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dchill

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28. They're just tone-deaf to everything but what they want to hear.

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They are actually playing CCR's "Fortunate Son" [View all] mcar Jun 2025 OP

Hooo! They'll point the cannon at you! dchill Jun 2025 #1

Travesty ALBliberal Jun 2025 #2

actually... markie Jun 2025 #3

Fogerty's tried to call him off senseandsensibility Jun 2025 #4

Clearly they don't understand the song. choie Jun 2025 #5

Bet they didn't mcar Jun 2025 #7

I doubt it MustLoveBeagles Jun 2025 #8

They never do. With equally tin ears... dchill Jun 2025 #21

JOhn Fogerty just had his 80th birthday on May 28. Wiz Imp Jun 2025 #37

Next up, "YMCA," which is totally not gay. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 #6

... mcar Jun 2025 #9

Taco Taco Man. pwb Jun 2025 #10

I just hope this post is true... Enter stage left Jun 2025 #11

Play it. I did before I posted mcar Jun 2025 #13

Not doubting you, but AI is making me question everything now. Enter stage left Jun 2025 #20

Totally get that mcar Jun 2025 #43

I walked nearly that well on my way to No Kings today- rzemanfl Jun 2025 #12

I feel for them mcar Jun 2025 #14

Fortunate Son diehardblue Jun 2025 #15

Yes SheltieLover Jun 2025 #22

You mean like Cadet Bone Spurs Raven123 Jun 2025 #29

Jesus, Mary & Joseph and all of his carpenter friends. progressoid Jun 2025 #16

Thanks for posting the lyrics mcar Jun 2025 #19

"...advanced level trolling or some advanced level cluelessness." dchill Jun 2025 #24

I know right? progressoid Jun 2025 #26

Hanlon's Razor: sir pball Jun 2025 #58

about troops marching in step CatWoman Jun 2025 #33

Yeah. progressoid Jun 2025 #39

BARNEY!!! CatWoman Jun 2025 #41

Oh, it Do show! My DI in boot would have turned purple and ran us til we puked! "Hippity-hop, mob stop!" nt albacore Jun 2025 #52

Conservatives don't understand lyrics. Remember when they wanted Born in the USA as our National Anthem? Midnight Writer Jun 2025 #17

Yup SheltieLover Jun 2025 #23

All they ever hear is the Jingo. dchill Jun 2025 #25

Lyrics sheshe2 Jun 2025 #18

They're just tone-deaf to everything but what they want to hear. dchill Jun 2025 #28

I read that Trump has previously played Fortunate Son at some of his rallies also. riversedge Jun 2025 #36

I honestly think they're clueless mcar Jun 2025 #44

he just likes the line "when the band plays "Hail to the chief" " Jack Valentino Jun 2025 #49

Precisely. All they know is that B.See Jun 2025 #51

LOL... sheshe2 Jun 2025 #53

You too, Sheshe. B.See Jun 2025 #55

That's not the actual CCR record. A bad instrumental version. They also had a bad instrumental version highplainsdem Jun 2025 #27

Of course it was instrumental mcar Jun 2025 #31

I just read on Bluesky that they also played Heart's Barracuda. highplainsdem Jun 2025 #35

Wasn't this a military parade? mcar Jun 2025 #45

OH! Well.... I guess someone DID "get" the lyrics, since they censored them... Jack Valentino Jun 2025 #50

"As one of the most famous protest songs of the Vietnam War era, "Fortunate Son" revives this timeless message riversedge Jun 2025 #30

They played it at our local No Kings protest, too! regnaD kciN Jun 2025 #32

Who is playing the music? Norrrm Jun 2025 #34

I couldn't tell if it was a band or over the PA mcar Jun 2025 #46

I wonder who gets the credit/blame. Norrrm Jun 2025 #48

Next up on the setlist: "I ain't marching anymore" by Phil Ochs 0rganism Jun 2025 #38

I watched on c-span and heard the music. I was surprised. I figured they would play march music. Srkdqltr Jun 2025 #40

I wonder who approved this selection? Grammy23 Jun 2025 #42

But I guess they won't be playing Springsteen's "Born In The USA" ! LMAO Jack Valentino Jun 2025 #47

This might be a white mutiny chowmama Jun 2025 #54

That is embarrassing on so many levels genxlib Jun 2025 #56

G.O.P. draft-dodger-in-chief is such a disgrace BoRaGard Jun 2025 #57

From 2020 he's done it before...unreal NowsTheTime Jun 2025 #59