Favorite song that exemplifies America?
 

have been thinking about this all day

for me for better or worse this song from the 60s is just a symbol of America, good vs bad, right vs left, peace vs war

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ScisGFllPY

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Red, White and Blue: http://youtu.be/2-ZQ5T8wjsg

This came into my mind:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdpex8wBFr0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsEsBoN5uJU

I have no idea why but I've always viewed US Maple as the "all-American band"

A very obvious choice:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZD4ezDbbu4

Truckers, beer and white trash living in trailer parks.

the simon and garfunkel song "america" seems to typify all those people in the 60's that got caught up in that "on the road" state of mind

FEAR - I Don't Care About You http://youtu.be/1t20CphpzM0

Down over
South Street Philadelphia
Out from Avenue C
I seen it in the eyes
It was ready to freeze
From the valley hotel

I don't care about you
Fuck you
I don't care about you

I see Hollywood boulevard
Welfare hotel
I spent the night in jail
Near the Wilcox hotel

I don't care about you
Fuck you
I don't care about you

I've seen an old man Have a heart attack in Manhattan
Well, he died while we just stood there lookin' at him
Ain't he cute?
I don't care about you
Oh I don't care about you

I see man rollin' drunks
Bodies in the street
Some man was sleepin' in puke
And a man with no legs
crawling down 5th street
Trying to get something to eat

I don't care about you
Oh, no I don't care about you
Fuck you
I don't care about you
Hey, hey I don't care about you

i m liking this thread.
i m more focused on the music though.

DAVID BOWIE & SONIC YOUTH - I'm Afraid Of Americans


Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah
Johnny's in America
Low techs at the wheel
Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah
Nobody needs anyone
They don't even just pretend
Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah
Johnny's in America

I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
I'm afraid of Americans

Johnny's in America
Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah
Johnny wants a brain
Johnny wants to suck on a Coke
Johnny wants a woman
Johnny wants to think of a joke
Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah
Johnny's in America
Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah

I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
I'm afraid of Americans

Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah

Johnny's in America
Johnny looks up at the stars
Johnny combs his hair
And Johnny wants pussy and cars

Johnny's in America, Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah
Johnny's in America, Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah

I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
I'm afraid of Americans

God is an American
God is an American

I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't

Yeah, I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the words
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
I'm afraid of Americans

Johnny's an American
Johnny's an American

Johnny's an American, Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah
Johnny's an American, Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah
Johnny's an American, Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah
Johnny's an American, Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah

I was gonna say "Fat Bottom Girls," but I think "I'm Afraid of Americans" (Nine Inch Nails single remix) is probably the only response this thread needs.

Hendrix-Machine Gun

have another one ya fucking lush!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BXTdThz1ZA

Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky tacky
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same,
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue on and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look the same.

And the people in the houses
All went to the university
Where they were but in boxes
And they came out all the same
And there's doctors and lawyers
And business executives
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.

And they all play on the golf course
And drink their martinis dry
And they all have pretty children
And the children go to school,
And the children go to summer camp
And then to the university
Where they are put in boxes
And they come out all the same.

And the boys go into business
And marry and raise a family
In boxes made of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same,
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.

I agree. I think it's fair to say that opposition is deeply rooted in American culture. Bear in mind the history of its inception, the old division between slaves and Americans, North v. South, The Cold War, it's two-party system etc etc.

A great love song: Butthole Surfers' Goofys Concern
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ybDgIOHyq4

I forgot rich v. poor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9SMXkpowo0

"
Colors on the street
Red, white, and blue
People shuffling their feet
People sleeping in their shoes
There's a warning sign in the road ahead
There's a lot of people saying we'd be better off dead
Don't feel like Satan, but I am to them
So I try Forget them any way I can"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTGKzWDakK8
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