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Tuesday, July 3, 2007

All the way with the USA!


Fourth of July tomorrow, America's Birthday.....hmmm how sweet. Here's a mix of 25 songs inspired by the good ol' US of A. No rhyme or reason for selection, though I stayed away from acts I've blogged about before. Available as single downloads or grouped together at the bottom...enjoy.



1. Living in America - James Brown

2. Help Save the Youth of America - Billy Bragg

3. North American Scum - LCD Soundsystem

4. ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayitsworldwouldfallapart - Manic Street Preachers

5. I'm So Bored With the USA - The Clash

6. Young Americans - David Bowie

7. Radio America - The Libertines

8. Ashes of American Flags - Wilco

9. The American Ruse - MC5

10. America Is Waiting - Brian Eno & David Byrne

11. Amerika - Rammstein

12. Little America - REM

13. When the President Talks to God - Bright Eyes

14. The Ugly American - Big Black

15. Independence Day - Elliot Smith

16. Democracy - Leonard Cohen

17. 'Merican - Descendents

18. We're An American Band - Yo La Tengo

19. American Trilogy - Elvis Presley

20. The body of an American - The Pogues

21. The American - Simple Minds

22. Last Great American Whale - Lou Reed

23. Kids In America - The Muffs

24. Bleed American - Jimmy Eat World

25. Look Inside America - Blur

And a bonus track....fuck yeah!!

America, Fuck Yeah - Team America

Alternate Download -

Fourth of July Mix, Disc 1 Songs 1-13

Fourth of July Mix, Disc 2 Songs 13-26
Posted by Peter at 10:57 PM

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