God I thought I was the only one. Everytime I hear any of their songs it is worse than being kicked in the balls. Everyone is always like “I like that song” it makes me think that everything is some kind of pod person hypnotized by some sort sonic evil, and that I’m the only one in the world that gets how truly evil they are. Only thing worse is those assholes who sang 2525 and air supply. Who let them call themselves “america” it makes me want to change the name of our country to south canada or north mexico, anything to rid us of the stench.
Just FYI, America’s success is probably largely due to the fact that their producer was none other than Sir George Martin (well, I don’t think he was a knight at the time, but you get it).
Ahh. Thanks sir. Now it makes perfect sense. Lalala la la la la la.
Did the band on the run ride through the desert on a horse with no name when they fell into the sun?
Lobley must’ve had an orgasm when he read this thread title.
America was actually from Canada, if I remember correctly.
Celine Dion, Bill Shatner, and America…oh, our northern neighbors will someday pay…
jayjay
You left out Bryan Adams.
Although, the Canadian government has apologized for him on several occassions.
When you understand that the horse in question is heroin the song makes more sense, it still sucks though.
Nope, all military brats of US servicemen.
Your memory needs work. 
Saw them in concert once (Urbana IL, 1981). Surprisingly, they totally rocked! It was most amazing. Just had to share…Timmy
I’m gonna go get some ginkgo biloba now…
jayjay
What soccer team does he play on? 
How very strange, I am listening to a cd I recorded yesterday with a bunch of mixed songs, Number 11, Horse With no Name, was playing as I read your message.
Hummmm
Odil
The Germans have a name for this phenomenon. They call it, “Ear worm”.
:smack: And now you have me doing it with that friggin song. Curse you Jojo.
I always thought the worst lyric from modern music was this gem from the Backstreet Boys:
“Sadness is beautiful/
Loneliness is tragical”
Ouch, that’s bad.
Oh-rend-a-los-a-schraube, ohrend, loss, shcraube.
My roommate just came out of his room to ask what the hell is so funny out here. I’m dyin, I tell ya:)
To me, there isn’t anything inherently evil about America. The songs are obviously catchy. But like all catchy things that have been around for 30 or so years, they get rather old after a while.
Funny that the Beatles never really have. IMHO, of course.
And now the fucking song is in my head and will be for a good portion of the evening. Shit. “Ear worm” indeed. Great band name though!
Thats so much worse than bad.
Can’t we just change it to: United States of America (No, not the band that did that shitty Horse with No Fucking Name song, either, you reprehensible fuckstain.) Admittedly, all the coins would have to get bigger to fit the disclaimer on there…
At least imthjckaz saved me from the trauma of having Horse with No Name running through my head until the wee hours of the morning by posting lyrics from Sister Golden Hair.
I’ve always adored that song, maybe it’s the
“Well I tried to make it Sunday,
but I got so damn depressed
that I set my sights on Monday
and I got myself undressed”
opening, but having been (and occasionally still being) one of those now oh-so-trendy creative borderline bipolar types I’ve identified with the song since I was little kid.
Besides, it reminds me of a girl I used to want to get to know a lot better.
Actually, those America guys had a lot of balls, the way they pushed the mellow envelope. If they had gotten just a little bit more mellow, they would have ceased to exist. It was a dangerous game.