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smartpatrol
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Topic: 3 Songs About Revolution Posted: December 30 2012 at 20:02 |
Three fantastic songs that talk about revolution in some way or another. Which one do you prefer? I'm very undecided; all fantastic songs
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Dellinger
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Posted: December 30 2012 at 21:31 |
One for the Vine for me, though I really like revolution too.
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Alitare
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Posted: December 30 2012 at 21:33 |
I'd go for Beatles, here.
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HolyMoly
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Posted: December 30 2012 at 21:40 |
Beatles. All three are great though.
I once made a 60 minute mixed tape I called "Revolution". I used to jog to it, it was a great tape. It's wasn't all about Revolution per se, but each song had a similar "screw the system" vibe. One of the centerpieces was the Chambers Brothers' full length version of "Time Has Come Today". I believe "Sister Ray" was in there too.
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HolyMoly
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Posted: December 30 2012 at 21:42 |
Speaking of, check this out when you get a chance, smarty!
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RedNightmareKing
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Posted: December 30 2012 at 22:02 |
I'm a big believer in Won't Get Fooled Again, it's just so freaking awesome.
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: December 30 2012 at 22:21 |
Hard poll!
One For the Vine, although a great song, is my least favorite out of all of these. Won't Get Fooled Again is an incredible song, a signature example of the Who style, and one I enjoy more every time I hear it. It's probably my favorite now, but...The Beatles' "Revolution" was the song that introduced me to rock music and ignited a love for music in me that changed my life completely. I'll go with "Revolution." |
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mongofa
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Posted: December 30 2012 at 23:16 |
Pinball Wizard
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HarbouringTheSoul
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Posted: December 31 2012 at 02:18 |
"Won't Get Fooled Again", although the single version of "Revolution" is a close second (never liked the lethargic album version). "One for the Vine" bores me to tears.
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someone_else
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Posted: December 31 2012 at 06:52 |
Won't Get Fooled Again, even with One for the Vine in this list.
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Blacksword
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Posted: December 31 2012 at 07:08 |
One for the vine is my favourite out of those three songs, but not so much for its revolutionary theme's.
Won't get fooled again is THE best revolution song ever, imo.. Well, out of those I've heard anyway... |
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HolyMoly
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Posted: December 31 2012 at 07:31 |
I never really thought of One for the Vine as a revolutionary song. I always thought it was Tony Banks' own little capsule version of Apocalypse Now.
Edited by HolyMoly - December 31 2012 at 07:32 |
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: December 31 2012 at 07:38 |
Why don't you have number nine,
number nine,
number nine?
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chopper
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Posted: December 31 2012 at 07:39 |
I always thought of it as more about religion than revolution, probably because of the water and wine references.
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zappaholic
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Posted: December 31 2012 at 08:04 |
I'll go with "Won't Get Fooled Again", even though Townshend called it "the stupidest song I ever wrote".
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken
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Gerinski
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Posted: December 31 2012 at 08:18 |
I used to love "Won't Get Fooled Again" but since it became the theme song of CSI it has started to get a bit on my nerves
Revolution is nice but I will vote for One For The Vine.
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KingCrInuYasha
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Posted: December 31 2012 at 13:48 |
Saddened that "The Knife" isn't on there.
Oh well. Going with "Won't Get Fooled Again". |
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smartpatrol
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Posted: December 31 2012 at 15:11 |
Well, i see it as a song about the "new boss same as the old boss" part of revolution |
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The Doctor
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Posted: December 31 2012 at 17:44 |
I always thought of One for the Vine as being more of a personal song about a man who leaves a system he thinks is bad, starts a revolt and ends up realizing he's become exactly what he left behind. But when I think of a revolution song, I think of the kind people would be chanting out in the streets as they stormed the bastille, and I'm not sure that One for the Vine would suit that. The Knife though maybe.
I would've picked Volunteers by Jefferson Airplane over the ones mentioned. |
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Sumdeus
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Posted: December 31 2012 at 18:03 |
haha I also thought oft the Airplane going into this thread, mainly cause whenever i think of any sort of 'revolution song' the first thing i hear in my head is that classic 'got to have a revolution, have a revolution!" line. I also feel like there should be a good amount of Bob Dylan and Doors songs that would also fit this. Does All Along The Watchtower count?
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