened to preside over the most prolifically creative upsurgence in British music since the 60s.
Then we have
Then we got Bill Clinton.
I defy you to name two American pop acts that were truly innovative and creative from that whole 8 years.
And now we have Georgie Porgie and John Major in Britain. And Franz Ferdinand, British Sea Power, the first new Camper Van Beethoven album in 15 years, the first new Stranglers album in a good decade, &c &c &c.
Clearly, our creative freedoms demand that you vote for George W. Bush. Only through the oppression of the fascist insect that preys on the life of the proletariat by oppressing the masses and starving the creative populace can we ever expect to hear good music again.
...okay, I'm not as convinced as I'd like to be either, here. But damn there's been some fine albums the last couple years.
PRESIDENCY to the fascist insect that preys on the life of the people!
PRESIDENCY to the fascist insect that preys on the life of the people!
Oh, crap... Two?
for starters
Winner. WINNER.
PJ Harvey- same as above. odd, I'd've sworn she was putting stuff out in the late 80s...
Bjork- Sugarcubes first album has a copyright of '88, if memory serves. Though most of her better solo stuff came out during Clinton's tenure. Hmmm... I'm noticing a trend, aside from Tori and Incubus (someone anonymously mentioned them, above): most of these are foreign bands.
Tool- Ah-HAH. there's a second solid Clinton-era band.
Portishead- ref. Radiohead comment above
Weezer-
(sung)
IF YOU WANT
TO ANNOY YOUR FAN-BASE
SING OFF PITCH
WHILE YOU PLAY OFF KEY
I'm sorry. I can't qualify Weezer as anything but a good argument for shooting people.
Beck- a FOURTH one I agree with.
Moxy Fruvous, Cibo Matto, and Air- I have to admit I don't know MF or Air; the one Cibo Matto song I've heard I laughed madly at and enjoyed greatly.
It's depressing how many good bands I can come up with who put out amazing music under Bush. Freud would be pleased -- look, kiddies, this is sublimation at work! Re-elect Bush! Four more years!
Or we could all just resign ourselves to our old Backstreet Boys records and go with
GodKerry.Almost.
Except Blair is still better than the alternatives (so says the Brit who didn't especially like clinton and is voting kennedy next year)
Except I don't like most modern music (maybe I'm more conservative than I thought). But if it will bring good music.... FOUR MORE YEARS!!!!
Yes I love music that much.
*Hangs head in shame* Yes.
If we go pre-child-of-the-70s here, we get the whole flower-power movement, too, which was quite obviously a kneejerk against the repressive politicos that were running the country in the 60s.
At least it looks that way from here. I was not around to watch. BTW: does my characterization of mid70s pop as bland and insipid and worse than Schoolhouse Rock hold true, to your eyes?
Tony Blair
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