Side A
Artist	Song
Jimi Hendrix	The Star Spangled Banner (intro)
Neil Diamond	Coming to America
They Might Be Giants	James K. Polk
Johnny Horton	The Battle of New Orleans
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	American Girl
John Cougar Mellencamp	Pink Houses (Ain't That America)
Jay & the Americans	Only in America
Black 47	Livin' in America
Ted Hawkins	(America) You're Beautiful to Me
Steve Earle	America v. 6.0 (The Best We Can Do)
Randy Newman	Political Science (Let's Drop the Bomb)
Deluxx Folk Implosion	I'm Just a Bill (Schoolhouse Rock cover)
The Simpsons	The Day the Violence Died (Amendment to Be, Schoolhouse Rock spoof)
Toby Keith	Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American)
Animal House	Bluto's "Nothing is Over!" speech
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Simon & Garfunkel	America
Don McLean	American Pie
Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.
Pearl Jam	Patriot (live)
Alice Cooper	Lost in America
Sgt. Barry Sadler	The Ballad of the Green Berets
Country Joe McDonald & the Fish	I'm Fixin' to Die Rag (1-2-3-4 What are we Fighting For?)
Jackyl	Open Invitation (I Hate You, Bin Laden)
D.O.A.	America the Beautiful
Ray Charles	America the Beautiful
Rick Derringer	I am a Real American
Dan Hill	It's a Long Road (end theme from "First Blood")
Jimi Hendrix	The Star Spangled Banner (outro)
Animal House	Otter's America speech, with Delta humming the anthem

Comment:

Something for Labor Day. Patriotic songs. Some sincere, some bittersweet, some sarcastic, some ironic, some direct praise and some direct slams. The counterpoints go back to back; Just a Bill vs the Simpsons parody; the Green Berets vs. Country Joe's anti-war chant; DOA's Canadian punk vs. Ray Charles' rousing rendition of America the Beautiful. Ted Hawkins' heartful appreciation of America vs. Steve Earle's "is that the best we can do?" And the Animal House quotes... well, I just think they're fitting. ;) (And of course the title is a poke at the Fox News logo).

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