Bill Callahan – America! (5:29)

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pianistman1337

"dirty ole' Bill" hahahahahahahahaha that made me laugh so hard. Well said. ...and I think that anyone missing the inherent tongue-so-deeply-in-cheek-false-sincerity that dirty ol' Bill has been mining for years and years in this song should consider listening to some of his other stuff and come back. I promise you'll find it enlightening, as I could listen to this song and repeat and never get tired of it, nor stop laughing at the same jokes over and over again. Maybe I'm a simpleton.

last month
hfantifm

ahm. this sucks a little bit.

December 2011
rosaelefant

not really feeling this.

December 2011
surrendertoalex

I kind of assumed this song was about weighing up the good aspects and bad aspects of America and choosing to love it anyway. Bill realises that there’s a middle ground between Toby Keith’s blind patriotism and Rage Against The Machine’s blinkered pessimism.

September 2011
shootmeadeer

This has easily become my favorite off the album.

September 2011
UKNJ

http://motherjones.com/mixed-media/2011/06/bill-callahan-apocalypse-interview For ShootTheCore. That's the first one I came across, although I've read him say much along the same lines in countless others too.

July 2011
ShootTheCore

Where did Bill explain the meaning of this song, vacantandbored?

July 2011
ShootTheCore

What a marines. [3]

July 2011
zyclonben

america, fuck yeah

July 2011
phterrell

what a marines [2]

July 2011
countryvscity

Kris Kristofferson, Mickey Newbury, George Jones, Johnny Cash, what an airforce.

June 2011
sirianmorgan

What a marines

May 2011
vacantandbored

nah according to bill (who prob isn't the most reliable source now i think about it) the lyrics aren't meant to be ironic, he meant this song earnestly. he just, like, really digs america. it certainly doesn't read or sound like that but i guess we gotta take him at his word

May 2011
IanOhs

Robbie Williams - Rock DJ anyone? I hope it's just me. I suspect that if the 2 are played simultaneously the world may end. Maybe *That* is Bill's apocalypse..

May 2011
KingHeff

kept expecting him to say, fuck yea!

April 2011
erikdardan

@nigeyb, KILLER good call on the Scott-Heron influence. really exciting to see that it goes both ways. also, I can't help but smile knowing how dirty ol' Bill must have had an eyebrow or two raised as he sang "deep in America! tonight"...

April 2011
alyth

these lyrics are shouting out loud! i don't think anyone could misinterpret them, even politicians who have that big wall of ignorance would get some kind of itchy feeling of not getting it.... at the least

April 2011
exconstranger

The lyrics are far from dumb. Far, far from it.

April 2011
MyHeartsBeat

Afghanistan, Vietnam, Iran, Native America! America!

April 2011
gerrymanderthis

For some reason, the first time I listened to this I literally LOLed when he said "I never served my country"

April 2011