"Real America" by Roy Zimmerman

[staranjela]

love the video really good

[TheSkunkCat]

Living with a thousand Sarah Palins? Blaaah! No! That's against the Geneva convention! DO NOT WANT!

[TheHolyMongolEmpire]

Roy is a fucking genius.

[TheSpeedy0504]

@photolitherland Now don't push this off on Christians. I am Christian but I am also a die hard Liberal but you are pretty right on the rest of that.

[dirm12]

@photolitherland

It really says something about religious tolerance (or lack thereof) that the bigoted comment by someone giving the impression that they are Christian is flagged as spam, and yet 'Merkans are the idiots that believe in Christianity' is not.

(The fact that you called gay people 'homos' just makes this whole situation all the more unbelievable.)

[dirm12]

That is not a comment on you photolitherland, just the youtube audience that saw this video.

[davidandkaze]

ROY FOR PRESIDENT 2012!!!

[Aiden057]

Brilliant, great, wonderful. 

[Rattapax]

Say you want to raise taxes 3% on the top 10%, people dress up in costumes and  scream, but take 10% out of the family income of two teachers with children, not a damn word.

[PumpingSmashkins]

@photolitherland greedy, ignorant, white. So you're either a pathetic, self-loathing white or a retarded racist, But whichever it is, you're proud of it. Congrats.

[SpartanDFM18]

Your musicianship is spectacular.

[itsjustameme]

If Sarah Palin controls the Tea Party...

... does that mean she is the Mad Hatter?

[IAmTabiCatHearMeRoar]

@itsjustameme Win

[Wizardwizard456]

@photolitherland that's one reason...

[AesopsRetreat]

This guy proves how easy it is to make fun of something you know nothing about. How funny....

[smithjustinn]

@AesopsRetreat Your channel scares me. Why do you have so many Glenn Beck videos up that guy is loonier than Ron Paul and Donald Trump combined? The man is a sycophant.

[panterguy]

@photolitherland Actually it's rich or greedy. It really helps to be both.

[darris321]

i think most of the tea party doesn't like sarah palin either lol

[LeviathanZr6]

@photolitherland I think you mean there's just one reason to vote Republican...

[LunarMovements]

@photolitherland It must be comforting to denigrate poor southerners with pejorative terms like 'white trash' and 'rednecks' and then blame them for all the woes this country faces. After all, they are, by definition, un-empowered. They don't have the means to refute your claims. You can safely use them as scapegoats. But, tell me, how do you explain all the middle class northern whites that voted for republicans? Have you no negative stereotypes to promulgate about them?

[lequaie1234]

Roy is a brilliant guitarist and his political satire is fantastic keep up the good work Mr. Zimmerman

[camelsonhorizon]

funnier if he sings it like hes drunks a progression through. tto serious.

[Kowzgalor]

Sarah Palin should totally misunderstand this song and use it in a campaign. Great job Mr. Zimmerman! :D

[OASISriffs]

whether he pinched that tune or it's original, a serious song needs to be made of it

[QuestionReason]

Sean Hannity thumbs down'd this video.

[fdmipgo]

Some of Roy's smiles in this are glazed and plastic. His body language is such a hilarious part of each performance.

[joiskyhigh]

'Acadamia nuts' = brilliant.

[2ndviolin]

Amazing range of voice. Anyway, does Real America have its own passport?

[anmoose]

Love it, Roy! You've nailed it on the nose again, though I do find the thought of a thousand Sarah Palins a bit disturbing. LOL

[jasonlajoie]

I like all of your songs but this one I especially enjoyed because the music and singing was so to my tastes. Thanks for posting!

[Owenj33]

I think Sarah Palin was the 1 dislike of this video!

[likmysaltybalz87]

You've always had wonderful melodies, but they just keep getting better. I really, really loved the melody in this one.

[AlphonsusPeck]

You should put a warning on this vid. The sudden thought of living with a thousand Sara Palins can permanently traumatize small children and cause PTSD in adults.

[wavymavy]

Very tuneful!

[lurconis666]

I've gotta hand it to you, another great song sung! Greetings from Europe.

[Leehofooks]

Please, everyone... please go out and vote. We can't let these nutjobs take over.

[shadowfaxx1]

I'll say it again. I think I love you. :)

[caveman73]

Great stuff man!

[OnTheFritz602]

Awesome!



[kerranz]

What Roy needs is a new version of the Smothers Brothers Show.

The Daily Show springs to mind...

[JPnSpyder]

@kerranz He should get a song every episode of the daily show, or at least one a week, like it's every Friday or something like that

[Desertphile]

That reminds me. Why is it that the Bush2 Regime never punished the people responsible for the September 11, 2001, crimes against the United States?

[PrairiePie23]

OMG!! I think this is my favorite and that's saying a lot. Awesome!!

[MrCopperhead1861]

You need to play this at The Rally To Keep Fear Alive. NOTHING is scarier than a thousand Sarah Palins! O,o

[beatlegreg07]

great song! i'm gonna vote against my economic interests YAY socialism for the rich! 

[RoronoaZoro222]

Best one to date I'd say! *thumbs up*

[BrutticusForce]

I do like this song. But I like Norman Rockwell.

[antipyrene]

@BrutticusForce Yeah well Norman Rockwell lived in that communist hellhole known as Massachusetts and advocated for such evil communistic causes like civil rights, so I'm not sure hes Tea Party approved

[agathox89]

Great song. I love the subtle changes you make to the live performances of your songs compared to on the CD.

[dboz553]

Roy's puttin another nail into the Tea-Party plank. ;-)>>

[dgoldberg3]

Bring back TW3 and put Roy front and center, or at least give him a regular slot on "Need to Know" or MSNBC, and a place at the podium in the "Rally to Restore Sanity."

[guitar2adam]

haha i think this is one of your catchiest songs

[drfoxcourt]

Great lyrics, great guitar.

Thumbs up from anyone who thinks Roy deserves a place in the pantheon of musical stairists (Tom Lehrer, Alro Guthrie...)

Let's get him a spot on American Idol (Better than the pablum they usually serve up on that show)!

[MsMEHowe]

@drfoxcourt I don't think the typical American Idol audience could grasp or appreciate his style. That's why they serve up that pablum in the first place....In fact, "American Idol is a brilliant social statement...you're getting sleepy...."

[CajunGypsy]

@drfoxcourt Musical "stairists"? Is that singers who perform on StairMasters? :-) If you mean musical SATIRISTS, I wholeheartedly agree. Roy is most definitely a Tom Lehrer for our age...except unlike Tom, he actually enjoys performing instead of teaching math.

[SCRulerShinoda]

@CajunGypsy Or maybe refering to Stairway to Heaven?

[Hamandchees3]

your song writing ability is amazing

[silverfuck]

It amazes me time after time that Roy's songs (and videos thereof) are still getting better, more poignant and painfully truer. If there's one criminally underrated satirist out there, it gotta be him.

Definitely my man-crush #1... -.-

[LovelesEntertainment]

I wish I had two hands so I can give this two thumbs up.... o wait.

[Slntpsych]

Wow, great sounding song. And i agree that this is your best vocal performance.

[Soulus101]

beautiful!

[journeyer58]

I found out about Roy about 6 months ago. I know wish I'd known about him sooner and hope that some day I get to see him live. What a treat that will be.

[deadeaded]

brilliant! makes me want to see him live...

[no1saphead]

what a class act !

[TruelySonicHOG]

Roy, I'm glad you finally posted this gem of a song to YouTube. I've had it on my iPod for a good while and think it's one of your best (along with "Ted Haggard," "Summer of Loving," and a few others.)

[nlsnlpn]

Keep Going bud! Best vocal yet!

[RadarKat73080]

"Real America" where there's not a single library or brown person to offend the eye.

[fdmipgo]

Best yet, Roy.

[lukuleles]

i'm glad we have you to cut through the bullshit for us. i loved your fake smile through this.

[Paxmax]

masterful Roy!

[jimbrown257]

Mad Magazine had a good article this month called "Tea Party 'Logic'"; it highlighted some of their hypocracy pretty well. Not that it's too hard to do so.

The funniest thing I have seen from a TBer was this lady who said: "the problem with America is that, because of the liberals, they show commercials at dinnertime where ladies talk about their bathroom troubles; it's absolutely tasteless!"

The funny thing was she had a sign that said "Grandma's not shovel ready!" Now that's tasteful.

[ph00xy]

@jimbrown257 The funniest thing I heard one say was when I mentioned that McCain graduated near the bottom of his class, he said he graduated at the bottom and he turned out fine. A few days before, he was complaining that the only luxury he could afford was his chewing tobacco.

[jimbrown257]

@ph00xy

Did you see South Park a few weeks ago when the little fat boy wanted to be a Nascar racer? In it, he parodied a video of some ignorant redneck's YT video. In the SP parody, he was saying that he heard "now this Obama is gonna raise gas prices".

I found the original video that was being parodied; it was by some big fat inbred sack of shit named SkoalRebel. He was complaining because he heard Obama was going to ban flavored dip. He kept saying "That's gay as hell!"

[ThinkingManNeil]

One of your best, Roy!

[Hereticbooks]

Brilliant as usual!

[acidrunner78]

@barakameek yep. sounds like it

[Eaglesfaninca]

I'm not accusing Roy of copying a song. But, does anyone else think this sounds like "Harvest Moon" by Neil Young?

[Hamhark98]

@Eaglesfaninca Slightly But not really though. Both are acoustic and have a similar sound but this is faster and is overall more up beat. Different sound overall too.

[pinochet222]

fantastic song and performance 

[barakameek]

sounds like real Australia

[Steadno]

smile deep down

[hardinmichael1981]

Roy, you just keep getting better and better... just like the economy in "Real America"

[EmissionsWorkshop]

amazing as always