Anti-heroes

I’m not particularly bothered by political views, but guys like Kid Rock and Jason Aldean go out of their way to be assholes about it. I’m protesting that more than anything they may believe politically.

 

MY MAN

 

The local high school plays "Glory Days" after a win. Might as well play "Cats in the Cradle" at a baby shower.

 

"Forunate Son": The official song of the Vietnam War.

 

Rockin’ In the Free World has to make the podium. I think Rush Limbaugh tried to use it as a closing song at one point.

Ha - it just came on the radio.

Troy Aikman has a beer company now and for its Memorial Day Instagram message it played Fortunate Son.

 

Rush nailed it in retrospect with "My City Was Gone" by the Pretenders. Ohio is fucking gone and Florida is blowing its doors in progress.

 

I have a special love for Fortunate Son. I know what the actual song is about, and I obviously wasn't in Nam, but I have an intimate connection with military helicopters.
But if there is another song that can fire me up and make me fist pump in about three notes, I can't think of it.

 

If you actually listen to the words, "Glory Days" is depressing as hell.

 

I distinctly remember this, too.

Just before he died was when the "all 80s" radio format really took off, and the songs from "Thriller" and "Bad" were conspicuously absent despite being huge hits. Then Michael Jackson died, and all of a sudden is was OK to play "P.Y.T." again ...

 

Kid Rock for all the reasons already mentioned.

and it’s not that he’s a conservative. It’s that he glorifies ignorance when he clearly knows better. He’s no idiot.

 

That applies to a lot of Springsteen's catalogue. The man pairs catchy tunes and pairs them with lyrics so dark they'll make you want to blow your brains out like nobody else.