Impatience.

What's a good solid song about someone who suffers from a lack of patience?

Well, you don't say exactly what genre you want it in...or what they're supposed to be impatient about...but in the romantic department I'd definitely recommend the Barenaked Ladies' beautiful ballad Call and Answer.

kerrie: How about one from each of the basic genres (no sub-genres please)?

Electronic
Rock
Rap
Latin
Jazz
Comedy

OK, here's one.

I'm putting together my own compilation 2-Disc set of anti-Government songs and spoken word bits. I have the obvious; Rage Against The MAhcine, Jello Biafra, Bob marley, etc.

But can anyone give me a solid list of songs whose meesage is essnetially •••• the system?

BTW, the name of my compilation is the same as the username I gave here.

Oh no! I'm not naming songs like "Cop Killer" by Body Count or "F... Tha Police" by N.W.A. and have Homeland Security investigating me without my knowing a thing about it. Uh huh. No way! I prefer to remain well under the government's radar, thankyouverymuch. Find your own songs, "Mr.-Woody-Guthrie's-slogan"!

np - Concrete Corner compilation - various artists. (Lord, I've got a dozen of these discs.)

"It's all one song." - Neil Young

Benn: I already have those two songs. I'd considered not using the Ice-T one, but thanks. I think I will now.

Why do I think I know who you are?

The trouble with those two songs is that they aren't really anti-government songs, per se. They are more critical of the Police force than anything else. One trouble with what you're looking for, is the parameters are bit vague. Can you give some better examples of what you're looking for?

I remember when the firestorm surrounding "Cop Killer" was brewing. You kept seeing people quoting the lyrics to the song. They missed what I felt was the most damning line in the song: "What do you want to be when you grow up?/Cop Killer/Good choice."

np - Solid Air Selections - various artists --It's "An introduction to the Solid Air Records collection of exciting, cutting-edge acoustic guitar-based instrumental releases." And the guitar work found on these songs is great. I should listen to this disc more often. Among the guitarists found on this compilation is one Laurence Juber, who I think is the same Laurence Juber who was a member of Wings on the Back to the Egg album. Good stuff all around.

"It's all one song." - Neil Young

OK. How about I Notepad a list of the songs (and spoken word bits) I have, paste it here, and then you can give me some suggestions? Oh, I I have a list of songs that I plan on getting too. I'll post that here first so we don't accidentlaly duplicate.

The Dawn of Correction by The Spokesmen (this one has ben a pain in the ass to find)
Is This Justice? by Black Fire
This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie
This Note's For You by Neil Young and the Blue Notes
Abraham, Martin and John by Dion
Give Peace a Chance & Working Class Hero by John Lennon
War by Edwin Starr
Zor and Zam by The Monkees
Prologue (August 29, 1968) by Chicago Transit Authority
Free by Chicago
Empire by Queensryche
Street Fighting Man by The Rolling Stones
In The City by The Jam (another pain in the ass to get)
A New Kind of Army by Anti-Flag
•••• Authority by Pennywise

My dad also recomended a song called Mine City Blues (I think that was the title) by Midnight Oil.

"God Save The Queen" - Sex Pistols

That Midnight Oil song, Brian, er, Banned Izzle, is probably "Blue Sky Mining".

And, hey, Sven, what about "Anarchy In the U.K." by the Sex Pistols? I'd think that'd be a better choice.

np - "Native Tongue" - Kenny Garrett

"It's all one song." - Neil Young

Sure - we could use both. I've just got a fondness for "God Save The Queen" - maybe because of the controversy and chart-fixing that happened on its release back in 1977. (It got to #1 on the Queen's Silver Jubilee by virtue of sales, but some spin-doctoring by the charts compilers gave it a #2 position instead, which only served to fan the flames further.)

In fact, for more anti-Royalist ditties, we could also include "Elizabeth My Dear" by the Stone Roses.

And for anti-establishment, you could pick just about anything from the back-catalogue of the Manic Street Preachers. Though they seemed to be more anti-capitalist in their early days at least (when you're young, idealistic and penniless).

Oh, I also have a a greater fondness for "God Save the Queen". It's my favorite Sex Pistols song. It's the first real Punk song I ever heard. And just that one hearing stuck with me for years until I finally bought a copy of the album. Up to that point, the only other Punk song I'd heard was "Because the Night" by the Patti Smith Group, a song co-written by Bruce Springsteen. So how Punk is it really?

np - "River's Invitation" - Aretha Franklin

"It's all one song." - Neil Young