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by Gary E. Andrews - 03/04/24 12:47 PM
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Hi All This is my thinking from '07. It hasn't changed!
Made In America
Remember when your neighbors Cast an evil eye When you bought a foreign car And passed the ones here by Now they say, “But it’s made here” I really want to know After all is said and done Where do the profits go
Made in America---------------------------- {Chorus Was something said with pride Before big bucks and politicians Took us for a ride They gave rewards to foreigners To help them compete Now our jobs and businesses Are left out on the street
America’s been up for sale For way too long I think It’s time for common men like us To start to raise a stink Tax the imports like they do The ones we send to them Tax companies that don’t build here That’s what I recommend
Made in America---------------------------- {Chorus Was something said with pride Before big bucks and politicians Took us for a ride They gave rewards to foreigners To help them compete Now our jobs and businesses Are left out on the street
Pass the laws it takes to put us on our feet------------------- {Bridge Don’t sell out our country don’t admit defeat
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Made in America---------------------------- {Chorus Was something said with pride Before big bucks and politicians Took us for a ride They gave rewards to foreigners To help them compete Now our jobs and businesses Are left out on the street
Made in America can once again Be said with all our pride
Copyright 2007 John W. Selleck BMI [i][/i]
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Well enough written John. The subject matter may be overdone. It starts to feel like a letter to the editor rather than a song. Best -Mike
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Sounds a little fanciful, John. Can you think of a time when big bucks and politicians haven't controlled what is made anywhere? People in some parts of the world always blame the other parts for not pulling their weight.
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Well enough written John. The subject matter may be overdone. It starts to feel like a letter to the editor rather than a song. Best -Mike Hi Mike, Thanks for the read and the comments, but isn't that what protest songs are supposed to do, inform the masses?
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Sounds a little fanciful, John. Can you think of a time when big bucks and politicians haven't controlled what is made anywhere? People in some parts of the world always blame the other parts for not pulling their weight.
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Hi Vic, Thanks for the read. The facts are tough to dispute. American polititions haven't signed one trade agreement since the end of WWII that has been good for American workers, businesses, or the American people. Everything signed has favored the country or countries it was signed with. If everything signed had been equal trade agreements America would be in much better shape than it is now.
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"isn't that what protest songs are supposed to do, inform the masses?" The masses are already too informed. It isn't 60's Dylan vinyl. Ten minutes after something happens the world knows. Need a new medium for the message.
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"isn't that what protest songs are supposed to do, inform the masses?" The masses are already too informed. It isn't 60's Dylan vinyl. Ten minutes after something happens the world knows. Need a new medium for the message. And even with all the "Media and Press and Streaming", the masses remain uninformed. Most Americans today have no clue as to why their jobs were outsourced or their products come from where they do. I have found my new medium, it's called the internet and streaming, and different sites. No, it's not vinyl, even though that's making a comeback, it's todays equivalent to vinyl.
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Hi again, John.
As long as facts are taking in their entirety that's great but fact A minus fact B is dogma. I'm not in a position to know all the facts but most show that the US is the wealthiest country in the world so they can't be doing that badly.
Creatively, your lyric looks more of a rant than a song.
Maybe, Let's agree to disagree :-) .Vic
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As long as facts are taking in their entirety that's great but fact A minus fact B is dogma. I'm not in a position to know all the facts but most show that the US is the wealthiest country in the world so they can't be doing that badly.
Creatively, your lyric looks more of a rant than a song.
Maybe, Let's agree to disagree :-) .Vic[/quote]
Hi Vic, If you look at the national debt, and the trade deficits, you get a totally different picture, that means A&B. Our great great grandchildren will be paying for what's been overspent for decades. I fact check, something few do these days, so not a rant, but a factual protest song. We can use more of those, But ageeing to disagree is fine too.
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John. Perhaps I was a little harsh but I'm not saying your intention was to have a rant. Just that it comes over a bit like that. To me anyway and maybe others. But, you are entitled to protest.
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John. Perhaps I was a little harsh but I'm not saying your intention was to have a rant. Just that it comes over a bit like that. To me anyway and maybe others. But, you are entitled to protest.
Vic
Hi Vic, No problem. To be honest, protest songs are usually not interesting, except to the people who see the problem, maybe only after hearing the song. So it can sound like a rant to others, but a shared pain in the butt to those affected. Many Americans today are starting to feel like this, at least those who have to work for a living.
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I like the sentiment John but it has and always will be money money money But at least with me you're preaching to the converted. UK is bad as it has ever been too Regards John
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde
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I get what Vic says about this being a bit of a lecture, but I think it still works as a protest song, particularly if it has a catchy sing-along tune attached to it. It has a simple message, which is clearly expressed.
This line seems a bit weak: "They gave rewards to each and all." Who are "each and all?" How about something like, "They gave rewards to fat cats." As well as being more forceful, "fat cats" is fun to sing with both alliteration and assonance.
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I like the sentiment John but it has and always will be money money money But at least with me you're preaching to the converted. UK is bad as it has ever been too Regards John Thanks John, Most first world countries are having a hard time. It's hard enough to compete with products when the manufacturers there only pay there workers pennies an hour, let alone when they tax products coming into their countries exorbitantly. Personally, I believe America can grow or build anything we need. I also think we should, until trade balances out. But I am a minority.
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I get what Vic says about this being a bit of a lecture, but I think it still works as a protest song, particularly if it has a catchy sing-along tune attached to it. It has a simple message, which is clearly expressed.
This line seems a bit weak: "They gave rewards to each and all." Who are "each and all?" How about something like, "They gave rewards to fat cats." As well as being more forceful, "fat cats" is fun to sing with both alliteration and assonance.
Hi Gavin, Good to hear from you again. Thanks for the comments, and the suggestion. I changed that line to end with foreigners above. Fat cats does roll off the tongue but foreigners expresses what I want to saymore.
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