All sorts of celebrities are speaking out to express their political opinions these days. More accurately, they are all expressing the same political opinion: Donald Trump is bad.
Trump hasn’t even been sworn in as president yet, but his election has already inspired a number of aging rock stars to release edgy “protest anthems” like they did during the George W. Bush administration.
Green Day, the aging punk sellouts who recorded an entire anti-Bush album in 2004 (America Idiot), have released a new anti-Trump track called “Troubled Times.” The lyrics are pretty deep:
What part of history we learned
When it’s repeated
Some things will never overcome
If we don’t seek it
The world stops turning
Paradise burning
So don’t think twiceWe live in troubled times
We live in troubled times
We live in troubled times
Another musical act from the 1990s, Fiona Apple, has recorded a new song called “Tiny Hands” that she hopes will become a rallying cry for the Women’s March on Washington to protest Trump’s inauguration.
Fiona Apple's new anti-Trump song "Tiny Hands" is the perfect Women's March chant: https://t.co/jmpY6a4NEP pic.twitter.com/bqnpyzmTP4
— Slate (@Slate) January 18, 2017
It’s not really a song, but rather a minute-long chant in which Apple repeats the same line over and over: “We don’t want your tiny hands anywhere near our underpants.” The track is peppered with audio of Trump’s infamous “grab her by the pussy” comment.
Not every musical artist you liked during your angsty teenage year is attacking the incoming president in his or her songs. Some of them are praising the outgoing one.
Ani DiFranco, for example, has released a new song called “Deferred Gratification” that she dedicated to President Obama for being “the most awesome fucking human being any citizen could ever have the privilege of voting for as their president.”
The lyrics don’t mention Trump by name, but imply that he is bad:
deferred gratification
you are my new best friend
i vote in every election
hope someday these kids
are gonna help us winbut look how weary the chief
it’ll be a relief
to someday hear him say
get it yourself
get it yourself
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