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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (11 children)

Should we....make a playlist? I'll add two more.

  1. Green Day - American Idiot
  2. CCR - Fortunate Son
  3. Woodie Guthrie - This Land is Your Land (via @[email protected] -- updated to different version with the "lost" verse)
  4. System of a Down - Prison Song (BYOB is a close second)
  5. Descendants - 'Merican (Added from @[email protected]'s suggestion.)
  6. John Mellencamp - Little Pink Houses (via @[email protected])
  7. Stone Sour - Come What(ever)
  8. Avenged Sevenfold - Blinded in Chains (last two via @[email protected])
  9. Flobots - Handlebars (via @[email protected])
  10. NOFX - Idiots are Taking Over (via @[email protected])
  11. Rage Against the Machine - Know Your Enemy (via @[email protected])
  12. Disturbed - Land of Confusion | Genesis - Land of Confusion (via @[email protected])

Adding the "lost verse" for 'This Land is Your Land":

“One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple,
by the relief office I saw my people.
As they stood hungry,
I stood there wondering if God blessed America for me.”
[–] middlemanSI 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Rage against the machine - Know your enemy seems relevant. Also maybe Freedom

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Fits perfectly. Added!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Little Pink Houses. The point in this song is often missed as well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Good one. Added!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Would be remiss in not including a version of This Land is Your Land that includes the oft-omitted verses.

This version seems to have all of the verses. Sweet!

The Times They Are A-Changin (Bob Dylan) and The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Gil Scott-Heron) are also classics.

*edited to add links @[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Nice one. Added and included the lost verse.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can't believe I forgot this one - South Park did a fantastic job bringing Sixteen Tons into the modern era.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

That is a good one. I may save that for my Labor Day playlist.

[–] GladiusB 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Land of Confusion would be another addition. I'm in favor of the Disturbed version.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Excellent addition. I also prefer the Disturbed cover, but I added both.

[–] clearedtoland 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
  1. Come What(ever) May by Stone Sour
  2. Blinded in Chains by Avenged Sevenfold

Bush-era (same as American Idiot) but shockingly still relevant. Too heavy for this list?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not at all; it's the messages that are important. I mean, I already put SOAD on there, so... lol

[–] clearedtoland 2 points 1 month ago

Mezmerize was such a damn good album. Popping that on for the day.

[–] fireweed 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Handlebars by Flobots, White America by Eminem

You should make this a separate thread!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Added!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I thought about that, but I don't know if it'll maintain inertia. Hopefully people see a lot of comments in this post and decide to chime in.

Perhaps I can put the result into a Spotify playlist and post that afterwards?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

May I suggest “Don’t Let Me Die in America” by of Montreal? (Confusingly, an American band)

Also “Sunset on 32nd Street” by Strike Anywhere - although you could pull any track off that whole album and it would work.

[–] assembly 2 points 1 month ago

NOFX is perfect on that list.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

What about The Sound of Silence . I'm partial to Disturbed's version, but the original by Simon and Garfunkel fits depending on the mood.