Songs about nonconformity..

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ledcorduroy
ledcorduroy Posts: 16
edited August 2010 in The Porch
Hey, I am looking for some songs that speak to individuality and nonconformity. Not For You came to mind originally. Any other suggestions? And it doesn't have to be a Pearl Jam song, either.
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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    Jack White comes to mind immediately
    "Ugly As I Seem"
  • jgrossman
    jgrossman Posts: 103
    You could make a pretty good argument for Education.
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name Of
    Rush - The Spirit Of Radio
    Primus - To Defy The Laws of Tradition
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • ledcorduroy
    ledcorduroy Posts: 16
    Funny that you mentioned Rush. I was thinking about Subdivisions. And I like Education, good one.
  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Sonic Reducer? :D
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
    *NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • curmudgeoness
    curmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,130
    Could one make a case for Suicidal Tendencies' "Institutionalized"??

    I think Corduroy could count.

    I like the RATM suggestion. :D I have to be sure to end that song early when the kids are around. :lol: "Renegades" is another one.
    All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
  • totweale
    totweale Posts: 3
    how about The Levellers One way. There`s only one way of life and that`s your own.
  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    bee girl
    soon forgotten
    in hiding
    sleight of hand
  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    I too thought of Corduroy right off

    and for non-PJ--Rush's Subdivisions for sure.
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • inMytree_19
    inMytree_19 Toronto, Canada Posts: 177
    I am mine
    In My tree
    Two Halves - My Morning Jacket
    Nowhere Man - Beatles
    Tall Tress - Matt Mays and el torpedo

    Also, i'd recommend the movie Waking Life
    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7583894250854515095#

    it is an amazing movie with some very interesting theories about life, highly recommend watching!
    Has anyone here every seen the movie?
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  • fortyshades
    fortyshades Posts: 1,835
    brain of JFK - especially second verse

    All of Vitalogy
  • tinkerbell
    tinkerbell New Zealand Posts: 2,161
    Leash!
    all you need is love, love is all you need
  • BlackCorduroy
    BlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    inMytree_19 wrote:

    Also, i'd recommend the movie Waking Life
    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7583894250854515095#

    it is an amazing movie with some very interesting theories about life, highly recommend watching!
    Has anyone here every seen the movie?

    Hell yeah. I'd also suggest Growin' Up by Bruce Springsteen
  • Of The Aggie
    Of The Aggie The ATX Posts: 1,550
    Pretty much anything from Tool.
  • Kloddz
    Kloddz Posts: 2,573
    tinkerbell wrote:
    Leash!
    My first thought as well.

    Other than that, maybe... I Am Mine? :?
    Bern - September 13, 2006
    Berlin - August 15, 2009
    Lisbon - July 10, 2010
    Berlin - June 26, 2014
    Zurich - June 23, 2022

    http://www.last.fm/user/Kloddz
  • ledcorduroy
    ledcorduroy Posts: 16
    Yeah, I definitely like the all of Vitalogy idea. That's how I feel about that record, too.
    And tool. Definitely.
    Thanks for all of your help, everyone. I've got some good songs that I wouldn't have thought of. :)
  • fortyshades
    fortyshades Posts: 1,835
    ledcorduroy wrote:
    Yeah, I definitely like the all of Vitalogy idea. That's how I feel about that record, too.
    And tool. Definitely.
    Thanks for all of your help, everyone. I've got some good songs that I wouldn't have thought of. :)

    The whole theme of the album, together with the artwork, is about noncoformity IMO. Conformity changes; ideals change. What was considered healthy in the 19th century, is considered unhealthy now...

    Makes you wonder how misdirected we are these days...

    Public health and sexuality (sexual behaviour)is the best way, btw, to enforce conformity (read Foucault - mindblowing)
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    Fuck Authority - Pennywise
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    Hail, Hail!!!

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