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Happy Fourth of July! (slrpnk.net)
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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 51 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

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 28 points 4 months ago (3 children)

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 33 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (10 children)

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.”
[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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 4 months ago

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

[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 3 points 4 months ago

Good one. Added!

[–] middlemanSI@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 2 points 4 months ago

Fits perfectly. Added!

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 3 points 4 months ago

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

[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Handlebars by Flobots, White America by Eminem

You should make this a separate thread!

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 3 points 4 months ago

Added!

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I thought about that, but I don't know if it'll maintain inertia. Hopefully people see a lot of comments in this post and decide to chime in.

Perhaps I can put the result into a Spotify playlist and post that afterwards?

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 2 points 4 months ago

Nice one. Added and included the lost verse.

[–] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
  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?

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not at all; it's the messages that are important. I mean, I already put SOAD on there, so... lol

[–] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Mezmerize was such a damn good album. Popping that on for the day.

[–] cleanandsunny@literature.cafe 2 points 4 months 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.

[–] assembly@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

NOFX is perfect on that list.

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 12 points 4 months ago

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

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

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

[–] MermaidsGarden@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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 4 months 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.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

The real shit is NoFX - War on Errorism

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 2 points 4 months ago

Too many to choose from, but "Idiots are Taking Over" seemed pretty apt and called out to me. lol.