Songs about Nixon?
Jerry R. Blevins
television, I was wondering if y'all could think of some good
Nixon songs appropriate for the show...
I can only think of a few. "Nixon's the One" by John Flansburgh.
"Whatever Happened to Watergate" from the TV show, FRIDAYS. Uh... Well,
I guess I'm out of songs.
C'mon, there must be dozens of songs about Nixon.
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Gary Flinn
>With Oliver Stone's movie, NIXON, on the way and KISSINGER AND NIXON on
>television, I was wondering if y'all could think of some good
>Nixon songs appropriate for the show...
>
>I can only think of a few. "Nixon's the One" by John Flansburgh.
>"Whatever Happened to Watergate" from the TV show, FRIDAYS. Uh... Well,
>I guess I'm out of songs.
>
>C'mon, there must be dozens of songs about Nixon.
>
What about "Haldeman, Erlichmann, Mitchell and Dean" by The Creep?
-Ghastly Gary sez STAY DEMENTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>With Oliver Stone's movie, NIXON, on the way and KISSINGER AND NIXON on
>television, I was wondering if y'all could think of some good
>Nixon songs appropriate for the show...
>
>I can only think of a few. "Nixon's the One" by John Flansburgh.
>"Whatever Happened to Watergate" from the TV show, FRIDAYS. Uh... Well,
>I guess I'm out of songs.
I heard one song on Dr. D a while back. The chorus, and the name of the song,
were simply the names of 4 characters from the whole Watergate thing. No idea
what their names are.
>
>C'mon, there must be dozens of songs about Nixon.
>
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Jef Jaisun
the honors. And let's not forget, "Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, we're
finally on our own..." OHIO/CSNY
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Jay Larson
fifties?
I think it was N-I-X-O-N
Jay
Norm Katuna
(Jerry R. Blevins) writes:
>
>With Oliver Stone's movie, NIXON, on the way and KISSINGER AND NIXON
on
>television, I was wondering if y'all could think of some good
>Nixon songs appropriate for the show...
>
>I can only think of a few. "Nixon's the One" by John Flansburgh.
>"Whatever Happened to Watergate" from the TV show, FRIDAYS. Uh...
Well,
>I guess I'm out of songs.
>
>
>--Joe--
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>MY SIG. SEZ:
>I'm not Jerry
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I have "Nixon's the one" by Katheryn Duffy on Takoma records
and "Here's to the state of Nixon" by Phil Ochs on A & M
Norm Katuna
Stacey Burright
> C'mon, there must be dozens of songs about Nixon.
>
Actually, there's a band in Louisiana called the Dick Nixons. They do a lot
of Nixon songs (though I can't remember a single one--it's been a long time
since I've seen them.) I think they put out a record on Triple X Records a
number of years ago. They used to carry around big pics of Nixon and sort
of pray to him while on stage. They also had this gag where a girl from the
audience would either volunteer (or in my case, get thrown onto the stage
by a friend) to get up on stage and wear a football helmet with a cymbal
attached to the top of it. The drummer would play the cymbal througout a
song. Boy, did that hurt. I got my revenge, though; when one of them tried to
lift my miniskirt with his guitar headstock, I efficiently detuned the thing
for him. Silly band, funny concept, lousy musicians.
Stacey Burright
Anachronauts--not hard rock...hard science!
shbur...@library.wright.edu
MCartsonis
Rainbow Roach"...
Brian Korn
: With Oliver Stone's movie, NIXON, on the way and KISSINGER AND NIXON on
: television, I was wondering if y'all could think of some good
: Nixon songs appropriate for the show...
: I can only think of a few. "Nixon's the One" by John Flansburgh.
: "Whatever Happened to Watergate" from the TV show, FRIDAYS. Uh... Well,
: I guess I'm out of songs.
: C'mon, there must be dozens of songs about Nixon.
: --Joe--
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: MY SIG. SEZ:
: I'm not Jerry
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: How about John Denver, Boise and Johson "68 Nixon"
: The Delegates "Richard Nixon Face The Issues"
: Dickie Goodman "Watergrate"
: Don Imus "Son Of Checkers"
: National Lampoon "Altered Nixon Tapes"
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: That's all the 45's I came up with. Brian
Ron DeLacy
called "Nixon in '92." Dr. D played it on his election program that
year, and he has the album.
Bryan_...@yourdomain.com
Stage Anymore Vol 3" (Volume 3 *IF* I remember correctly), and 1988 (his last tour) version can be found on "Broadway The
Hard Way".
The latter album also contains somewhat unflattering critiques of figures such as Jesse Jackson ("Rhymin' Man"), C. Everett
Koop ("Promiscuous") and Jim & Tammy Bakker ("Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk").
Cheers & good luck finding others.
Bryan Stasiuk
(disclaimer: these are my personal views only. Nothing is endorsed, implcitly or otherwise, by my employer.)
Kathy O'Connell
airplay on WBAI in New York
"If I Had a Friend Like Rosemary Woods"
and one where the chorus starts "Give him the shaft," including Nixon's
own voice saying those words. Then, an angelic chrous sings "You Won't
Have Nixon to Kick Around Anymore." Steve Post (formerly WBAI, now WNYC)
used to play this a lot.
Daniel Kravetz
My favorite Nixon-related song in "My Way," sung by David Frye
impersonating Nixon on one of his comedy LP's, either "Radio
Free Nixon" or "Richard Nixon Superstar." It's done almost
entirely "straight" except at the very end, when Frye's Nixon
interpolates "Let me make one thing perfectly clear!" before
the final "I did it my way!"
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Dan Kravetz
Gilbert & Sullivan Society of New York
Ted Hering
Spike Jones, Jr. recorded "Everything's All Right" (from "Jesus Christ
Superstar") using a Nixon impersonation for the vocal. I don't believe
this has ever been issued, but Dr. Demento has played it.
A record company that made nature sound effect albums released a 7" LP
with Nixon's famous Watergate speech edited to say: "I had prior
knowledge of the watergate breakin. I then took part in the subsequent
coverup activities." Etc. It sounds funny to actually hear him saying
these things!
-Ted Hering
Redding, California
Tim P. Ryan
Knew I had a strange one in the collection. Much like the David Frye
piece mentioned in 14353,
"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (The President's Love Song) by The
Grim Brothers, has a caricture Nixon voice singing the song rather
straight. This came out on Mod M-1011, a 45 I have in my collection,
with a stamp of December, 1971 on it (the day it musta got to
WiMPLe's wait for it to be a hit pile). Oh yeah, small print
says it was distributed by Mercury Records.
Has anyone mentioned the "Haldeman, Erleickman, Mitchell and Dean"
song from the Watergate topics? A good follow-up was done by
Maurry Porath for the Reagan/Iran Contra scandal with those
names in that one. His live performances would update as each
got offical vindication from that; leaving off each name. I
forget all, but it ended with "...and North".
BML
here's a few more:
Ballad of Richard Nixon (7 seconds of silence)
-=- Denver, John (Rhymes & Reasons)
Sex Organ (One nixon joke - "...dick from S. CA, put it in the white house
and it fucks the nation")
-=- Prior, Richard, Richard Prior meets Richard & Willie and the SLA
Bring Back Richard Nixon -=- Swinging Erudites (45)
An Evening With Richard Nixon -=- (Cast recording (by Gore Vidal))
Tricky Dick's Used Cars -=- Imus
What's My Crime -=- Knights of Absurdity
Brian
William Wagman
President'. Telling the story of nixon's ascendency to power as though it
were a biblical tale. It's Wonderful.
BML (b...@netcom.com) wrote:
: here's a few more:
: Brian
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Bill Wagman
Univ. Ca. Davis
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