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We need a theme song for the midterms. Everybody suggest one here. (Original Post) Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 OP
Won't Get Fooled Again by the Who. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2018 #1
A Fabulous Choice! The Roux Comes First Oct 2018 #73
We're Not Gonna Take It marylandblue Oct 2018 #2
"We're Not Gonna Take It!" ButSeeYa Oct 2018 #3
Hey, hey, hey, goodbye! The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #4
Sweet. Just imagine when the polls close on the West Coast and Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #6
Had to go back a few years. Taking it to the Streets...Doobie Brothers libdem4life Oct 2018 #5
Oh hell yes. Love it. Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #7
I like it! Raven123 Oct 2018 #8
Come senators, congressmen, RHMerriman Oct 2018 #9
I vote for this one. Great choice! Squinch Oct 2018 #30
I love your pick, mine was in the neighborhood. Anon-C Oct 2018 #32
Also, I think that "Proverbs" about standing up for the poor is going to be my next bumper sticker. Squinch Oct 2018 #33
Harry Belafonte - We Are The Wave Donkees Oct 2018 #10
This is my theme song. Y'all can use it too. House of Roberts Oct 2018 #11
Won't Back Down - Tom Petty meow2u3 Oct 2018 #12
I vote THIS one too!! bluestarone Oct 2018 #18
Oh, yeah. n/t libdem4life Oct 2018 #36
Ditto, ditto... japple Oct 2018 #57
Absolutely a First-Rate Call! The Roux Comes First Oct 2018 #75
Power to the People Norbert Oct 2018 #13
What a tragic early loss he was. Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #14
know your rights DBoon Oct 2018 #15
Another one bites the dust DeminPennswoods Oct 2018 #16
WE WILL ROCK THEM!!!!! Wiseman32218 Oct 2018 #17
Battlebeast - King for a Day Amishman Oct 2018 #19
No retreat, no surrender Ghost of Tom Joad Oct 2018 #20
The Boss....I loved it when he rejected New Jersey's bridge Governor. Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #29
Grace is 14 years old, she sings a rendition of an old song that fits our political climate BeckyDem Oct 2018 #21
Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie -- When The Levee Breaks Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2018 #22
Todd Rundgrend's "Just One Victory" TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #23
Helen Reddy's... llmart Oct 2018 #24
. Soxfan58 Oct 2018 #54
That's a perfect song for the # metoo movement True_Blue Oct 2018 #68
Yes! DesertRat Oct 2018 #91
Liar Liar by Avicii RainCaster Oct 2018 #25
How about, also from the Dixie Chicks, "Earl's Gotta Go." Squinch Oct 2018 #26
An Oldie but a goodie! Va Lefty Oct 2018 #27
Boots RandySF Oct 2018 #28
A classic....boots on the street and to the polls. Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #31
This message was self-deleted by its author Dr Vegas Oct 2018 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author Dr Vegas Oct 2018 #35
Joan by Heather Dale (Joan of Arc) bronxiteforever Oct 2018 #37
The Isley Brothers - Fight the Power eleny Oct 2018 #38
Fuck you Trump, I won't do what you tell me! Initech Oct 2018 #39
It's on... LuvLoogie Oct 2018 #40
Ummm. Ok. Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #41
American Idiot by Green Day... and it is frustrating as hell this is STILL applicable RockRaven Oct 2018 #42
Torn between two these two songs 50 Shades Of Blue Oct 2018 #43
Monster by Steppenwolf... Upthevibe Oct 2018 #44
It still gets me after all these years too! 50 Shades Of Blue Oct 2018 #45
I think Drowning Pools "Let the Bodies Hit the Floor" maxrandb Oct 2018 #46
Great Calls Already, but in Short Term Let's Expand the Choices! The Roux Comes First Oct 2018 #47
Or How About Some Jimi? The Roux Comes First Oct 2018 #48
What's so Funny Bout Peace Love and Understanding? Phentex Oct 2018 #49
Bad Boys... pecosbob Oct 2018 #50
Ah yes. Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #53
I don't know any song entitled Ohiogal Oct 2018 #51
For the Rethugs: PCIntern Oct 2018 #52
Runnin' on Empty------Jackson Browne Atticus Oct 2018 #55
A few songs dustyscamp Oct 2018 #56
Wipeout! hurl Oct 2018 #58
Great thread...another... Anon-C Oct 2018 #59
Stand by Sly and the Family Stone Sprite Oct 2018 #60
Good "Who" Ideas, Even if Performed by Others The Roux Comes First Oct 2018 #61
Barbra Streisand's new "Don't Lie to Me" WhiteTara Oct 2018 #62
Mr. Cliff? The Roux Comes First Oct 2018 #63
Tiny Hands - Fiona Apple IcyPeas Oct 2018 #64
Can there be any other song? ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #65
Ummmm....some interesting lyrics...... Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #66
Hey, one of my students showed me a video the other day ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #69
Absolutely. Whatever gets people to vote Blue. Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #70
People Have The Power - Patti Smith IcyPeas Oct 2018 #67
Excellent Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #71
I am all over anything that will lead previous non-voters to get out The Roux Comes First Oct 2018 #72
Fuel mercuryblues Oct 2018 #74
"I am Woman" milestogo Oct 2018 #76
You'll Never Walk Alone, Barbara Striesand Stuart G Oct 2018 #77
Rush-Closer to the Heart. brewens Oct 2018 #78
If we want to go a little harsher, this one. Rush-The Trees brewens Oct 2018 #79
Not Close to Done The Roux Comes First Oct 2018 #80
Changes by David Bowie FM123 Oct 2018 #81
"Tub Thumping" LyndaG Oct 2018 #82
How did this not make the list? jmowreader Oct 2018 #83
It Just Did The Roux Comes First Oct 2018 #86
Or This?! The Roux Comes First Oct 2018 #84
I can see clearly now; the rain is gone. raging moderate Oct 2018 #85
Excellent! The Roux Comes First Oct 2018 #87
R-E-S-p-E-C-T. By Aretha Franklin Meadowoak Oct 2018 #88
Here are some Meowmee Oct 2018 #89
This one - Perfect lyrics and just enough toe tappin' growl... Onward AND Upward Oct 2018 #90
I Won't Back Down NickPeace Oct 2018 #92
Surfin' Safari -- NeverTrumpDemocrat Oct 2018 #93
This song in general, this version in particular The Polack MSgt Oct 2018 #94
Jackson! The Roux Comes First Oct 2018 #95

Funtatlaguy

(10,887 posts)
6. Sweet. Just imagine when the polls close on the West Coast and
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 08:34 PM
Oct 2018

it’s announced that we’ve won back the House and the Senate and many state houses in a huge blue wave 🌊.......and we all go outside of our houses 🏡 and sing this......

RHMerriman

(1,376 posts)
9. Come senators, congressmen,
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 08:43 PM
Oct 2018

...Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'....



[link:https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=sfp&p=the+time%27s+they+are+a+changing#id=3&vid=e991aceb5d32bd54b81c940da9ab14f6&action=click|

Squinch

(51,014 posts)
33. Also, I think that "Proverbs" about standing up for the poor is going to be my next bumper sticker.
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 09:50 PM
Oct 2018

House of Roberts

(5,184 posts)
11. This is my theme song. Y'all can use it too.
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 08:50 PM
Oct 2018

It's even Socialist!




Liberty! Justice! Trust!

Freedom! Peace! Honour!

Goodness! Strength! Valour!

Amishman

(5,559 posts)
19. Battlebeast - King for a Day
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 09:15 PM
Oct 2018

Welcome to the nightmare
Where villains wear the crowns
Fools rule a broken world
And fear grows all around
There's a bad king
A dreadful puppet on a string

He pretends to be a champion
Of the common man
Wants more division
In is lost and riven land
He plays with real lives
In the darkest game of life

His greedy eyes
Looks insane, frozen smile like he's in pain
He doesn't count
The human cost but only money made or lost

King for a day
He kills the truth and looks away
King for a day
Lives like the world would end today
King for a day
What do you hide, Why do you lie?

Who made the rules for this game
Who is paying your champagne?
All the mercy in the world
Cannot save you anymore
King for a day

He knows how to justify
And how to feed the myths
How to glorify
The lies and hide the truth
He talks a lot but
His mouth is full of empty words

He has the right friends
Making shady inside deals
Before the story ends
We will be out of tears
Fools give the answer
Wise men don't even try

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
21. Grace is 14 years old, she sings a rendition of an old song that fits our political climate
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 09:22 PM
Oct 2018

beautifully. When we win the majority, from the depths of adversity to the relief of conquering evil, this song fits.



Lyrics

Clearly

Grace VanderWaal

There's a world outside my door
I don't know it anymore
I'm gonna stay here now
I'm gonna stay here now

Close the curtains, cut the lights
Match the darkness in my mind
It's gonna take me down
It's gonna take me down

All the roads I've been before
Same mistakes always got me shakin'
And all the signs I once ignored
In my denial, I didn't want to face them

I can see clearly now
The rain has gone
I accept all the things that I cannot change
Gone are the dark clouds
The dawn has come
It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day

There's a world outside my door
I forced my feet down to the floor
I'm gonna make it out
I'm gonna make it out

Take a breath and say a prayer
Find the strength in my despair
It's not gonna take me down
It's not gonna take me down

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,427 posts)
22. Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie -- When The Levee Breaks
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 09:23 PM
Oct 2018
https://archive.org/details/Kansas_Joe_Memphis_Minnie-When_Levee_Breaks

It keeps on raining (and dripping) and the damned levee will break November 6.

Cryin' won't help you, GOP. Prayin' won't do you no good.

Blue wave's gonna wash you away.

youtube version:

TheBlackAdder

(28,214 posts)
23. Todd Rundgrend's "Just One Victory"
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 09:27 PM
Oct 2018

.




"Just One Victory"


We've been waiting so long,
We've been waiting so long,
We've been waiting for the sun to rise and shine
Shining still to give us the will

Can you hear me, the sound of my voice?
I am here to tell you I have made my choice
I've been listening to what's been going down
There's just too much talk and gossip going 'round

You may think that I'm a fool, but I know the answer
Words become a tool, anyone can use them
Take the golden rule, as the best example
Eyes that have seen will know what I mean

The time has come to take the bull by the horns
(Hold that line, baby hold that line, get up boys and hit 'em one more time)
We've been so downhearted, we've been so forlorn
(We may be losing now but we can't stop trying, so hold that line, baby hold that line)
We get weak and we want to give in
(Hold that line, baby hold that line, get up boys and hit 'em one more time)
But we still need each other if we want to win
(We may be losing now but we can't stop trying, so hold that line, baby hold that line)

If you don't know what to do about a world of trouble
You can pull it through if you need to and if
You believe it's true, it will surely happen
Shining still, to give us the will

We've been waiting so long,
We've been waiting so long,
We've been waiting for the sun to rise and shine
Shining still to give us the will
Bright as the day, to show us the way

Somehow, someday,
We need just one victory and we're on our way
Prayin' for it all day and fightin' for it all night
Give us just one victory, it will be all right

We may feel about to fall but we go down fighting
You will hear the call if you only listen
Underneath it all we are here together
Shining still to give us the will
Bright as the day, to show us the way

Somehow, someday,
(Hold that line, baby hold that line, get up boys and hit 'em one more time)
We need just one victory and we're on our way
(We may be losing now but we can't stop trying, so hold that line, baby hold that line)
Prayin' for it all day and fightin' for it all night
(Hold that line, baby hold that line, get up boys and hit 'em one more time)
Give us just one victory, it will be all right
(We may be losing now but we can't stop trying, so hold that line, baby hold that line)

.

True_Blue

(3,063 posts)
68. That's a perfect song for the # metoo movement
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 08:46 PM
Oct 2018

"I am woman, hear me roar
In numbers too big to ignore
And I know too much to go back an' pretend
'Cause I've heard it all before
And I've been down there on the floor
No one's ever gonna keep me down again
Oh yes, I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can do anything
I am strong
I am invincible
I am woman

You can bend but never break me
'Cause it only serves to make me
More determined to achieve my final goal
And I come back even stronger
Not a novice any longer
'Cause you've deepened the conviction in my soul"...

Response to Funtatlaguy (Original post)

Response to Dr Vegas (Reply #34)

bronxiteforever

(9,287 posts)
37. Joan by Heather Dale (Joan of Arc)
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 10:08 PM
Oct 2018

I heed the higher voices; I go where I'm sent,
To mow down the men who refuse to repent,
I'm a scythe, in a field full of briars.

The courage of Catherine, the flames of the forge,
Sword of Saint Michael, the blood of Saint George,
I take what I'm given, I follow my truth,
I gladly abandon the bloom of my youth,
I'm the lashing, that falls from the scourge.

I fight where God tells me, I never ask why,
I've bloodied the Devil, with steel from on high,
I kill without consequence, heed no Man's law.
I sift out the righteous like grain from the straw.
I am Judgment, and Heaven is nigh.

And they won't call me Mother, or Sister, or Wife,
They will know me or not by the strength of my life,
I will burn with a light of my own.
They'll know me as Joan.

eleny

(46,166 posts)
38. The Isley Brothers - Fight the Power
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 10:14 PM
Oct 2018


When I rolled with the punches
I got knocked on the ground
With all this bullshit going down
Time is truly wastin'
There's no guarantee
Smile's in the makin'
You gotta fight the powers that be

RockRaven

(15,002 posts)
42. American Idiot by Green Day... and it is frustrating as hell this is STILL applicable
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 11:05 PM
Oct 2018

[Verse 1]
Don't wanna be an American idiot
Don't want a nation under the new mania
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mind-fuck America

[Chorus]
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue

[Verse 2]
Well, maybe I'm the faggot, America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
Now everybody do the propaganda
And sing along to the age of paranoia

[Chorus]
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
Don't wanna be an American idiot
One nation controlled by the media
Information age of hysteria
It's calling out to idiot America

[Chorus]
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue

50 Shades Of Blue

(10,048 posts)
43. Torn between two these two songs
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 11:19 PM
Oct 2018

This song always zips me back to 1969 and my senior year in high school. I bought the single.

The more things change....



This one zips me back to 1965 and my growing political awareness at the age of 12/13. The title still could not be more apropos, IMO!

Upthevibe

(8,072 posts)
44. Monster by Steppenwolf...
Mon Oct 8, 2018, 01:07 AM
Oct 2018

I actually just played this yesterday....
The verse:
America where are you now don't you care about your sons and daughters
Don't you know we need you now we can't fight alone against the monster.

It gets me...

maxrandb

(15,357 posts)
46. I think Drowning Pools "Let the Bodies Hit the Floor"
Mon Oct 8, 2018, 02:52 PM
Oct 2018

is appropriate.

Or, Battle Flag by Lo Fidelity All Stars

The Roux Comes First

(1,300 posts)
47. Great Calls Already, but in Short Term Let's Expand the Choices!
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 05:19 PM
Oct 2018

I love the original suggestion and The Times They Are a-Changin', along with many of the others.

But several other obvious choices come to mind. How about:

Volunteers


The Roux Comes First

(1,300 posts)
48. Or How About Some Jimi?
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 05:24 PM
Oct 2018

Yes, I am dating myself!

Watchtower



And Bob's original, while not as incendiary, would work fine, too.

Phentex

(16,334 posts)
49. What's so Funny Bout Peace Love and Understanding?
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 05:24 PM
Oct 2018

As I walk through
This wicked world
Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity
I ask myself
Is all hope lost?
Is there only pain and hatred, and misery?

And each time I feel like this inside
There's one thing I wanna know:
What's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding?

And as I walked on
Through troubled times
My spirit gets so downhearted sometimes

So where are the strong
And who are the trusted?
And where is the harmony?
Sweet harmony

'Cause each time I feel it slippin' away, just makes me wanna cry
What's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding?

So where are the strong?
And who are the trusted
?
And where is the harmony?
Sweet harmony

'Cause each time I feel it slippin' away, just makes me wanna cry
What's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding? Ohhhh what's so fun about peace, love and understanding



dustyscamp

(2,228 posts)
56. A few songs
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 05:55 PM
Oct 2018

Take a look around me
Taking pages from a magazine
Been looking for the answers
Ever since we were seventeen

You know the truth can be a weapon
To fight this world of ill intentions
A new answer to the same question
How many times will you learn the same lesson?

I think they got it all wrong
We just gotta hold on
And on and on and on

'Cause we're gonna be legends
Gonna get their attention
What we're doing here ain't just scary
It's about to be legendary

Yea we're gonna be legends
Gonna teach 'em all a lesson
Got this feeling in our souls we carry
That it's about to be legendary

This is what we came for
And we couldn't want it anymore
We can never turn back now
Got to leave it all on the floor

Been dreaming of the payoff
Though the struggles and the trade-offs
Fighting tooth and nail on the way up
Tell them the truth but they'd think it's just made up

Eventually they're gonna know who's right
To make a stand you've got to win the fight
Can't stand the heat then just stay out the light
Or you might never make it out alive
You gotta live without a compromise
Let everybody hear your battle cry!




The music video focuses on police brutality and how a person can stand up against that.

The Roux Comes First

(1,300 posts)
61. Good "Who" Ideas, Even if Performed by Others
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 06:11 PM
Oct 2018

Must be others by Pete et al that woud work. while mulling that, how about:

if I had a rocket launcher


ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
69. Hey, one of my students showed me a video the other day
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 08:46 PM
Oct 2018

One of his friends was driving over tRump yard signs while blasting this song. If it gets the kids pumped up to vote, I say it's all good.

The Roux Comes First

(1,300 posts)
72. I am all over anything that will lead previous non-voters to get out
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 11:00 PM
Oct 2018

But my music tastes may not help!

n youg - lookin' for a leader

FM123

(10,054 posts)
81. Changes by David Bowie
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 11:33 PM
Oct 2018

And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're goin' through...


Onward AND Upward

(122 posts)
90. This one - Perfect lyrics and just enough toe tappin' growl...
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 12:53 AM
Oct 2018

[link:

|


Let's Work Together by Canned Heat

Together we stand, divided we fall
Come on now people, let's get on the ball and work together
Come on, come on let's work together, now now people
Because together we will stand, every boy every girl and a man

Before when things go wrong, as they sometimes will
And the road you travel, it stays all uphill
Let's work together, come on, come on, let's work together
You know together we will stand, every boy, girl, woman and a man
Oh well now, two or three minutes, two or three hours
What does it matter now, in this life of ours
Let's work together, come on, come on
Let's work together, now now people
Because together we will stand, every boy, every woman and a man

Oh come on, let's work together

Oh well now, make someone happy, make someone smile,
Let's all work together and make life worthwhile
Let's work together, come on, come on
Let's work together, now now people
Because together we will we stand, every boy, girl, woman and a man
Well now, together we will stand,
Every boy, girl, woman and a man.
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