American Idiot by Green Day has become my new, traditional Independence Day music for the last 8 or so years.
Would love to replace that with something more patriotic, but we’ve got a lot of turning around to do before “Proud to be an American” is back in my playlist rotation.
Edit: And while I’m on my soapbox here, I’d like to extend a big ‘fuck you’ to any republicans celebrating today. You don’t get to celebrate the founding of the nation you’re trying so hard to destroy.
American Idiot by Green Day has become my new, traditional Independence Day music.
…I’m old. cranks up Fortunate Son
some extra boring dystopia for your day
Also, what in the everloving AI fuck is this nonsense 🤦♂️
Should we…make a playlist? I’ll add two more.
- Green Day - American Idiot
- CCR - Fortunate Son
- Woodie Guthrie - This Land is Your Land (via @MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net – updated to different version with the “lost” verse)
- System of a Down - Prison Song (BYOB is a close second)
- Descendants - 'Merican (Added from @MermaidsGarden@lemmy.world’s suggestion.)
- John Mellencamp - Little Pink Houses (via @jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org)
- Stone Sour - Come What(ever)
- Avenged Sevenfold - Blinded in Chains (last two via @clearedtoland@lemmy.world)
- Flobots - Handlebars (via @fireweed@lemmy.world)
- NOFX - Idiots are Taking Over (via @HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world)
- Rage Against the Machine - Know Your Enemy (via @middlemanSI@lemmy.world)
- Disturbed - Land of Confusion | Genesis - Land of Confusion (via @GladiusB@lemmy.world)
Adding the “lost verse” for 'This Land is Your Land":
“One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple,
by the relief office I saw my people.
As they stood hungry,
I stood there wondering if God blessed America for me.”
Rage against the machine - Know your enemy seems relevant. Also maybe Freedom
Can’t believe I forgot this one - South Park did a fantastic job bringing Sixteen Tons into the modern era.
Would be remiss in not including a version of This Land is Your Land that includes the oft-omitted verses.
This version seems to have all of the verses. Sweet!
The Times They Are A-Changin (Bob Dylan) and The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Gil Scott-Heron) are also classics.
*edited to add links @ptz@dubvee.org
Land of Confusion would be another addition. I’m in favor of the Disturbed version.
Handlebars by Flobots, White America by Eminem
You should make this a separate thread!
Bush-era (same as American Idiot) but shockingly still relevant. Too heavy for this list?
What a coincidence, I’m listening to American Idiot in full right now. Looks like we’re in a similar frame of mind.
I’d also recommend ‘Merican by The Descendants. Also released in 2004, it perfectly captures that dichotomy of being so proud of all the good our country has brought us while holding the deep shame of all our missteps. Sadly these days it seems like we’re growing the list of things to feel shame about.
Anyway, enjoy your last 4th of July of the old republic.
…do we still celebrate the 4th if we’ve regressed back to a monarchy as per SCOTUS’s new dystopian ruling?
Gotta love how scotus gutted a bunch of laws just to prevent marijuana from getting rescheduled. I hope this fucks up a lot of unforseen stuff further down the line.
I don’t think corporate America realizes that the system they’ve been the parasites of is very, very close to not serving their interests anymore globally. But uh, you know. Gotta think about them quarterly pr0fitz
We should let corps buy a star on the official flag with the money they should have paid in taxes each year.
