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April 22, 2006
Soundtrack for a neocon revolution
Right after the Iraq War, Dr Frank penned the first pop hit of the new neocons, a musical setting of the famous exclamation of a newly liberated Iraqi as American troops rolled by: "Democracy Whiskey Sexy!" (Well, it was a big hit in the blogosphere, and I hope that translated into sales and gigs for Dr Frank.)
Although his songs aren't explicitly neocon, Communist for Kerry icon and chronicler of the Belorussian revolt, Ivan Lenin, composes dyspeptic ditties when he isn't impersonating his namesake.
Recently we were treated to "Bush Was Right!" by a politically conservative garage band called the Right Brothers.
And now . . . . the latest hit on the neocon charts, a lost soul/funk classic from the 70s: Go On Home You Communist, performed by Al C. Bailey and written and produced by Herb Zwicker. More on impresario Zwicker:
. . . my great-grandfather Herb Zwicker started something called the "Black Talent Workshop" in the 70s. He went down to Watts and recruited talented black musicians and recorded some records of their music. I guess he was big on funk and soul music. In addition he had them perform their renditions of some of the songs that he wrote including "Go On Home You Foreign Communist" He was a real character from what I understand. He was a nationalist and a big union leader. In his 60s he was on the news bashing two young Neo-Nazi's heads together. A real bruiser.
Judith | 04/22/06 at 05:25 PM | Categories: Sensual pleasures
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