What is wrong with this???

[greytdemocrat]

I don't find anything wrong.

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I know it's after the 4th but I was busy
today with my wife helping out her son
who is going through some tough times.

[cayugafalls]

1. great harmony...

they have done some other good stuff.

this is our country.

[Drunken Irishman]

2. It's well done but the song is awful and so is Lee Greenwood.

[greytdemocrat]

3. Why?

Why is it awful??

[Drunken Irishman]

4. It's jingoistic sappy trite...

And it doesn't help it was written by a right-winger who thinks Democrats are the devil.

[greytdemocrat]

6. It's not badly written

And my wife's son, who is a Biden supporter,
has gotten through some tough times by
listening to it.

[Drunken Irishman]

12. I am glad it's helped him...

I do not like the song.

It's cliched - and, as I mentioned, written by a guy who hates Democrats.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

10. I have a problem with "and they can't take that away"

Exactly who is trying to take our freedom away? It’s a straw man argument. I can’t really think of any country in my lifetime that has tried to take our freedom away. So does he mean the left? Trying to take his guns away, or his right to walk around brandishing them in public places in order to try to intimidate people? Or to limit his ability to bring a gun with him to his college classes? Or expecting him to be responsible enough to wear a mask? Or his right to erect divisive statues that promote traitors as heroes?

It’s designed to stoke an us vs them anger. Us, the Patriots vs. them the Not Patriots. It’s meant to stir that anger up, and the energy builds as the chest puffs up.

[Maxheader]

18. I'm sure theys out there...

But I've yet to read about or hear any country band say anything bad about stumpy.

Wasn't it the Dixie Chicks that apologized to British audiences for having shrub as

our prez? They lost a lot of record sales for that..

I don't care for country... ..If it isn't stevie ray von, or lz or du stones, or

38 special...I don't get going...

[demtenjeep]

21. Brad Paisley and wife, Luke Bryan, Darious Rucker

Little Big Town

Just off the top of my head. Are Democrats

[Sucha NastyWoman]

23. Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires, this great new band called The Chicks😉

Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw,Faith Hill, Carrie Underwood, Kasey Musgraves. More country artists that, if not Democrats/liberals, then definitely anti-Trump.

There’s always been a few, but in this newer generation, three are a bunch on our side.

We shouldn’t cede country music to The Lee Greenwood lovers!

[LuckyCharms]

5. In my view, the song has been hijacked by the right wing,

and it is over-played. Therefore, while there may actually be nothing wrong with the song itself, it leaves a bad taste in a lot of mouths. As a stand alone song it is probably fine, but this song, and Mr. Greenwood's name (I'm unsure of his true political beliefs) remind me of false, hyper-patriotism by right wingers.

[greytdemocrat]

9. Thanks.

My wife's son is going through a messy
divorce with a right wing bitch but he still
finds some comfort in the song. Go figure.

[LuckyCharms]

11. Well, music is one of those things that stirs people emotionally...

Music usually reminds reminds people of something else, for whatever reason.

If the song has helped your wife's son through some tough times, then the song is "good" for him, and no one can say that he is wrong for liking the song.

I hope everything works out for the best for all involved.

[greytdemocrat]

16. Thanks.

I think her son is also being taken advantage
of by RW scum trying to take money from him
but it's tough to convince him, he's really bull
headed once he's made up his mind.

[mercuryblues]

22. Right wing asshole would have

been a great alternative to a misogynistic, slur against women.

[TeamPooka]

7. There was nothing wrong with the Swastika until the wrong people used it as their symbol too.

[ZZenith]

8. The heavy-handed and clumsy use of Autotune for one.

Also, this is the song historians will listen to when they are trying to understand the origins of the Fourth Reich. This is the kind of jingoistic tripe that has been poisoning the minds of our fellow citizens for several decades now, causing them to throw all reason out the window and pledge unswerving devotion to one of the worst people this country has ever produced, who is actually a puppet of one of our most devious adversaries. Prior to that it was used to help convince our population of the need to invade a foreign country which had done nothing to us and murder hundreds of thousands of innocents for the sole purpose of enriching already obscenely wealthy people.

Other than that, it’s fine.

[greytdemocrat]

13. Exactly!!!

You couldn't have put it any clearer for
people reading DU for the 1st time.

Thank you!!!

[ZZenith]

14. Thanks for the opportunity.

Actually had to play this version through the PA at our gig tonight because the owner of the place thought it was important that everyone hear it.

[rusty fender]

15. It was, basically, George W. Bush's anthem

And Greenwood sang it at his rallies all over the country. It's also sappy trite

[ms liberty]

17. The song is actually pretty old. Reagan used it in 84

And it's been reanimated by the GOP several times since. They have co opted it as their go-to song whenever they need to whip up the "God bless America - and no on else" crowd. Posters above have critiqued it as well as I could, so I will leave it to them, but the use of the term jingoism is completely accurate, IMO.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

19. Very selfish song in today's global environment.

If one believes in prayer and a god of some sort, they should be praying for the entirety of humankind during a global pandemic, not just the USA.

Singing it makes the USA seem even more selfish and self-centered after Trump's "USA First" policies that have damaged our global relationships to a point that will take decades to recover.

Please wish your wife and her son best wishes from our loving bunch of folks at DU!......


KY........

[Silent3]

20. As an atheist, nothing with "God bless" being so central and prominent...

...to the theme of the song works at all. It just emphasizes how cloying the rest of the song is.

[LanternWaste]

24. Is someone asking you not to play this particular piece of music?

If not, what then is the purpose of taking a thing which brings you happiness onto message board to ask what's wrong with it?


Not being clever, I really can't see a direct correlation between simply listening to something you may enjoy which then leads you to seek moral imperative on whether you can listen to it or not.