Favorite 'American' song.......

[Sean Reynolds]

Poll question: Favorite 'American' song.......

Alas, not being patriotic. But what is your favorite song with America as the theme.

I listed all the ones I could think of.

My favorite is Pink House.

[CalebHayes]

1. Presidents of the USA - Lump

don't got much to do with the country though

[RoyGBiv]

13. Lump

There was a thread a few days back in which Pickles was referred to as a lump.

I posted the lyrics to that song. They fit perfectly, so unfortunately I think it does have something to do with the country.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

2. OK, where's "American Music" by The Blasters, dammit...

"Well, a U.S. soldier boy on leave in West-Berlin
No music there that rocks, just a thousand violins
They wanna hear some American music, American music
They wanna hear that sound right from the U.S.A."

:evilgrin:

[catzies]

4. Yeah!

That was my initial choice so now I choose Violent Femmes' American Music!

[Angelus]

3. "Horse With No Name."

:evilgrin:

[AlFrankenFan]

5. Pink Houses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:)

[tilsammans]

6. How 'bout the one by Tom Petty . . .

"she was an American girl . . . "?

[Mojambo]

7. Went with other

American Jesus by Bad Religion.
Killer song.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

8. America - Paul Simon - performed by Yes

[DBoon]

9. "We're an American Band"

Grand Funk.

Sorry for the earworm people, came immediately to mind

[VolcanoJen]

10. "Heart of Rock and Roll Is Still Beating" by Huey Lewis and the News.

}( MADE YA LOOK!!!}(

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

11. Pink Houses...but I like City of New Orleans, too....both mean alot:

Pink Houses reminds me of my life, where I grew up at ("..go to work in the hot sunrise/and vacation at the Gulf of Mexico...".....that means alot to alot of folks in my part of the USA).

But I also like City of New Orleans as I road an old streamliner to Chicago from the South, just before it was discontinued, so the imagery was very real to me....and how railroading was such an "American" thing, too....

[johnnie]

12. American trilogy

Elvis...I know it isn't as cool as the choices, but I like it.

[WindRavenX]

14. Born In The USA

By The Boss.

[Delano]

15. "Hand to Mouth" by George Michael

Nothing sums up this country better.

Jimmy Got Nothing Made Himself A Name
With a gun that he polished for a rainy day
A smile and a quote from a vigilante movie
Our boy Jimmy just blew them all away
He said it made him crazy
Twenty five years living hand to mouth
Hand to mouth, hand to mouth, hand to mouth

Sweet little baby on a big white doorstep
She needs her mother but her mother is dead
Just another hooker that the lucky can forget
Just another hooker
It happens everyday
She loved her little baby
But she couldn't bear to see her living hand to mouth
Hand to mouth, hand to mouth, hand to mouth

I believe in the gods of america
I believe in the land of the free
But no one told me
(no one told me)
That the gods believe in nothing
So with empty hands I pray
And from day to hopeless day
They still don't see me
(see me)

Everybody talks about the new generation
Jump on the wagon or they'll leave you behind
But no one gave a thought to the rest of the nation
"like to help you buddy but I haven't got the time"
Somebody shouted "save me"
But everybody started living hand to mouth
Hand to mouth, hand to mouth, hand to mouth

There's a big white lady
On a big white doorstep
She asked her daddy and her daddy said "yes"
Has to give a little for the dollars that we get
Has to give a little -
They say it's for the best
Somebody shouted
Maybe
But they kept on living from hand to mouth
Hand to mouth, hand to mouth, hand to mouth

So she ran to the arms of america
And she kissed the powers that be
And someone told me
(someone told me)
That the gods believe in nothing
So with empty hands I pray
And I tell myself
One day
They just might see me



A close runner up: "I'm Afraid of Americans" by David Bowie & Trent Reznor