Watching MTV - Neo-Ethnic Songs and Dances
Watching MTV - Neo-Ethnic Songs and Dances
Dr. E. Michael Jones announces initiation of a countertrend: a CD that reconnects to ethnic identity in music. "Volk" music! The melodies of the volk with Jones' lyrics: ethnic melodies used as a vehicle for what we want to say, just as our ancestors did. Includes the unforgettable songs “Tell George Bush We Won't Fight in His War” and “Watching MTV” and “The Neo-Con Song”.
Track List:
Watching MTV - 3:27
The Eavesdropper - 1:47
The Ballad Of Jessica Lynch - 3:14
Soldier's Joy / Liberty - 3:34
Fighting Hate - 4:26
Drowsy Maggie - 1:14
The Neocon Song - 3:38
St. Louis Blues - 4:51
Fear Of The Jews - 2:49
Golden Slippers - 2:55
The Things That You Do 4:25
Merry Blacksmith / Wind That Shakes The Barley - 2:40
Tell George Bush - 3:20
The Irish Washerwoman - 2:08
Mom's Honda Gold Wing - 2:59
Blind Mary - 3:48
White Trash Bill - 2:09
Jackhammer Blues - 2:44
Tennessee Waltz - 2:35
The Blue Light Special - 4:26
Fanny Power - 3:39
The Domestic Partner Song - 1:42
"The CD is a disarming mixture of humorously biting social commentary set to upbeat traditional fiddle music and short, fun instrumental fillers. ... Watching MTV will win the heart of everyone who listens to it. ... you get to peek into the Jones' parlour while they play and feel all the things you feel when regular folks get together and make music. You also get to peek into the witty, classically educated yet cynically lyrical mind of a Philadelphia-born, Irish-Catholic political and social dissident. ... The tunes are catchy and danceable. The sound quality is clean but warm and human -- not what one would call a digitally mixed and flawlessly mastered modern overproduction."
Don Harkins, Idaho Observer
"The title track makes the Dead Kennedys' (MTV) GET OFF THE AIR a mere love song to the moribund corporate shill. ... Not for the lame or the tame, it's almost punk rock."
Angela Keaton, Liberated Space
