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[-] ptz@dubvee.org 51 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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.

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 29 points 2 days ago

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 🤦‍♂️

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Should we....make a playlist? I'll add two more.

  1. Green Day - American Idiot
  2. CCR - Fortunate Son
  3. Woodie Guthrie - This Land is Your Land (via @MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net -- updated to different version with the "lost" verse)
  4. System of a Down - Prison Song (BYOB is a close second)
  5. Descendants - 'Merican (Added from @MermaidsGarden@lemmy.world's suggestion.)
  6. John Mellencamp - Little Pink Houses (via @jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org)
  7. Stone Sour - Come What(ever)
  8. Avenged Sevenfold - Blinded in Chains (last two via @clearedtoland@lemmy.world)
  9. Flobots - Handlebars (via @fireweed@lemmy.world)
  10. NOFX - Idiots are Taking Over (via @HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world)
  11. Rage Against the Machine - Know Your Enemy (via @middlemanSI@lemmy.world)
  12. 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.”
[-] middlemanSI@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Rage against the machine - Know your enemy seems relevant. Also maybe Freedom

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 2 points 2 days ago

Fits perfectly. Added!

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago

Can't believe I forgot this one - South Park did a fantastic job bringing Sixteen Tons into the modern era.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 2 points 2 days ago

That is a good one. I may save that for my Labor Day playlist.

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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

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[-] jawa21 4 points 2 days ago

Little Pink Houses. The point in this song is often missed as well.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 3 points 2 days ago

Good one. Added!

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Land of Confusion would be another addition. I'm in favor of the Disturbed version.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 3 points 2 days ago

Excellent addition. I also prefer the Disturbed cover, but I added both.

[-] fireweed@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Handlebars by Flobots, White America by Eminem

You should make this a separate thread!

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 3 points 2 days ago

Added!

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[-] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago
  1. Come What(ever) May by Stone Sour
  2. Blinded in Chains by Avenged Sevenfold

Bush-era (same as American Idiot) but shockingly still relevant. Too heavy for this list?

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[-] cleanandsunny@literature.cafe 2 points 2 days ago

May I suggest “Don’t Let Me Die in America” by of Montreal? (Confusingly, an American band)

Also “Sunset on 32nd Street” by Strike Anywhere - although you could pull any track off that whole album and it would work.

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[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 13 points 2 days ago

Fortunate Son and Born in the USA have the advantage no conservative has ever read the lyrics

[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

They play fortunate son at Trump rallies without a shred of irony

[-] MermaidsGarden@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

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.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I’d also recommend ‘Merican by The Descendants.

I just half jokingly commented about collaborating on a playlist. Adding that!

[-] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

My 4th of July songs are "woods of love by the embarrassment" which is about barbaric acts America has committed and "Not proud of the USA by the Mice" about anti war. I think you'll like both if you like green day. They have cited the mice as an influence.

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[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago

...do we still celebrate the 4th if we've regressed back to a monarchy as per SCOTUS's new dystopian ruling?

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago

as long as you keep your Amazon Social Purchasing Score high enough

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Well just rename it Monarch’s Day.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Yes, because

[-] ToucheGoodSir@lemy.lol 6 points 2 days ago

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

[-] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

The corporation don't want the system anymore. They want to buy the infrastructures and charge for it.

[-] PenisWenisGenius@lemmynsfw.com 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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.

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 days ago

I think the balance of those unforeseen fuckups are going to rest squarely on the shoulders of us plebs.

[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

We should let corps buy a star on the official flag with the money they should have paid in taxes each year.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Don’t give Clearance Thomas ideas…

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

They should buy ad space on those judges robes like it’s nascar.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Someone should definitely photoshop that

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Thats only 30 "stars" the other 20 must be the shadow corps

[-] fireweed@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Nestle is a Swiss company though? Maybe replace with Lockheed Martin

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 17 points 2 days ago

and yet they still interfere with our politicians, water supplies, baby formula, food safety, and child slavery laws …

[-] Korne127@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Bayer is a German company

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

hasn’t stopped them ~~bribing~~ lobbying American politicians …

(pretty sure we have more Roundup in our blood than any German)

[-] toastus@feddit.org 7 points 2 days ago

Your guys are just easier to bribe.

Not that it would be particularly hard with ours.

[-] exanime@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

You can say they are being bribed now... Bribing is legal now, no need to even pretend anymore

[-] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

How do you not have a burger King in there ?

[-] exanime@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Burger King is owned by a Brazilian conglomerate

[-] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

That's neat, I actually didn't know that. I was making a american king joke.

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