• Submit Date: 7/22/2007
  • Format: CD
  • Category: Theme

Murder, Manslaughter, all funded by my Tax Dollar (and other propaganda jams).

Artist Song
Erase Errata  Tax Dollar 
Bloc Party  Price of Gas 
Pink Floyd  The Fletcher Memorial Home 
The Beatles  Taxman 
Rage Against The Machine  Take The Power Back 
Patti Smith  People Have The Power 
Jello Biafra and The Melvins  Plethysmograph 
The Cure  Killing an Arab 
Bad Religion  You Are (The Government) 
Immortal Technique  The 4th Branch 
R.E.M  Finest Worksong 
The B-52's  Channel Z 
Buffalo Springfield  For What It's Worth 
Bob Dylan  Blowin' In The Wind 
Sam Cooke  A Change is Gonna Come 

Comment:




By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.
-Albert Camus




I was listening to the Erase Errata track when I got the idea for this one. I originally wanted to do a mix all about taxes and money, but the lyric that I used for the title (from the Erase Errata track) lead me to take this mix in a slightly different direction.


I'm sure everyone has their own opinion of the state of the world, and this is part of mine. There's probably hundreds of songs that I could've stuck somewhere in this list, but these are the ones that really hit home for me.



When I despair,
I remember that all through history
the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers,
and for a time they can seem invincible,
but in the end they always fall.
Think of it--always."
-Gandhi
image for mix

Feedback:

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Mr. Mirage
Date: 7/23/2007
My own would probably have to in include Taxman, Mr Thief by Cheap Trick, Your Time Is Gonna Come by Led Zepplin, Anarchy In The UK by The Sex Pistols, with lots n lots of Jello (always room for Jello!) doing his spoken word.
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Ginatron
Date: 7/23/2007
I saw Jello do some spoken word a few months ago, and it was just as amazing as I hoped it would be if not more.
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SAG
Date: 7/23/2007
Nice mix ginatron...that Pink Floyd track is one of my favorites of theirs, and I love the Patti, Cure, REM and Sam Cooke!
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hemizen
Date: 7/24/2007
"For What It's Worth", I like this mix.
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Sean Lally
Date: 7/25/2007
Hell yeah.
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Sister ZoT Jarvis
Date: 7/26/2007
remarkable
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blasikin
Date: 7/27/2007
Regarding 14 and 15, let's hope so! Good stuff!
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Bear
Date: 7/29/2007
Jello speaks the truth.
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Luke79
Date: 8/3/2007
This is always the state of the world from a governmental perspective, sadly. At least great music is born from it.