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Friday, August 04, 2006

ABF Friday:  National Review edition!

The jury has reached a verdict . . . and without further ado, we bring you

THE TOP TEN CONSERVATIVE REGGAE SONGS OF ALL TIME

10.  Black Uhuru, “No Loafing”

A stirring call to action from Trenchtown’s most trenchant critics of the welfare state and the culture of dependency it fosters.

9.  Burning Spear, “The Fittest of the Fittest”

Winston Rodney (Burning Spear to you and me) is the man Jonah Goldberg should have consulted for his forthcoming work on Herbert Spencer.  Because nothing drops the Social Darwinist knowledge so effectively as this bouncy little ditty from the sunny Caribbean.

8.  Bob Marley and the Wailers, “Kaya”

“Got to have kaya now/ For the rain is falling.” A haunting hymn about the dangers of drug addiction from someone who’s been there.

7.  Junior Murvin, “Police and Thieves”

Later hijacked by the Clash and enlisted in that band’s extreme radical far-left agenda, this lilting melody is actually a powerful testimony to the “broken window” theory of urban social policy.

6.  Desmond Dekker, “Israelites”

Not sure what this one is about, but it certainly sounds important.

5.  Specials, “Concrete Jungle”

Urban decay and its remedy come together in this hard-hitting two-tone anthem.  “I have to carry a knife/ Because there’s people threatening my life.” More knives, less crime!

4.  Black Uhuru, “Rent Man”

This moving, somber song reveals the unintended consequences of rent control—for the sufferahs, yes, but also for the rent man himself, who cannot get a fair market price for his investments.  Woe to all the downpressors!

3.  Jimmy Cliff, “The Harder they Come”

I and I say no fraternity party would be complete without this classic!  A fiery song to be played loud every time some cut-and-run liberal talks about the “insurgency” or the “civil” “war” in Iraq.  Bring ‘em on!  And the harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all. . . .

2.  Steel Pulse, “Rally Round the Flag (Worth His Weight in Gold)”

O my people, this one needs no explanation.  Climb ye the heights of humanity!  Rally round the flag!

1.  Peter Tosh, “Stand Firm”

The title alone could be the official motto of George Bush’s presidency, and the searing lyrics suggest some of the core beliefs of the man who leads us through troubled times: “If you want to be in the light son/ You’ve got to love Jesus Christ son.” Faith-based jammin’ from one of the original masters of the genre!

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