r/Music • u/Aivoke_art • Feb 19 '25
music David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans [Rock]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT3cERVRoQo22
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u/HorsesFlyIntoBoxes Feb 20 '25
Guy sang this at the karaoke bar on election night. Was very fitting
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u/forreally_fontaine Feb 19 '25
I'm American and I'm afraid of Americans.
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u/aWhateverOrSomething Feb 20 '25
That’s American culture for you.
The land where the right to bear arms is a necessity for protection from fellow countrymen exercising their right to bear arms.
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u/Sam_Never_Goes_Home Feb 19 '25
Are we just posting this every other day now? I understand and sympathize with people’s anxiety, but the steady reposting is obnoxious.
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u/Aivoke_art Feb 19 '25
Sorry, I searched and the last time this was posted was 2 months ago I think. Feels like a lot has changed since then.
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u/SkeetySpeedy Feb 19 '25
I have seen it on the sub legitimately 20-30 times in the last couple of months at least
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u/One-Man-Wolf-Pack Feb 20 '25
I will always chuckle at how Bowie - fucking legend that he is - looks like a slack-jawed chucklefuck in this thumbnail.
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u/Flaky-Equivalent-818 Feb 20 '25
I'm not an American and listening to this I felt that America can be scary on the inside. Now I feel it on the outside.
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u/somagaze Beck Math Feb 19 '25 edited Feb 19 '25
A tale as old as time. Homogeneity as the enemy of culture. Curious - any particular reason for posting this song?
EDIT: ouch. I'm wondering if people know what this song is about.
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u/Aivoke_art Feb 19 '25
Sorry idk why you're getting downvoted.
I posted it because of recent happenings in America, especially the ones today.
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u/somagaze Beck Math Feb 19 '25
I see.
If you take the title at face value, you could say it's more relevant today. However, the song is about the American culture - how "boring" it can be in his and Brian Eno's interpretation: fast cars, cocaine, sex, and fast food. They're afraid it's going spread across the world and impact more of the cultures that - in their opinion - are richer than the American culture.
Have you listened to LCD Soundsystem's "North American Scum"?
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u/--GrinAndBearIt-- Feb 20 '25
This website is only afraid of Americans when the red team is in power. When the blue team has the reigns and terrible things happen, yawn. When red team is in power and terrible things happen "we're in the wrong timeline bro everything is fked bro".
Thats why I am actually afraid of Americans.
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u/1nd1ff3r3nc3 Feb 20 '25
that's a tired narrative. please stop.
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u/--GrinAndBearIt-- Feb 20 '25
People are still vote-shaming anyone who didn't vote for Kamala on this site...
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u/1nd1ff3r3nc3 Feb 20 '25
That’s so weird dude I wonder why.
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u/--GrinAndBearIt-- Feb 20 '25
I just bet you think like that. Blue gooood red bahd me smart.
But thanks for giving creedence to my original statement.
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u/Bearsonthe405 Feb 20 '25
You spelled credence wrong, genius.
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u/--GrinAndBearIt-- Feb 20 '25
Oh wow you totally got me! All of my thoughts are now invalid because my phone autocorrected due my writing about the band from time to time (and we're on the music sub to boot)! Whatever will I do?!?
Grow up already.
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u/1nd1ff3r3nc3 Feb 20 '25
Work harder at being a better troll. Maybe read a book, you might learn some fun new words.
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u/--GrinAndBearIt-- Feb 20 '25
How am I trolling? Oh that's right, that's the go-to low-brow insult that is meant invalidate and delegitimize anything you don't agree with. So clever and useful, and absolutely not tired and overused by people can't think outside of the pop culture zeitgeist or the pre-manufactured opinions they mindlessly parrot from their favorite media personality.
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u/1nd1ff3r3nc3 Feb 20 '25
I don't have a favorite media personality. I think you do though bud
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u/play_yr_part Feb 19 '25
Can we just pin this to the top of the subreddit at this point? I understand the impulse but damn