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Rush - Tom Sawyer (1981)
Any song with these lyrics must be libertarian:
Though his mind is not for rent Don't put him down as arrogant His reserve, a quiet defense Riding out the day's events... ... His mind is not for rent To any god or government Always hopeful, yet discontent He knows changes aren't permanent But change is...
Frank Sinatra - My Way (1969)
For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught The right to say the things he feels and not the words of one who kneels The record shows I took the blows and did it my way!
Billy Joel - My Life (1978) [Single]
Basically this song says - don't tell me what to do with my life...
I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm alright I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home I don't care what you say anymore this is my life Go ahead with your own life leave me alone
I never said you had to offer me a second chance I never said I was a victim of circumstance I still belong - don't get me wrong And you can speak your mind But not on my time
The Kinks - 20th Century Man (1971)
I was born in a welfare state Ruled by bureaucracy Controlled by civil servants And people dressed in grey Got no privacy got no liberty 'cause the twentieth century people Took it all away from me.
Don't want to get myself shot down By some trigger happy policeman, Gotta keep a hold on my sanity I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want to die here.
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (1969)
Some folks are born, made to wave the flag Ooo, their red, white and blue And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief" Ooo, they point the cannon at you
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one
Some folks are born, silver spoon in hand Lord, don't they help themselves But when the taxman comes to the door Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one
Some folks inherit star spangled eyes Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?" Ooh, they only answer "More! More! More!"
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one
Rush - Freewill (1981)
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill I will choose a path that's clear I will choose freewill
Rush - Red Barchetta (1991)
I strip away the old debris That hides a shining car. A brilliant red Barchetta From a better, vanished time. I fire up the willing engine, Responding with a roar. Tires spitting gravel, I commit my weekly crime...
Jonathan Edwards - Sunshine (Go Away Today) (1971)
Sunshine, go away today, I don't feel much like dancing Some man's come he's trying to run my life, don't know what he's asking Working starts to make me wonder where fruits of what I do are going When he says in love and war all is fair, he's got cards he ain't showing
Charlie Daniels Band - Long Haired Country Boy (1975)
'Cause I ain't asking nobody for nothin' If I cant get it on my own If you don't like the way I'm livin' You just leave this long-haired country boy alone
Steve Earle - Copperhead Road (1998)
I volunteered for the Army on my birthday They draft the white trash first, 'round here anyway I done two tours of duty in Vietnam I came home with a brand new plan I take the seed from Columbia and Mexico I just plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road And now the D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air I wake up screaming like I'm back over there I learned a thing or two from Charlie don't you know You better stay away from Copperhead Road
You can't even post a classic gospel hit correctly. Yours is obviously not the hit original.
In the interest of helping you out in your dotage, I'll offer the real item and its backstory.
This track 5 from the 1968 album "Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord".
Lead by Dorothy Morrison-Combs Written by Philip Doddridge Arranged by Edwin Hawkins
Edwin Hawkins was a pianist at Ephesian Church of God in Christ in Berkeley, California when he came up with the popular Latin/Soul version of the song “Oh Happy Day” in 1968. In an October 23, 2009 interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, he explained that "Oh Happy Day" was one of eight arrangements he put together for the Northern California State Youth Choir, which was made up of 46 singers ages 17 to 25, and the plan was to sell an album of the songs to finance a trip to a church youth conference in Washington, D.C. The tracks were quickly recorded live in church on a two-track tape machine (industry standard at the time was eight-track), but the records weren't pressed in time for the trip. They did attend the conference, and the choir placed second in a singing competition, where they performed 2 of Hawkins' arrangements, but not "Oh Happy Day," which Hawkins said was "Not our favorite song."
500 copies of the album were made, and one of them found its way to the popular DJ Abe "Voco" Kesh at KSAN-FM in San Francisco. Other stations followed, and Buddah Records signed Hawkins to a record deal, rechristening the Northern California State Youth Choir "The Edwin Hawkins Singers" for their reissue of the album, which became a huge hit.
This song was recorded for the Gospel market, and its secular success didn't go over well with everyone at the church: local officials of the denomination circulated a petition asking secular radio stations to stop airing the song. Hawkins had a different take. He told The Chronicle: "I think they thought they were doing the right thing. What confused me about it was they were teaching us all our lives that we were to take the message everywhere."
Dan Sorkin, who was a famous DJ on radio station KSFO in San Francisco, was a big supporter of this song and gave it a huge push on his morning show. He even interviewed Dorothy Morrison and Edwin Hawkins.
This won a Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance.
Wiki:
Edwin Hawkins’ gospel style arrangement of the hymn "Oh, Happy Day" has a long pedigree. It began as a hymn written in the mid-18th century ("O happy day, that fixed my choice") by English clergyman Philip Doddridge (based on Acts 8:35) set to an earlier melody (1704) by J. A. Freylinghausen. By the mid-19th century it had been given a new melody by Edward F. Rimbault, who also added a chorus,[3] and was commonly used for baptismal or confirmation ceremonies in the UK and USA. The 20th century saw its adaptation from 3/4 to 4/4 time and this new arrangement by Hawkins, which contains only the repeated Rimbault refrain, with all of the original verses being omitted.
The 46 singers in 1968 are now ages 68-75.
Addition:
Recorded by the Edwin Hawkins Singers, it became an international hit in 1969, reaching No. 4 on the US Singles Chart, No. 1 in France, Germany and the Netherlands and No. 2 on both the UK singles chart and Irish Singles Chart. It has since become a gospel music standard.
The song has appeared in many movies, beginning with the German film Seventeen and Anxious in 1970, but most notably Whoopi Goldberg's Sister Act 2, with then-17-year-old Ryan Toby singing lead. The song also appears in Big Momma's House,Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, David LaChapelle's 2005 movie Rize, Robin William's 2007 movie License to Wed., and in 2010 biographical film produced by Walt Disney Pictures: Secretariat.
