favorite political or social commentary song

[elle]

lindsey's songs with social or political commentary - some of it completely in-your-face clear (One Take!), some of it not so much (Treason?):

Murrow Turning Over In His Grave
One Take
Peacekeeper
Red Rover
Seeds We Sow
That's How We Do It In L.A.
Time Bomb Town
Treason
What's The World Coming To
Wrong

whatever you like about the song - the lyrics, the message, the music, the whole combination and package... which one is your favorite among these relatively rare general social commentary songs by lindsey?

[bluefox4000]

I know i'll be in the minority but Treason, always been one of my absolute favs. The melody, the lyrics. Perfection to me.

Mick

[elle]

Originally Posted by bluefox4000

I know i'll be in the minority but Treason, always been one of my absolute favs. The melody, the lyrics. Perfection to me.

hey, taste and what you love is personal! and we are not voting for the best song, we are voting for our favorite song so... plus judging by how much he uses it in his promos and how much he does it live, LB might agree with you.

i have to say, i really love lindsey when he ventures in the social commentary territory. however great some of his love, anti-love, personal growth and angry songs are, i like my musicians to get out of their little personal cocoon and take a look at the world around them at least from time to time.

although can't decide yet, this is my breakdown of these songs:

• Murrow Turning Over In His Grave - love the message, love the chorus with turning over musical impression, love the guitar solo
• One Take - LOVE the song, especially the verses (not that keen on the music of the chorus) and the guitar solo fits perfectly imo - and love that he provided very clear social commentary in this one
• Peacekeeper - LOVE his original fast solo version - although music is a bit pedestrian i always liked listening to this song a lot, and LOVE the lyrics
• Red Rover - LOVE this one as a whole package, guitar parts in it are pure perfection (specially when he does them during the soundcheck in one of his UTS tour videos)
• Seeds We Sow - if there weren't those ta-ta-tas in there (although i do think loud annoying ta-ta-tas make this song more of a social commentary), i would love the whole sound of this song, but b/c of those... well, i just like it. electric SWS though - now THAT song i LOVE!
• That's How We Do It In L.A. - one of my favorites from Law & Order. love all the screaming and amusing guitar parts. never paid much attention to lyrcis of this one.
• Time Bomb Town - eh
• Treason - i like it well enough i guess, and sometimes it's really pleasant to listen to, including at this last tour... but it just is not where so many other LB songs are for me
• What's The World Coming To - dislike
• Wrong - i like it when i do listen to it, and the video is probably by far the best vid LB ever made (Rolling Bone = pure stroke of genius as McTrouble noted), but i just don't feel the urge to listen to this song for some reason.

[bangdrum]

I'm going with the oddball vote - That's How We Do It In L.A. was always one of my favorite things on Law & Order.

Runners up: Peacekeeper (for the lyrics), One Take, Murrow.

[McTrouble]

I could have voted for quite a few of these - but plumped for WTWCT

[elle]

it was between One Take and Red Rover for me... and possibly Peacekeeper b/c of lyrics and my love for solo fast version... or SWS b/c of my love for electric version especially that melodic guitar outro. maybe Murrow...

so i decided to go for One Take... partly b/c i don't think it will get many votes.

[elle]

after 30+ votes, 2 songs received equal number of votes:

Murrow Turning Over In His Grave 7
Red Rover 7

so both songs will go into the next round as favorite lindsey songs with general social or political commentary.