# America, Fuck You **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 9, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004 "2002-07-09T02:12:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@Jojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jojo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004/1 "2002-07-09T02:12:44Z")
This is a problem I’ve had for the past couple of weeks now. The worst of it is there’s a country somewhere with the same name (I think). Anyway, America, you’re all bastards. If I hear that _fuckin_ song again, there will be trouble. I can’t get it out of my head. "I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert, they can remember your name 'Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain Laa laaa la la la la " ---
**Author:** ![BGo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@BGo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BGo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004/2 "2002-07-09T02:19:45Z")
You made me snort ice tea through my nose, dammit! (the tea wasn’t so bad, but the ice cubes hurt) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Forbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Forbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forbin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004/3 "2002-07-09T02:34:32Z")
I like the song. I’ve spent some time in the desert, and I thought it was a fascinating enviornment. The song captures some of that feeling methinks. Concerning taste, there are no rules. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Bix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@Mr.Bix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Bix)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004/4 "2002-07-09T02:34:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*Jojo- The worst of it is there’s a country somewhere with the same name (I think). \*\* Uh… why would another country also be named America? And what would that have to do with your dislike of this song anyway? I am confused. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004/5 "2002-07-09T02:46:50Z")
Pssst! the band that sings the song is called “America” ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004/6 "2002-07-09T02:48:06Z")
**JoJo** some of us were sick of that song 30 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004/7 "2002-07-09T02:48:16Z")
No, see…the band who did _Horse With No Name_ was America. See now? ---
**Author:** ![zwitterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/96bed5/32.png) [@zwitterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zwitterion)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004/8 "2002-07-09T02:51:18Z")
OK–I’m new so whack me with a clue-by-four if Mr. Bix’s post is sarcastic. America is the name of the band that performed the desert tune…and there is also a CONTINENT by the same name that the united states of america occupies. And, DAMMIT…I have been through the desert with a horse with no name…I can’t get this tune out of my head… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004/9 "2002-07-09T02:56:11Z")
I LIKE America. And I like “America” too. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004/10 "2002-07-09T03:00:05Z")
God’s nipples, but I thought this thread was going to be a _lot_ more fun. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004/11 "2002-07-09T03:03:54Z")
I like ‘Horse with no name’. And ‘Sister Golden Hair’. \*Well, I keep on thinkin’ 'bout you, Sister Golden Hair surprise And I just can’t live without you; can’t you see it in my eyes? Now I been one poor correspondent, and I been too, too hard to find But it doesn’t mean you ain’t been on my mind Will you meet me in the middle, will you meet me in the air? Will you love me just a little, just enough to show you care? Well I tried to fake it, I don’t mind sayin’, I just can’t make it Doo wop doo wop … \* ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004/12 "2002-07-09T03:11:34Z")
_But Oz never did give nothin’ to the Tinman That he didn’t, didn’t already have And something something, for the heatwave Or the Tropic of Sir Galahad…_ ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004/13 "2002-07-09T03:13:16Z")
Wow, most unexpected twist I’ve seen in ages. Although I disagree. It’s the perfect song to play to keep you from speeding. But I guess I can see how it would be like a cheesegrater to the spine for certain people. Especially when muppets sing it. ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004/14 "2002-07-09T03:14:28Z")
Sister Golden Hair. Now there’s a song. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004/15 "2002-07-09T03:16:34Z")
The song also features the world’s _second_-worst\* lyric: “The heat was hot” No shit?! And here I thought the heat was gonna be frosty cold! :rolleyes: Fenris \*Per bad song guru Dave Barry, the _worst_ lyric in popular song history is by Neal Diamond: “I am, I said To no-one there! And no-one heard at all Not even the chair.” Uh-huh. And you expected the chair to chat with you Mr. Diamond? Maybe that’s why no-one was there: because you’re a freaking LUNATIC who chats with inanimate objects! ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004/16 "2002-07-09T03:16:56Z")
Yeah!!! and name your FREAKIN’ horse!!! ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004/17 "2002-07-09T03:32:06Z")
I’ve always kinda thought the horse was in the witness protection program. ---
**Author:** ![sir\_viks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@sir\_viks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sir_viks)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004/18 "2002-07-09T03:46:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*_The song also features the world’s second-worst_ lyric: > > “The heat was hot” > \*\* Come on, what about the line “There were plants and birds and rocks and **THINGS** ”? I mean, what the hell, did they just run out of items that can be found in a desert? I could find plants. birds, rocks and THINGS on 95% of the friggin’ planet!! Hell, I was just in my backyard and saw plants, birds, rocks and THINGS!! I mean, shit, THINGS . . . and these people are composers and lyricists!! - THINGS!! \* ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004/19 "2002-07-09T03:52:50Z")
What’s the line that I always sing: _In the desert you can’t remember your name For there aint no one there to give you no shame._ That 's what I say, but those can’t be the real words, can they? ---
**Author:** ![sir\_viks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@sir\_viks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sir_viks)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004/20 "2002-07-09T03:58:05Z")
**Biggirl** , I think the lyrics you are refering to are as follows: In the desert you can remember your name 'Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-fuck-you/118004.md?page=2)