The first official Raznor Awesome List, continued
What seems like years ago, I introduced the concept of the first official Raznor Awesome List. Then I got busy. But I want to continue this now.
Here's how it works. I set up a category, being the best anti-Vietnam songs of all time (all time meaning, of course, 1965-1973). The criteria is they had to have been written during America's involvement in Vietnam, and have the message that we shouldn't be there. As I clarified, anti-war songs written during Vietnam count. But retrospectives, like Born in the USA or Goodnight Saigon don't count. The reason being that Vietnam protest songs were damn good songs, and it's about time someone composed a best of list.
Well, from the votes left, I've composed the following list for final consideration. Here are 11 songs, and in the spirit of High Fidelity use the comments section to vote on the top five. The votes will then be tallied. And as a bonus, if you want to suggest categories for future Raznor Awesome Lists, go on ahead.
So here's the nominees, in no particular order:
Update: Well, three people have voted. The way I'm doing is a first place vote gets 5 points, fifth place gets 1 point, and in between is pretty obvious. So here's the tally so far:
Second Update: Finally a fifth vote, so here's the tally so far:
Arlo Guthrie - "Alice's Restaurant" - 13 pts
Phil Ochs -"I Ain't Marching Anymore" - 10 pts
Credence Clearwater Revival - "Fortunate Son" - 9 pt
Country Joe and the Fish - "FLIFTDR" - 7 pt
Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On" - 5 pts
Randy Newman - "Political Science" - 5 pts
Cat Stevens - "Peace Train" - 3 pts
Buffalo Springfield - "For What It's Worth" - 3 pts
John Lennon - "Give Peace a Chance" - 3 pts
Keep 'em comin' Raznor Readers, keep 'em comin'.
What seems like years ago, I introduced the concept of the first official Raznor Awesome List. Then I got busy. But I want to continue this now.
Here's how it works. I set up a category, being the best anti-Vietnam songs of all time (all time meaning, of course, 1965-1973). The criteria is they had to have been written during America's involvement in Vietnam, and have the message that we shouldn't be there. As I clarified, anti-war songs written during Vietnam count. But retrospectives, like Born in the USA or Goodnight Saigon don't count. The reason being that Vietnam protest songs were damn good songs, and it's about time someone composed a best of list.
Well, from the votes left, I've composed the following list for final consideration. Here are 11 songs, and in the spirit of High Fidelity use the comments section to vote on the top five. The votes will then be tallied. And as a bonus, if you want to suggest categories for future Raznor Awesome Lists, go on ahead.
So here's the nominees, in no particular order:
Alice's Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie
Masters of War - Bob Dylan
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
Give Peace a Chance - John Lennon
Peace Train - Cat Stevens
The Feels Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag - Country Joe and the Fish
Ohio - Neil Young
Chicago\We Can Change the World -Graham Nash
Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) - George Harrison
Political Science - Randy Newman
Update: Well, three people have voted. The way I'm doing is a first place vote gets 5 points, fifth place gets 1 point, and in between is pretty obvious. So here's the tally so far:
Second Update: Finally a fifth vote, so here's the tally so far:
Arlo Guthrie - "Alice's Restaurant" - 13 pts
Phil Ochs -"I Ain't Marching Anymore" - 10 pts
Credence Clearwater Revival - "Fortunate Son" - 9 pt
Country Joe and the Fish - "FLIFTDR" - 7 pt
Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On" - 5 pts
Randy Newman - "Political Science" - 5 pts
Cat Stevens - "Peace Train" - 3 pts
Buffalo Springfield - "For What It's Worth" - 3 pts
John Lennon - "Give Peace a Chance" - 3 pts
Keep 'em comin' Raznor Readers, keep 'em comin'.
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