Current Events > Is "Fortunate Son" the most misused song in music history?

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SomeGuyUO
07/03/22 2:00:36 PM
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What ya think?
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AldousIsDead
07/03/22 2:02:28 PM
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Born in the USA has got to be up there.

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lilORANG
07/03/22 2:02:50 PM
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Hallelujah at weddings

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UnholyMudcrab
07/03/22 2:03:08 PM
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Entrance of the Gladiators

Everyone knows it as "that circus music," but it was originally written as a military march

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JlM
07/03/22 2:04:12 PM
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So many commercials where they just use the "OOOH DAT RED WHITE AND bLuUuE!" line and then are like "OSCAR MEYERS JEAN JACKET WRAPPED FRANKS ALL AMERICAN FUCK YOU"

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Hayame Zero
07/03/22 2:05:05 PM
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lilORANG posted...
Hallelujah at weddings
Or Good Riddance

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JlM
07/03/22 2:05:27 PM
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lilORANG posted...
Hallelujah at weddings

It's always weird as shit around Christmas when this song is mixed in with 109 versions of Jingle Bell Rock

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CanuckCowboy
07/03/22 2:05:28 PM
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AldousIsDead posted...
Born in the USA has got to be up there.


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Xatrion
07/03/22 2:07:15 PM
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Gimme back my bullets

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ScazarMeltex
07/03/22 2:14:06 PM
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Basically every song wherein there is a criticism of American foreign policy disguised in patriotic language. Nationalist conservatives are just too fucking stupid to ever catch it.

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XxKrazyChaosxX
07/03/22 2:16:20 PM
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https://youtu.be/zhOLfiU_n9k

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kawalimus
07/03/22 2:18:16 PM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
Basically every song wherein there is a criticism of American foreign policy disguised in patriotic language. Nationalist conservatives are just too fucking stupid to ever catch it.

I think a lot of them do catch it but are like "fuck you, we are using the song this way anyway". Not all of them like the Killing in the name of morons, but some for sure.
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SSJPurple
07/03/22 2:18:30 PM
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Angry Trumpers mobbing out to Rage Against The Machine comes to mind lmao

Surely nobody can be that stupidTrump and his goons are part of the machine lmao

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TomClark
07/03/22 2:19:58 PM
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Semi-Charmed Life appeared in far more "sunny happy fun time montage" scenes than it should have.

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gunplagirl
07/03/22 2:20:25 PM
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SSJPurple posted...
Angry Trumpers mobbing out to Rage Against The Machine comes to mind lmao

Surely nobody can be that stupidTrump and his goons are part of the machine lmao
They are. Oh God, they are.

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Gobstoppers12
07/03/22 2:20:51 PM
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Not as overused as "It Ain't Me" in every Vietnam movie.

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gunplagirl
07/03/22 2:21:39 PM
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TomClark posted...
Semi-Charmed Life appeared in far more "sunny happy fun time montage" scenes than it should have.
Hey Ya comes to mind in that context.

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ScazarMeltex
07/03/22 2:27:47 PM
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Gobstoppers12 posted...
Not as overused as "It Ain't Me" in every Vietnam movie.
Bro, that is Fortunate Son. The very song this topic is about.

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Jiggy101011
07/03/22 2:31:50 PM
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Gobstoppers12 posted...
Not as overused as "It Ain't Me" in every Vietnam movie.

Lol....

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Thompson
07/03/22 2:32:51 PM
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gunplagirl posted...
They are. Oh God, they are.
Don't forget them unironically playing Macho Man by the Village People in one of the Trump rallies.

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DrizztLink
07/03/22 2:34:56 PM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
Bro, that is Fortunate Son. The very song this topic is about.
Teenage Wasteland is up there, too.

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Tyranthraxus
07/03/22 2:37:04 PM
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Hey Man Nice Shot when it's used in literally anything

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Hayame Zero
07/03/22 2:38:09 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Hey Man Nice Shot when it's used in literally anything
Still can't believe that song was on Regular Show

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discodancer77
07/03/22 2:41:17 PM
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Pumped Up Kicks?

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Tyranthraxus
07/03/22 2:42:53 PM
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Hayame Zero posted...
Still can't believe that song was on Regular Show
It was on x files where it could have been woven in appropriately but they made it the theme to a monster of the week instead.

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DirkDiggles
07/03/22 2:44:20 PM
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I found it extremely hilarious when Trump used it during his campaign.

I guess somebody didn't listen to the lyrics when they chose it. lol

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Lost_All_Senses
07/03/22 2:45:30 PM
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Don't think I heard it. My guess from just the title is that it's about the extreme privilege some get in America just by what race and class they're born into

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Tyranthraxus
07/03/22 2:50:17 PM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
Don't think I heard it. My guess from just the title is that it's about the extreme privilege some get in America just by what race and class they're born into

Yes. It's basically the inverse of Born in the USA where Born in the USA talks about all the awful shit the working class American man has to go through, Fortunate son talks about how wealthy Americans get to coast avoiding war and taxes because of birth privilege.

They're both played often in Republican campaigns.

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DirkDiggles
07/03/22 2:51:01 PM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
Don't think I heard it. My guess from just the title is that it's about the extreme privilege some get in America just by what race and class they're born into

It's about young poor and middle class men getting drafted for the Vietnam War while the young rich men just dodge the draft with no consequences, which Trump did.

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mustachedmystic
07/03/22 2:58:23 PM
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fOmaEHIWgdc

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garan
07/03/22 3:12:30 PM
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AldousIsDead posted...
Born in the USA has got to be up there.


Came in to say this, but also "Every Breath You Take" by the Police is used at a lot of weddings despite the fact that it's about how unhealthy obsession is.
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gunplagirl
07/03/22 3:18:31 PM
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mustachedmystic posted...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fOmaEHIWgdc
https://youtu.be/Wxqna_NAj1U

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Gobstoppers12
07/03/22 3:19:00 PM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
Bro, that is Fortunate Son. The very song this topic is about.
Psst.

That's the joke.

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Lost_All_Senses
07/03/22 4:34:25 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Yes. It's basically the inverse of Born in the USA where Born in the USA talks about all the awful shit the working class American man has to go through, Fortunate son talks about how wealthy Americans get to coast avoiding war and taxes because of birth privilege.

They're both played often in Republican campaigns.

DirkDiggles posted...
It's about young poor and middle class men getting drafted for the Vietnam War while the young rich men just dodge the draft with no consequences, which Trump did.

Lol. It's weird how some people can twist anything to become the hero of their story.

I actually guessed that mostly off a Rise Against song with the same premise that has the line "Whose daughter are you? Whose fortunate son?" which could be a callback to that sing.

Disparity by Design. Strongly recommend.

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ScazarMeltex
07/03/22 5:18:15 PM
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Gobstoppers12 posted...
Psst.

That's the joke.
Hey man, it's hard for me to tell this shit sometimes, there are some truly dense people around here ;p

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Sayoria
07/03/22 5:30:05 PM
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Nope. "Born in the USA" is.

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DD Divine
07/03/22 5:30:57 PM
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all these are good. A coworker recently complained that Rise Against is too political lately. Im like lately????

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rexcrk
07/03/22 5:31:00 PM
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Be neat if you gave context to how its misused.


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SauI_Goodman
07/03/22 5:31:26 PM
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White wedding

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Lost_All_Senses
07/03/22 5:35:36 PM
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DD Divine posted...
all these are good. A coworker recently complained that Rise Against is too political lately. Im like lately????

I got into deeply into their music when they got more political. And that was like 12-13 years ago. Endgame is front to back my shit. I like their stuff before that, but not nearly as much. God forbid someone uses their spotlight to point out gay kids getting bullied to the point of suicide or all the familes that were left behind during Hurrican Katrina....

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Oubliettes
07/03/22 5:38:26 PM
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it is actually who let the dogs out by the baha men

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Sayoria
07/03/22 5:39:33 PM
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DD Divine posted...
all these are good. A coworker recently complained that Rise Against is too political lately. Im like lately????

That's like saying "Hey, don't you think Billie Joe Armstrong was a bit out of line and out of character for saying Fuck America?"

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Lost_All_Senses
07/03/22 5:42:44 PM
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Oh, and isn't their name alone political? What did he think they were Rising Against? I might be wrong. I have no idea of their origins. But Rise Against works super well as a name for someone fighting against the establishment. So, I figured that's why it's their name

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pogo_rabid
07/03/22 5:45:45 PM
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You know what popular song isn't overplayed enough? Wayward Son by Kansas

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tanis574
07/03/22 6:01:39 PM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
Hey man, it's hard for me to tell this shit sometimes, there are some truly dense people around here ;p

No you were so eager to prove somebody wrong on the Internet that you missed the joke.
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kirbymuncher
07/03/22 6:06:14 PM
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I dunno how much everyone else misuses it but I just want to say that just another brick in the wall got played at my middle schooll graduation. I don't think most people even really noticed

wonder which teacher in charge of that one was laughing to themselves in the corner

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divot1338
07/03/22 6:09:43 PM
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Have you seen how much they play YMCA at Trump rallies?

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DrizztLink
07/03/22 6:10:29 PM
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kirbymuncher posted...
I dunno how much everyone else misuses it but I just want to say that just another brick in the wall got played at my middle schooll graduation. I don't think most people even really noticed

wonder which teacher in charge of that one was laughing to themselves in the corner
That was my high school class graduation song.

We voted.

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