Can’t take the credit for the idea on the topic idea (heard it on the radio ironically) about songs you’d never, *ever *hear in everyone’s favourite batshit insane dictatorship, but some of the listener’s suggestions gave me a good chuckle so thought I’d throw the question open to you lot to see what ideas you’d come up with.
“Born in the USA” would suit the North Koreans fine! It’s a profoundly ANTI-American song, after all. It’s all about how capitalism and the Yankee Imperialist War Machine destroyed a man’s life.
Hmm, I would call “Born in the USA” critical of America, but anti-American sounds a bit extreme. Anyway, saying the North Koreans would like it gives more credit to their intelligence and discernment and that of their leader than Americans and their leader had at the time it came out.
4th of July - Soundgarden
American Woman - The Guess Who
Wildwood Weed - Jim Stafford
I Gotcha! - Joe Tex
Some Girls - The Rolling Stones
Big 10 Inch - Aerosmith
Low Rider - War
Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw - Jimmy Buffet
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynrd Skynyrd
The Bomber - The James Gang
Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Lemon Song - Lsd Zeppelin
Oops, serves me right for going straight to YouTube on that one.
On Born in the USA, it’s one of the most misunderstood songs of all time as a superficial hearing of the title makes it sound like the singer’s loving to be American, when every single other line is about how the singer’s country has shat on him since birth and with no end in sight. I think the title line alone would be enough to be objectionable over there though.
