Right-Wing Musicians?

[durutti]

Let's list 'em. The ones I know are Tobey Keith, Charlie Daniels, Ted Nugent, and Britney Spears (if you call her a musician).

[Gato Moteado]

1. here's a harder list to build....

...talented republican artists and musicians.

[NightTrain]

2. How could you forget...

Lee "God Bless The U.S.A." Greenwood?

James Brown (Remember his 1972 endorsement of Nixon?)
Crystal Gayle (Vocally supported Bush the Elder in 1988)
Loretta Lynn (See above)
Ricky Martin (Performed at Bush's inaugural)
Young M.C. (Rapper with a degree in Economics. Went top ten with the lame-ass "Bust A Move" in 1989.)

I'm sure I'll think of more later!

[Cha]

8. I remember LLCool coming out for supporting pataki in New York..

which wasn't too cool! Especially since he was running against Carl McCall a fine Dem.:kick:

[Bake]

29. Hmmmm...let's see:

Lee Greenwood: career dead, except perhaps in Branson.
James Brown: hasn't recorded anything new in decades?
Crystal Gayle: see above.
Loretta Lynn: I love you, Loretta, but you haven't done anything new in years either.
Ricky Martin: Haven't heard him on the radio in many moons... career missing and presumed dead.
Young MC: One hit wonder, career dead ...

Notice a pattern?

Bake

[flamingyouth]

3. 3 Doors Down

Spring to mind.

[Avalux]

4. I know I hate them

is Metallica republican?

[kixot]

5. Spears is no musician.

It's insulting to musicians to suggest it. BTW, what has she said to make her a wing-nut?

[Gato Moteado]

7. ditto for toby keith....

...just because he's a front guy that holds a guitar and plays a few chords, that doesn't make him a musician.

[Bluzmann57]

10. Ted Nugget is the worst

We went to a concert of his last year and got "escorted" out by a few of his goons...er bodyguards. My wife was manhandled and I didn't like it and said something to the goons about it. Then they tried to break bad with me and I just said "Honey, lets go. We wasted our 18 bucks on this chickenhawk bastard". One of the goons told me I'd pay for that remark. I was sorely tempted to violence but my wife talked me out of it. From that point on, I refused to listen to Nugget on the radio or anywhere else.

[trof]

6. Charlie Daniels on crossfire

I had to change channels.
"Cowboy Wisdom"
Fuck Charlie and his simplistic approach to life.

[Shrek]

9. B.B. King was friends with Lee Atwater.

And Sam and Dave performed at the '92 Republican convention.

But I'm not sure if that makes them Right-Wing or just performers willing to play a gig.

[NightTrain]

17. Re: Sam and Dave performed at the '92 Republican convention.

That was a neat trick, considering that Dave Prater died in 1988.

[geniph]

62. I don't think Sam & Dave performed

but Bob Dole co-opted their song Soul Man as his theme song, up until they discovered that people thought the song was saying, "I'm an OLD man."

[Astarho]

44. B.B. King?

I strongly doubt B.B. King would be a right winger, since he fought in WWII and witnessed first hand racism directed at him by the other (white) soldiers and he witnessed a lynching when he was a child.

B.B. King plays over 200 gigs a year. He's been playing for over 50 years, which I would guess would give him a lot of time to meet all kinds of performers.

[VaLabor]

11. KC and the Sunshine Band

Played the 2000 GOP Convention.

Remember all those white Republicans trying to dance?

[JohnKleeb]

12. lol IIRC Tom Delay was dissing disco recently

Well anyways it seems music is better on us, like I know some republicans pretend to be fans of the beatles and all lol.

[leftofthedial]

13. they were playing a joke on the GOP

hey! a gig is a gig!

[Rich Hunt]

65. I hope so!!

Oh, God, say it isn't so, KC!?!?! I'll be crushed.

[ronnykmarshall]

19. and I hate to say ...

Chaka Kahn performed there too. I was crushed!

[BlueState]

37. Yes Chaka was a disapointment

A friend of mine told me that she spoke out and said she was a republican. I still like her but its tough.

[BlueJazz]

14. I have to brag..

Years ago when I lived in Jacksonville, Florida (BARF!)...(and was in a band)
The local Republican National Committee called up the spokesman for the group and asked us to play for a fund-raiser.
After all of us talked about it, we decided that the $900.00 wasn't worth selling our soul for...(we were all Libs)

I've always been proud of those guys for turning down that job.

[Bake]

33. On the other hand,

Why not get all the $$$ you can out of the bastards, play the gig and do message stuff (i.e., liberal message stuff), take their money and run. And maybe after you get paid (always get the check first!), say a few rude things about them over the PA.

Bake

[mainer]

15. Most musicians are not right-wing

I play in a band (fiddle in a Celtic group) and I don't know of any musicians up here in Maine who aren't liberals. I talked to a well-known New Hampshire musician who said the same thing about his musician friends. (This guy was invited to perform in the Bush White House and he refused!) Rightwing conservatism just seems to represent the opposite of the very personality traits that lead to the most talented of artists and musicians. Artists (and I consider musicians in this group) are accustomed to exploring beyond the limits of what is considered "standard form". If they're at all creative, they see beyond black and white, and seek out every shade of gray. Which means they will most likely not be rightwingers.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

20. There are a number in the DC area

but that's because of the service bands.

I have liberal colleagues who are enlisted, too. Of course, they have to keep their mouths shut or they'll find themselves denied promotion.

[NightTrain]

16. From "The New Book of Rock Lists"

This book came out in 1994, so the following list could obviously stand some updating. But here's what co-authors Dave Marsh and James Bernard came up with for their "Right-Wingers" list nine years ago:

Lee Atwater
Richard Branson (Virgin Records)
James Brown
Belinda Carlisle (by marriage)
Ray Charles
Eric Clapton (on occasion)
Bob Dylan (sometimes)
Eazy-E
Ahmet Ertegun (Atlantic Records)
Sammy Hagar
Charles Koppelman (SBK/Capitol-EMI Records)
Stan Lee (Dickies)
Mike Love (Beach Boys)
Keith Morris (Circle Jerks)
Ted Nugent
Elvis Presley
Prince (in his Reagan period)
Skrewdriver
Neil Young (in his Reagan period)
Young M.C.

[JohnKleeb]

25. I Remember that book I got it from the library

lol that was many years ago before I knew what a right winger was, and yes I knew dems and republicans,

[durutti]

28. KEITH MORRIS?!

Dylan? Eazy-E?

Wow.

[ForrestGump]

48. Some of these are hard to believe

Dave Marsh should know better than that.

[wyldwolf]

18. Why do you include Britney Spears as a rightwinger????

She's given no indication to the media group I work with of such.

[T Roosevelt]

24. Check out this site

It's targeted at RWers, but it's actually a great resource for everybody. It's like they went to the nice trouble of building us a boycott list. Some of the names are suprising, others aren't.

http://www.celiberal.com

[wyldwolf]

26. ok... so...?

I see the list of "righties" but a link to Spear's website is no proof. Do they know she told Cosmo Girl she was pro-choice?

[dolo amber]

45. It WAS nice of them

to take the time to list some of the greatest quotes of the last year or so (Janeane's stick out in my mind)...thanks RW nutjobs for putting them in such nice order for us!! :D *blows a kiss*

[Breezy du Nord]

60. They don't have Johnny Depp on their list

I love that guy. I read about him in an aritcle in USA weekend and he talked about how childish he thought Americans were in their behavior towards France.

You kick ass, Johnny.

[durutti]

27. She was for the Iraq war

[wyldwolf]

30. And you have a source for this?

...but, anyway, so was virtually all of the Democrats in Congress.

I certainly don't recall her making a statement as such. If she did, I'd like to see the source.

You may be confusing her with Jessica Simpson.

[wyldwolf]

36. Wait! You're right, she did say it...

... found the quote...

But I still wonder...

The source said she hesitated when asked... perhaps she was thinking of the Dixie Chicks' situation...

Still, her pro-choice stance makes me wonder if she is really rightwing or just middle-america non-political.

[Zero Gravitas]

56. and

many of the "Democrats" in Congress are right wingers. So whats your point? ;)

[Uzybone]

35. Being for the invasion

doesnt automatically maake you a right winger. For sure it means she is severly misinformed but I doubt she is an out and out wingnut.

[wyldwolf]

38. yeah, I agree...

John Kerry must be a rightwinger, too.

She is pro-choice so I think she must be non-political or hasn't really chosen sides yet.

[SyracuseDemocrat]

55. Britney Spears

is pro-choice and pro-gay rights. how does that make her a winger?

[wyldwolf]

21. hang on a minute... by these standards, I'M a rightwinger...

Performing at Bush's inaugeration? Degree in Economics? Just cause you THINK so?

[NightTrain]

42. Sorry, I was pressed for time when I posted that

Allow me to elaborate:

1. When Young M.C. was nominated for a Grammy, he was the only nominee in the Rap category to show up wearing a tuxedo. The others all attended wearing their "colors."

2. Young M.C. wrote and performed a rap song about "family values" at the 1992 GOP Convention.

[wyldwolf]

43. So...?

a tuxedo and gig at a political convention does not a rightwinger make.

I'm not saying he ISN'T but not based on those two facts.

[T Roosevelt]

22. And how can we forget these...

Clint Black
Darryl Worley
Marshall Tucker Band
Meat Loaf
Reba McEntire
Wayne Newton

Of course you could list virtually every country singer...

[SweetZombieJesus]

31. Those aren't REAL country singers

Real country singers are people like Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, and Willie Nelson, not these pathetic hat acts and Nashville pop assholes.

[Bake]

34. Thank You! I couldn't have put it better!

These pukes aren't REAL country!

Bake

[Gato Moteado]

40. i call it plastic nashville crap....

....willie nelson is real country. and he's a real texan. and he supports kucinich. so, in other words: real texans support kucinich!

rock on willie!

[geniph]

57. Steve Earle sure as hell isn't right-wing

but he is country - REAL country, not city-country.

[WoodrowFan]

32. Meat Loaf!!!

MEAT LOAF! how is he a right-winger? (not arguing, asking) All I know is I love(d) his first album!

[wyldwolf]

23. Oh, I get it now... If you don't LIKE them or they were hired for a gig...

...that you didn't approve of, they're rightwing!

[graywarrior]

39. How can Dylan be a right winger...

...if one of his best friends is Hunter Thompson?

[wyldwolf]

41. The Ramones...

[geniph]

58. Uh-uh

only one of the Ramones is a wingnut (the wrong Ramones died!). Neither Joey or Dee-Dee was any kind of conservative. Johnny is, but one band member does not a band's political stripe make.

[Blue-Jay]

46. I thought about it

and decided that I really don't care. I vote for left-leaning candidates, and listen to music that I like, regardless of the musician's party affiliation. After all, I'm not voting musicians into office. I suppose that's where I draw the line when considering what I'll support. I support good musicians and I support liberal politicians, and never the 'twain shall meet.

For example: Just because I think Chuck Heston is a dumbass because of his political leanings and views; that doesn't mean that I won't stop clicking channels on a Sunday morning when I see that Planet of the Apes is on. Additionally, I freakin' LOVE the Ramones (seen 'em in concert several times). I don't care WHO they vote for. They rock. RIP, Joey.

[Kat45]

47. Sammy Hagar, I'm pretty sure

[SyracuseDemocrat]

49. How is Britney Spears a Wing nut?

Just because she's from Louisiana? The beloved Huey Long was from Louisiana, too :).

[wyldwolf]

50. It seems she hesitated when asked about her approval of the Iraq war...

...then said the backed it. (as if saying you backed it makes you a winger.) On the other hand, she has gone on record as a pro-choicer.

So I believe her inclusion on this list was an attempt to come up with one more reason not to like her.

[mitchum]

51. Iggy Pop was a jingoistic Reagan supporter in the early 80s

"Never overestimate the intelligence of Iggy" -Lou Reed

[stlsaxman]

54. i simply find that impossible to believe...

any dated quotes?

[mitchum]

66. Man...If I still had those old copies of Creem...

I would have flogged them on Ebay a loooong time ago. Seriously, he really did spout off that nonsense in a couple of interviews at the time. That type of idiocy would still not prevent me from buying his work (if he had released anything worth a fuck in the past 25 years)

[sujan]

63. lol Lou

[wyldwolf]

52. Some of the qualifiers for "rightwinger" here are hysterical.

I think we should examine the REAL reasons we're listing some of them.

[stlsaxman]

53. Lionelle Hampton was a total republican.

and BB King played the 1992(6?) Republican National Convention.

[noiretextatique]

61. my uncle was republican

he was also the president of the SF NAACP, and played a key role in desegregating businesses and city/county government. i do not think he would approve of the radicals currently squatting in the government.

[Loonman]

59. Britney Spears?

She's dumber than a box of rocks, her politics are irrelevent.

[Rich Hunt]

64. how could anyone forget

....Gloria Estefan??

[Feanorcurufinwe]

67. I was doing a good job of forgetting her

till just now.