A Countdown of the Top 100 political songs, to help provide a soundtrack to the 2011 Canadian Election. Researched and written by a proud New Democrat.
4.19.2011
Song 57: Little Boxes, Malvina Reynolds
Little Boxes is a pretty delightful satire. As a country boy who likes cities just fine, I don't find Malvina Reynolds song about the suburbs, urban sprawl and conformity to be particularly sanctimonious, but I can see how the good people of the suburbs would.
In the blog post Political Music - The Criteria, I mentioned dropping a couple artists from the Top 100 list as I drafted and redrafted this countdown. To make up for leaving off The Decemberists, here's their cover of Little Boxes.