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July 04, 2008
Songs About America...And One Song In Particular
On this day of Independence, I woke up with a major earworm. I could not get a certain song about our nation out of my brain.
No.
Nope. Try again.
No, though I do have super nostalgia for this song because I think Neil Diamond is kind of awesome and I once performed a patrotic dance routine to this anthem in a red spandex body suit and American flag cape when I was eleven years old.
That Lee Greenwood song from the FIRST Gulf War that just won't go away? (No link necessary.)
Nope, that's not the song I'm thinking of either.
The song I can't get out of my head is profane and hilarious and SHOULD NOT BE LISTENED TO BY ANYONE OFFENDED BY REPEATED F-BOMBING.
It is the Theme To Team America World Police.
(My favorite part is the very last line of the song: "BOOKS!" *silence*)
I love our country for protecting the freedom of expression that makes such satire possible. Because it is satire...right...?
Hmmmm....If you take a quick look at all the user made videos, there are two opposing, nay DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSING interpretations of the meaning of this song, which, in turn, pretty much encapsulates the severity of our nation's ideological divide.
Oh my.
Happy Independence Day, everyone.
Posted by megan at July 4, 2008 08:58 AM