Charles Pierce has written a hilarious column poking fun at some of the rock and roll songs that the National Review has held up as examples of "conservative" songs. Without necessarily endorsing any of his political views or comments, I thought the following riff on East German swimming was a classic CP line:
"Two songs -- “Der Kommissar” and “You Can't Always Get What You Want” -- that are wholly or partly about the difficulty of scoring really good dope make the list -- the former as a commentary about life in communist East Germany (where only the national swimming team got really good dope) and the latter, spectacularly, as a lesson that “there’s no such thing as a perfect society.” Now, I guarantee you that not even Keith Richards ever has been stoned enough to interpret that song that way. "
For those with a strong stomach for lefty comentaria, the link to the full column is here: www.prospect.org/.../page.ww
Matt
Great, funny article. I liked this reprise of the East German thing later in the same article:
Rush (“Why Wasn't I Born An East German Swimmer?”) Limbaugh
Highly recommended reading for all music fans.
Great, funny article. I liked this reprise of the East German thing later in the same article:
Rush (“Why Wasn't I Born An East German Swimmer?”) Limbaugh
Highly recommended reading for all music fans.
