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Showing Original Post only (View all)Mediaite's "The Top 10 Songs Guaranteed To Annoy Liberals" [View all]
1. Lee Greenwood - "God Bless the USA"

http://www.mediaite.com/online/the-top-10-songs-guaranteed-to-annoy-liberals/
This 1984 mega-hit is synonymous with people wearing bald eagle tee shirts and flag-print shorts, waving an American flag while eating a hot dog at some kind of patriotic rally -- an image that is sure to irritate liberals.
The song has had multiple surges in popularity -- during the 1984 Reagan campaign, during the run-up to the Iraq War, and during Bush's re-election. All things that annoy liberals.
Choice lyrics: "I'm proud to be an American / Where at least I know I'm free / And I won't forget the men who died / Who gave that right to me / And I gladly stand up / Next to you and defend her still today / Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land / God bless the USA"
Check out the song below:

http://www.mediaite.com/online/the-top-10-songs-guaranteed-to-annoy-liberals/
This 1984 mega-hit is synonymous with people wearing bald eagle tee shirts and flag-print shorts, waving an American flag while eating a hot dog at some kind of patriotic rally -- an image that is sure to irritate liberals.
The song has had multiple surges in popularity -- during the 1984 Reagan campaign, during the run-up to the Iraq War, and during Bush's re-election. All things that annoy liberals.
Choice lyrics: "I'm proud to be an American / Where at least I know I'm free / And I won't forget the men who died / Who gave that right to me / And I gladly stand up / Next to you and defend her still today / Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land / God bless the USA"
Check out the song below:
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| 1. Lee Greenwood - "God Bless the USA" | |
7 (64%) |
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| Toby Keith - "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)" | |
1 (9%) |
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| 3. Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Sweet Home Alabama" | |
1 (9%) |
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| 4. The Beatles - "Taxman" | |
0 (0%) |
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| 5. Bob Dylan - "Neighborhood Bully" | |
0 (0%) |
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| 6. Rush - "The Trees" | |
0 (0%) |
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| 7. Oingo Boingo - "Capitalism" | |
0 (0%) |
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| 8. Katy Perry - "Part of Me" | |
0 (0%) |
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| 9. Hank Williams - "No No Joe" | |
1 (9%) |
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| 10. Madonna - "Papa Don't Preach" | |
1 (9%) |
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Even the melody is maudlin...perfect jerk off material for faux patriotism everywhere...
Taverner
Jun 2012
#46
"God Bless America"...Berlin could certainly write a tune, but the lyrics are obnoxious
Tom Ripley
Jun 2012
#62
Sweet Home Alabama was written as a response to Neil Young's Sothern Man and Alabama......
wandy
Jun 2012
#47
Maybe if Neil had changed the lyrics to "swear by God I'm gonna have Bruce or some...
Tom Ripley
Jun 2012
#78
Tax Man was written at a time when the top rate was something like 90% or more in the UK
bigbrother05
Jun 2012
#15
If I recall correctly, McCartney was the only one of The Fabs who did not become a tax exile
Tom Ripley
Jun 2012
#116
Well, that part too, but its basically a girl who is too young to realize is good for her.
lookingfortruth
Jun 2012
#34
ah, and they are basically telling Young not all "Southern Men" are racist? Thank you for that
lookingfortruth
Jun 2012
#33
right, but there never was a real feud with Neil.. it was all kinda of tongue in cheek
dionysus
Jun 2012
#37
Greenwood song came up the other day, when a Brooklyn principal yanked it from graduation ceremony
RZM
Jun 2012
#44
why do rightwingers think they own the flag, patriotism, red, white and blue and all things American
Liberal_in_LA
Jun 2012
#55
Because in the face of the Left's rightful claim to things like Logic and Reason,...
Volaris
Jun 2012
#114
Like "Sweet Home Alabama", Zevon's "Play It All Night Long" is often misinterpreted
Tom Ripley
Jun 2012
#77
I like how they have a token Bob Dylan song....as if it erases the hundreds of liberal
cbdo2007
Jun 2012
#113
No fair, 1 & 2 deserve a vote. I picked Keith, just for that stupid Red Solo Cup POS "song".
bluesbassman
Jun 2012
#118
IIRC, Danny Elfman admitted that "Capitalism" was pure tongue in cheek satire.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jun 2012
#122