America Kicks Ass Lyrics
America totally kicks ass. Strongest nation on Earth. Nobody can kick our ass. Nobody can intimidate us, because we don't give a fuck. We are motherfucking hard like a gangsta with a nine by our side. Except there's no five-O gonna roll up and beat our ass down. And we're not really criminals, because there's no international law. No international law, because there's no international courts. And there are no international courts because we refuse to recognize any court that might ever try to stop us from doing whatever the fuck we want.
Dude. It's called "speaking in character." John is not a raging jingoistic asshole.
This is a staggeringly powerful song. John S. Hall can barely contain his temper as he rages (with blatant, unadulterated sarcasm) against US foreign policy. He is saying that the United States cares not a jot about any other country, as far as he can tell, and he obviously does not wish to be seen to be complicit in policies which create further sentiments of anti-Americanism around the world, sentiments which inspire atrocities such as those perpetrated by al-Qaeda and other ruthless militants. As a humanitarian, it pains him greatly to note that the American state is seen by many people throughout the world to be behaving in a manner that is no better than that of the very worst playground bully. You can bet your house that John S. Hall did not vote for McCain in the recent presidential election.
lol your wrong... He is obviously making a mockery of the U.S. and the way we do business.
I'd say John loves America, but can speak about it satirically as well. And that's what this is. Entirely.
One of my favourite King Missile tracks. Obviously it's a satirical piece. I'm not sure how some people seem to miss that. The music fits so well. I love how the bass gently carries the tune into a full blown rant and rage. Those chugs of harsh distorted guitar and shrieks of violin.really getting the listener into the mood. It sounds like an almost unstoppable machine chugging along.
Really quite a powerful piece of music, both lyrically and instrumentally. They go hand in hand. In my opinion, this really shows the genius of King Missile that so many have missed. I find it a huge shame that they are so overlooked because most perceive them as just a college-humour band. Yet, I am so happy I listened to every single release of theirs and saw beyond all of that. One of my top bands because of works like this/ And also the brilliantly put together lyrics of others such as "Ed" deserve a mention.
No, no, no!!
This is not sarcasm!! It is really his opinion!! I' am a German and I met John S. Hall and the producer Kramer from Shimmy Disc in the Netherlands! I know him well and what he think!! No, no, no!!! This night there was a documentation on the serious Arte TV about VIETNAM!!! What the hell 'They' had to do there?! I don't know any country which is so hawky like the US! I' m absolutely convinced tha Amerika will drive us to the 3. World War!!! John would say: "World War III is Giant ice cream Cone"!
"MARK WELL MY WORDS! THEY ARE OF YOUR ETERNAL SALVATION" W. Blake
Think of it!
Ozymandias
I think it's pretty obvious that it means that John S. Hall loves America.
King Missile is awesome, too bad not enough people know about them :(
sarcasm haha! america does not kcik ass mr president!