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Sat Jun 14, 2025, 08:45 PM

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They are actually playing CCR's "Fortunate Son" [View all] mcar Jun 14 OP

Hooo! They'll point the cannon at you! dchill Jun 14 #1

Travesty ALBliberal Jun 14 #2

actually... markie Jun 14 #3

Fogerty's tried to call him off senseandsensibility Jun 14 #4

Clearly they don't understand the song. choie Jun 14 #5

Bet they didn't mcar Jun 14 #7

I doubt it MustLoveBeagles Jun 14 #8

They never do. With equally tin ears... dchill Jun 14 #21

JOhn Fogerty just had his 80th birthday on May 28. Wiz Imp Jun 14 #37

Next up, "YMCA," which is totally not gay. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jun 14 #6

... mcar Jun 14 #9

Taco Taco Man. pwb Jun 14 #10

I just hope this post is true... Enter stage left Jun 14 #11

Play it. I did before I posted mcar Jun 14 #13

Not doubting you, but AI is making me question everything now. Enter stage left Jun 14 #20

Totally get that mcar Jun 14 #43

I walked nearly that well on my way to No Kings today- rzemanfl Jun 14 #12

I feel for them mcar Jun 14 #14

Fortunate Son diehardblue Jun 14 #15

Yes SheltieLover Jun 14 #22

You mean like Cadet Bone Spurs Raven123 Jun 14 #29

Jesus, Mary & Joseph and all of his carpenter friends. progressoid Jun 14 #16

Thanks for posting the lyrics mcar Jun 14 #19

"...advanced level trolling or some advanced level cluelessness." dchill Jun 14 #24

I know right? progressoid Jun 14 #26

Hanlon's Razor: sir pball Sunday #58

about troops marching in step CatWoman Jun 14 #33

Yeah. progressoid Jun 14 #39

BARNEY!!! CatWoman Jun 14 #41

Oh, it Do show! My DI in boot would have turned purple and ran us til we puked! "Hippity-hop, mob stop!" nt albacore Jun 14 #52

Conservatives don't understand lyrics. Remember when they wanted Born in the USA as our National Anthem? Midnight Writer Jun 14 #17

Yup SheltieLover Jun 14 #23

All they ever hear is the Jingo. dchill Jun 14 #25

Lyrics sheshe2 Jun 14 #18

They're just tone-deaf to everything but what they want to hear. dchill Jun 14 #28

I read that Trump has previously played Fortunate Son at some of his rallies also. riversedge Jun 14 #36

I honestly think they're clueless mcar Jun 14 #44

he just likes the line "when the band plays "Hail to the chief" " Jack Valentino Jun 14 #49

Precisely. All they know is that B.See Jun 14 #51

LOL... sheshe2 Jun 14 #53

You too, Sheshe. B.See Sunday #55

That's not the actual CCR record. A bad instrumental version. They also had a bad instrumental version highplainsdem Jun 14 #27

Of course it was instrumental mcar Jun 14 #31

I just read on Bluesky that they also played Heart's Barracuda. highplainsdem Jun 14 #35

Wasn't this a military parade? mcar Jun 14 #45

OH! Well.... I guess someone DID "get" the lyrics, since they censored them... Jack Valentino Jun 14 #50

"As one of the most famous protest songs of the Vietnam War era, "Fortunate Son" revives this timeless message riversedge Jun 14 #30

They played it at our local No Kings protest, too! regnaD kciN Jun 14 #32

Who is playing the music? Norrrm Jun 14 #34

I couldn't tell if it was a band or over the PA mcar Jun 14 #46

I wonder who gets the credit/blame. Norrrm Jun 14 #48

Next up on the setlist: "I ain't marching anymore" by Phil Ochs 0rganism Jun 14 #38

I watched on c-span and heard the music. I was surprised. I figured they would play march music. Srkdqltr Jun 14 #40

I wonder who approved this selection? Grammy23 Jun 14 #42

But I guess they won't be playing Springsteen's "Born In The USA" ! LMAO Jack Valentino Jun 14 #47

This might be a white mutiny chowmama Jun 14 #54

That is embarrassing on so many levels genxlib Sunday #56

G.O.P. draft-dodger-in-chief is such a disgrace BoRaGard Sunday #57

From 2020 he's done it before...unreal NowsTheTime Monday #59