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Title: political music
Post by: zjphillips on September 28, 2004, 11:20:00 am

i know a lot of good political songs, but does anyone know of a cool remix/reworking/cover of a traditional political song, like the star-spangled banner or america the beautiful, or whatever?
 
 something uptempo, with drum machines maybe?
 
 just wondering. cheers.

Title: Re: political music
Post by: thirsty moore on September 28, 2004, 11:32:00 am

I think Whitney Houston has a version of either The Star Spangled Banner or America the Beautiful out there.  If it's on a single, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a remix.

Title: Re: political music
Post by: Venerable Bede on September 28, 2004, 11:34:00 am

there's always marvin gaye's version of the star spangled banner from the 1982(?) nba all-star game.  i also like the version by the red house painters, but a slow, nearly 3 minute version probably isn't what you are looking for.   :)
 
 as for america the beautiful, you begin and end with ray charles' version. . .no version can compare with that.

Title: Re: political music
Post by: thirsty moore on September 28, 2004, 11:35:00 am

Maybe you should look for British political songs.  They'll dance to anything over there.

Title: Re: political music
Post by: sonickteam2 on September 28, 2004, 11:37:00 am

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Originally posted by econo:
  Maybe you should look for British political songs.  They'll dance to anything over there.

plus, anyone whos that good on a drum machine, is from Canada or Europe anyway, so they arent making SSB remixes

Title: Re: political music
Post by: ggw on September 28, 2004, 11:40:00 am

In 1991 when the First Gulf War was fresh in my mind and a paranoid year and a half drove me from Toronto with a huge debt and a good taste for conspiracy , I took the first track on Jello Biafras " I Blow Minds For A Living" cd and mixed it with a slightly speeded up Jimi Hendrix "Star Spangled Banner" from the Woodstock LP. In 2000 I used digital sources and Sound Forge for a remix version. (http://strangethingsdone.com/sound/Clem%20Clam-Star%20Spangled%20Jello.mp3)

Title: Re: political music
Post by: zjphillips on September 29, 2004, 12:52:00 am

thanks, people. i'm looking for something with a beat to it. to play my cards: my improv troupe is doing an election show and we need something rocking, but thematic, to come on stage to. (my suggestion - sleater kinney's "step aside" - was rejected.)
 
 (fyi, the show should be awesome. you'll start to see posters around town... http://www.dcwit.com/shows/potus.htm (http://www.dcwit.com/shows/potus.htm) )
 
 anything? some dj had to have done something with a traditional marching tune, right?

Title: Re: political music
Post by: thirsty moore on September 29, 2004, 09:28:00 am

Eastern European Turbo Folk.

Title: Re: political music
Post by: chaz on September 29, 2004, 09:54:00 am

Star Spangled Banner by Hendrix....woodstock I think.  Doesn't have much of a beat though.

Title: Re: political music
Post by: Herr Professor Doktor Doom on September 29, 2004, 10:49:00 am

ggw -- you did that?  That is very cool!