The Offspring – Americana

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Well i'd like to tell you all about my dream, it's a place
Where strip malls abound and diversion's mere moments away

Where culture's defined by the
Ones least refined
And you'll be left behind
If you don't fit in
It's all distorted
In americana my way

Well my dream has come true
My vision has come true

Now give me my cable, fast food, four-by's, tat's right away
I want it right now cause my generation don't like to wait

My future's determined by
Thieves, thugs, and vermin
It's quite an excursion
But it's okay
Everything's backwards
In americana my way

Well my dream has come true
My vision has come true

I'm a product
Of my environment
So don't blame me, i just work here

My rights are denied by
Those least qualified
Trading profit for pride
But it's okay
Everything's backwards
In americana my way

My nightmare has come true
My nightmare has come true
Yeah, it's all coming true

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"Americana" as written by Luis Perez Juanito Oliva

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    My Opinion:sounds like the twisted world of every other american to me. i think it sort of reflects on america and how we treat ourselves and others like piss.
    Flag GodOfMelonson December 11, 2011   Link
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    My Opinion:sounds like the twisted world of every other american to me. i think it sort of reflects on america and how we treat ourselves and others like piss.
    Flag GodOfMelonson December 11, 2011   Link
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    My Opinion:sounds like the twisted world of every other american to me. i think it sort of reflects on america and how we treat ourselves and others like piss.
    Flag GodOfMelonson December 11, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:First of all - Four-bys is an abbreviation for Four-by-fours or more commonly 4x4s - meaning 4-wheel drive trucks and SUVs that all American consumers seem to value (because of all the muddy roads and mountains we traverse on our way to Target) over fuel efficient blah blah liberal stuff.

    I agree it's about consumerism and not capitalism per se, and it's very important to recognize the lyric after "don't blame me, I just work here- but I wanna fuck (it up, it all, or some other subdued anarchistic line that's hard to discern over the guitar). Even the people that know they *should* rage against the machine (ha) still don't. Why? That's the beauty of the Americana. You have to be "radical" to speak out or better yet, act out against it. It's Heidegger's classic They-Self mentality that binds us to our consumer ways. It's scary to act in an authentic way, and the liberation of it can only be felt once it's achieved.

    Also, this song is NOT about kids. It's about everyone. Most kids can't afford the materialistic things Dexter's singing about - their parents can, and by buying those things for their kids only perpetuate the idea - Buy, buy, buy.
    Flag erichthinkson August 19, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:i think this song is about the apathy, self-centeredness, and obliviousness of America's youth. America's future doesn't give a crap ABOUT the future. "We wants what we wants and yous guyes better cough it up, 'cause we're the f-ing future, and all your hopes and dreams are in our hands, and we fucking LOVE this control. So give us our junk food, our mind-rotting tv, and our disgusting habits. And dont blame us, cause, ha, YOU made us this way. so cater us, tutor us with the stupid, the naive, and the illiterate as we stuff our faces with all the materalistic crap we can reach. its what we want, so fuck you!!! let us destroy our world, our lives! let us create our nightmare! let us thrive in our own filth and torturous death."
    but i hope we're not all like this, i have to grow up with this stuff. I have to live with my generation for the rest of my life.
    Flag randomRANCORon February 14, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:this song is about the dominance of "idiot america" and how noone seems to want to break it
    Flag Aaron_sfason December 19, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I think it is about the frustration of being molded into someone regardless of what you want. And your wants mean nothing because it is part of the process. (i just work here). So your angst is probably just a product of how you were raised. Either way, you are who you are, and the world probably sucks... but that is just how I see it =P
    Flag psyconiuson October 15, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:What's a "four-by" referring to? And tats I assume is tatoos
    Flag Winduon October 10, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:this song also attacks soceity. american of course, but i think it could apply to many western countries, like australia or britain.

    'Where culture's defined by the ones least refined'

    why are people like 50 cent or rock-stars role models?
    Flag fiascodagamaon September 15, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Another great Offspring song that makes me want to kick some ass.
    Flag psyconiuson January 04, 2007   Link

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