Talk:America, Fuck Yeah

message: The song is also a direct copy of the opening theme bumper music for the Rusty Humphries show, based out of San Francisco on KNEW 910 which follows The Michael Savage Show at 7:00 P.M., M-F PST.
I reverted this edit because there was no source and it seemed doubtful. Indeed, it seems more likely to me that the copying went in the other direction... Paulymer5 04:19, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Rusty Humphries Show Theme 

message: The one essential thing that was missing from the article has been remedied. I have just uploaded a sound sample of the song. ^_^
-- Mvent2 10:30, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The Movie's website says Popeye. --Ye Olde Luke (talk) 22:54, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  We have audio! 

message: Should this have some sort of warning label on it? You know, like the Parental warning on certain cds? CompIsMyRx 13:09, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The title of the article has "Fuck" in it... that's kind of a built-in warning in and of itself, no? bd2412 T 13:13, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

text: Wikipedia is not censored. And as BD2412 says, the title is a bit of a giveaway. —Ben FrantzDale 02:08, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Warning? 

message: I would characterise this article as stupid.  Directionless lists?  Unimportant topic?  A whole article which could be much better served by a direct link to the content?  Wikipedia forever. JoshuaRodman 21:13, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stupid 

message: Changed "It satirically glorifies the "American way of life" that Team America fights to defend, including Wal-Mart, the NFL, breast implants, and Valium." to read "It glorifies a satirized "American way of life" that Team America fights to defend." ...I believe this is clearer, as the previous sentence could be read as asserting that valium (et al) is actually a part of the "American way of life".  The partial listing was also redundant as it's included later in the article, so I left it out. Zombie81 04:21, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: When the trivia listing had been removed the previous edit was reverted to include the partial listing, but left the phrasing as it previously was.  Readjusted the phrasing to be less insulting (and less POV), but kept the partial listing as the exhaustive listing isn't present. Zombie81 18:15, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minor Update 

message: An anonymous user deleted the trivia section.  I've saved the details here, for inclusion into the article (provided sources can be found):
* A variation of the song where obscenities are not present is played during the Rusty Humphries conservative talk show program in the United States, replacing "America, Fuck-yeah" with "Rusty - Hum-phries" or "Rusty, hell-yeah". 
* This song was also used as the opening act to Ted Nugent's 2006 concerts. 
* Recently a moderator of Bullshido.net made an a capella version of the song as an unofficial "theme song" for the site, replacing "America" with "Bullshido" and the American corporations list with a list of things good and bad in martial arts with varying degrees of "FUCK YEAH" after them.
--  JediLofty User ¦ Talk 10:40, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia 

message: Note that only snippets of the lyrics should be included, per WP:SONG#LYRICS, as they are copyrighted, so including the entire text falls under WP:COPYVIO. I reverted a version that included the entire set, to avoid a copyvio showdown. Arakunem 20:38, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the lyrics but only noticed this discussion aferwards. Anyway, long story short, if anyone sees mondern day lyrics (i.e that would be still covered by copyright law) partially (in snippets of complete choruses or verses) or in full, the lyrics should be removed then and there, no discussion necessary unless in those rare circumstances. When WP:SONG#LYRICS says snippets, it means a lyric or two quoted from the song to show the relevent themes of the song. The entire verse is not exactly a snippet, it's a copvio which is why I removed it. But the lyrics site also used as a reference in the article looks like it could also be in violation of the artist's own copyright which I will now also remove per Wikipedia:Copyrights#Linking_to_copyrighted_works. AngelOfSadness  talk  16:59, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lyrics 

message: Please don't get into a revert war over that. Personally, I think the fact that they mentioned Sushi in the song is an ironic jab at the perceived hubris that the whole movie pokes fun at. So it's not in the song incorrectly, its probably in there more deliberately than other items are... ArakunemTalk 16:46, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The article used to list practically everything that was mentioned in the song, and was then trimmed down to the version that was here before the sushi addition.  Are we going to add porno, sportsmanship and books in again? --  JediLofty User ¦ Talk 17:15, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It could, theoretically. The original was trimmed because it was a word-for-word transcription of the lyrics, which is a copyright issue. A prose description and analysis of the full lyric set is fine, if anyone wants to go that far. As I suggested, I think the Sushi addition was particularly appropriate as it is pokes fun at the mentality that the whole movie attacks. I think the "books" addition is appropriate as well, since it garners no enthusiastic "fuck yeah" that other things did, further suggesting that the gung-ho mentality has no place for sprtsmanship or books. ArakunemTalk 17:37, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sushi 

message: The creators of the movie intended it to be the other kind of parody we are used to: the usual parody makes fun of Americans and our president, but this is supposed show an aura of "we're the best" in a funny way.  That is why the song plays before the team kills a couple of terrorists, even though they in the process destroy the louvre.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.11.56.20 (talk) 00:26, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article misses the whole point of the song 

message: I didn't know if this was worthy of putting on the page, so I'm putting it here. If people like it someone can move it over to the page. This is a list of every item mentioned in the song, and whether or not it was actually an American invention:
McDonald's - True.
Wal-Mart - True.
The Gap - True.
Baseball - True. While progenitor games similar to baseball were invented in England, Baseball itself is an American invention
The NFL - True.
Rock N' Roll - True.
The Internet - Arguably true. ARPA was invented by the US.
Slavery - False. Slavery's first known mention is in the code of Hammurabi, circa 1760 BC
Starbucks - True.
Disneyworld - True.
Porno - False. Pornography in photographic form followed shortly after the advent of Photography in France. If you consider art or sculpture to ever hold the distinction of being pornography, then you have to go again back the the ancient Babylonians.
Valium - False. A brand name for the drug Diazepam, Valium was first marketed by a Swiss company.
Reeboks - False. Reebok is a subsidiary of Adidas, a German company.
Fake Tits - False. The first breast implant procedure was performed by Austrian national Vincenz Czerny in a German hospital.
Sushi - False. Japan.
Taco Bell - True.
Rodeos - False. Invented in Mexico based on rodeo-like cattle rancing competetions in Spain.
Bed, Bath and Beyond - True.
Liberty - False. A vague concept that was never "invented". The concept of "Liberty" as a political movement was championed by the French in 1789. The US didn't use the term as a political one until long after the US revolution.
White Slips - It is unclear what the singers are referring to here.
The Alamo - False. The Alamo is in the modern-day US, but at the time of it's famous battle, it was disputed territory being fought over between Mexico and the Republic of Texas. Thus, it was not on US soil by anyone's definition at the time.
Band-aids - True.
Las Vegas - True. Think again.70.160.99.120 (talk) 01:38, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This kind of misses the point.  The things in the song are there because they are part of American culture, whether they originated natively or were borrowed.  Americans didn't invent slavery but slavery is a huge part of American history.  Americans didn't invent sushi but, at least where I live, you can't go two blocks without seeing a sushi joint.  Et cetera. Mbarbier (talk) 14:33, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

text: Also, it's not "white slips," it's "wax lips" which makes slightly more sense. Rifter0x0000 (talk) 06:13, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Things attributed to America in the song 

message: "This video has been removed due to terms of use violation." 
Don't know the story behind that, but it was linked to the most popular video on youtube. Might want to fix or remove.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.119.72.185 (talk) 19:00, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: No need to fix as linking to Youtube videos (where the video was not uploaded by an official account) would be linking to a copyright violation and that's not allowed here so it's been removed  AngelOfSadness  talk  19:04, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Youtube Video 

message: Parker & Stone did an entire episode of South Park dedicated to the idea that artists shouldn't care if people are share their work, and that they should just be happy that people like it at all  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.235.132.112 (talk) 00:12, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hypocrisy 

message: I am merging this to the article about the film since it was never released as a single, well for purely that reason. Donnie Park (talk) 20:57, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge