Since we brought you the batch of mixtapes themed “Love, Lust and Everything in Between,” Communism rose again, taking over Intermission in its path of mass music conformity. Here are a few tapes you should make before the Red Scare standardizes your playlist.
10 songs to listen to you when you’re trying to convince everyone you’re not a communist . . . even if you really are:
Bruce Springsteen — Born in the USA
Elvis Presley — Heartbreak Hotel
Unknown — Home on the Range
The Eagles — Hotel California
Phantom Planet — California (you know, the theme from that show you swear you don’t watch)
Francis Scott Key — The Star-Spangled Banner
Leo Greenwood — God Bless the USA
Lynrd Skynrd — Sweet Home Alabama
Little Richard — Johnny B. Goode
The Animals — House of the Rising Sun
Songs for you to rock out to when you renounce communism because you find its authoritarian undertones “restricting to your funkiness”:
Parliament — Give up the Funk
Curtis Mayfield — Pusherman
Average White Band — Pick up the Pieces
James Brown — Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby
The Commodores — Brick House
Wild Cherry — Play That Funky Music
Curtis Mayfield — Superfly
Parliament — Flashlight
James Brown — I Feel Good
Average White Band — Got the Love
And, of course, the theme from Shaft
Ten songs to listen to while reminiscing about the fall of the Soviet Union... in 1991, remember?
Nirvana — Smells Like Teen Spirit
Pearl Jam — Jeremy
Alice in Chains — Man in the box
Red Hot Chili Peppers — Under the Bridge
Fugazi — Waiting Room
Aerosmith — On the Road Again
Guns ‘n’ Roses — Knocking on Heaven’s Door
Metallica — Enter Sandman
Michael Jackson — Black or White
R.E.M. — Losing My Religion
And finally, songs for the die-hard Soviet enthusiast:
The Beatles — Back in the USSR
Rage Against the Machine — Guerilla Radio
The Ramones — Blitzkrieg Bop
The Beatles — Revolution
Rage Against the Machine — Testify
The Sex Pistols — Anarchy in the U.K. (sure, anarchy might be the polar opposite of communism... but let’s not be picky)
Rage Against the Machine — Sleep Now in the Fire
And let’s not forget that timeless classic, the Hymn of the Soviet Union:
Sing to the Motherland, home of the free
Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong
O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people
To Communism’s triumph lead us on!

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