The Tea Party's Very Own Diva
Diane Ellis, Ed. ·
Jul 7, 2010 at 2:41pm
Before today, I'd never heard of singer Krista Branch (which isn't saying much since until very recently I hadn't heard of Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber). But as I was scanning Breitbart.com's ever fantastic collection of videos, I came upon the music video of Ms. Branch's recent single release, "I Am America." Good lyrics, and the shout out to the tea partiers is a nice touch.
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Jun '10
Re: The Tea Party's Very Own Diva
The voice of the 2010 counter-culture, standing up to the reactionary Left. I like it.
Jun '10
Re: The Tea Party's Very Own Diva
Diane, you might want to pop over to Youtube and swipe a copy of "Obamanation" by Ash Soular. Folk music as protest ain't just for the left anymore. Ash is quite the uncommon beauty, too.
Re: The Tea Party's Very Own Diva
I like the electric guitar solo beginning at 3:22.
Jun '10
Re: The Tea Party's Very Own Diva
That was fast, Diane. You're good. :)
Jun '10
Re: The Tea Party's Very Own Diva
Hot dog and apple pie, this girl really will fly!
I especially liked the line about the politicians pretending to be kings looking down at us peasants. I have felt that when I called my congressman and senators. And
May '10
Re: The Tea Party's Very Own Diva
Good tunes. Really good tunes, both. The Solar tune is almost too good for a sickening subject. Of course, the premise of both these songs, that anything going on now is a "surprise" is false.
Still, I hope both of these songs become popular--wow.
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Conservative pop music? Maybe its just me, but fiscal responsibility is a terrible song subject.
May '10
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I agree to some extent. Plenty of popular songs have didactic or outright political lyrics, but the lyrics generally have to be artful to really catch on (or the music has to be especially good -- some people focus on lyrics, others on music, others on both). Political lyrics are often too plain and shallow to make people want to hear them over and over. Good satire is usually appreciated. But I'm not interested in Green Day-style politician bashing.
My own didactic lyrics tend to focus on principles, rather than specific events. But seeing all the interest in overtly conservative music on Ricochet over the past couple months, I might try my hand at it when I start posting stuff on YouTube. I always thought the hardest part of writing lyrics is simply coming up with fresh and interesting subjects.
May '10
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Meh. I'm sensing craven ploy to be a campaign rally song and invited prime time performer at 2012 convention.