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Rolling Stone: SaddamÂ’s Hanging, the Musical!
2007-01-02
Saddam Hussein asked us to create the soundtrack to his execution shindig this weekend. Thoughts?

* “Dead Man Walking,” Bruce Springsteen
* “25 Minutes to Go,” Johnny Cash
* “Gallows Pole,” Led Zeppelin
* “Let Him Dangle,” Elvis Costello
* “Hang On,” Teenage Fanclub

-- Rolling Stone

That's amusing enough, albiet in poor taste (in a Rantburg kind of way), but the reaction in the comment box by one of the compassionate antiwar crowd is pure comic gold:

From a journalistic stand-point, for a publication with the historical significance of RS to post something like this is really an embarrassing sign of the times . . . Essentially, you are mocking the life-works of artists like Bob Dylan and John Lennon who represent your audience.

(h/t "Relaped Catholic")
Posted by:Mike

#10  I came up with this list the other day:

They Might Be Giants, "Twisting in the Wind."
Led Zeppelin, "Gallows Pole"
Eddie Money, "Gimmie Some Water"*
Styx, "Hangman"
Nothingface, "Big Fun at the Gallows"


*"Slap that horse in the ass/With my last dyin' gasp/My brother could hear me say"
Posted by: Mike   2007-01-02 22:50  

#9  I'd vote for any Yoko Ono song. To me. it's always sounded like strangling a cat, and I can't imagine Sammy was much different

/no, sorry, I am a cat guy, so STFU. I only imagined the sound....especially when mine wants me up at 4am on a Saturday
Posted by: Frank G   2007-01-02 22:37  

#8  Oh, I almost for forgot, my song would be: "Killing an Arab"
Posted by: Broadhead6   2007-01-02 22:08  

#7  God, I love Rantburg on "Take No Prisoners Day."

'Course, that's pretty much every day.... ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2007-01-02 22:03  

#6  If you guys get a chance, read some of the comments from the moral equivilating lefty-droolers on the RS site - fricken' hillarious. What a bunch of lip-quivering p*ssies. It really is hard for me to stomach that some of my fellow countrymen who I defend with my life's blood on a daily basis are clearly totally f*cking stupid.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2007-01-02 21:47  

#5  There's a TMBG song with the lyrics "twistin', twistin', in the wind". Seems perfect.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2007-01-02 21:37  

#4  Rolling Stone Magazine is historically significant? Why does nobody tell me the important things!
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-01-02 21:13  

#3  What?? No "Green Green Grass of Home"?
Posted by: Angie Schultz   2007-01-02 20:38  

#2  Springsteen's 'Down Down Down' at the moment of release?
Posted by: Pappy   2007-01-02 20:04  

#1  Too bad they didn't get a chance to tie him to the whipping post first...
Posted by: Jonathan   2007-01-02 19:31  

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