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Interesting to see the extensive comments made below. Don't think many songs in the charts today could start a debate like that! x
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@Jimmibear13 to update you, this song came out 22 years ago.
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That's not Johnny Marr on bass, he plays lead guitar and harmonica, genius that he is.
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Love this tune.
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@konspiracykid Well as a matter of fact I was in the "Bayou Militia", but have been out a while. I am no war monger, but I do own a few guns, and I do practice from time to time. The bottom line from my very first comment was this. I don't believe Matt tells the whole story and as an adult I am very proud to live in the U.S. We aren't perfect, but we are head and shoulders over the country that's in second place.
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@konspiracykid Reluctant because of the moron we have running things! He is a gigantic failure and an embarrassment!
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@gnarlyharley71 which Axis? We beat them in the Second World War mate. And which socialist powers are you on about? You'd better stock up on guns and ammo and form a militia, if you're not already in one. I reckon you are and you just LOVE to fire guns because it makes you feel like a real man.
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@gnarlyharley71 I'm no leftie...but I am sure the following aren't figments of my imagination and are examples of US imperialism...Vietnam, Bay of Pigs, Greneda, Korea, Iraq 1, Iraq 2 (we're here for your fucking freedom), Philipines, Hawaii, the mass slaughter of native americans, proppoing up the Shah of Iran, several CIA sponsored coups that put far right wing, ultra-nationalist regimes in place in Chile and Nicuaragua, Angola, Ethiopia etc etc America...fuck yeah!
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@gnarlyharley71 OK mister, if you fight for freedom, why was the USA so reluctant to give its backing to the recent NATO operation in Libya? Why did you have to be cajoled into NATO action against Serbia? Why didn't you act in Rwanda, even when the UN asked the US to take a bigger role?Sure, you aren't malevolant like the USSR was, but you can say that you only act in your own interests, like any state really.
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@gnarlyharley71 Think about when this song was written in 1988, it was during the Cold War, so you've got to see this song in its context, when many in the UK were genuinley pissed off with nuclear weapons. You're right though, there isn't such a thing as US imperialism. Nowadays, it's called 'power projection', 'global reach' and hegemony. Read up on the policy document called 'Project for the New American Century', which outlines the neo-con 'vision' for US 'full spectrum dominance'.
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Jimmibear13 1 year ago 12
matt johnson. the most underrated songwriter of all time. simple as that !
praxylite 1 year ago 11