12.03.2026: My Mixtape 179 | Katzenmusik 147 | Pure Pop Pleasures

[Herr Rossi]

7. The Magnettes – American
Single (2020)

The greatest Boss song to ever come out of Sweden.

We got the beaches got the shores
Like California in a frozen Swedish forest
I’m gonna love you til the day they’re breaking down the doors on us
You make me wanna buy a pick up truck
Get that motherfucker all filled up
Engines running and we’ll never stop
Wish we weren’t so American
Like we were living in a Springsteen song
Til all our dreams come crashing down on us
God yes god bless
Two hearts burning in a pick up truck

[Herr Rossi]

8. Chuck Berry – Back In The U.S.A.
Single (1959)

Sohn einer Lehrerin und eines Pastors aus St. Louis, Vater des Rock’n’Roll.

New York, Los Angeles, oh how I yearned for you
Detroit, Chicago, Chattanooga, Baton Rouge
Let alone just to be at my home back in old St. Lou
Looking hard for a drive-in, searching for a corner cafe
Where hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day
Yeah, and a jukebox jumping with records like in the U.S.A.

[Joliet Jake]

8. Chuck Berry – Back In The U.S.A.
Single (1959)

Yeah, klasse.

[Herr Rossi]

9. The Drifters – Only In America
rec. 1961, rel. 1996 („Rockin' & Driftin': The Drifters Box)

Legendäre New Yorker Vocal Group, beständige Hitlieferanten mit unbeständigem Line-Up
Der Leiber/Stoller-Song wurde 1965 in der Version von Jay & The Americans bekannt.

Only in America (Oh)
Can a kid without a cent (Oh)
Get a break and maybe grow up to be president
Only in America
Land of opportunity, yeah
Would a classy girl like you fall for a poor boy like me (Oh)

[Herr Rossi]

10. Trini Lopez – This Land Is Your Land
Album „Trini Lopez at PJ's“ (1963)

"This Land Is Your Land" is a song by American folk singer Woody Guthrie. Its lyrics were written in 1940 in critical response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America". Its melody is based on a Carter Family tune called "When the World's on Fire". (Wiki)

Hier interpretiert von Trini Lopez, Sohn mexikanischer Immigranten.

As I went walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
Saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me

[El Gato]

Den Text haben wir damals mal im Englischunterricht behandelt, glaube ich.
Schöne Auswahl bisher!

[Sunny]

10. Trini Lopez – This Land Is Your Land
Album „Trini Lopez at PJ's“ (1963)

Beste Nummer. Coole Version.

[Herr Rossi]

11. Jonathan Richman – Parties In The U.S.A.
Album „I, Jonathan“ (1992)

Jonathan stammt aus einer jüdischen Familie in Boston.

So people are staying home more, not having fun
A cold cold era has begun, has begun
Now things were bad before, there was lots of loneliness
But in 1965 things were not like this

Well could there be block parties of which I know not?
Wild beach parties around some open flame?
I know there's got to be parties, I bet there's a lot
But the USA has changed somehow that I can't name

[Sunny]

Ich habe als Kind immer "Snoopy" gesungen.

[Herr Rossi]

12. Olivia Rodrigo – All American Bitch
Album „Guts“ (2023)

Olivia stammt aus einer philippinisch-amerikanischen Familie.

I know my age and I act like it
Got what you can't resist
I'm a perfect all-American …

Coca-Cola bottles that I only use to curl my hair
I got class and integrity
Just like a goddamn Kennedy, I swear
With love to spare

I'm grateful all the time
I'm sexy and I'm kind
I'm pretty when I cry