“We’re intergalactic worshippers of Lincoln! Free mah city of rock & roll!”

By Keyruh on 05.18.08 1:16 pm

Soaring harmonies and big hair render both zombies and golems harmless, as well as make skyscrapers secure for rooftop concerts.

By Five Husbands on 05.18.08 1:31 pm

I think they are saying they like drugs.

And thanks- cuz now this song will be stuck in my head for at least a week.

By sizzle on 05.18.08 1:32 pm

Holy crap — I saw this video today and found it funny. I didn’t realize that it was voted the worst song EVER!

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-04-18-worst-songs_x.htm

By Neil on 05.18.08 1:39 pm

Oh now I have to cleanse…. again!

We need a “Not safe for human ears tag.”

By Nat on 05.18.08 1:41 pm

I think I’ve got it. They’re alluding to the founding of our country, the philosophies of which (freedom of religion and speech and all that)were considered very radical (i.e. rock and roll) at the time. But since then we keep rolling farther and farther back,through soft rock and disco and Motown and so on until “we just lost the beat.” So basically they’re saying we need to vote for Ron Paul.

By Memarie Lane on 05.18.08 2:05 pm

and once again i miss out because youtube is still banned in turkey. dadgum. i so wanted that prize!

By natalie on 05.18.08 2:20 pm

Wow — I have an answer in my head, but I can’t quite transcribe it right now as I’m knee deep in hoopla. So sorry…

– S

By Shiny on 05.18.08 2:20 pm

Youtube is banned in Turkey?!

By Neil on 05.18.08 2:55 pm

Sizzle took my answer.

Believe it or not, this was my 7th grade “theme song.” I have no idea why we felt we needed a theme song, and surprisingly we chose it ourselves, not an aging hippy teacher.

By Kathy on 05.18.08 3:00 pm

Just say “NO”.

By scarlet hip on 05.18.08 3:01 pm

Geez, Neil, a little warning would have been nice! You know, like “Turn down the volume on the computer because this is the worst song ever, and you will be singing it in your head for the rest of the day or until you stick a skewer into your eardrum.”

That said, I don’t know.

By Alison on 05.18.08 3:02 pm

“We are a mediocre band, playing a mediocre song, and we are not ashamed.”

By Joe Crawford on 05.18.08 4:09 pm

There is nothing good to be derived from watching TeleTubbies for young children. The initial background landscape is dead on TeleTubbies. Avert your eyes or behold your future. It’s very, very sad indeed.

By AnnieH on 05.18.08 4:35 pm

To take Sizzle’s comment a bit further, this is what happens when you take too many drugs in your youth. I do not think there are enough words for my extreme dislike of this song. *sigh* Remember when they were “Jefferson Airplane” and they were cool?

By Dagny on 05.18.08 5:32 pm

I think its a bad combo of patriotism and rebellion. I think they’re a little confused.

This is fabulous. Now I need to blast Pandora for the next hour until the song leaves my brain.

By Janet on 05.18.08 6:11 pm

They’re clearly saying, “Once we were relevant and wrote songs that defined our generation. Now we’re desperately trying to prove we’re relevant. Look: We have big hair and made a music video! With highbrow references to Abraham Lincoln and the dangers of gambling. So there!”

By Nedra on 05.18.08 9:08 pm

I think they’re saying commerce, bad music and compulsive gambling have caused us to lose sight of what makes America great — electric guitars and wife-beater t-shirts.

By kristen on 05.18.08 9:08 pm

nothing, they are trying to communicate nothing. i think this is a true example of what really goes into the art of writing songs.

By piglet on 05.18.08 9:22 pm

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By Citizen of the Month » We Built Ankara with Rock and Roll! on 05.18.08 9:47 pm

I can’t watch it, Neillochka. I remember it too well, and it still pains me. How did Grace go from the poetry of Go Ask Alice to drivel like this?

It scares me. One day, I might have to go back to ad copy and finding 1001 ways to say “new and improved.” Kill me now. And take this song with you.

By Jane on 05.18.08 10:01 pm

I agree with the rebel/establishment spin.

If Honest Abe lived now, what would he be hawking?How many millions/billions would he rake in on his auto biography..

The Rat ack ruled vegas…and now it is disneyland..

And the SF of Airplane has been replaced with a GAP on Haight/Ashbury…

Rock on..is all I can say..ROCK ON!

By wendy on 05.19.08 3:23 pm

They are trying to communicate their hope for renewed relevance as musical artists?

By TRO on 05.20.08 5:40 am

it’s time for a bit of pat benatar and joan jett right about now.

By better safe than sorry on 05.22.08 5:26 am