Written over 30 years ago, but there's nothing quite as timeless as liberal guilt. From Gold Turkey: National Lampoon Radio Hour/Greatest Hits:
I wish I was a Negro
With lots of Negro songs
So I could stay true to my ethnic roots
And still play rock 'n' rollIf I was a funky Negro
Eating soul food barbeques
I wouldn't have to sing
The middle-class liberal well-intentioned bluesIntentioned blues
Intentioned blues . . .I wish I was an Indian
A grown-up Sioux papoose
So when I get drunk on a beer and a half
I'd have a good excuseI'd be a noble savage
Wouldn't ever wear no shoes
And I wouldn't have to sing
The middle-class liberal well-intentioned bluesIntentioned blues
Intentioned blues . . .I wish I was a Wetback
On strike in a lettuce patch
Or a slant-eyed peasant with Viet Cong
Stashed underneath my thatchI only ever cross a picket line
To pay my union dues
To keep on singing
The middle-class liberal well-intentioned bluesIntentioned blues
Intentioned blues . . .But I am not a Negro (c'mon!)
Not a Red Man nor a Mex (join me kids!)
I'm a member of the oppressing color
Language, age, and sexI sympathize with the Arab cause
I feel for the put-upon Jews
And I keep singing
The middle-class liberal
Humanitarian
Meaningful dialogue
We are all responsible
Well-intentioned bluesIntentioned blues
Intentioned blues . . .
I have the "Lemmings" album; this song isn't on it. I first heard this on the NLRH album "Gold Turkey."
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I found this song and other classics on a reel-to-reel that contained the NLRH, and almost wore it out.
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Posted by: Doug | 07/19/2009 at 08:51 PM
This originally came from the National Lampoon off-Broadway show, "Lemmings," which starred John Belushi and Chevy Chase pre-SNL, and also Christopher Guest. Among other things, Belushi does his justly-famous Joe Cocker, Chase does an immaculate Neil Young, and Guest sings "Middle-Class Liberal, Well-Intentioned Blues" as Pete Seeger, complete with banjo.
Posted by: Bud Webster | 09/08/2007 at 03:44 AM
This originally came from the National Lampoon off-Broadway show, "Lemmings," which starred John Belushi and Chevy Chase pre-SNL, and also Christopher Guest. Among other things, Belushi does his justly-famous Joe Cocker, Chase does an immaculate Neil Young, and Guest sings "Middle-Class Liberal, Well-Intentioned Blues" as Pete Seeger, complete with banjo.
Posted by: Bud Webster | 09/08/2007 at 03:43 AM