"American Woman" by The Guess Who

Why is this tune not being played everywhere?

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5 Comments

kat_angstrom@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Because it's somewhat antiquated and has been overplayed for 30 years

Edit: >50 years

Amaranth@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y

It was released in 1970......fuck.

sfbing@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

In addition to the comments here about the lyrics, IMHO it is a one-chord song and boring. Most of Burton Cummings' songs are much more interesting musically, e.g. "Undun."

adespoton@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y

Three guesses?

StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website · -2 pts · 1y

Perhaps because there’s a big dose of misogyny intertwined with the critique of American Exceptionalism.

Think about how the song would play with genders reversed.