'She Gets a Free Abortion': The Five Dopiest Political Punk Songs

"She Gets a Free Abortion": The Five Dopiest Political Punk Songs

By Nicholas Pell Tue., Jan. 3 2012 at 5:00 AM

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The Iowa caucuses are being held today, which means that Republican primary season is about to kick into high gear. Spoiler alert: The candidates all suck. But you knew that already. What you might not know is that, historically, political punk songs have often been nearly as bad.

Lacking the trenchant analysis of The Economist or even Socialist Worker, the politics of punk are often as clear as the L.A. River. It's doubtful that Johnny Rotten himself even knows what an "anarchist-uh" believes. Here, then are five political punk songs that display, at best, a Cliff Notes-level understanding of the issues.

Bad Religion
"Kyoto Now" (2002)
The problem: The lyrics are a caricature of a Bad Religion song, with the occasional "Kyoto Now!" thrown in for effect. Bombastic language like "petrochemical plunder," "mythological hopeful monster" and "the arid torpor of inaction" don't actually succeed in proving intelligence or understanding. It just proves they like using big words.

Tags:

Agnostic Front, Bad Religion, Dead Kennedys, Green Day, political punk, The Ramones

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JenniferF

Someone is clearly a closet 'nigger hating fag-enabler' republican

anon

@JenniferF who isnt?

>It's doubtful that Johnny Rotten himself even knows what an "anarchist-uh" believes.

Given that Mr. Lydon was associated with Malcolm McLaren, who was deliberately using the Sex Pistols to promote a Situationist agenda, your grasp of the facts is what's doubtful, Nick. Read "Sex Pistols: The Inside Story" by Fred & Judy Vermorel, specifically the section "From Situationism to Punk"

And for the record, Nick, you forgot my favorite political punk song:

"The Guy Who Used to Defend Marx, Lenin and Trotsky on Disinfo, but Who Ran Away Like A Coward When He Couldn't Defend His Position With Facts and Logic."

Sdfsdfsdf

go suck MITBs balls, you hack.

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