Sunday, May 28, 2006

The National Review Owes Us All an Apology

It’s a total travesty, an injustice worthy of marching in the streets and Internet petitions. The National Review’s John Miller published his picks for the 50 greatest conservative rock songs of all time and he left out the very best of all.

The best conservative rock song of all time is Mike Nesmith’s “Admiral Mike” from The Monkees reunion CD, Justus. You can listen to a sample of it here. The song was written in memory of the late Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Mike Boorda, who committed suicide after he learned that Newsweek reporters were going to smear him by revealing trivial inaccuracies in his Naval record in their magazine.

Admiral Boorda was a well-liked officer who had risen from the enlisted ranks to CNO, an amazing feat. His biography is here. The reporters’ story had no effect on the way in which Admiral Boorda did his job; it was just muckraking and character assassination.

Mike Nesmith’s song is just raw disgust for the Newsweek reporters. They lyrics can be found here. Here’s one stanza:

Go back to hell you giddy fools
There is no truth you cannot maim
He killed himself
You killed him first
Because you're only
'only selling ads'


You can buy the CD from Amazon here.

From the Goldmine review of the CD, here’s their take on the song:

Did we say "pissed off?" Well, the brings up the album's two angriest songs, Dolenz's "Never Enough" and Nesmith's "Admiral Mike."…"Admiral Mike," on the other hand, is a furious growl propelled by snarling guitar and a manic Dolenz vocal that may convince you he's about the grab Davy's red maracas and beat some deserving "stupid twit" to a messy death. Hey, aren't these guys supposed to be too busy singing to put anybody down?
It’s pro-Navy and anti-Newsweek. I demand a recount.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good suggestion. Admiral Boorda was a good man and there was no point to the Newsweek hit piece other than to attack the military.