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“Bush Was Right!” — The New Hit Single Ready to Rock a Generation»

RightMarch.com, a conservative online advocacy group, has launched a campaign trying to get a right-wing musical duo, The Right Brothers, onto MTV.

Well grab your iPods and crank up your speakers, because ThinkProgress has a sneak preview of the Brothers’ new single, “Bush Was Right.” If any song was ever a virtual lock to top the TRL charts, it’s got to be this rockin’ tribute to all things Bush.

Some sample lyrics and an audio excerpt below (and no, this is not a parody):

Freedom in Afghanistan, say goodbye Taliban
Free elections in Iraq, Saddam Hussein locked up
Osama’s staying underground, Al Qaida now is finding out
America won’t turn and run once the fighting has begun

Don’t you know that all this means…
Bush was right! Bush was right!

[UPDATE: MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann put together a music video for the song. Crooks & Liars has the video.]

RightMarch.com has big plans for The Right Brothers. Here’s a bit more from a recent email to their supporters (again, this is not a parody, we promise):

This is what the youth in America need. They’re already bombarded with songs on the radio and videos on MTV that trash our President, conservative beliefs, and traditional American values. From “Mosh” by Eminem, to “Idiot Son of an A**hole” by NOFX… all of these songs serve to fill young people’s minds with LIES. […]

WILL YOU HELP US? We’re putting together a “kickin’” music video right now, and we’re preparing a HUGE grassroots campaign to get hundreds of thousands of people to request “Bush Was Right!” on MTV’s “Total Request Live” show… leading to our demands for it to be played in regular rotation!

If they DON’T - then we’ll hit the media in a BIG way, showing how MTV plays left-wing videos while CENSORING conservative videos!

Full text of the email (with song lyrics) here.




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497 Responses to ““Bush Was Right!” — The New Hit Single Ready to Rock a Generation”

  1. Gryn Says:

    It sounded better with a German accent.


  2. Average TV Viewer Says:

    Somehow I think Clint Black has a hand in this. Scumbag. I used to love Clint. What a freakin’ shame.


  3. yankeluh Says:

    Is this on the BS record label?


  4. The Quahog Informant Says:

    I love the out of nowhere “Ted Kennedy, wrong! Cindy Sheehan, wrong!”.

    I can actually see this finding an audience.


  5. Chris in AZ in USA Says:

    WOW…this cannot be for real, I am never much for what is played on MTV but this bad even by there standards (hopefully AirAmerica keeps playing those GD & Phish bits)


  6. Chris in AZ in USA Says:

    toby keith wannabees


  7. RPin Says:

    #2:

    Prussian Blue?


  8. Average TV Viewer Says:

    “‘Stay the course’ is not a plan. It’s a slogan”

    -Carl Levin


  9. Young Pioneer Says:

    Here are some more ideas for the Trotskyite Neocons.

    http://sovmusic.km.ru/english/komsomol.htm

    And some ideas for the visual also.

    http://sovmusic.km.ru/youthsm.jpg


  10. Magnum DB Says:

    Wow, sounds a lot like “We Didn’t Start The Fire” by Billy Joel. Like a modern sub-standard punk remake version of it. The way they sing “Freedom in Afghanistan, say goodbye Taliban, Free elections in Iraq, Saddam Hussein locked up” sound a lot like “Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex, JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say”.

    Anyone else wanna back me up on this?


  11. Mark Says:

    Is this some bizzaro world sequel to Billy Joel’s “We didn’t start the fire”? - I’d say sue ‘em Billy but this thing has got to get wide play, it’ll destroy the gop’s chances with an entire generation.


  12. Jesus Christ God of WAR Says:

    “Who’s the Most Unstable rightwing blowhard?” Here’s where we’re at. Seems we missed an important member to this list.

    - The “mit Head Up A**” Right Brothers

    - George “Jaw-jumpin Coke Jones” Bush
    - Bill “Fallafel’s and Dildo’s” O’Reilly
    - Rush “Where’s My Smack Fix” Limbaugh
    - Bill “Double Down” Bennett
    - Bill “I’ve Been Slapped I Tell Ya” Frist
    - Scooter “Squeal’n Like A Pig” Libby
    - Dick “Hung Like A Whale” Cheney
    - Donald “I KNOW Where They Are” Rumsfeld
    - Colin “I’m Look’n Like A Fool” Powell
    - Condi “Don’t My Shoes Look Good” Rice
    - Queen Karl Rove (and his 300 pound boyfriend)
    - Tom “Squashed Like A Bug” DeLay
    - Jeff “Oh George! You’re un-cut!!!” Gannon
    - Paul “The War Can Pay For Itself” Wolfowitz
    - Sean “Why Do You Hate America” Hannity
    - Ann “Girls Can Have Adam’s Apples” Coulter
    - Michael “My Real Last Name Is Weiner” Savage
    - Rep. Don “NO! I won’t give it back!” Young
    - Ted “NO!” Stevens
    - Jack “Steals Indian Money” Abramhoff
    - Barbara “I NEED Prince William!” Bush [the Twin]
    - John “F**k the U.N.” Bolton
    - Rick “Man on Dog” Santorum
    - Chuck “ES&S is what I do Best” Hagel
    - Dennis “SNL the Unwatchable Years” Miller
    - Arnold “Girlie Men” Schwarzenegger
    - Paul “No Ba’aths Allowed” Bremer
    - Harriet “Bush is the smartest person I know” Miers
    - Zell “Let’s Duel” Miller
    - Chris “It Makes Me Squirm” Matthews
    - Barbara “Beautiful Mind” Bush (the Mother)

    I’m surprised that ReichWingNutWackJobs have any followers. Did the Bush Twins sing on this? Or something?

    Boycott Republican businesses!

    Impeach Bush NOW!!!


  13. Chris in AZ in USA Says:

    there is a guitar riff in the corus that sounds a lot like nana nanana


  14. Mark Says:

    Magnum DB, I thought the same thing….obviously 2 minutes after you did


  15. wisedup Says:

    now where did I put the copy of LIER LIER, and ‘eve of distruction’. Oh here is ‘fortunate son’, hmmmmm..(I can’t get no)Satisfaction….



  16. Clyde the Ripper Says:

    Fortunately those that watch that shit on MTV couldn’t find a polling place anywhere that didn’t have funny cigarette smoke pouring out the door. This is no surprise. Tbe Bushco has always appealed to those with IQ’s less than their shoe size. Why should we expect more?


  17. Pete Bogs Says:

    these guys should team up with the Nazi Jailbait Twins for a tour… it’d be called the We REALLY Suck Tour…


  18. Magnum DB Says:

    Do MTV viewers even know who Cindy Sheehan is? Or who Zell Miller is? Man, even is music form, Republicans can’t back up their arguements. Just saying they are “wrong” and Bush is “right” does’t help anything.

    There isn’t that much freedom in Afghanistan, the Taliban is still alive and well, Free elections in Iraq have happened before except these latest ones were reportedly rigged, Saddam Hussein is lockeded up but it took forever for him to be put on tiral or have charges put against him, and his followers are still fighting for him, and Osama has probably been dead forever, but even if he IS underground - America never brought him back dead or alive as promised, and HIS followers are strong too.

    Sooooo… anything else you have for us Right Brothers?


  19. Young Pioneer Says:

    Young Pioneer songs were usually sung at various Young Pioneer meetings, in Young Pioneer camps and at schools. One of the earliest and the most popular song was the Young Pioneer March. It was written in 1922 by Aleksandr Zharov (music by Sergei Dyoshkin) and was sometimes called The Anthem of Young Pioneers. There were a great many of other songs, here are some very popular ones:

    Song About The First Young Pioneer Detachment (music by A.Dolukhanian, lyrics by S.Runge)
    Our Land (Dmitry Kabalevsky, A.Prishelets)
    Gaidar Is Marching First (A.Pakhmutova, N.Dobronravov)
    The Eaglet (V.Bely, Ya. Shvedov)
    The Little Joyful Drummer (L.Shvarts, Bulat Okudzhava)
    March Of Young Pioneer Groups (N.Gubar’kov, G. Khodosov)
    May There Always Be Sunshine (A.Ostrovsky, L.Oshanin)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Movement

    Here are a few about the beloved leader.

    “Long live Stalin, who leads us from one victory to another one…”
    One more song spreading cult of Stalin

    Stalin is my dear teacher and friend…”
    This song was written for elections in 1938.
    By Pyotr Kirichek

    Heart is beating for Motherland and singing about Stalin…”
    A good pre-WWII song about Stalin was written for elections in 1938

    “The people sing a beautiful song about Stalin, wise and dear…”
    Music by A. Alexandrov

    “…we sing and Stalin will hear our song in the Kremlin Palace…”
    This and other songs were used to teach soviet children

    Official name: “Song about Stalin”
    “Stalin is our glory, Stalin is a flight of our youth…”
    A good song about “Father of the nations”
    Music M.Blanter, text by A.Surkov, 1938.

    http://sovmusic.km.ru/english/stalin.htm


  20. Jesus Christ God of WAR Says:

    #20 - I didn’t know the Twins sucked. I suspected as much. But without video it’s rather difficult to tell just how slutty they can be.


  21. Chris in AZ in USA Says:

    look what Sean Combs (I can’t keep up with his latest name..P, Diddy, whatever) did with his vote or die


  22. Lesly Says:

    Has any American group or artist devoted an album defending the president prior this? I’m just thinking… if they gotta roll up their sleeves and make some elbow room to join the vastly powerful, vastly overwhelming—unstoppable I tell you!—left-wing conspiracy to try to stop the left from influencing kids through music, it really shows how out of touch these people are.

    I love the rationale behind the right’s knee-jerk reactions. When the polls showed Bush had a slight over Kerry, it demonstrated the American people know who’s the better man for the job. Now that polls show the American people don’t trust Bush, don’t support the conflict or the Republican-led Congress, we liberals are somehow brainwashing the American people. Too bad we couldn’t get it to work before election night, hey?


  23. Gary Kleppe Says:

    The Right Brothers? That’ll never fly.


  24. Chris in AZ in USA Says:

    the funny thing is, this song goes into complete detail, down to very core, of every GOP argument:

    “ME RIGHT; YOU WRONG”


  25. onehandle Says:

    Billy Joel, Warm up your lawyers.


  26. boilerman10 Says:

    Ummm, is it me, or is the style about 15 to 20 years old.

    THIS is going to appeal to a rap crowd, a punk crowd, a “new age” crowd? I don’t think so.

    so, who are they trying to impress? The kids? Or the parents who remember this semi-1980’s, early MTV, style music with a vague Huey Lewis and the News style to it?

    Here’s a good one to remember…..Bush lied, and the troops are still dying because of those lies.


  27. Andrew C. White Says:

    If ever a story required a response of

    “SEIG HEIL!”

    This is it.

    Repeat Refrain:

    “Bush was right, SEIG HEIL!”
    “Bush was right, HEIL mein Fuhrer!”
    “Bush was right, HEIL BUSH!”


  28. The Witch Says:

    Opium in Afghanistan, say hi American Taliban
    Rigged elections in Iraq, Saddam Hussein’s lawyers dead
    Osama’s hiding underground, and we cannot smoke him out
    America won’t turn and run once the spinning has begun
    North Korea makes some nukes, hurricanes are running loose
    Syria tries to deceive, and the sheeple still believe

    Bush was right?
    Bush was right?
    Bush was right?

    Democracy is on the way, but not in our USA
    All over New Orleans, in water up to their knees
    Don’t know what they’re gonna do, their worst nightmare is coming true
    Where’s the National Guard, you ask? Not enough to do the task

    Bush was right!
    Not a mite!
    See the light!

    WMDs - wrong!
    9/11 link - wrong!
    Abu Graib - WRONG!
    Zell Miller - NUTS!

    Economy is on the rise (up from its complete demise)
    Angry workers can’t believe their jobs have gone to the Chinese
    Education’s staying down, ’cause ID has come to town
    Poverty is going up, can you say “Tax Cuts”

    Bush was right!
    Far to the right!
    Out of sight!

    Kerry was right, Edwards was right,
    Fitzie was right, Wilson was right
    You were right, We were right, “The left” was right
    and Bush can’t fight!
    The right bites!
    Thanks… g’night!


  29. filkertom Says:

    Seems like a good time to remind everyone about the way, way cooler Music for America.



  30. dano347 Says:

    Poppies in Afghanistan, hello Mr. Taliban
    Sham elections in Iraq, Saddam Hussein was great no threat
    Osama’s laughing at the lout, Al Qaida now is finding out
    Neo-cons turn and run once the lyin’has begun

    Don’t you know that all this means…
    Bush was wrong! Bush was wrong!

    Man, that was easy - think it’ll play on MTV?


  31. The Supreme Irony of Life... Says:

    The Truth is, the Song Sucks!

    I just saw a segment on Countdown with Keith Olbermann, about this song, which purports to spread the “TRUTH About Iraq”. It is from RightMarch.com, where their tag line is “Patriotism in Action”


  32. the seeker Says:

    “Hey there, Georgie girl
    Swinging down the street so fancy free
    Nobody you meet could ever see
    The lonliness there inside of you”


  33. NocturN Says:

    #11 - It does sound like billy joel, when i first saw it i thought it was sarcasm, a joke, but it’s not. Now it makes me kinda queasy thinking about the people that will actually like this song.


  34. Ed Bremson Says:

    So Bush was wrong about WMDs. Now 2000+ are dead, $200 billion is spent, 15,000+ wounded and maimed, with no end in sight. Pretty expensive mistake. Don’t we pay the president to get it right? Isn’t this mistake alone enough to condemn him? Other people and countries — including the oft-maligned French — were telling him he was wrong. He ignored them all. He was determined to go to war, no matter what the real threats were. He did not use war as a last resort, as he said he would. I think that ignoring the truth, along with sending men into battle with faulty intelligence ought to be a punishable offense.

    I know that if I cost our country 2000 lives and $200 billion I would be in big trouble. The president should be in big trouble. Getting it wrong ought to matter and it ought to have consequences. Getting it wrong certainly has had consequences for the 2000+ dead and the 15,000+ wounded and maimed. It certainly has consequences for all our citizens and for our economy. President Bush seems to be trying to pass the buck. Where does the buck stop? Don’t we need to get people in there who don’t make the kinds of mistakes that George W. Bush makes? Hmmm?

    They got it wrong on pre-war intelligence, wrong on Katrina, wrong on tax cuts for the rich, wrong on cuts in benefits for the poor, wrong on burgeoning deficits. How much else are they wrong about? How long are we going to take it? George W. Bush and the Republicans are just Wrong for America.


  35. Amanda Says:

    #34 - Great rewrite!


  36. dano347 Says:

    That should be “no great threat” -sorry.


  37. Andy Says:

    I think MTV just censors out the crap, and not right or left. What is it with conservatives and their extreme paranoia about the “left wing” media?


  38. AxsDeny Says:

    Hahaha. Billy Joel is soooooo going to sue these guys.


  39. Mumon Says:

    Kinda like the Monkees or the Archies- an astroturf pop band?

    Geez, this whole schtick went out way long ago.


  40. NTodd Says:

    America, F**K YEAH!


  41. Zippy the Other Pinhead Says:

    I got two words for these losers: Green Day…

    “American Idiot” sums up how the reality-based community feels. If Carson ever plays this dreck on TRL, he’ll be laughed outa Times Square…

    I wonder if they’ll donate all their proceeds to the USO or VFW or some other veterans’ cause? Nahh…they’ll just pocket it and laugh all the way to the bank, like the rest of the ultra-right wingnut fascists…


  42. Nate Says:

    I like the sort of weird references that don’t really help…

    “Democracy is on the way, hitting like a tidal wave”
    Democracy is going to cause a huge amount of destruction and kill tons of people? This might be a more apt simile had we not recently witnessed a tidal wave.

    “They fear the domino effect”
    Sure you want to invoke the Vietnam era, guys? And that’s not even what that means — the domino effect was the risk of “one bad apple spoiling the bunch,” not of some neocon wet dream invasion of country after country.


  43. Carnacki Says:

    The Witch, I like your version a lot better.


  44. Jesus Christ God of WAR Says:

    #44 - This reminds me, I thought Team America was a documentary. It was soooo real.


  45. The Crapture Says:

    I liked Olbermann pointing out on Countdown last night that for the song to find a significant mainstream audience it would kinda need to NOT SUCK first


  46. kth Says:

    If you click on the ‘tour’ link on their site, you’ll find that they have two gigs (copied and pasted, scout’s honor):

    11/29 Franklin, TN Williamson Ag Expo Operation Welcome Home featuring Lee Greenwood

    01/28 Washington, DC Georgetown University Take Back Georgetown Day


  47. kth Says:

    close tag


  48. Zookeeper Says:

    Keith Olbermann did his own “video” of this thing last night on Countdown. Too funny! The brothers say the song is going to be a hit on MTV, and if it’s not, it’s because the lefties are keeping them down. Riiiight.


  49. Kevin J-M Says:

    So, “RightMarch” seems to me to be obviously a front group for some GOP or right-wing lobbying group. But what group? Can someone with more tech-savvy than myself figure that out? My guess with be the Young Republicans, but I have no evidence of that, just a hunch.


  50. Skid Says:

    Awesome! We have better songwriters here on TP, even if they are parodies of that crap-assed attempt of a song. I can’t wait to hear Jello Biafra ro Steve Earle’s take on that earache-in-the-making.


  51. RnR Says:

    Put your purple finger in the air
    n’ point it like you don’t care.


  52. dano347 Says:

    I envision them as a jack-booted Smothers Brothers in reverse (but with less talent). And how do you tell which one is the “stupid brother”? Looks like a tie to me.


  53. toys Says:

    Great, we can have a “Battle of the Bands”, just like in high school, except they’ll be using disinformation, chemical weapons and torture, and then blame us for not saying it was a stupid idea to start with.

    Sympathy for the War

    Don’t pull your hair wondering
    who it was that bombed Baghdad
    way back in 2003.

    Sorry for not writing earlier
    I was in Congo and in Darfur
    praying with Bush43.

    Can’t yet year the bombs coming?
    And don’t wait too long, don’t be sad
    Georgie’s doing it with me.

    The war is on, and I always win
    and afterwards I’ll see you all,
    see you all in Hell.

    Clinton saw it coming and tried his best
    just used Whitewater and a ho
    put him in his place.

    Seems to be some confusion here
    y’all want a nuclear war
    what you bitch’n fo?

    Don’t you know my face?
    Can’t you guess my name?


  54. Carol Says:

    I personally find this song absolutely hilarious - it really is a parody and is just laughable. These wingnuts can’t even get talented artists to push their line of BS. I have 3 teenagers and I think they’ll all be ROFL when they hear this piece of garbage. I’m not too worried that MTV will pick this up …

    How pathetic these people are!


  55. pgw Says:

    that’s the first time i’ve ever heard “NOFX” and “TRL” used in the same breath.


  56. Life in Bush's America Says:

    Right-Wingers Want Right-Wing Rockers on MTV?

    From the Shit-You-Not files,

    RightMarch.com a right-wing hate site, is pushing to get a song by the, I kid you know, “Right Brother” onto MTV and radio stations. I first want to say this shows how out of touch they are, MTV does not play music! Al…


  57. REichwING mUSIC Says:

    Artist: Norman Greenbaum Lyrics
    Song: Spirit in the Sky Lyrics

    When I die–
    and they lay me to rest!

    Gonna go to the place–
    that’s the best!

    When I lay me–
    down to die!

    Goin’ up–
    to the spirit in the sky!

    Goin’ up–
    to the spirit in the sky!

    That’s where I’m gonna go when I die
    When I die–
    and they lay me to rest

    Gonna go to the place–
    that’s the best!

    Prepare yourself
    you know it’s a must
    Gotta have a friend in Us!

    So you know that when you die
    He’s gonna recommend you
    To the spirit in the sky

    Gonna recommend you
    To the spirit in the sky
    That’s where you’re gonna go when you die
    When you die
    and they lay you to rest
    You’re gonna go
    to the place that’s the best!

    Never been a sinner
    I never sinned
    I got a friend in Jesus

    So you know that when I die
    He’s gonna set me up with
    The spirit in the sky

    Oh set me up
    with the spirit in the sky
    That’s where I’m gonna go when I die
    When I die
    and they lay me to rest!

    I’m gonna go
    to the place that’s the best!
    Go to the place
    that’s the best!
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Bush songs lyrics are even a ripoff…cant remember name of group tho’..=)


  58. Small Wonder Robot Says:

    You guys read the rest of their lyrics on the site? There is some plain, downright offensive shit on there. Try “The Illegals” or this one:

    You Can’t Racial Profile
    Written by: Aaron Sain
    Lead vocals: Aaron Sain

    Well, I ain’t never seen a grandma
    Strap dynamite around her waist
    Or put explosives in her slip-ons
    And try to blow a plane to outerspace
    As a matter of fact every terrorist act
    That’s taken place in the friendly sky
    You must understand has been by an olived skinned man
    Between 18 and 35

    Chorus
    You can’t racial profile
    We’ve got laws against that insensitive attack
    And meanwhile, they can pull every granny out of line
    You can poke ‘em and prod ‘em if they’re yellow, black or white
    But if they’re Middle Eastern well you’d better treat ‘em right
    ‘Cause being politically correct is more important than saving lives

    Ermm, olive skinned man? This is a joke, right?


  59. vitaminC Says:

    #11–the pertinent lyric from that song is “Ayatollahs in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan”. One of the reasons we’re having so much trouble “democratizing” over there now–they keep shooting us with weapons we gave them in the 80’s.


  60. Innocent Bystander Says:

    They’d make a terriffic coaster….


  61. Morgan Says:

    Man, what a piece of crap. Even for pop-punk this is just a big stinky pile of utter rat crap. Total schlock. Olby is right, it needs to not suck first. But the scary part is if they get the word out, the mindless drones of the right will all fall into line.

    If they go on tour, they should be giving out “brownshirts” at the door.


  62. RPin Says:

    #53

    There seems to be so many reasons and organizations behind William Greene, mastermind of RightMarch, to single them out.

    Just check it out:

    http://www.mediatransparency.org/story.php?storyID=66


  63. type 4 Says:

    find out where they’re playing and bottle them off the stage.


  64. toad734 Says:

    Is this a joke? I think Billy Joel is going to sue.


  65. Sly Fanatic Says:

    Condi can play a classical version then the twins can have a rave then Scott McClellan can do a Solid Gold dance interpretation a hit on all social levels!


  66. David St. Hubbins Says:

    It’s true. There really is a such a fine line between stupid and clever.


  67. Call Billy Joel Says:

    Sounds a little like a Billy Joel rip off of “We Didn’t Start The Fire…


  68. Mary Poppin Says:

    Who are the Right Brothers that are singing this? Are they really going to put this on TV or Radio?

    I like what #31 Witch made up.


  69. John in LA, CA Says:

    Let the RIGHT BROTHERS’ PRODUCER/SONG WRITER and their DRUMMER know what you think about their song:

    Here’s the contact info:

    AARON SAIN - PRODUCER/SONG WRITER of THE RIGHT BROTHERS

    http://www.aaronsain.net/
    email: aaron@aaronsain.net

    “Mr.” DAVE CULBREATH - DRUMMER and GOOD PAL of AARON

    http://www.daveculbreath.com/

    email: daveculbreath@hotmail.com

    Phone: 615-269-1000


  70. SKdeA Says:

    I guess we can all email MTV begging them not to play this peice of propogandist crap - or I hope they will play it and DIS it mad!
    And hopefully a bunch of counter-protesters will show at their Georgetown U gig. Run these lame-ass geeks out of town on a rail, if only for bad songwriting!


  71. Ron D. Klien Says:

    The Prefab Two, “Putting together a kickin’ music video”?


  72. Cliff Parks Says:

    That is frigging hilarious. If it wasn’t for that STAR SPANGLED chorus Billy Joel could’ve sued them for ripping off “We Didn’t Star the Fire” (ironically the song Dwight the Fascist ripped off on NBC’s “The Office”).


  73. Spudge_Boy Says:

    OMFG!

    My ears are bleeding, but I just had to listen to it.

    Jeebus, that sh!t sucks big time. That sounds just like a n ’80s poser heavy metal band. You know the guys that didn’t know how to play guitar or sing, but looked good in makeup.

    Baaaaaarrrrrrrrrfffffffff.

    MTV WILL NOT PLAY THIS!

    Not to mention it costs money to get your video played on MTV. They don’t just play something because people want them to. Get a grip you retards.


  74. Punchy Says:

    #20–45 comments later, and I’m STILL laughing at “Nazi Jailbait Twins”….that’s going on my top ten list of funniest things ever seen on a blog…

    As for MTV…y’all can calm down. not a CHANCE this gets any play. The young generation is wickedly liberal, and there’s NO audience for this garbage. And I love how they already have excuses for their inevitable MTV rejection–”liberal bias”. Ha ha!!! It’s not bias–it’s that you music sounds like a shit.


  75. CEA Says:

    Sounds a lot like “Christian Rock”–music that sucks but that a gullible captive audience has to listen to. Lotsa luck on MTV, guys. Maybe if you could get Eminem to sing it…


  76. Mysticdog Says:

    Like a steely blade in the silken sheath we don’t see what they’re made of
    They shout about love but when push comes to shove, they live for the things their afraid of
    And the knowledge that they fear, is a weapon to be used against them

    Neil Peart


  77. WNY Progress Report » Blog Archive » Republicans Says:

    […] And you’ve gotta love these kick ass chuckleheads (listen to that MP3- you will cry). I laughed so hard I cried. Trust me on this, you will too. […]


  78. Mikey Says:

    Leave it to sleazy used car salesman republicans to come up with this propaganda shit. The difference between the songs with a right twist and this crap is that “Mosh” by Eminem, “Idiot Son of an A**hole” by NOFX, “American Idiot” by Greenday, etc., is that those were written by artists expressing their personal views and weren’t blatantly pushed on liberal-based websites. This is such an obvious conservative plant, and such a weak attempt at brainwashing youth, I almost feel sorry for them.


  79. FedUp Says:

    Wow. Sounds like a weddding band.


  80. John Says:

    Sorry Right Brothers but creativity and calculation don’t work well together.


  81. Punchy Says:

    HEY!! Can anyone get some tour date information? I’d pay money to attend this concert, just for the absurdity (and surefire heckling) I’d be witnessing.

    Somebody find out if they plan to tour (outside of OK and Utah, that is)


  82. Curt Says:

    Just another piece of cheap, and cheesie right-wing propaganda. Full of lies, deceit and adolescent theatrics. It smells of cheap booze and cocaine, just like Bush’s breath!

    KidByte


  83. Spudge_Boy Says:

    From Arron Sain’s website, producer, writer and drummer for this crap.

    “Monday, February 21
    THE RIGHT BROTHERS second album “II” is now out and available at http://www.therightbrothers.com. They debuted it last week at CPAC in Washington D.C. and are in the process of booking shows for ‘05.

    In less than six months THE RIGHT BROTHERS first album, “For My Country”, has sold to all 50 states and two foreign countries!

    Aaron has finished his time with Curb Music and wishes to thank everyone there for their support over the past three years. Aaron is the owner of 367 Music and is currently talking with some publishers about a co-venture.”

    So, we haven’t updated our website for oh 9 months.

    Their second album is called “II”. How original. It debuted at CPAC ‘05.

    CPAC ‘06 will have some of our favorite performers. Here’s the list:

    Vice President Dick Cheney
    Speaker Dennis Hastert
    Senator George Allen
    Senator Mitch McConnell
    Ann Coulter
    Ken Mehlman
    Wayne LaPierre
    Bob Novak
    Grover Norquist
    and many more!

    It goes on to say that in less than six months, they have sold “II” in 50 states and 2 forieng countries. So, from this, I can guess that they have sold 52 copies.

    Then it goes on to say that Aaron owns 367 Music, of which I can’t find a website.

    Want some more fun? Go check out the lyrics for the songs on the album “II”

    http://www.therightbrothers.com/lyrics/two.php

    You will notice that their web master used “two” and not “II”. Funny sh!t.


  84. Gregor Samsa Says:

    This is a new frontier.

    The line “olive-skinned man” reminded me of a band called “Prussian Blue” from California:
    http://www.prussianblue.net/
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_Blue_(American_duo)

    These 12yo girls are a white supremacy pop music duo.

    The Reichwingers seem to have a never ending supply of “artists” who are more than happy to spew hate, and advocate racism as a way of life.


  85. Keith H. Says:

    This tune is bound to get a few laughs.
    I’m just wondering, is it meant to be funny?


  86. modus potus Says:

    CEA,

    You’re absolutely right — it fits right in with the “Christian Rock” genre. This is going to get mega-play on Christian Rock stations (a major market in some areas).


  87. ? Says:

    Any chance Arron could rename the band N’Sain?


  88. Ringo Says:

    This screams desperation so loudly we should all be deaf by now. It will be forgotten by tomorrow. Kind of like the people who came out with “documentaries” that “debunked” Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11.” People talked about them on the release date, but they were forgotten a day later, while “Fahrenheit 9/11″ is still being talked about. Lies, BS and gossip are only interested as long as it takes to tell them. They have the shelf-life of a carton of milk. The truth lasts forever.


  89. Charlotte Smith Says:

    Kudos in advance to whoever sets that dreck to footage of Iraqi casualties, Hurricane Katrina victims, etc…


  90. swank Says:

    RIP OFF. Billy Joel should sue.


  91. Pete Bogs Says:

    #23 JC - pun fully intended!


  92. . Says:

    #92

    while “Fahrenheit 9/11″ is still being talked about.

    Really? By who? Must be just the whackos on this site. Yeah, that movie really helped Kerry! Liberals are just such idiots.


  93. Mikey Says:

    Without saying anything other than “listen to this”, I played this for a 19 year old here in my office and his first words were “Eww, that sounds kinda gay… what the hell?”.

    Maybe lefty should ban gay songs too.


  94. Ringo Says:

    #96: By anyone with a brain. That category clearly doesn’t include you.


  95. earl Says:

    Maybe Michael Stipe can sue the patriotism out of these boneheads.


  96. Mikey Says:

    #91 -

    How about Insane Ass-Clown Posse?


  97. Punchy Says:

    Billy Joel? I think Orville and Wilbur have a libel/slander case, too


  98. megisi Says:

    Oh look … denim!

    Kickin’!

    This stuff makes Ted Nugent sound like freakin’ Dylan.

    To the dustbin, losers.



  99. psychler40 Says:

    maybe we can get them chipmunk critters to sing it!
    Yee Haw!


  100. Reason Gone Mad Says:

    This makes me angry. Now I can’t listen to REM’s “End of the World (As We Know It)” without thinking of this song. Or that Billy Joel tune.

    Favorite part: “French … WROOOONGGG! … Zell Miller…. Riiiiigggghhhht!!!”

    Maybe we can make our own sequel with a chorus that says, “BUSH WAS RIGHT! But he said, throughout his re-election campaign, he would have invaded Iraq even if he was wrrrrrrooooonnnnnggggg!”


  101. blindprogressive Says:

    Wow, well I’m convinced. This song and video TOTALLY changed my mind. After seeing this video, I think I’ll become a Republican. What a joke! This is their intellectual capacity? I say MTV should play it, hopefully the kids will realize how stupid it is. Unless they read “O’Reilly For Kids”.


  102. Spudge_Boy Says:

    #96

    “Really? By who? Must be just the whackos on this site. Yeah, that movie really helped Kerry! Liberals are just such idiots.”

    So, “.” shows his true colors. STFU.


  103. Klaus Says:

    Ever seen a Christian rock concert? They all have an arm in the air and sway back and forth with their eyes closed. The same audience is just one small upward wrist movement away from the fascist Nazi salute.


  104. q Says:

    Orville & Willpower - The “Right Brothers”

    Joe E. Brown once said that he wanted to lose some weight, and so he gave up heavy eating and heavy drinking, and he found at the end of two weeks he had lost 14 days.

    That is the way it goes with many weight loss attempts. Weight is lost, and then it is gained back. That means that the only thing really lost is time.

    What I really would like to talk about today is “will power.” Have you ever used the phrase, “I just don’t have enough willpower?” Certainly you have heard others use the phrase. The saddest thing about that phrase is that it is completely untrue, and still people believe it. You have willpower, plenty of if. How many times have you gone to work, faced a boss or coworker that was obnoxious, stupid, and rude and not punched him the nose, or even acted in an uncivilized manner? How many times have you been cutoff on the freeway by some unthinking moron, and not slammed your car into his, as he was begging you to do? How about the last time that clerk at the counter made some rude comment to you, and you did not reach over the counter and rosy up her cheeks for her as she so richly deserved? How did you remain civilized in the face of uncivilized behavior? You used your will power! And it took more will power to control your actions in those circumstances than the vast majority of a weight loss journey will take. Does that sound crazy? Let me explain.

    Think of willpower as jet fuel. Jet fuel supplies the power for flying aircraft all around the world. No one would suggest that jet fuel is an ineffective source of power for air travel. However, if you try to use it directly, you will fail to achieve safe air travel. If you take the amount of jet fuel, necessary to fly from here to a destination 1,000 miles from here, and you put it into a large tank, crawl up on top of the tank, and then light a match…. BOOM! You just blew yourself up. It was not because you did not have enough power in your tank, but it was because you used it incorrectly, that you failed.




  105. . Says:

    #99, #109

    You need to check out this site:

    http://www.slate.com/id/2102723/



  106. d-wo Says:

    You guys have to be kidding. This is like an SNL parody, right?
    Here’s some more sample lyrics:

    Mission accomplished. 2,000 more dead
    Fibby McLibby opens the floodgates.
    Bush was right. America tortures.
    Bush was right. Tortured speech.
    Bush was right. Got the WMDs in his ass.
    Bush was right. Bush was right.
    Rectum? Huh, he outright killed em’.


  107. Bat Guano Says:

    I seem to remember a recent campaign to get MTV to show DEVO’s old “Whip It” video once again. That didn’t work, so I suspect this won’t either.

    I’d much rather see “Whip It” than this shit. It makes much more sense.



  108. Ringo Says:

    #113: You need to check this out: http://www.motherjones.com/ commentary/ columns/ 2005/ 11/ wag_the_dog.html
    Who’s more dangerous and in a better position to ruin the United States? Bush or Moore? Think about it, if you’re able to think, that is.


  109. Spudge_Boy Says:

    #113

    What does a right wing site have to do with who is talking about 9/11.

    Truth: I literally just had a co-worker come up to me on Monday, yes this Monday and tell me he just watched 9/11. His quote: “How the fvck did Bush get relected.

    So, people are still talking about it. Your firends and family may not be, because you are republican zombies, bu the rest of the world is.



  110. . Says:

    spew boy -

    I don’t mean you and your loser liberal circle of friends. The movie is over. Nobody with a life continues to talk about the previous summer’s movies as if they were current events, but you and the left have no life. Also, did you catch where Michael owned shares of Halliburton? What a hypocrite! That alone would piss me off from being a liberal forever. Also, how many minorities does he employee? Michael is in business for Michael. The sooner you guys understand that the better.


  111. CMoore.com » I wish this were only a parody Says:

    […] Update: found it (@ TP). Apparently the “silent majority” is a majority if 35% is now defined as more than half. Which it is… in Kansas. […]


  112. Joe Sixpack Says:

    Boy, even a rightwing jerk like me has to bite down real hard on this one. I can tell you right now that the guys down at the bar won’t be playing the “Bush was Right” tune any time soon. Even those hillbillies know bullshit when they hear it. I’m thinking the Right Brothers are a just a couple of turds trying to cash in on the rightwing of the Republican party.

    Correct me if I’m wrong, but in checking out their site, only two localized appearances are lined up and no one seems to be knocking down their door to book them on a show. If it wasn’t for the RightMarch site, they would still be writing songs for REAL singers. I mean, maybe Frank and Aaron should stick to song writing as their obscure sorry-assed recordings are not even getting a review on the country western stations.


  113. inj Says:

    Mr RightMarch

    “Following in the footsteps of Richard Viguerie, Greene, a ‘conservative Internet guru’ ”

    LOL

    http://www.mediatransparency.com/story.php?storyID=66


  114. John Harrington Says:

    Even by the standards of crap music, this music is crap.


  115. Bat Guano Says:

    Strange how the parrots are still trying to turn this into an argument about Michael Moore.


  116. Bud Green Says:

    Holy shit. This is real?


  117. Bat Guano Says:

    Joe Sixpack — it’s obvious that they aren’t trying to get a hit on country radio and/or jukeboxes. This is rock and roll! And the kids and adults into the rock aren’t about to rock out to it.


  118. Dave Says:

    You learn martial arts…

    Prime minister of Malaysia bad!

    Martial arts good!

    Kill naughty man!

    Obey my dog!

    On the runway,
    you have one objective…

    Do not be distracted
    by the beautiful celebrities…

    Do as you’ve been trained to do and
    kill the Malaysian prime minister!


  119. Ringo Says:

    #121: Dude, F9/11 was not “Win a Date with Tad Hamilton.” It is you who are boring and a loser. Go away.



  120. Bud Green Says:

    Am I the only one who has noticed this is a blatant ripoff of “We Didn’t Start the FIre”?


  121. ID=IgnorantDesign Says:

    Prussian Blue & Right Brothers = Facist-Palooza


  122. Snapdad Says:

    War profiteering is FUN!


  123. Phoenix Woman Says:

    Thing is, if these idiots were simply giving the song away, they could claim it as a parody. But since they’re charging $25 a pop for it, they’re setting themselves up to be sued by Sony and/or Billy Joel.

    Way to go, morons!


  124. progressive and proud Says:

    It’s much more than a movie.

    So tell me, period, what do you like most about visiting our site? Do you enjoy arguing with strangers?


  125. Cory Says:

    Wow, the retards…excuse me republicans have found new area’s of sucktitude. The apparently want to suck everything up.

    These guys are lame.


  126. Phoenix Woman Says:

    That is frigging hilarious. If it wasn’t for that STAR SPANGLED chorus Billy Joel could’ve sued them for ripping off “We Didn’t Star the Fire” (ironically the song Dwight the Fascist ripped off on NBC’s “The Office”).

    Oh, he can still sue. If half of the people here automatically realized the morons were ripping off Billy Joel AND SELLING IT, Billy Joel has a case. And since they aren’t giving it away, but actually trying to sell it, he has even more of a case.


  127. progressive and proud Says:

    Just remember, repubs are so deperate now, they have to put propaganda out for the kids. They are scraping the bottom here folks. It’s like you can almost smell the rotting flesh. And repubs will buy anything. Judging from our budget deficit, they aren’t very frugal.


  128. Joe Sixpack Says:

    Hey #113, I checked out the state.com site. The liberals would think that it sure does suck, huh? All that slanted, rightwing crap that slate puts out even chokes up into my throat for God’s sake, and I’m a conservative! But with the tag “.”? I mean, “.” reminds me of that lame-assed Bill O’Reilly’s constant “pinhead” characterizations.

    Correct me if I’m wrong, but as long as we are attacking Michael Moore, whats your take on him traveling to Iraq 7 times to entertain the troops, who always give him a BIG welcome? I mean, don’t it just frost your ass the way the military troops in Iraq like him? Makes you wonder why O’Reilly and Hannity can’t get off their $$$tours long enough to go there themselves, especially since they like war so much.

    I think you need a new handle before everyone starts calling you “pinhead”, pinhead.


  129. NocturN Says:

    The song belongs on south park, it’s unbelievably funny


  130. Chris in AZ in USA Says:

    what’s next military recruiting with nursery rhymes, or a cartoon every saturday morning showing how awesome super cheney is


  131. jack Says:

    Why do I get the feeling that the White House paid for this with their leftover “journalamisming funds”


  132. Chris in AZ in USA Says:

    #130
    Relax


  133. MikeS Says:

    “If they DON’T[play the video] - then we’ll hit the media in a BIG way, showing how MTV plays left-wing videos while CENSORING conservative videos!”

    Funny that they don’t mention the possibility that MTV might not play the thing because it’s just plain bad music.


  134. Chris in AZ in USA Says:

    #146
    Never stopped MTV before, I hopethey do play it, then maybe the administration can get laughed out of washington and we don’t have to wait until 06 to clean house


  135. Jesus Christ God of WAR Says:

    138 - “Wow, the retards…excuse me republicans have found new area’s of sucktitude. The apparently want to suck everything up.”

    It’s about serious suckitude, dude.

    Afterall, everyone’s doing it. Right? Far Right? WackJobs? No! Suckitude.

    The Unemployable Twins suck. Karl sucks. Jeff Gannon sucks. Georgey Boy Bush sucks (who was his roommate at Harvard?). The ReichWingNut Trolls who try to drive conversations off-topic suck.

    Oh, and the band in question sucks too.


  136. Slim Says:

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! seriously, that is a hysterical song. wow. wow. nothing like a pseudo-punk band with the Jaded Rocker Voice singing in favor of the establishment. SOOOOO rock ‘n roll! this song “kicks” it in the “rad” “nards”!


  137. Punchy Says:

    Even Steve Clemons has chimed in on this. He’s usually all serious, all the time. I guess even he can laugh at crap when he hears is….


  138. JIMBO Says:

    Hey Right Brothers:

    Good luck trying to get that dreck played on MTV, even though, MTV rarely plays music videos nowadays and shows mostly reality shows with has been celebrites and pretty people who have nothing in common with blue collar or middle class folks like us.

    Kevin NYC,
    Unfortunately, Bobby Hatfield died last year of a cocaine related heart failure, so I do agree that Bill Medley and Billy Joel should get their lawyers as well
    as a few Mafia guys to settle this matter once and for all.

    I heard that piece of dreck on Countdown, too. Keith tells it like it is. I hope he destroys Al’Reilly in the ratings.


  139. David B Says:

    The next cut out will be by a christian rock group of equal recognition. These are the last throes of desprite people.


  140. Fitz Says:

    Good God, I think I just puked in my mouth.


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  142. Ryan Says:

    Billy Joel should be calling up the lawyers right about… now.

    and MTV doesn’t “censor” anything; they play the music which will get them the most advertising revenue. surely the self-described “greedy capitalist” right brothers can appreciate that. and while it’s most usually crap, it’s not crap that will make 12-year olds think they’re watching the news.


  143. Maria Says:

    Man, that is some skeevily horrible lite rock music they got there.

    My favorite is how they couldn’t come up with a second verse!!! So they just repeat the first verse!! Har har.


  144. Pope Ratzo Says:

    When those doomed black men in the early 50’s invented rock’n'roll, I wonder if they ever thought their creation would be abused this way. Whoever the “right” brother are, my hope is that they contract painful, inoperable cancers. I mean that with all due respect.


  145. Spudge_Boy Says:

    #121

    Goos job on the spew boy, pretty creative. I did not say anything about a friend or a liberal person in my circle. I discussed a non-politcal co-worker.

    And it is nice that you finally came out of the closet and are posting as a true troll and not an under cover wanna be troll. Congratulations for coming to the light. To bad the bulb is burnt out.


  146. Ryan Neat Says:

    Spudge,

    It’s clear that “.” is NED. He’s too embarrassed by his butt ugly gay porn star picture to use his own name. What a loser! No wonder he’s against abortion, rape and forced pregnancy is clearly his only hope of reproduction!


  147. Sandman Says:

    #2:

    I was gonna recommend “Third Reich From the Sun” by Hansel und Gretyl …


  148. cv Says:

    Don’t miss http://thepartyparty.com/ - I wanna see videos for these :)


  149. ken ostenso Says:

    just like conservative cretins, they hate the “liberal media” - but would sell their mom for any sort of shot- for 2 seconds of exposure.

    sorry kids: they call you bush leaguers for two reasons.


  150. S. Jerusalem Says:

    There’s a bigger issue here than simply the Right Brothers. Is it just me, or do most artists/songs that support the president really really suck? And not just “not fun to listen to” but “irrevelant”? Think about it. On the Vote For Change, there were young, popular, rising bands like Bright Eyes and Death Cab for Cutie. There were legendary rock acts like Bruce Springsteen, John Mellecamp, and REM. On the right, who’s comperable? Charlie Daniels? Does he have another song beside “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”? Toby Keith? Do people my age (20s) even listen to Toby Keith? Anyone else important or relevant like the President’s policies?


  151. Jane E. Schneider Says:

    Wow, it sucks and blows at the same time!


  152. Leonard Smith Says:

    Talk about Yellow Elephants
    ———-

    For My Country
    Written by: Aaron Sain/Frank Highland
    Lead vocals: Frank Highland

    I’ve never served in the military
    Or put my life on the line
    I’ve never made a sacrifice for my country

    But I know of those who have
    Lost it all in the fight
    And of the ones they left behind for my country

    Chorus
    Makes me wanna sing, sing out loud
    With a voice that’s free and proud
    For those who fell on blood-stained ground for my country

    Wanna let the world know where I stand
    That I believe in the heart of this great land
    And that I pray God’s guiding hand for my country

    Turned on the news first thing this morning
    And saw where two more soldiers died
    So I could sleep in peace last night in my country

    Repeat Chorus 2X

    © 2004 Curb Songs (ASCAP) / 367 Music Publishing (administered by Curb Songs) (ASCAP), Pool Guy Music (ASCAP)
    All Rights Reserved / International Copyright Secured


  153. jurassicpork Says:

    Yeah, Osama’s underground but I’d rather he be dead or in custody, like Bush promised. And yeah, the Taliban is still out of power but I’d rather they be dead or in custody, too, instead of circling Afghanistan’s borders like a pack of hungry jackals. And yeah, al Qaeda’s now finding out that we won’t cut and run because we were too stupid to send enough troops in the beginning to do the job properly so now we have to fight them in Iraq so we don’t have to fight them anywhere else (hint- they’re everywhere else).

    Oops, I guess Bush wasn’t right about everything.


  154. n69n Says:

    you know our tax dollars are paying for this, right?


  155. thelonegunman Says:

    these lyrics are played backwards in a subliminal mind control effort:

    Die Fahne hoch die Reihen fest geschlossen
    S. A. marschiert mit ruhig festem Schritt
    Kam’raden die Rotfront und Reaktion erschossen
    Marschier’n im Geist in unsern Reihen mit

    (Flag high, ranks closed,
    The S.A. marches with silent solid steps.
    Comrades shot by the red front and reaction
    March in spirit with us in our ranks. )

    c’mon! sing along! the propaganda machine is in full swing… sing along before you disappear for ‘re-education’


  156. The Subjective Scribe Says:

    The Right Brothers: “Bush Was Right”

    Politically charged songs aren’t anything new. There were plenty them in the last couple of years, most of which were not favorable to the president, his administration or the conservative cause. Now, a wingnut group, RightMarch.com is blitzing the m…


  157. Iconoclast » Blog Archive » Bush fan boys pen pro-bush Anthem: “Bush was Right!” Says:

    […] Think Progress: “Bush Was Right!” — The New Hit Single Ready to Rock a Generation […]


  158. Heywood J. Says:

    What were these troglodytes called? ReichMarch? My favorite part was the Ein Volk! breakdown. Sweet.

    Best of all, we know Dear Cheerleader kin play a mean git-tar.


  159. True American Says:

    The Right is finally fighting back and getting the message out: Bush was right! This along with the new commercial that shows how flip-floppers like Bill Clinton, Howard Dean, and Ted Kennedy supported the idea that Iraq had WMD long before Bush said they did. If Bush lied, than Clinton lied, Howard Dean lied, and Ted Kennedy lied!

    If I could vote for Bush for a third time I would because George W Bush is saving America. He’s saving America from itself. From the cowards and the traitors. The flip-floppers and the appeasers. The liberals who would throw up a white flag and hand America over to the terrorists on a silver platter. George W Bush is saving our freedom.

    Bush is like a freedom evangelist. He’s bringing freedom to the world weather they like it or not!

    Saddam’s locked up, Iraq is liberated, Afghanistan has freedom. Mission Accomplished Mr President.


  160. OutFar Says:

    Anyone for a comparison to the Horst Wessel song?

    For the last time the call will now be blown;
    For the struggle now we all stand ready.
    Soon will fly Hitler-flags over every street;
    Slavery will last only a short time longer.


  161. optimus prime Says:

    When did MTV start playing videos again, let alone left-wing ones?


  162. optimus prime Says:

    True Am. you’re a parody, right? Nothing has been accomplished. American soldiers are still dying and Iraq isn’t any safer than two years ago.

    You and Bush need to get out of the cave a little more often.



  163. real patriot Says:

    W has brought the world FREEdumb.


  164. True American Says:

    Of course soldiers are dying this is war not a videogame! Sacrifices must be made for the greater good. But their sacrifice won’t be forgotten.


  165. jdowd Says:

    so, the republican strategy is when your policies fail to just ignore reality and claim sucess - ‘if we just pretend it’s true