Pink Floyd Moment - Repost

Remember the scene in the wall with the kids singing "We Don't Need No Education" . I actually witnessed such a moment yesterday, and though I've already posted this, I think it's such an interesting moment that I thought it was worth telling the story twice.

From Yesterday:

For those of you who don't know me, aren't familiar with my posts, and/or haven't looked at my profile. I'm an American expat living in Canada. I just came from one of my kids end of school parties (not THE end of school party - that's next week but an after school party for their French class). Anyway, to the point, I just saw a room full of 4th, 5th, and 6th graders bouncing around and singing along with American Idiot by Green Day - I didn't get the impression that it was just the hit of the day, they all knew all the words and played it over and over it was actually, originally a request from my daughter, who was in the states until 3 years ago.

For those of you unfamiliar with the song

That would have been something to see!

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I'm not part of a redneck agenda

3rd graders singing that? I'm flashing back to one of the Clash albums where they had kids singing "Career Opportunities" and "Guns of Brixton".

But if the 4th graders know it, I wouldn't be surprised if the 3rd graders do too - at least some of them and the strangely beautiful part was that no one was telling them to sing it, they knew it on their own and were playing it because they wanted to.

even with slightly older kids.


Don't wanna be an American idiot.
Don't want a nation under the new mania.
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mind fuck America.

Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the alienation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
For that's enough to argue.

Well maybe I'm the faggot America.
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.
Now everybody do the propaganda.
And sing along in the age of paranoia.

Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the alienation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
For that's enough to argue.

Don't wanna be an American idiot.
One nation controlled by the media.
Information age of hysteria.
It's calling out to idiot America.

Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the alienation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
For that's enough to argue.