Bill CallahanAmerica! (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
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