The title pretty much says it all. What sarcastic song(s) about the United States do you nominate as the best?
I go for Magic America by Blur, myself.
How about I’m So Bored With The USA by the Clash? It’s not really sarcastic, though.
“Miss America” by David Byrne?
Yep. That’s the best one I can think of, too.
A couple very satiric[as if he wrote any other kind] ones by Tom Lehrer are “I Wanna’ Go Back to Dixie” and “National Brotherhood Week”.
Just Another Movie, by Timbuk Three.
“Now my freedom’s bought and paid for-
It lights up my living room.
I got nothing more to prove,
I got no reason to move.”
Three more punk classics…
“Fuck The USA” by the Exploited,
“Fuck Your America” By 7 Seconds,
and my favorite, “America The Beautiful” by DOA:
“Lock your doors, lock it tight, it’s the new immoral right. They wanna cleanse the home of the brave, for the master race of the usa. It’s so beautiful on the street, you won’t know them, like a pack of wolves in sheeps’ clothing. Spreading wide, spreading far not just another false alarm it’s so beautiful. America – i got my bible, America – i got my handgun, America – now i’m ready. America – home of the brave, America – and the home of the slaves, America – now i’m ready… but are you?”
Jon
Then there’s almost anything written and performed by Jimmy Buffet.
That’s the classic. It’s how I named this thread, after all.
im so bored with the usa was orginally titled…im so bored with you…joe strummer tweeked the lyrics to what it is known by today…so i heard…correct me of im wrong
Pink Houses by John Mellencamp can definitely be interpreted as sad or ironic, although not sarcastic.