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[–] Boozilla@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I heard this song playing in a restaurant at lunch today then I come home to find this. Freakin' weird.

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago

Perhaps the devil who went down to Georgia was Johnny all along .... and in the end he got the soul he wanted to take.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Reminds me of when Bobby Newport stole Knope's heartwarming tale of support in the face of failure, but changed it and said "...And I won!"

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

the moral of the story was don't trust celery man

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (10 children)

I think the underlying realization for The Devil Went Down to Georgia is more that Americans will listen to good music even if they don't agree with the lyrics.

The same goes for Imagine by John Lennon, for example.

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I love lyrics but i've found that most people I talk to about lyrics have no idea or don't pay attention

[–] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Yup this is my experience as well, it makes me sad honestly.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Imagine regularly gets changed to exclude the most 'objectionable' lines.

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We are Americans! Arrogance is our life’s blood, ambition is our food and drink, but most of all, hubris is the air we breathe!

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Quintessons_(Transformers)

I was just going to throw the quote away, but now it's getting to me. Why does the idea of Americans as Quintessons work so well? They're ruled by capricious five-faced nutters, and their five faces are known as "death, wrath, laughter, bitterness, and doubt". The only thing we haven't got going for us is superintelligence, but in fairness Quintessons have acted pretty stupid sometimes.

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