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Originally Posted by PartisanRanger
Very entertaining list. Unimaginative political lyrics can get tiresome, but I've no problem with political statements in music when there is some wit or ingenuity involved. Taxman is a good pick, it's one of my favorite overtly political songs. You could actually put a lot of Rush's oeuvre on here, Neil Peart is certainly a very political (and libertarian) lyricist.
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Still, Taxman is expresses libertarian tendencies if anything, not conservative. And even that a bold statement, as I think that George was just tired of having a 90% tax rate.
Still, the most ridiculous is The Battle of Evermore by Led Zeppelin.
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it’s hard to miss the Cold War metaphor: “The tyrant’s face is red.”
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Yes, because communism has monopoly on that colour.