Well that is how Neil describes how he came up with the song...

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Aug 28, 2015
7:08:34pm

PenrynCoug

Well that is how Neil describes how he came up with the song...

Watching TV he saw the Iranians on TV burning the flag and protesting US involvement in Middle East... Bush 1st just became President. Neil thought we should spend more time on social issues affecting the US as outlined by the lyrics... The title"Rockin in the Free World" was a remark a fellow band member made while watching with him, at least that is what I remember...

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One of the dumbest lines in any song is "I don't feel like Satan, but I am to

TaiJuan

8/28/15 5:30pm

My hump my hump my hump my lovely little lumps

DapperDan

8/28/15 5:37pm

Fine. That's pretty terrible. It didn't help with my veiled griping. After all,

TaiJuan

8/28/15 5:40pm

RE: My hump my hump my hump my lovely little lumps

Conan

8/28/15 6:17pm

Yeah, Neil Young pretty mediocre. Just some Grammy Awards, R&R HOF member

HawkCat

8/28/15 5:40pm

Who is "them" Neil Young superfan?

TaiJuan

8/28/15 5:43pm

"them"?

HawkCat

8/28/15 5:45pm

Well, Lynyrd Skynyrd felt he was important enough to write Sweet Home Alabama

HawkCat

8/28/15 5:50pm

You also appreciate that good artists don't always have great record sales.

TaiJuan

8/28/15 5:52pm

I didn't bring up mediocre record sales to try to discredit Neil, you did.

HawkCat

8/28/15 6:10pm

You're on a first name basis? I am discrediting the suggestion that "them" think

TaiJuan

8/28/15 6:16pm

He has a lot of enemies. That's what happens when you write "Let's Impeach the

HawkCat

8/28/15 6:26pm

Are you sure it's not, like, a metaphor or personification of the U.S.,

SoCalCoug

8/28/15 5:58pm

I thought you were just proposing that abstractly. My bad.

TaiJuan

8/28/15 7:53pm

If you're looking for dumb song lines look no further than Bruno Mars

HawkCat

8/28/15 6:00pm

You know the song is based on how the Middle East views the US

PenrynCoug

8/28/15 6:48pm

If that's actually the case then it's a better lyric. I kind of doubt it, though

TaiJuan

8/28/15 6:50pm

Pres Bush response to the Middle East angst

PenrynCoug

8/28/15 6:58pm

I either got owned or you're full of crap. The timelines match up, but the

TaiJuan

8/28/15 7:02pm

Well that is how Neil describes how he came up with the song...

PenrynCoug

8/28/15 7:08pm

RE: I either got owned or you're full of crap. The timelines match up, but the

SoCalCoug

8/28/15 7:49pm

RE: If that's actually the case then it's a better lyric. I kind of doubt it,

DapperDan

8/28/15 7:05pm

Crap. I lose.

TaiJuan

8/28/15 7:10pm

Every line of "Same Love" is dumber than that. Man I hate that song

Shimmy

8/28/15 7:03pm

Can you draw or keep your room straight? That's a pretty dead giveaway.

TaiJuan

8/28/15 7:12pm

Lol. Son, you've been crushin' honeys since pre-k. You're like super straight.

Shimmy

8/28/15 7:57pm

...which naturally is better or you wouldn't be dropping it on a daily.

TaiJuan

8/28/15 8:03pm

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