Randy Newman's "Political Science". Remember when it was satire?

[Richardo]

My fellow DUers "of a certain age" will remember when this song came out in the mid to late 70s....I heard it last night for the first time in years and while I remember how outrageously funny I thought it was when I was in college, little did I know that the PNAC signatories were using this as a strategic model....

Randy Newman had a biting sense of irony back then, and many of his songs were taken at face value by people who don't "get" irony ("Rednecks", "Short People" and the song below being prime examples.


Political Science
by Randy Newman

No one likes us-I don't know why
We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try
But all around, even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one and see what happens

We give them money-but are they grateful?
No, they're spiteful and they're hateful
They don't respect us-so let's surprise them
We'll drop the big one and pulverize them

Asia's crowded and Europe's too old
Africa is far too hot
And Canada's too cold
And South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one
There'll be no one left to blame us

We'll save Australia
Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo
We'll build an All American amusement park there
They got surfin', too

Boom goes London and boom Paree
More room for you and more room for me
And every city the whole world round
Will just be another American town
Oh, how peaceful it will be
We'll set everybody free
You'll wear a Japanese kimono
And there'll be Italian shoes for me

They all hate us anyhow
So let's drop the big one now
Let's drop the big one now

[Waistdeep]

1. I love that song.

It's one of my favorites.

[Richardo]

2. Me too.

Hard to believe sometimes that Randy Newman did more than score Pixar features.