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Riot Music
In the real world, of course, rampant rioting is a bad thing. In the world of music, however, "I Predict a Riot" by the Kaiser Chiefs is one of my favorite songs of 2005. "White Riot" by the Clash is, of course, a classic. I'm also partial to "Polaroid Baby" by Bratmobile, "Burn to the fucking ground LA / Whitey's gonna pay, whitey's gonna pay." Other rioting favorites?
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"Never Been in a Riot" by the Mekons is the best.
Posted by: chris mealy | Nov 6, 2005 12:06:32 PM
Sonic Youth - "Teenage Riot"
Posted by: crash | Nov 6, 2005 12:13:58 PM
Lots of great Linton Kwesi Johnson songs--"All Wi Doin Is Defendin," "Five Nights of Bleedin," most of his first album.
The one that begins "Heavy heavy terror on the rampage" becomes "Heavy heavy cat on the rampage" around my house.
I also like Dr. Dre's "The Day the N----s took over."
Posted by: Matt Weiner | Nov 6, 2005 12:16:07 PM
I'm guessing prison riots are a separate category, so "Riot in Cell Block #9" doesn't count.
Posted by: Matt Weiner | Nov 6, 2005 12:21:21 PM
Burning and Looting, by Bob Marley. Featured in a great French movie about disgruntled minority youth
Posted by: b | Nov 6, 2005 12:39:48 PM
Sly & family Stone - There's a riot goin' on.
Posted by: Yoyo | Nov 6, 2005 1:33:28 PM
Subhumans, "British Disease." Shostakovich's Eighth Symphony (technically about Stalingrad, but works well for any urban-upheaval setting).
Posted by: Spencer | Nov 6, 2005 1:47:36 PM
"street fighting man" by the stones
Posted by: Jeffrey Davis | Nov 6, 2005 2:33:57 PM
Metal Health - Quiet Riot
Posted by: Al | Nov 6, 2005 3:56:07 PM
Also anything on Appetite for Destruction.
Posted by: Al | Nov 6, 2005 4:08:20 PM
Folks were screamin'
out of control
It was so entertainin'
when the boogie started to explode
I heard somebody say
Burn baby burn!
Disco inferno!
Posted by: R.J. Lehmann | Nov 6, 2005 5:37:45 PM
April 29th, 1992 (Miami) - Sublime
Posted by: ed | Nov 6, 2005 6:44:41 PM
Kaiser Chief's "I Predict a Riot"
Posted by: Jasper Meer | Nov 6, 2005 7:10:49 PM
I feel strangely compelled to mention the Sugar Ray lyric "Love's what I got. Don't start a ri ot."
Changing the pronunciation of "riot" to rhyme with "got" is pretty lame, but at least he comes down on the right side of the issue.
Posted by: Neil the Ethical Werewolf | Nov 6, 2005 7:22:51 PM
"I predict a riot" was one of my fave songs of 2005 too.
Posted by: Jedmunds | Nov 6, 2005 7:54:48 PM
Neil, that was Sublime, wasn't it?
Posted by: TJ | Nov 6, 2005 9:09:13 PM
TJ, you are correct.
Posted by: Neil the Ethical Werewolf | Nov 6, 2005 10:52:00 PM
That Eddie Murphy reggae song on SNL,
"Kill The White People"
http://www.cfxweb.net/civax/archives/00000069.htm
Posted by: beowulf | Nov 6, 2005 11:08:04 PM
I seem to recall a NOFX song called "Kill All The White Man."
Posted by: Matthew Yglesias | Nov 6, 2005 11:11:05 PM
How soon you forget my great contribution:
WE DON'T NEED NO WATER LET THE M#*)*#)*#$) BURN
Posted by: Slick Rick | Nov 6, 2005 11:20:47 PM
"Start the Riot" by Atari Teenage Riot.
Posted by: Chopper | Nov 7, 2005 12:56:46 AM
Metal Health - Quiet Riot
Anything in the Quiet Riot catalogue qualifies, for sheer ironically enjoyed 80's awfulness.
Sugar Ray lyric "Love's what I got. Don't start a ri ot."
That lyric's from Sublime, not Sugar Ray. Mix the two up again and I'M gonna have to start a riot.
Posted by: Greg | Nov 7, 2005 7:35:32 AM
Spike Lee quite nicely scored his riot to Fight the Power.
Personally, if I were going to riot, I'd like loudspeakers playing the Pixies Wave of Mutilation, preferably the slow UK surf version.
Posted by: Petey | Nov 7, 2005 8:05:08 AM
Sublime:
april 26th, 1992, there was a riot on the streets, tell me where were you? you were sittin' home watchin' your tv, while i was paticipatin' in some anarchy.
first spot we hit it was my liqour store. i finally got all that alcohol i can't afford. with red lights flashin' time to retire, and then we turned that liquor store into a structure fire.
next stop we hit it was the music shop, it only took one brick to make that window drop. finally we got our own p.a. where do you think i got this guitar that you're hearing today? hey!
(call fire, respond mobil station. alamidos in anaheim, its uhh flamin up good.
Posted by: theCoach | Nov 7, 2005 9:56:09 AM
That's easy:
"Burn Hollywood Burn", Public Enemy.
Posted by: Mays | Nov 7, 2005 11:36:35 AM
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