If you could pick two songs to best represent american culture, which two would you pick? why?

Question

i am looking for two songs that relate to american culture, and i am up for hearing suggestions.

Answer 1

I agree with "American Idiot" as the first one, but I would've chosen "Highway to Hell" as the second.

Answer 2

This song applied back in the 60s and it still applies today. Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan Johnny's in the basement Mixing up the medicine I'm on the pavement Thinking about the government The man in the trench coat Badge out, laid off Says he's got a bad cough Wants to get it paid off Look out kid It's somethin' you did God knows when But you're doin' it again You better duck down the alley way Lookin' for a new friend The man in the coon-skin cap In the big pen Wants eleven dollar bills You only got ten Maggie comes fleet foot Face full of black soot Talkin' that the heat put Plants in the bed but The phone's tapped anyway Maggie says that many say They must bust in early May Orders from the D. A. Look out kid Don't matter what you did Walk on your tip toes Don't try "No Doz" Better stay away from those That carry around a fire hose Keep a clean nose Watch the plain clothes You don't need a weather man To know which way the wind blows Get sick, get well Hang around a ink well Ring bell, hard to tell If anything is goin' to sell Try hard, get barred Get back, write braille Get jailed, jump bail Join the army, if you fail Look out kid You're gonna get hit But users, cheaters Six-time losers Hang around the theaters Girl by the whirlpool Lookin' for a new fool Don't follow leaders Watch the parkin' meters Ah get born, keep warm Short pants, romance, learn to dance Get dressed, get blessed Try to be a success Please her, please him, buy gifts Don't steal, don't lift Twenty years of schoolin' And they put you on the day shift Look out kid They keep it all hid Better jump down a manhole Light yourself a candle Don't wear sandals Try to avoid the scandals Don't wanna be a bum You better chew gum The pump don't work 'Cause the vandals took the handles

Answer 3

"Smells like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana (Best for representing the rebelliousness of America's youth)
"Sweet Home Alabama" (Yes, I know it says Alabama, but I pick it due to a certain loyalty or pride American people may have...or at least a shout out to "good ol southern boys")

Answer 4

Born in the USA......The Boss
You Gotta Ffight for Your Right To Paaarrrtay....The beastie Boys.

Answer 5

"Steve McQueen" by Sheryl Crow
an escapism song. one of the best lines is "we got rockstars in the whitehouse/and all our popstars look like porn/all my heros hit the highway/they don't hang 'round here no more"

"Travelin' Soldier" by Dixie Chicks
about Vietnam and a waitress who is asked if a soldier can write back to her from the war. more to it then that, but a great song.

Answer 6

Born in the usa, born to be wild

Answer 7

american idiot, on & on & on

Answer 8

shake yer dix- peaches.


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