In the whole history of pop music, the whole “hypstr chicks warbling out-of-tune protest-y songs over campfire-style guitar-strumming” is the third worst genre ever hatched (behind only “hypstr chicks warbling out-of-tune protest-y songs over plinky pianos” and, worst of all, “hypster chicks warbling out-of-tune protest-y songs over ukuleles”). Wanna call that part of the “war on women?” I’m OK with that. The genre is that bad. Someone’s gotta say it. I’ll take the hit for the betterment of humanity.
On the other hand? If you are a progressive, this song is the call to action you need…:
…because if you are a “progressive”, Elizabeth Warren – Cherokee chieftain that she is – is the only intellectually honest choice for President in 2016.
You don’t have to believe me. The out-of-tune chick warbling partly in-tune over the politely-strummed, co-op-approved campfire guitar has spoken.
There is only one reasonable riposte to that song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yygMhtNQJ9M
“some people might prefer action but…..give me a folk song any old day. “
You can bet it isn’t strummed on a Gibson guitar. They have Republican fingerboards, after all.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/pj-gladnick/2014/07/19/netroots-nation-serenades-elizabeth-warren-campaign-song
I first thought it might have been a Shaggs tribute band, then a parody, and then I finally realized that it is a serious attempt at music.
There was a similar style paean to the late Paul Wellstone by, I believe, a group called the Wellstone Singers. Can’t find it, but it was liberally peppered with the phrase “keep fighting.” That seemed odd to me since the senator was very ant–war and violence.
I hope Warren’s song gets a lot of airplay …
This is a joke, right?
“Nobody got rich on their own, not nobody…”. I’m guessing Neil Peart didn’t write these lyrics. Hell, John Mellenkamp would use better grammer!