Barrytown - Steely Dan
Music • March 2011 • Views: 766
Fagen and Becker were laying down the snarkasm long before people knew what it was. In this song they cynically parody the thoughts of a traditionalist xenophobe with a closed mind.
It’s particularly pertinent today in light of the GOP’s reactionary stance to all things modern, and the religious right’s total takeover of the party — that takeover is why I moved to Barrytown, and why I’ll be voting for Barry in 2012…