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"Fight" Songs for DU'ers (Original Post) electric_blue68 Jul 2022 OP
We could write/rewrite songs all day. Would people listen and raise their voices? Tell me! usonian Jul 2022 #1
Heh, I think I get it . I was thinking along the lines of... electric_blue68 Jul 2022 #3
Absolutely. I had this one mostly "in the can" usonian Jul 2022 #4
Or "The Year 2525" ... electric_blue68 Jul 2022 #5
Right on both counts. I was just in the middle of it at the time. Draft and all. usonian Jul 2022 #7
You certainly were in the middle! electric_blue68 Jul 2022 #8
Read "Money, Sex, War, Karma" by Daniel Loy. usonian Jul 2022 #9
Busload of faith dclarston13 Jul 2022 #2
I'm not as pessemistic as this song, thank goodness! ... electric_blue68 Jul 2022 #6
Recommended. H2O Man Jul 2022 #10
One I've liked H2O Man Jul 2022 #11
Oh, I love this song! Definitely one stayed with me since I heard it back in the day. electric_blue68 Jul 2022 #15
Oh, yeah. Of course! electric_blue68 Jul 2022 #13
One of my favorite fight songs... Hugin Jul 2022 #12
Sounded good. electric_blue68 Jul 2022 #14
The lyrics are what get me. Hugin Jul 2022 #16

usonian

(9,814 posts)
1. We could write/rewrite songs all day. Would people listen and raise their voices? Tell me!
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 10:22 AM
Jul 2022

Example:

So no one told you that you're being watched by DOJ.
Your job's a joke, you're out of Coke, your führer's gone away.
It's sad those organ transplants that you got were made in Xinjiang,
Your heart, your knees are all Chinese, your ticker runs on batteries.
---- that detonate with a bang

I know, the shoe doesn't fit because I keep hearing "Help" instead of "Friends".
But you get the idea.

GOT SONG?

electric_blue68

(14,909 posts)
3. Heh, I think I get it . I was thinking along the lines of...
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 03:28 PM
Jul 2022

songs that strengthen our resolve to do what we can to fight against Christian Sharia laws.

usonian

(9,814 posts)
4. Absolutely. I had this one mostly "in the can"
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 03:37 PM
Jul 2022

I was straightening up a bit, as I have, unsuccessfully for the past 7 years, and picked up a couple of anthologies, from the thrift store, of songs from the 60's and 70's. Aided by the fact that I found a 50,000 watt station in Fresno that plays oldies all the time.

"We Will Overcome". People of a certain age remember. So, something along those lines, of course.

Hopefully not "Eve of Destruction" ...

Worth some time spent. Music a bit of a 24 by 7 thing with me.

Thanks for the reply. I totally get it.

Times, they came back with a vengeance.

electric_blue68

(14,909 posts)
5. Or "The Year 2525" ...
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 03:48 PM
Jul 2022

I was around for that and "Eve of Destruction".

The '60s bad stuff was sooo intense!
But these last 6 years? Even worse!!!!!


🧡Music- recorded, or live in person is an essential thing for me.

usonian

(9,814 posts)
7. Right on both counts. I was just in the middle of it at the time. Draft and all.
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 04:01 PM
Jul 2022

Kind of like a Forrest Gump without the shooting and the money making.

And right there, you have what's wrong. It's all about shooting and money-making.

Converting to Buddhism. Greed, hatred and delusion (the three poisons) are not my style. I was always so out of place in this culture.

Peace

electric_blue68

(14,909 posts)
8. You certainly were in the middle!
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 05:05 PM
Jul 2022

Money is important, means to get things we need, and want, too (up to a point).

But it's not the only thing.


Kindness, generosity, making friends, having fun, having curiously about the world are the other attributes I treasure.

May they increase in this world!




usonian

(9,814 posts)
9. Read "Money, Sex, War, Karma" by Daniel Loy.
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 05:16 PM
Jul 2022

Actually, it's a bit heavy. But the point is that what society values is not happiness, but symbols of it, i.e. money is the means, but becomes an end, and like all the others, there is never enough. You can't satiate. Perfect for our society's model. Someone else can and does always have more.

You got it right. Choose happiness.

Hugin

(33,163 posts)
16. The lyrics are what get me.
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 07:43 AM
Jul 2022

They are spot on with current events.

Especially “we won’t let you kill the laughter”. It gets me every time.

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