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Rocknrule Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 04:50 PM
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What would be a good inspirational song for the Democratic Party?
as we work to take back Congress and America this November?

All I can think of is "La Resistance" from the South Park movie
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 04:51 PM
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1. I always thought "America" by Neil Diamond was inspiring. n/m
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Minnesota Libra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 05:07 PM
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11. I was thinking the same thing - you beat me to it nt
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mrcheerful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 04:52 PM
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2. Crosby,Stills,Nash and Young's Ohio remind the fools what blind faith in
government got them.
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 05:22 PM
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16. you realize what DAY TODAY IS, yes?
Edited on Thu May-04-06 05:23 PM by Gabi Hayes
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Selatius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 04:53 PM
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3. The Internationale
Arise ye workers from your slumbers
Arise ye prisoners of want
For reason in revolt now thunders
And at last ends the age of cant.
Away with all your superstitions
Servile masses arise, arise
We'll change henceforth the old tradition
And spurn the dust to win the prize.

So comrades, come rally
And the last fight let us face
The Internationale unites the human race.
So comrades, come rally
And the last fight let us face
The Internationale unites the human race.

No more deluded by reaction
On tyrants only we'll make war
The soldiers too will take strike action
They'll break ranks and fight no more
And if those cannibals keep trying
To sacrifice us to their pride
They soon shall hear the bullets flying
We'll shoot the generals on our own side.

No saviour from on high delivers
No faith have we in prince or peer
Our own right hand the chains must shiver
Chains of hatred, greed and fear
E'er the thieves will out with their booty
And give to all a happier lot.
Each at the forge must do their duty
And we'll strike while the iron is hot.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 04:53 PM
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4. The machines are secured, YEAH YEAH YEAH The machines are secured
YEAH YEAH YEAH.

Repeat
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Strathos Donating Member (713 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 04:53 PM
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5. Trim the Shrub
sung to the tune of the Bugs Bunny classic, "Kill The Wabbit". LOL
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iamahaingttta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 04:58 PM
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6. Volunteers
by Jefferson Airplane
about 1969?

Look what's happening out in the streets
Got a revolution Got to revolution
Hey I'm dancing down the streets
Got a revolution Got to revolution
Ain't it amazing all the people I meet
Got a revolution Got to revolution
One generation got old
One generation got soul
This generation got no destination to hold
Pick up the cry
Hey now it's time for you and me
Got a revolution Got to revolution
Come on now we're marching to the sea
Got a revolution Got to revolution
Who will take it from you
We will and who are we
We are volunteers of America...
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 05:02 PM
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7. The Rezillos
Someone's gonna get their head kicked in tonight ???

No that would be bad.... hahahaha crackin' myself up.
Nevermind.
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 05:03 PM
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8. Milkshake n/t
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 05:05 PM
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9. They'll never use it but here's my suggestion
Well I won’t back down, no I won’t back down
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
But I won’t back down

Gonna stand my ground, won’t be turned around
And I’ll keep this world from draggin’ me down
Gonna stand my ground and I won’t back down

Hey baby, there ain’t no easy way out
Hey I will stand my ground
And I won’t back down.

Well I know what’s right, I got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushin’ me around
But I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down

Hey baby there ain’t no easy way out
Hey I will stand my ground
And I won’t back down
No, I won’t back down

- Tom Petty
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MethuenProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 05:07 PM
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10. Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
The Who Won't Get Fooled Again

We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

The change, it had to come
We knew it all along
We were liberated from the fold, that's all
And the world looks just the same
And history ain't changed
'Cause the banners, they are flown in the next war

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
No, no!

I'll move myself and my family aside
If we happen to be left half alive
I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky
Though I know that the hypnotized never lie
Do ya?

There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Are now parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again
No, no!

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

(Hey, it's got a part for Howie Dean!)
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Ex Lion Tamer Donating Member (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 05:08 PM
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12. God Save The Queen?
The Sex Pistols, of course.
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Quiet_Dem_Mom Donating Member (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 05:12 PM
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13. Get Up, Stand Up--Bob Marley
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: don’t give up the fight!

Preacherman, don’t tell me,
Heaven is under the earth.
I know you don’t know
What life is really worth.
It’s not all that glitters is gold;
’alf the story has never been told:
So now you see the light, eh!
Stand up for your rights. come on!

Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: don’t give up the fight!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: don’t give up the fight!

Most people think,
Great God will come from the skies,
Take away everything
And make everybody feel high.
But if you know what life is worth,
You will look for yours on earth:
And now you see the light,
You stand up for your rights. jah!

Get up, stand up! (jah, jah!)
Stand up for your rights! (oh-hoo!)
Get up, stand up! (get up, stand up!)
Don’t give up the fight! (life is your right!)
Get up, stand up! (so we can’t give up the fight!)
Stand up for your rights! (lord, lord!)
Get up, stand up! (keep on struggling on!)
Don’t give up the fight! (yeah!)

We sick an’ tired of-a your ism-skism game -
Dyin’ ’n’ goin’ to heaven in-a jesus’ name, lord.
We know when we understand:
Almighty God is a living man.
You can fool some people sometimes,
But you can’t fool all the people all the time.
So now we see the light (what you gonna do? ),
We gonna stand up for our rights! (yeah, yeah, yeah!)

So you better:
Get up, stand up! (in the morning! git it up!)
Stand up for your rights! (stand up for our rights!)
Get up, stand up!
Don’t give up the fight! (don’t give it up, don’t give it up!)
Get up, stand up! (get up, stand up!)
Stand up for your rights! (get up, stand up!)
Get up, stand up! ( ... )
Don’t give up the fight! (get up, stand up!)
Get up, stand up! ( ... )
Stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up!
Don’t give up the fight!
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 05:17 PM
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14. "Let's Impeach the President" by Neil Young
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 05:20 PM
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15. hands down, folks
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Sullivan4Congress Donating Member (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 05:22 PM
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17. "The Gauntlet"
Dropkick Murphys, "The Gauntlet"

Can't believe they haven't been mentioned yet!
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Homer Wells Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 05:25 PM
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18. Monster
by Steppenwolf
:hippie:
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Rosco T. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 05:46 PM
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19. I can think of a good one for the GOP... coutresy of Mel Brooks...
Springtime for Hitler

(there's a good animation buried in that idea somewhere..)
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