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Harper_is_Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 09:44 PM
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IF YOU HAVE NOT LISTENED TO THIS SONG YOU NEED TO!!!
A North Carolina artist named Chuck Brodsky that the USA should be proud of.

You can listen to most of it here, track 11:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/cbrodsky3

If you can't play it, you should definitely read the words. He skewers Bush bad.

Liar! Liar! Pants On Fire!
from "Tulips For Lunch" 2006

Liar liar, pants on fire
See you squirm, see you perspire
Not a word you say is true
There's never been one out of you

Smoke & mirrors, bait and switch
You and your friends are getting rich
Picking pockets, pulling strings
And other more dispicable things

Liar Liar, pants on fire
Preaching only to the choir
Photo op in front of the steeple
How did you manage to fool these people?

Talk the lingo, dress the part
Even put your hand on your heart
Bomber jacket, emperor's clothes
You can't even reach the end of your nose

Liar liar, pants on fire
Chain of command doesn't get any higher
Orders come down from the top
Punish the guy who pushes the mop

Throw away the key and forget about bail
The likes of you ought to rot in jail
Guilty! Guilty of the highest crimes
And the lowest ones at the very same time

Liar liar, pants on fire
Teleprompter, hidden wire
Who's this G-d that speaks to you
Who would authorize the things you do?

Bend the rules, twist the facts
Make excuses, cover your tracks
Why won't you let anybody see
The flag-draped coffins on tv?

Liar liar, been found out
Whistleblowers talked about
How you classify & cook the books
For the benefit of a bunch of crooks

You can also hear some of it here, a different section:
http://www.chuckbrodsky.com/music.html
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Harper_is_Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 09:59 PM
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1. It amazes me how a courageous song from a US treasure can be ignored.
Chuck can't afford body guards, but he's still putting himself out there at great risk with a song that says everything that needs to be said and then some.

Not to mention it's catchy as fuck.
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MadisonProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 10:06 PM
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2. I just bought the CD. That's a powerful song!
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Harper_is_Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 10:10 PM
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3. Amen MadisonProgressive.
That it is.
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DianaForRussFeingold Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 10:18 PM
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4. Liar liar, pants on fire! How True
Thank you,:yourock:
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Harper_is_Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 10:32 PM
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5. U R Welcom!
:headbang:
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file83 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 10:38 PM
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6. OMG - those are GREAT lyrics!!
Edited on Wed Apr-12-06 10:39 PM by file83
The song is a little bit slow - hmmm....but I have...an...idea...(scurries off to the file83.com audio/visual lab...)
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MadisonProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 10:40 PM
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7. K&R!!!!!!!!!
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Harper_is_Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 10:47 PM
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8. Thanks! A fantastic song like this deserves exposure.
Two more recommends and Chuck gets his due!
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file83 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 10:53 PM
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9. Kick it!
:kick:Recommend!
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Harper_is_Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 11:00 PM
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10. self delete.
Edited on Wed Apr-12-06 11:01 PM by Harper_is_Bush
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buzzard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 11:35 PM
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11. Check out this song very apt IMO it was written after 2001 election theft
and a verse added later to reflect on the invasion of Iraq.

http://www.blamesally.com/video.html


If you tell a lie again and again
It does not become the truth in the end
If your voice is loud and your lies are well heard
Still it does not mean transformation has occurred

Water isn't wine
Brass isn't gold
One day you'll account for all the lies that you told

If you take the forest, if you steal it tree by tree
If you blacken the river if you desecrate the sea
You can wave your arms, you can shout out from on high
But the truth is still the truth and a lie is still a lie

Water isn't wine
Brass isn't gold
One day you'll account for all the priceless things you sold

You can speak of God while you lead your Holy War
As if your hands weren’t stained by the oil you adore
More innocents will die and more soldiers will fall
You name your church for God but it was greed that built those walls

Water isn’t wine
Brass isn’t gold
One day you’ll account for all the lives that you stole

Two faced yes fool
Pin striped suit ghoul

You can make a promise and some people might believe
That you are not beholden to the power, to the greed
But if they should fall ill, or their schools should fall down
Should they fall on hard times well I doubt you'll be around

Water isn't wine, brass isn't gold
And it's wrong that we should pay for that crown that you stole
Water isn't wine, brass isn't gold
One day you'll account for all the lies that you told













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file83 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 02:54 PM
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12. kick one more time
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 05:26 PM
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13. It'd be more convincing if it didn't suck.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 05:31 PM
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14. Can't believe I paused the new Moneen album for that.
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 05:32 PM
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15. I'm glad I stopped listening before it showed up in my Lastfm.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 05:32 PM
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16. Haha, I didn't use Winamp.
I'm smart like that.
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 05:40 PM
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17. I didn't feel like going through the trouble
of downloading this travesty on Limewire. Although I'm sure nobody bothered to put it in their shared folder, and for good reason.
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Harper_is_Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 06:08 PM
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18. Did someone leave the window open?
Something slimy crawled in.
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 06:20 PM
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20. It sucks that not everybody likes the same things you do, doesn't it?
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Harper_is_Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 06:24 PM
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21. Not really.
It sucks that some people gotta be ignorant about it though!

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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 06:42 PM
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22. And how exactly am I being ignorant?
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Harper_is_Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 11:33 PM
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25. kick
anyone?
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HuskerDU Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 03:22 AM
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29. How can Debbie Downer be on SNL one minute and then on
DU the next?
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Harper_is_Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 08:10 AM
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32. For the record...I AM NOT OFFENDED!
Some nameless poster is skulking around the forum accusing me of being offended by this.

Not at all.

Didn't even report it! :)
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 06:11 PM
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19. Cool!
Thanks a lot.
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BigBearJohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 08:06 PM
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23. I enjoyed that. THANKS! K/R
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Harper_is_Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 10:02 AM
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24. U R Welcome!
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Neil Lisst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 12:13 AM
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26. I heard it on Radio Free Austin
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Harper_is_Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 01:33 PM
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27. I'm surprised he hasn't been targetted by the rightwing yet.
I guess you gotta be famous to attract their attention. It's a pretty biting song, and I expect they'll catch wind of it soon enough.
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Neil Lisst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 03:04 AM
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28. it is hardcore! I think I need to get it.
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Jazz2006 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 03:28 AM
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30. Great lyrics.
Mediocre vocals, mediocre instrumentation, crap vocals, but still..... well done for its simplicity!

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Harper_is_Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 10:16 AM
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31. It's a vocal styling
so it's a matter of taste in that department. Plus, you're listening to an internet sample remember.
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