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BlueKota

(5,365 posts)
35. American Pie
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 04:45 PM
Jul 2025

"And as I watched him take the stage, my hands were clenched in fists of rage, no angel born in hell could break that's satan's spell." "I saw Satan laughing with delight the day the music died. Bye, bye Miss American Pie."

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Don't Let It Bring You Down Neil Young...nt wcmagumba Jul 2025 #1
Pete Segar and The Boss .... bruce at President Obamas Inageration . This Land is Your Land Trueblue1968 Jul 2025 #20
One of my favorite songs, that I sang as a child in elementary school. cksmithy Jul 2025 #65
"I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better.... Zambero Jul 2025 #73
"For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield Glorfindel Jul 2025 #2
Green Day. American Idiot Easterncedar Jul 2025 #3
American Idiot ZDU Jul 2025 #4
Hendrix Star Spangled ZDU Jul 2025 #5
This! H2O Man Jul 2025 #85
The Star Spangled Banner Kid Berwyn Jul 2025 #6
Can't get anymore brilliant than that. brush Jul 2025 #61
Philadelphia Freedom. Frasier Balzov Jul 2025 #7
"Suite Madame Blue" by Styx RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jul 2025 #8
GD US Blues Rver Jul 2025 #9
Jefferson Airplane: "Volunteers" Tom Rinaldo Jul 2025 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jul 2025 #11
The Clash, I'm so bored with the USA DBoon Jul 2025 #12
Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name Of Initech Jul 2025 #13
F djt odins folly Jul 2025 #31
Monster onethatcares Jul 2025 #14
Still relevant vanamonde Jul 2025 #22
America Drinks & Goes Home JoseBalow Jul 2025 #15
Dropkick Murphys "Who'll Stand With Us?" Wiz Imp Jul 2025 #16
New album drops tonight! Initech Jul 2025 #29
Excellent! I didn't know that. Wiz Imp Jul 2025 #34
Dropkick Murphys are great Hekate Jul 2025 #42
+infinity for the Murphs RandomNumbers Jul 2025 #99
The Killers - Land Of The Free Wiz Imp Jul 2025 #17
The video for the album version is really powerful also. nt moniss Jul 2025 #41
Agreed. Directed by Spike Lee and filmed at the US-Mexico border Wiz Imp Jul 2025 #51
Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction Wiz Imp Jul 2025 #18
Childish Gambino - This Is America Celerity Jul 2025 #19
Living in the wasteland of the free Iris DeMent onethatcares Jul 2025 #21
Alice's Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie Ping Tung Jul 2025 #23
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott Heron, & 'Merican by The Desendants intheflow Jul 2025 #24
Billy Bragg - Help Save the Youth of America Wiz Imp Jul 2025 #25
X - 4th of July. I play it at least once every year underpants Jul 2025 #26
yup, this is the one AmandaRuth Jul 2025 #94
Coming to America -- Neil Diamond Hekate Jul 2025 #27
The Clash: I'm so bored with the U-S-A... Duncan Grant Jul 2025 #28
Masters of War. greatauntoftriplets Jul 2025 #30
Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World Wiz Imp Jul 2025 #32
Springsteen odins folly Jul 2025 #33
No Surrender. RandomNumbers Jul 2025 #100
Ghost of Tom Joad RandomNumbers Jul 2025 #102
American Pie BlueKota Jul 2025 #35
Guys, this is amazing! nolabear Jul 2025 #36
Sorry, I'm no mood to celebrate EnergizedLib Jul 2025 #37
If you recognize these songs, you know there's precious little celebrating here Hekate Jul 2025 #39
Oh this isn't celebration! nolabear Jul 2025 #72
"Raise A Little Hell" by Trooper. nt moniss Jul 2025 #38
Beds are Burning - Midnight Oil berniesandersmittens Jul 2025 #40
The American Ruse - MC5 CivicGrief Jul 2025 #43
Best one so far! johnp3907 Jul 2025 #77
NOFX - Franco Un-American Celerity Jul 2025 #44
"If You Tolerate This, Then Your Children Will Be Next"--Manic Street Preachers Tommy Carcetti Jul 2025 #45
Phil Ochs "Ringing of Revolution". nt moniss Jul 2025 #46
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) - Woody Guthrie ultralite001 Jul 2025 #47
Richie Havens "Freedom" from Woodstock. moniss Jul 2025 #48
This message was self-deleted by its author moniss Jul 2025 #50
Green Day: American Idiot Duncan Grant Jul 2025 #49
Bob Marley & The Wailers: War struggle4progress Jul 2025 #52
Sly & The Family Stone: Everyday People struggle4progress Jul 2025 #53
Rush Wiscodoug Jul 2025 #54
Judy Collins and Pete Seeger "Turn, Turn, Turn" moniss Jul 2025 #55
"We're a Winner" by Curtiss Mayfield, "The Revolution Will Not Be Telivised" by Gil Scott Heron. brush Jul 2025 #56
Phil Ochs "When I'm Gone" moniss Jul 2025 #57
I always play Hendrix's Star Spangled Banner on 4th of July Iris Jul 2025 #58
Anthem - Leonard Cohen FalloutShelter Jul 2025 #59
Carole King: You've Got a Friend struggle4progress Jul 2025 #60
You had me at The Beatles, Revolution. cksmithy Jul 2025 #62
Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell Nanuke Jul 2025 #63
"they paved paradise and put up a parking lot" was one of the great song lines I remember from that era... CTyankee Jul 2025 #98
Lean On Me struggle4progress Jul 2025 #64
Ben King: Stand By Me struggle4progress Jul 2025 #66
From the amazing Spike Jones usonian Jul 2025 #67
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For struggle4progress Jul 2025 #68
i particularly like the metaphor of america as a monster that eats its young rampartd Jul 2025 #69
the dirty f in hippies were right rampartd Jul 2025 #70
Guess Who liberaltrucker Jul 2025 #71
Savage daughter Ghost of Tom Joad Jul 2025 #74
It Isn't Nice dpibel Jul 2025 #75
Phil Ochs, proving history does repeat dpibel Jul 2025 #76
We're not going to take it. Twisted Sister Sun-Moon Jul 2025 #78
This message was self-deleted by its author Borogove Jul 2025 #79
This Is Not America. David Bowie and Pat Metheny Borogove Jul 2025 #80
Eye Of The Tiger Swede Jul 2025 #81
"Golden Country" - REO Speedwagon Jack Valentino Jul 2025 #82
"For America" Jackson Browne Jack Valentino Jul 2025 #83
BOB DYLAN "With God On Our Side" !!! Jack Valentino Jul 2025 #84
Partial Birth by Tilt. 3 others. With lyrics. Solly Mack Jul 2025 #86
Glory - Common and John Legend highplainsdem Jul 2025 #87
MC5-American Ruse electricmonk Jul 2025 #88
I'm Afraid of Americans -David Bowie misanthrope Jul 2025 #89
Allentown DFW Jul 2025 #90
This one we put out for last year's July 4th: CANYONLANDS - Cleansing your palate of the Political DFW Jul 2025 #91
This is Not America - David Bowie/Pat Metheney Cloudhopper Jul 2025 #92
David Bowie & Trent Reznor - I'm Afraid of Americans PunkinPi Jul 2025 #93
This is my playlist for today. thought crime Jul 2025 #96
Impeach the President -- Honey Drippers AmandaRuth Jul 2025 #95
"Sail Away" - Randy Newman, "Rocket USA" - Suicide thebigidea Jul 2025 #97
It's The End Of The World As We Know It Ocelot II Jul 2025 #101
Martin Kerr, What's Up America RandomNumbers Jul 2025 #103
Wide open spaces/The Dixie Chicks as they were then known cbabe Jul 2025 #104
Pete Seeger - We Shall Overcome Wiz Imp Jul 2025 #105
America Waylon Jennings Mountainguy Jul 2025 #106
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