George W. Bush: Musical Icon
I mentioned before that bad presidents inspire good music. Ronald Reagan was a springboard for a whole generation of punk bands like The Dead Kennedys, Reagan Youth and MDC, among others, while also laying the groundwork for the first wave of political rap groups like Public Enemy and Boogie Down Productions.
Inspired by our election night collection, I decided to put together some songs inspired by the disaster that we sane Americans like to call the George W. Bush administration. We may have gotten an endless war, a collapsed economy, international loathing and eight years of general malaise out the deal, but also got some good music. Here’s a small collection of songs inspired by Shrub, and this is by no means comprehensive – if you have a cool song to add, let me know in the comments.
MP3s:
NOFX – “USA-holes”NOFX – “Leaving Jesusland”
Rise Against – “Blood Red, White And Blue”
Against Me! – “Sink Florida Sink”
The Coup – “Head (Of State)”
Ludacris – “Obama Is Here”
Eminem – “Mosh”
Mos Def – “Katrina Klap”
Beastie Boys – “In A World Gone Mad”
Eric Idle – “FCC”
a silver lining indeed…….
would add bad religion “let them eat war” and pj “worldwide suicide”
Good call on the PJ. I was looking for “Bushleaguer” but I don’t have that album. Also Public Enemy’s “Son of a Bush.” I’ll add those.
made a mixtape of my own… here’s some good ones
My president is black, jeezy
good day, nappy roots
Obama 08 Bun b, chamillionaire, exc
Impeach the president, immortal technique
Changes, common
somethin’s gotta give, big boi and mary j
Why remix, jada kiss, common
letter to obama, lil flip
If your out there, john legend
Change gonna come, charles hamilton feat. asher roth
Peace!
if you loved gw bush…you’ll love what the devil has
coming up next!
Remember: The Devil is laughing
when children are starving to death
in the Midwest!
Peace, Bro!