Former Bush Ambassador Fights The Man With Self-Produced Rock Video (VIDEO)

I couldn't handle that much awesomeness. Serious competition for the Wauhobs.

Rocked my socks right off.

That was lame, even by conservo-rock standards.

Don't quit yer day job, there, baldy.

Apparently, the irony of a former "drug warrior" ranting about how he doesn't need the government to run his life is lost on him.

They need to regulate "derivatives" ASAP.

It's either teh suck or teh lame, hard to call.

A big step up from most GOP productions. I was watching Christopher Walken playing an art gallery security guard and realized he looked like a Republican Senator.

Bohemian Like You - Dandy Warhols

Complete with the wooowoos in there. The original is a very NSFW video. And the original song doesn't call for violence iirc.

Wow, more misplaced anger. Thomas, you should have aimed this at the previous administration. But that would require thought and, um, a memory of what actually happened.

Why do these folks feel so deeply oppressed?

wow, grab your socks for this band. those of you not wearing socks, just grab your ankles.

Yeah! Pump up the ham! Frump it up...while yer....feet...zzzzzzz

Lame posers!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Third rate cover band!!!!!!

Another Bush liar and cheat!

http://www.firedupmissouri.com/

EXCLUSIVE: Schweich Camp Contacted The Dandy Warhols Weeks Before Denying Connection To Their Song
UPDATE: Schweich responds.

Shortly after we posed questions about the striking similarities between The Dandy Warhols' "Bohemian Like You" and Ambassador Thomas Schweich's "Gimme Back My Freedom," Schweich denied any connection between the songs. Recall this passage in The Beacon on April 7:

[Schweich] was most upset today by allegations on the Democratic-leaning site, Firedupmissouri.com, that the tune is patterned after Courtney Taylor-Taylor's "Bohemian Like You,'' recorded in 2000. Schweich said that's absolutely not true. "The words and music are my own,'' he said.

His music heroes, Schweich continued, are a bit more well-known -- namely, members of the legendary rock band, the Rolling Stones. He's attended a dozen of their concerts.

Fired Up! has obtained documents from The Dandy Warhols showing that Schweich's statements to The Beacon were misleading - at best. An attorney for Schweich contacted the band in February, at which time he stated that Schweich's song "does play on a few themes from Bohemian Like You," and wrote that a "tentative title" for the song was "Conservative Like You."

In fact, Schweich's representative even opened the door to "a modest fee" in exchange for permission to use the band's intellectual property because "Tom wants to show his respect for the band and wishes to have the band's and record company's cooperation and blessing, if possible."

Schweich's attorney even stated he is "a big fan" of The Dandy Warhols -- a fact he clearly forgot to mention to The Beacon's Jo Mannies.

The Dandy Warhols denied Schweich's requests, at which point Schweich's attorney promised that he would "go in a different direction" and rewrite the song. He didn't rewrite much, it would seem.

The bigger story here is Schweich's response to the Missouri press corps. When challenged on the similarities between his song and "Bohemian Like You," Schweich expressed disgust and flatly denied any similarities. "Schweich said that's absolutely not true," Jo Mannies wrote. "The words and music are my own,'' he declared, and then shifted the conversation to one about his musical inspirations.

Back to you, Tom....

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Slight correction: Thomas Schweich is the front man for this group but he's not the lead guitarist. The lead guitarist would be that guy, um, playing lead guitar.

Anyway, this song and performance merit a redefinition of lame downward.

Spectacular! If this is patterned after anything Dandy Warhols has done, then the Dandy Warhols are in deep shit, too. I'm not completely sure it's the worst thing I've ever heard, though . . . I'd say second.

"Be the first one on your block;
To have your boy come home in a box." - Country Joe McDonald

ooops, sorry yellowdog