What kinds of music do Republicans genuinely enjoy?

The replacement, who was obviously Republican-approved...

Wayne Newton.

That's not an answer to the question. You're in the Answers section. Please follow the rules. Rules exist for good reasons.

For example, there are rules that say that it's NOT ok to shoot your hunting buddy.

I don't Susan- you're answer seems a little vague. Do you have something against Minnesota?

I'm referring to Repulicans of the present era. Nixon is from a different era and the Republican standards I'm referring to have actually shifted quite a bit since his time.

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Prince, Prince, Prince! And Christian nu-emo.

I want to hear some Christian nu-emo! And yacht rock, too!!

What is yacht rock anyway? Christopher Cross?

(I have no political affiliations, just interested in the answers people post)

Emo did come to mind as a possibility- everyone likes emo.

As for an answer, I'd say there needs to be an age breakdown. Over-30 Republicans listen to pretty much the same music that over-30 Dems listen to: music from their respective youths.

As for younger republicans: Coldplay.

xpost, what is Safire? I go to an elite university, so I am allowed to

Coldplay: LOL, but a little unfair. It's not like Gwenyth runs over minorities with her SUV. That was that girl from the Noxema commercials who did that.

Yes, RR- please do YSI some Christian emo.

Anberlin - (The Symphony of) Blase
Chosen for its hilarious title and vague references to God.

Anberlin - Dance Dance Christa Paffgen
Chosen for the line, "If London's Calling, don't you dare pick up the phone" and a good backbeat.

But here's the motherload. This band has an album called "Beneath Medicine Tree" that's pretty much all about taking care of a girl in the hospital.

Copeland - Testing the Strong Ones
Your pain? "I'd put it on my own body if I knew how to."

Copeland - Coffee
Just a nice little suburban anthem with the line, "there's a love that transcends all that we've known of ourselves." A nice sentiment even for non-believers.

I realize I'm putting myself out there by showing non-ironic appreciation for this stuff. But these guys sing pretty, and all their lyrics are just so... reparative.

Anyway, Giles, let me know what you think.

Wow, this was supposed to read

xpost, what is Safire? I go to an elite university, so I am allowed to [rest of post deleted due to inability to take self seriously]

And remember that those bad Republicans have a lot of strikes against them, one of the biggest being hypocrisy. So yes, homophobic dads can be all for an amendment against gay marriage and also own the Elton John boxed set. But then again, is that even hypocrisy? I like Roman Polanski films, but I'm not going to support an amendment allowing nonconsensual sex with 13-year-olds.

Safire would not approve.

Harry Connick, Van Halen, Huey Lewis (and this was 1994), Blood Sweat & Tears, John Williams soundtracks

none of this stuff ever actually made me hate republicans, but it did make me think he was a big dork

xpost

Why do you say this, Dan? Do you believe in censorship?

If so, please explain, because I'm even more interested in knowing what kind of music censorship advocates enjoy listening to (maybe Bruce Springsteen?)....

etc etc etc Shut the fuck up, dude.

Try not to be so amirite? amirite? in your questions.

Then what about the Melissa Marchant thread (where everyone taunted that crazy lady)?

What about the "let's kick Nick Sylvester on his way down" thread?

What about the Kid Rock blow job thread?

If you're the ethics police, if you're the champion of high standards and threads that bear appropriate significance, then why aren't you running up and down those threads and whining about them?

Maybe it's because you fall under that hypocrit category:

lying about getting sucked off by the intern = impeachable offense

lying about reasons to go to war and get thousands killed = terrible mistake

Since you want get all personal, try this on: GO FUCK YOURSELF HYPOCRIT

what does mitt romney listen to??

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i knew a hardcore republican who really liked bob dylan.

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Possibly the worst non-Custos opening post in ILX history.

indeed.

i knew a hardcore republican who really liked bob dylan.

take a look at this site i just stumbled onto:

http://rightwingbob.com/whoami.htm

I have been listening closely to Bob Dylan's music since I was 16 years old ... and I'm older than that now. His songs seemed intensely relevant then, and have continued to seem so, through a misspent youth that included my working for Greenpeace, and voting for Jesse Jackson in 1988. The prism of the passing years has only sharpened the light that emanates from Dylan's astounding body of work. My own politics began to change for the better when I purchased, as a joke, a bargain-bin copy of a book called "The Tempting Of America" written by Robert Bork.

kinda says it all.

"They listen to "I Eat Cannibals" and chain smoke."

OH NOES!

Conservative magazines have published lots of "Bob Dylan was not a librul" pieces, citing, obviously, his fundamentalist phase, and his dismissive attitude toward the '60s anti-war movement (Reporter at press conference: "Are you going to attend the peace rally tomorrow?" Dylan: "I think I'm busy that day.")

Oh, and also the fact that in Chronicles Vol. 1, he claims that his favorite politician in the '60s was Barry Goldwater.

republicans like Don McLean's American Pie

John Fogerty: Centerfield
Van Morrison: Brown-Eyed Girl
Stevie Ray Vaughan: The House is Rockin'
The Knack: My Sharona
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings: Swinging from the Chains of Love

Country stars Alan Jackson, George Jones, Kenny Chesney

Classic rockers Eric Clapton, Robert Palmer, Bryan Adams

but Fogerty is a total angry leftist

When has cognative dissonance stalled Republicans? That's the only difference— they listen to the same music that everyone else does, they just don't care whether Fortunate Son is about Vietnam.

in Chronicles Vol. 1, he claims that his favorite politician in the '60s was Barry Goldwater.

Because he reminded him of Tom Mix.

but Fogerty is a total angry leftist

But for a clueless dimwit who once owned a baseball team in Texas, it doesn't matter.

I really wonder what Bush could possibly think when he hears "Fortunate Son." He's a fool, but surely he's not that stupid.

in Chronicles Vol. 1, he claims that his favorite politician in the '60s was Barry Goldwater.

WTF?!?

http://www.goodbyeohio.com/newt.pdf

If you aren't already a Too Much Joy fan, this article won't win you over. It's germane though.

in Chronicles Vol. 1, he claims that his favorite politician in the '60s was Barry Goldwater.

WTF?!?

-- Eisbaer, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 00:51 (11 hours ago) Link

Here's the quote:

"I had a primitive way of looking at things and I liked country fair politics. My favorite politician was Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, who reminded me of Tom Mix, and there wasn't any way to explain that to anybody. I wasn't that comfortable with all the psycho polemic babble."

I know from experience lots of Republicans like actual good music. You know, good old-fashioned stuff that focuses on melody and harmony rather than exaggerated rhythm.

Hopefully most of them do because that is the best music (because it is!), and not just because it's mostly made by white people.

stuff that focuses on melody and harmony rather than exaggerated rhythm.

So they like R&B but not rap.

They like powerpop.

Current R&B focuses more on rhythm.

they like Bis

"they"

my hardcore right-wing college friend who loved Rage Against the Machine also loved 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Cypress Hill, and BooYaa Tribe.

so much for that theory ...

as much as I don't sympathize with the Republican party, this thread topic is hopelessly reductionist. It reminds me of listening to Republicans talk about how "these people" have dozens of kids to get more welfare money, and then use it to buy drunks and alcohol, and how "queers" are perverting the minds of our children. even though most of the time they've never met a single person who represents the stereotype they are describing.

glad you popped on by to make that point.

max = republican. let's all take turns flogging him with a moistened rope.

I have a friend who is a die-hard Conservative, and he likes Crass.

my hardcore right-wing college friend who loved Rage Against the Machine also loved 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Cypress Hill, and BooYaa Tribe.

I've heard L.A. cops blast "Killing in the Name" from a police lobby.

http://www.mccainblogette.com/docs/playlist/

Taking the question seriously because I can't be chuffed to read the thread:

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Lee Atwater, the late RNC chairman on the right, was actually a passable blues guitarist in the sub-SRV realm of Austin City Limits castoffs.

And a college roommate (rather many moons ago) of the GOP persuasion had a CD collection comprised almost entirely of Robert Johnson and other delta blues tragic figures. Probably ruined the whole genre for me.

Modern Republican consensus favors Nashville product, but blues was the the unifying axis of Republican tastes through the early 90s. The deep conservatism of 16 bar I-IV-V patterns, the caricature of authenticity (all grimaces and retreads) and the reassuring approval by tastemaker authorities all seem consistent with the stereotype.

THe McCain Bloggette thing made me want to destroy the internet. MUST NOT CLICK ON EVERY LINK I SEE.

U2, obvs.

Am I just being a dirty old man, or does the imagery connected with the McCain's daughter blog send kinda the wrong message?

http://www.mccainblogette.com/pics/blogette_01.gif

i.e. young hottie with a laptop

I was thinking "young hottie with radioactive tits".

well, the grateful dead is a pretty misleading answer, because people of pretty much all political leanings give them a spin

and is that humphrey bush in that picture a few posts up playing the guitar? if not, i'm glad george w is aging miserably

Stevie Wonder - Superstitious

but Fogerty is a total angry leftist

fogerty is a totally rocking pop songwriter who led a totally rocking band. that's why most people liked him, republican or democrat. everything else, lefty ideas included, is really really secondary. i'll just assume this is so obvious to everyone that it didn't need to be said.

i know the daughter of a former republican presidential candidate and she also likes bare jr.! weird

This is a trick question. Republicans do not feel "joy," only self-righteousness and seething contempt.

and we wonder why the democrats can't win the white house...jesus just look at this thread.

Correct answer: the wails of tortured innocents.

and we wonder why the democrats can't win the white house...jesus just look at this thread.

-- M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, March 17, 2008 9:42 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

seriously!

Because we have no sense of humor?

yes

if i was a normal person, i'd hate myself so bad