What Songs Accurately Reflect The Rapid Decline Of American Culture?

Money -Pink Floyd

Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) Marvin Gaye Material Girl - Madonna Lawyers, Guns and Money - Warren Zevon Hell is For Children - Pat Benatar War- Edwin Starr Now, all of these songs are old, but the message is still applicable to today. I would not be able to answer using songs from today so I used songs from the past

The End - The Doors.

Hmmm, I guess I took this the other way. I have never understood the popularity of Ja Rule. I blame him for every ill under the sun. High gas prices last summer? Totally Ja Rule's fault.

I think Tool's Aenema is perfect. Especially this part.... Fret for your figure and Fret for your latte and Fret for your hairpiece and Fret for your lawsuit and Fret for your prozac and Fret for your pilot and Fret for your contract and Fret for your car.

Well I'm not American but in my opinion this song (even though it was written 15 years ago) is about everything that's wrong with the world in general today. If White America Told The Truth For One Day It's Whole World Would Fall Apart - Manics Street Preachers

Peace Sells (But Who's Buying?) by Megadeth What do you mean, I dont believe in god? I talk to him every day. What do you mean, I dont support your system? I go to court when I have to. What do you mean, I cant get to work on time? I got nothing better to do And, what do you mean, I dont pay my bills? Why do you think Im broke? huh? Chorus If theres a new way, Ill be the first in line. But, it better work this time. What do you mean, I hurt your feelings? I didnt know you had any feelings. What do you mean, I aint kind? Im just not your kind. What do you mean, I couldnt be president, of the united states of america? Tell me something, its still we the people, right? Chorus (repeat) If theres a new way Ill be the first in line, but, it better work this time. can you put a price on peace? Peace, Peace sells..., Peace, Peace sells..., Peace sells...,but whos buying? Peace sells...,but whos buying? Peace sells...,but whos buying? Peace sells...,but whos buying? No, peace sells...

Oddly, my first choice is more than 20 years old, and it's from an Australian band. However, with Putin around, and Kim Jong Il, and Iraq, and the growing gap between the haves and the have nots, it's still quite relevant. ~Midnight Oil, "Read About It" (Now that Peter Garrett is a politico, it makes one wonder if he's part of the problem or part of the solution--I hope he's the latter.) My second choice has to do, specifically, with the erosion of civil liberties (thanks, Patriot Act), and the acceptance, by so many people, of disgusting things like water boarding, all in the name of "safety." The "safety" you buy with torture is an illusion. ~David Bowie, "This Is Not America" This last one is just a musing on things in general--all things. ~Marvin Gaye, "What's Going On" Funny, I just realized none of my choices are new, yet to me, they are all appropriate responses. Maybe that means that things never really change much. And finally, one song for what I'd like to see more of. I don't know if it's THE answer, but it sure couldn't hurt at this point. And no, I am not a hopeless naif. ~Todd Rundgren and Utopia, "Love is the Answer"

Down Rodeo - Rage Against the Machine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_Rodeo