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ruby-red-inky-blue · 9 months

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i'm seeing maybe THE band of my teenage years live this summer and i could not be more excited!! ...i'm also realising i don't actually know the lyrics to any of their songs, only the nonsense my teenage brain assembled from what english i knew at the time

i've never spared a conscious thought for my conviction that American Idiot contained the line "that's not Plymouth on my flag America" but like. that can't be right. and it fully isn't! it's not. the only correct word in that whole line is "America"

#whelp six months to rectify this i guess lol #music #god i sent myself into a giggling fit at work with this just now #why plymouth??? why did i never think 'hey. why would that say plymouth. how would that make the least bit of sense.'#the actual line is 'the subliminal mindfuck america' which to be fair would not be quick to occur to a fourteen y/o german teen #in my defence (?) my english is excellent now. like. it's excellent FOR someone with my degree! it's the one thing i'm good at!#... still can't understand a word of what that man is singing in most songs to save my life #it's a combination of the music and just his accent i think?#like straight up holiday might as well be old english that's about the level of comprehension i'm achieving here #green day #american idiot

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