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Title: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on August 30, 2012, 01:47:45 PM
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global1 (9,569 posts)

I Just Heard Ryan Talk About His Playlist - Starting With AC/DC & Ending With Zeppelin.....
Not the type of music I listen to myself - but - those of you that do listen to that type of music - doesn't it fly in the face of Conservative Repug beliefs? Just askin?

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Tom Ripley (1,806 posts)
3. It's another "Hey, I'm a white man" dog whistle

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Populist_Prole (1,630 posts)
58. Bingo Mr Ripley. The most astute observation I've seen so far IMO.

I'm a hard rock fan but one does have to wonder why that info was given. Answer, it's an easy way to dog whistle.

Could it possibly be anything else?

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Oilwellian (8,365 posts)
4. Zeppelin?

Any true fan of LED Zeppelin would not refer to them as just Zeppelin. So Paul, that's just A-L you freaking shit stain.

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1StrongBlackMan (2,086 posts)
5. More concerning is ...

who does that ... what kind of mind organizes their playlist in alphabetic order?

Not slamming those with OCD; but that smacks of OCD!

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Enrique (19,454 posts)
9. ClearChannel, inc's "Classic Rock" format

a lot of it is good music, imo, but the packaging is very corporate so I don't see any contradiction.

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MadHound (31,934 posts)
20. Pretty damn narrow playlist, even if one is in one's forties.

AC/DC is OK, I like Led Zeppelin alright, but damn, I'm in my fifties and my playlist has a lot more variety and, umm, color. Marley, Vieux Diop, Tulear Never Sleeps, Motown, funk, punk, classical, country, jazz, New Wave, rockabilly, rock 'n roll, and so much more.

Seriously, seems like a pretty playlist, where's the fun, where's the variety. If that were my playlist, I'd die of boredom.

The article only mentioned 2 groups you twit.

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pnwest (269 posts)
21. AC/DC to Zeppelin? What, he cain't listen to no 'merikin bayands?

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Lizzie Poppet (769 posts)
28. I'd have expected him to listen to BOTH kinds of music...

Country and Western. 

But I guess the dadrock's not a real surprise, either...

dadrock > mom jeans

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reformist2 (1,408 posts)
32. Give him a pass on this - attacking every single thing he says makes *us* look crazy.

DU <-------------------------------------------> Opportunity

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Aviation Pro (7,320 posts)
34. It's geezer rock....

....played over and over again on classic stations. Not that I'm against AC/DC or Zeppelin (I'm a huge fan), but it was meant to bridge the gap between Eddie the ****ing Rapist Enabler'sTM generation and the white pasty-faced baby boomer set.

Now had he mentioned U2, The Decemberists, or Spoon I would have guffawed as the cameras panned over to some very quizzical looks.

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hack89 (15,938 posts)
38. In the Navy I knew many conservatives who listen to that kind of music.

the christian conservatives not as much but there are still many fiscal conservatives that do.

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librechik (23,736 posts)
45. Sure, Old Timey music from 30 years ago. What else do Repubs listen to?

heh, who can understand the words? It's all about surface and style.

BTW, those bands are really about power, rape and pillage, (to a certain extent) and being free to be "The Champions" So it is like the Repubs imagine themselves.

I suppose he sings along to "Your Time is Gonna Come"

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TwilightGardener (35,079 posts)
48. Music that's been around long enough that it's lost its edge, its teeth, its context--

decades of relentless mainstream radio play will do that. He's not offending anyone, not surprising anyone either. Which is the point.

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hughee99 (8,836 posts)
50. When someone critiques someone else's music choices, they almost always come off sounding

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like a douchebag to one degree or another.

I realize your post was on a different subject (the lyrics of some of these band's songs vs. conservative repuke "values"), but listening to the "all music before/after (pick a year) sucks" and the always condescending you "just don't know enough about x to appreciate it" is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

DU ------------> <------------ Douchebaggery

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kctim (3,522 posts)
51. Your first mistake

is in thinking ALL Conservatives and Republicans think and believe the same.

Second mistake is in thinking all people base their lives on petty politics. Most sane people don't even think about politics when they go about their daily lives, that is why they aren't miserable.

Good music is good music. Good food is good food. Good people are good people.

The dude is in his forties, so am I. Those bands were popular while we were growing up and most people like to listen to what they grew up with.

Man, you guys sure stoop to some petty ass personal levels about people you don't even know.

And yet you remain.

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progressivebydesign (17,059 posts)
53. He's an aging frat boy atheist Ayn Rand devotee, that pretends to be Catholic.

He's shallow and vain, and cares more about his abs, than about conservatism. He, like Romney, exist in politics solely to be King.

He likes that music because he wants to remind us how HARD he works.. on his ****ing ABS. lol

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SomethingFishy (1,435 posts)
65. Ahh yes, the anti-abortion, anti-contraception, anti-anything fun

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candidate loves him some Rage and some AC/DC.

Tom Morello wanted to know which anti-establishment Rage songs Ryan liked...

I wonder which AC/DC songs the Conservative Christian Family Values candidate likes?

You Shook Me All Night Long?
Sin City?
Highway To Hell?
Hard As A Rock?
The Jack?
Whole Lotta Rosie?
Night Prowler?
Can I sit Next To You Girl?
Or maybe BIG BALLS!

****in turd. Go listen to Stryper or U2.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021232270
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: Rebel on August 30, 2012, 01:51:06 PM
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Oilwellian (8,365 posts)
4. Zeppelin?

Any true fan of LED Zeppelin would not refer to them as just Zeppelin. So Paul, that's just A-L you freaking shit stain.

BS, moron. The same people call The Rolling Stones "The Stones", Lynyrd Skynyrd "Skynyrd", and Jefferson Starship "Starship". You fruitbats probably don't call Rage of the Machine "Rage of the Machine" either. You probably just call them Rage. Same with the Chili Peppers.


Stop being so f'n stupid, DUmbasses.
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: DefiantSix on August 30, 2012, 01:52:02 PM
...Stop being so f'n stupid, DUmbasses.

It's what they are.  They can't help it.
Title: Re: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on August 30, 2012, 01:56:06 PM
I believe I predicted the DUmmies would come even further unhinged this week.  They are proving me right, thread after thread.  Bat-shit crazy, they are.
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: blitzkrieg_17 on August 30, 2012, 01:57:23 PM
RATM blows ass. Awful music, worse politics. But I agree on the AC/DC and Led Zeppelin.
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: NHSparky on August 30, 2012, 01:59:48 PM
Rock out witcha cock out, bitches!!!!

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKhTk0IynHM[/youtube]

My old man got me this album for Christmas in 1982.  I bet he regretted that not long afterwards that day.

Oh, and pretentious DUmmies?  We like lots of different types of music too...I even like a little rap as long as it ain't of the "bitches and hos" variety.
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: dixierose on August 30, 2012, 02:15:16 PM
Rock out witcha cock out, bitches!!!!

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKhTk0IynHM[/youtube]

My old man got me this album for Christmas in 1982.  I bet he regretted that not long afterwards that day.

Oh, and pretentious DUmmies?  We like lots of different types of music too...I even like a little rap as long as it ain't of the "bitches and hos" variety.

Ditto that.
Title: Re: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on August 30, 2012, 02:16:48 PM
I believe I predicted the DUmmies would come even further unhinged this week...

That's like predicting water seeks its level.
Title: Re: Re: Re: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on August 30, 2012, 02:24:09 PM
That's like predicting water seeks its level.

True that SSB.  Some of the relative newbies around here haven't experienced watching DU during the conventions & run-up to a presidential election.
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: USA4ME on August 30, 2012, 02:28:27 PM
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Oilwellian

4. Zeppelin?

Any true fan of LED Zeppelin would not refer to them as just Zeppelin.

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Aviation Pro
 
34. It's geezer rock played over and over again on classic stations. Not that I'm against AC/DC or Zeppelin (I'm a huge fan)

Oilwellian primitive, meet the paper airplane primitive.  Paper airplane primitve, meet the oilwellian primitive.

Now you two kiss and make up.   :catfight: :gay2: :2ndbase:

.
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: Chris_ on August 30, 2012, 02:31:46 PM
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Oilwellian

4. Zeppelin?

Any true fan of LED Zeppelin would not refer to them as just Zeppelin.

Nerds.
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: Ballygrl on August 30, 2012, 02:34:30 PM
I guess they never heard of Andrew Wilkow?
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on August 30, 2012, 02:39:40 PM
The sarcasm meter pegged as soon as the words "DU" and "Substantive" appeared in the same sentence.  It's amusing, in a laughing-at-the-sideshow-freaks kind of way, to see them trying to one-up each other while ostensibly attacking Ryan's musical taste.
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: FiddyBeowulf on August 30, 2012, 02:49:26 PM
Paul Ryan should have said "Aerosmith to ZZ Top" and the DUmmie would have had nothing to bitch about. Well, at least not about the music....well, at least maybe not about the A to Z thing.
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: DefiantSix on August 30, 2012, 02:50:46 PM
Paul Ryan should have said "Aerosmith to ZZ Top" and the DUmmie would have had nothing to bitch about. Well, at least not about the music....well, at least maybe not about the A to Z thing.

Make that ABBA to ZZ Top. :II:
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on August 30, 2012, 02:52:41 PM
Rock out witcha cock out, bitches!!!!

And since we need to be more inclusive of womyn:

JAM OUT WITH YOUR CLAM OUT!!!
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: Airwolf on August 30, 2012, 03:01:01 PM
I have my doubts about just how much a Zepplin fan Oilwellian is. I have called them that for years and I don't like their music. DUmmies will bitch about anything no matter how well things are going.
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: Karin on August 30, 2012, 03:27:35 PM
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but - those of you that do listen to that type of music - doesn't it fly in the face of Conservative Repug beliefs? Just askin?


I'm utterly speechless at the stupidity of this thread.  Do they mean to say that all Republicans and/or Conservatives sit around and listen to: 1) hymns, or 2) country western? 

How can someone understand their opposition not one iota?  180 degrees wrong all the time? 
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: Chris_ on August 30, 2012, 03:32:24 PM
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Aviation Pro (7,320 posts)
34. Now had he mentioned U2, The Decemberists, or Spoon I would have guffawed as the cameras panned over to some very quizzical looks.
Not only is AP an unhinged, foul mouthed crackpot, he has shit taste in music.

U2 = teh ghey
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: Randy on August 30, 2012, 04:57:31 PM

JAM OUT WITH YOUR CLAM OUT!!!

OK I'll admit it I literally :lmao:

^5
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: Freeper on August 30, 2012, 05:00:10 PM
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Tom Ripley (1,806 posts)
3. It's another "Hey, I'm a white man" dog whistle

Tom heard the dog whistle, he is a racist.

Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: obumazombie on August 30, 2012, 05:12:19 PM
Make that ABBA to ZZ Top. :II:

SOS
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: dandi on August 30, 2012, 05:37:18 PM
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Tom Ripley (1,806 posts)
3. It's another "Hey, I'm a white man" dog whistle

Yes, Paul, you're a white guy. You've been outed.  :lmao:

Listen DUmbasses, my mama said I used to stand up in the crib and bounce up and down when she played Jim Lowe's "Green Door" on her old 45rpm record player fifty-five years ago and I've been rockin' ever since. i appreciate the new as well as the old. You assholes don't have the concession on R&R.

Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: ChuckJ on August 30, 2012, 06:04:32 PM
Tom heard the dog whistle, he is a racist.



I guess "dog whistle" has replaced "stochastic terrorism" as the new favorite term at DU. I wonder how long it will last before a new 'in' term comes along.
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: dane on August 30, 2012, 06:31:01 PM
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Oilwellian (8,365 posts)
4. Zeppelin?
Any true fan of LED Zeppelin would not refer to them as just Zeppelin. So Paul, that's just A-L you freaking shit stain.

Looks to me like DUoilwell has just now called DUviationwannabe a shit stain.  DUviationwannabe refers to the group as 'Zeppelin', and claims to be a huge fan.  Doesn't that make him a shit stain?
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Aviation Pro (7,320 posts)
34. It's geezer rock....
....played over and over again on classic stations. Not that I'm against AC/DC or Zeppelin (I'm a huge fan),
That looks like an alertable offense in the land of the DUmmies
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: GOBUCKS on August 30, 2012, 08:34:08 PM
I guess "dog whistle" has replaced "stochastic terrorism" as the new favorite term at DU. I wonder how long it will last before a new 'in' term comes along.
Just be patient. The crazy bald dwarf is always on the lookout for a word to flaunt, whether she knows its meaning or not.

The two longest running buzzwords recently have been "parenteral", which resulted in devastating embarrassment for the dwarf, and "meta", which she for a while appended to nearly every noun she wrote.
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: Skul on August 30, 2012, 09:17:46 PM
I wish Paul would have mentioned that he loves cRap.
Record sales would have tanked...immediately. :-)
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on August 30, 2012, 10:48:01 PM
Not only is AP an unhinged, foul mouthed crackpot, he has shit taste in music.

U2 = teh ghey

Yep.  Now, The Clash, they're worth listening to.
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: GOBUCKS on August 30, 2012, 10:58:33 PM
Yep.  Now, The Clash, they're worth listening to.
Today at the gym I listened to an hour of Adele, Bruno Mars, and Lady Gaga.

Were it not for the gym, I'd never hear a minute of music.

Current favorite, by far - Yanni
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: BlueStateSaint on August 31, 2012, 04:06:45 AM
I could handle listening to an hour of Adele.  As well as The Clash.
Title: Re: DU discusses substantive reasons why Ryan is wrong for America
Post by: Zathras on August 31, 2012, 06:59:31 AM
Not only is AP an unhinged, foul mouthed crackpot, he has shit taste in music.

U2 = teh ghey

And I've never heard of the other 2. AC/DC and Led Zepplin may be "geezer rock" but it's miles ahead of what's considered "good music" these days.