I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.

Giles ,'Beneath You'


Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!

There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.


Jon B. - Apr 06, 2011 9:25:12 am PDT #4344 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Pointed Sticks - "American Song" [link]

D.O.A. - "America the Beautiful" [link]

David Bowie - I'm Afraid Of Americans [link]

Celibate Rifles - Thank You America [link]

Billy Bragg - "Help Save the Youth of America" [link] (and I'm sure lots of others)

Robyn Hitchcock - "America" [link] (abstractly negative?)


Fred Pete - Apr 06, 2011 9:33:14 am PDT #4345 of 6436
Ann, that's a ferret.

Wanted to add Green Day's "American Idiot," but they're also from the USA.

John Lennon wrote and recorded a lot of anti-war songs when the USA was involved in the Vietnam War, but there isn't a lot of criticism of the USA as such in them. Though maybe the Beatles as a group make the list with "Get Back"?


tommyrot - Apr 06, 2011 9:33:54 am PDT #4346 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Robyn Hitchcock - "America" [link] (abstractly negative?)

I was kinda' wondering that.

These suggestions sound good - I'll check them out when I get home....


megan walker - Apr 06, 2011 9:33:58 am PDT #4347 of 6436
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

"North American Scum" by LCD Soundsystem


Jon B. - Apr 06, 2011 9:36:27 am PDT #4348 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

LCD Soundsystem

Also American.


Tom Scola - Apr 06, 2011 9:38:33 am PDT #4349 of 6436
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Maybe some ideas here: [link]


megan walker - Apr 06, 2011 9:38:43 am PDT #4350 of 6436
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

"America Is Not The World" by Morrisey


Daisy Jane - Apr 06, 2011 11:25:49 am PDT #4351 of 6436
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I'm Afraid of Americans-David Bowie?


Amy - Apr 06, 2011 11:31:06 am PDT #4352 of 6436
Because books.

What about Bowie's "Young Americans"?


Daisy Jane - Apr 06, 2011 11:32:57 am PDT #4353 of 6436
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

That's just an awesome all around song right there!