Trump is not just getting greeted by the British with the “Trump Baby” balloon, he is also being greeted by the protest song ‘American Idiot’ sung by the American group Green Day which topped the charts in 2004 and is now strongly trending in the UK.
British protesters started campaigning for the song to become No. 1 on the UK charts to troll Trump ahead of his visit few days ago. And the campaign seems to have succeeded!
Here is a report on the current status of the song -
Here is the official video of the song -
Lyrics
The song was written in 2004 but the lyrics seem to apply to 2018 even better.
Don't wanna be an American idiot
Don't want a nation under the new media
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mind-fuck America
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
Well maybe I'm the faggot America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
Now everybody do the propaganda
And sing along to the age of paranoia
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
Don't wanna be an American idiot
One nation controlled by the media
Information Age of hysteria
It's calling out to idiot America
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
Songwriters: Billie Joe Armstrong / Frank E. / Iii Wright / Michael Pritchard
American Idiot lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc
Trump Welcomed with Boos and Chants.
Trump Baby is Flying
Even mild-mannered Sen. Kaine knew the connection with this song — back on Jul 6 -
And of course the word #AmericanIdiot is being applied to you know who.
Further Reading
- Britain Greets Donald Trump with Green Day’s “American Idiot” — www.newyorker.com/…
-
Green Day's 'American Idiot' hits top of British charts in time for Trump's UK visit — www.usatoday.com/...