Happy Independence Day! Elf Songs zum 4. Juli
Wie viele Songs gibt es eigentlich über den Tag der deutschen Einheit? Ganz im Gegensatz zu uns haben Künstler in den Vereinigten Staaten seit jeher Lieder über ihren Nationalfeiertag geschrieben, nicht wenige davon tragen das Datum gleich im Titel.
Natürlich verbirgt sich hinter den Songs meist eine Auseinandersetzung mit der amerikanischen Identität oder amerikanischen Verhältnissen.
Bei einigen geht es aber auch einfach um Begegnungen und Begebenheiten, die einem an dem schicksalshaften Tag passiert sind. Elf Beispiele, von Azure Ray bis Soundgarden.
Azure Ray
You whispered in my ear /“Let’s go home now“/ I’m thinking of the 4th of July/ Holding hands looking up at the sky
Aimee Mann
Today’s the fourth of July/Another June has gone by/And when they light up our town I just think/ What a waste of gunpowder and sky
John Christie/ Paul McCartney
Sunset’s Painting Up The Sky/ There‘ S Something In My Eye/ Why Am I Crying?/ It’s The Fourth Of July
Beach Boys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3JJXbF9_Ow
Bombs bursting in air/Bleed white red and blue/Cried dawn’s early light/ For the hope/ Brothers sisters stand firmly and try/ Reaching the spacious skies/ Fourth of July
Bruce Springsteen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ50d5_ONqM
Sandy the fireworks are hailin‘ over Little Eden tonight/ Forcin‘ a light into all those stoned-out faces left/stranded on this forth of July/ Down in town the circuit’s full with switchblade lovers/ so fast so shiny so sharp
Sufjan Stevens
My little hawk, why do you cry?/ Tell me what did you learn from the Tillamook burn?/ Or the Fourth of July?/ We’re all gonna die
Soundgarden
Jesus tries to crack a smile/Beneath another shovel load/ And I heard it in the wind/And I saw it in the sky/And I thought it was the end/ And I thought it was the 4th of July
Amy McDonald
And the fireworks still pop in my head, the flag still flies overhead/And the banner still blows, still blow in the wind/ And the crowds still cheer, the crowds still sing./And it still goes on like the 4th of July/ And my heart still beats like you’re by my side
Kelis
You make me high/ You make me high (And I don’t wanna come down)/ You make me/ Just like the sky/ Like the 4th of July
U2
Instrumental
Ani Di Franco:
He says his name is jason/ He lives in the last trailer on the right/ And he’ll be seven/ On the fourth of july