Canada has a federal election in less than two weeks (Monday, May 2), so VOAT went with an Elections theme to get you ready to cast your vote.
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We start with what you'll be hearing a lot of over the next two weeks: campaign promises from candidates who just want to be elected.
Alice Cooper - "Elected" - Billion Dollar Babies (1973)
Chumbawamba - "Always Tell the Voter What the Voter Wants to Hear" - Never Mind the Ballots (1987)
Radiohead - "Electioneering" - OK Computer (1997)
Let's move on to the people campaigning for your vote: politicians.
Cream - "Politician" - Wheels of Fire (1968)
Emanon - "Politician" - The Waiting Room (2005)
Now let's check in on the political system that requires voting: democracy. Heralded by many as the ideal system of government, it is nonetheless vulnerable to exploitation and corruption, as we hear here.
Bruce Cockburn - "Call It Democracy" - World of Wonders (1986)
Killing Joke - "Democracy" - Democracy (1996)
We continue in a punk rock/hardcore vein with some opinions on politics in general and Canadian politics specifically.
D.O.A. - "Logjam" - Loggerheads (1993)
Bad Religion - "Politics" - Bad Religion (1980)
Propagandhi - "Resisting Tyrannical Government" - Less Talk, More Rock (1996)
Now we circle back to what you'll be doing on election day: voting.
Tokyo Police Club - "Your English Is Good" - Elephant Shell (2008)
Sunset Rubdown - "They Took a Vote and Said No" - Shut Up I Am Dreaming (2006)
North of America - "Voting 'No' on the Warming of Antarctica" - Brothers, Sisters (2003)
Despite the cynicism and hopelessness that is associated with politics, VOAT still encourages you to get out there, cast your vote and hope that we won't get fooled again.
The Who - "Won't Get Fooled Again" - Who's Next (1971)
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