Difficult Listening Hour 2020.07.04: America 2020 Edition

To celebrate All Countries Matter day, a (somewhat cynical) genre-spanning selection of songs for the Fourth of July.

If you’re American and will be 18 or older in November: Make sure you’re registered to vote, and vote this November. We could be so much better than we are right now.

  1. David Bowie, I’m Afraid of Americans (v3)
  2. The Chicks, March March
  3. Pigface, Nutopia
  4. KMFDM, Dogma
  5. Public Enemy, State of the Union (STFU)
  6. Love and Rockets, Ball of Confusion (12″ UK)
  7. Alabama 3, Woody Guthrie
  8. Melodicka Bros, Country Roads
  9. Janelle Monáe, Americans
  10. Consolidated feat. Crack MC, Crackhouse (Conference)
  11. The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury
  12. Beyoncé, Formation
  13. KRS-One, Sound of Da Police (Freq Nasty’s Breakbeat Bacon)
  14. Legion Within, Fascisti 2020
  15. Childish Gambino, This Is America
  16. Beyoncé, Black Parade
  17. Alabama 3, Mao Tse Tung Said
  18. Bigod 20, America
  19. KMFDM, Sex on the Flag
  20. The Candy Skins, For What It’s Worth
  21. Poems for Laila, Americans
  22. David Bowie, I’m Afraid of Americans (v1)