Wag the dog "The American Dream"

This is a song written by Tom Bahler. It´s called The American Dream

[@Scsigs]

I find this even funnier after rewatching the original We Are the World's music video & seeing that Willie Nelson was a part of it.

[@footofjuniper8212]

I love this movie, and this scene in particular. It would be one thing if they just played the song, but the movie takes the time to show us the singers in the studio, many looking nothing like what we would envision hearing the song for the first time. The two women who belt out the most soulful-sounding notes look like they just fell off the turnip truck from Nebraska. It cuts several times to Dustin Hoffman as the architect of this facade, beaming and bopping at his triumph, getting caught up in the hypnotic, patriotic fervor, knowing full well it's all phony. It illustrates perfectly the heartstring-tugging puppet masters and the careful way they craft their manipulation of the masses.

[@FrancescoZOR]

Tenderfoot Prepper You're a fucking genius...

[@SuntechPowerEurope]

This is art in its highest form. Thinking of the scene "he ended the war" today in light of the current conflict

[@larrypeterson990]

And Dustin does not live to see the sequel

[@Zorro9129]

People need to watch this movie more than ever.

I Stand with Ukraine!

[@FCCZJ1903]

The best part is by far "oooooooh democracy!" at 0:45.

[@peteguard3571]

Great documentary

[@lajko666]

I laughed my ass off Hoffman saying all the time "this is nothing!".

[@Zodroo_Tint]

And he has these stupid stories about making movies while they are faking a war what supposed to be a big deal. It's like during the WTC attack when the CGI plain's nose was clearly visible after the explosion someone would say, this is nothing, this is nothing, when we made the Jurassic Park, now that is the story...

[@ms-vv2gg]

like the soul grunting guy

[@wonderglory]

I would've been great if this, "303", and "The Old Shoe" were released on music CD or any other complicated technology.

[@silverhawks]

This movie is the template for the War on Terror.

[@DJdeliverance]

This movie is exactly wtf I thinks actually going on think about it makes some sense

[@Pulsiom]

this song is such a great parody to the so called "american spirit".. fits well in the movie. :)

[@benthejrporter]

Greast satirical song ever. What a movie!

[@wroughtironmgtow9558]

This is the most American thing on KZbin.

[@finns99]

That's the point. The movie satirizes the typical American 'spirit' and patriotism. If you haven't seen the movie, give it a go. It's become scarely relevant to current day politics. (as it always was)

[@slobomotion]

I just found out I have Köprülü roots and am thus Albanian. Everyone I ever showed this movie to thanked me. Thank you for uploading a bit of it. Uprated.

[@cmangy21]

es mi pelicula favorita. Me encanta.

[@MrTheDarku]

They could sell a war, even today, with this song :))

[@MoparGuy1625]

We need a full version of this song more than anything today!! Stand up for America!!!!!

[@MathiasBacher]

"We have a right to fight for democracy to keep our country free!" This describes the whole American insanity very very well.

[@Bryt25]

Hardly, since they also make such movies.

[@tarheel777100]

Nothing makes people feel better about themselves (while they justify or take part in) than someone telling them they are "defending liberty" and "guarding America".

[@MrLivebynight]

@@Bryt25 3 years late, but you DO realize that this song is a SATIRE (albeit very dry) of that sort of thinking, right?

[@Bryt25]

Corporate interests have to be protected at all costs...

[@mrkremko1]

It’s a corny song no doubt, but there’s not a single thing wrong with defending liberty and guarding liberty.

[@flankerpraha]

The way the United States work in international policy till now shows that nobody has learned a lesson from this movie.

[@christpunchers]

"We got the right... to fight... for democracy.... and keep our country freeeeeeeee" LOL!

[@PYRAMIDS33]

I hate that if i would see this in American TV i wouldn't be surprised.

[@TheButterZone]

1:42 TJ Thyne's doppelganger all the way to the left? Didn't show up in the "American Dream" Singers credits.

[@RinoZerose]

WONDERFUL MASTERPIECE: ITS LIKE I DONT SAY =) WOW TIMLESS! THE BEST! THE GENIUS! STATE OF MINDE SAFE US!

[@bettinabettina7155]

Brilliant movie

Who would have guess it was not Albania but Ukraine.

I'm glad you like it... Tom Bahler

[@kevinjones9685]

Reminds me of the SNL bit tonight

[@entropino9928]

Truly our democracy

[@mreldude]

lol this song is awesome

[@Benyoopa]

love it)

[@sbrown4556]

I'd pay $1.29 right now for this song

[@edlawn5481]

Freedom Isn't Free No there's a hefty f------- fee And if you don't put in your buck o' five, who will?

[@ianchard]

Well said mate!

[@circle43cm]

rationalperspective, It's tough talking to the U.S. guys. I appreciate your frustration.

[@Scaramanga87]

Lol, so funny

[@Duphe]

"oonnnnn the rocks of liberty"

[@mamayanga]

gr8 soundtrack

[@hippojuice23]

Hey yeah-yeaagh!

[@naskray]

What I like about the Americans is their ability for self-irony😂

[@RandysFiftySevenChevy]

The democratic play book that played out in 2020

[@ZorbaTheDutch]

There comes a time in the course of human events when a threat must be answered with courage and strength. Our forefathers earned the right to be free. Now it's time to guard their dream. We guard our American borders. We guard the American dream. We guard our right to fight for democracy And keep our country free. We guard our American spirit. We guard the American dream. Our country's built on the rock of liberty. And we, as people must keep it free. It is for life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. Freedom, 'tis of thee. We guard our American borders. We guard the American dream.

[@BlacksParson]

They didn't take notes, they where the technical consultants for the film.

[@Nightmarefhk]

so funny

[@sakuraba86]

This song is great. I'm not criticizing the video because I think most who look for it on KZbin are looking for the video just the way it is, but it's 10x better in the movie when it's set up with the president having a heart-warming moment with an Albanian woman and child.

[@Rob-eo5ql]

Heck yeah! Ukrainian democracy!

[@joaquimdasilveira3447]

The older I get, the more I agree with Samuel Johnson's words: patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

[@jasonl.5097]

Boswell: "fucken right, boss!"

[@Koldybay]

Wasn't it said by Oscar Wilde?

[@Rynzain]

Do you mind uploading the other songs that didn't make it to the soundtrack like 'old shoe' and 'the men of the 303.' It will be greatly appreciated.

[@peterhardie4151]

Its a pageant.

[@Bryt25]

April 6th 2017: "Hey Donald, arms sales are flagging and Hollywood is running out of war movies. Got any ideas?"

[@f.caldas7755]

The USA ever with the same argument to the war.

[@timdacey4520]

LOL

[@ms-vv2gg]

Did USA for Africa really happen?

[@Panda-pj3gi]

Democracy yeas ??? NSA, CIA yeah democracy

[@michaelshetzer9287]

For our current Wag the Dog in Ukraine Brad Paisley just released his song SAME HERE…This is a major PSYOPS and we are being played as billions $ are laundered…God help us…Stop the killing🙏🏼

[@hibob418]

Sometime, I'd like to know why New Line didn't release a real soundtrack album that contained, "American Dream," "303," "Good Old Shoe," "Courage Mom," etc. I do know that when Tim Robbins made the movie, "Bob Roberts," he didn't want a soundtrack album to allow his faux-Dylan proto-conservative song parody material to be used out-of-context by the right wing to, I don't know, maybe, sell a war...

[@SamHusseini]

Things are getting so bad I could see this being used unironically.

[@user-my3qt7fz8p]

Wer ist die junge, blonde Frau, die über den Song die hohe Stimme singt?

[@jelly.212]

Deine momma

[@jelly.212]

Deine mutter ist so dick,dass sie beim scheißen kärchert

[@patrickmaynard7553]

Here because Biden just bombed Syria to distract from the stagnating minimum wage. This song and movie are classics.

[@ScsigsGaming]

Trump's anthem.

[@RandysFiftySevenChevy]

Why Biden didnt make this his theme song is be-on me. It goes right along with the rest of his dog and pony clown circus.

[@kwilde2387]

I guess they meant Ukraine.

[@someonewashere77]

i wished

[@steveonmareisland5268]

Every God-awful musical cliche you find in this kind of fake choral music...but the best part, not in the video, is when they find out "the war is over" and Connie shuts it down, saying, "This is in bad taste."

[@CT_Phipps]

This could be played at Trump rallies by evangelical choirs.

[@bbob70]

Do you really think Obama was a peace president? Tell that to the Syrians and Libyans that lost their relatives in wars started by Obama.

[@steveonmareisland5268]

This could be played for every president and nearly every candidate at least since the Cold War ended, because in case you hadn't noticed, US foreign policy is intended (domestically) to "busy giddy minds with foreign quarrels, that action, hence borne out, may waste the memory of the foreign days," (Henry IV, Part II, Act 4, scene 5) -- that is, the former days when we still plausibly lived in a free country.

[@rrmoyer6873]

Just like 9/11

[@snozzo85]

If you now check my videos.. I have uploaded "303".. Best regards Snozzo85

[@muziekengeluid]

Wonderful theme... pity it has such an amout of patriotism in it, so it will never make it to the charts... Very good job, mr. Tom Bahler...

[@edinscot56789]

As funny as this movie it, its also a little disturbing how easy it is to manipulate people

[@prelevich]

There comes a time, in the course of human events...this is def. the stupidest opening line to a song, lol! Great movie tho!

[@strictlyly]

Hollywood at its best: to kill "We are the world" just to make an wonderful ironic joke about the pro-war-propagada of the US foreign policy - pure genius! Can someone explain this movie to Trump, please?!

[@bbob70]

Hollywood "at its best" has supported one war after another. So much so that when Obama ramped up drone strikes, and when he pushed for regime change in Syria and Libya you didn't even notice. But when Trump criticizes the Iraq war, when he wants to strike deals and when he explicitly states he does NOT want war with Iran or North Korea, the same Hollywood depicts him as the bad guy and tries to start WW3 with Russia. Can someone explain this to you, please?

[@reneeodayok859]

@@bbob70 🏆

[@Zodroo_Tint]

All president are the same.

[@voskresene]

That song is so cringe...and yet so realistic.

[@timdaro287]

The Mouse That Roared was far better and funnier and done on a shoestring budget by the great Peter Sellers. I will say both Clinton and now Sleepy Joe did WTD well or badly, depending on your politics!

[@cocozuchanel]

I wished we (the Germans) would sing: "We guarrrrd the German borderrrs..." 😰

[@evilubuntu9001]

+cocozuchanel What borders? Hahaha

[@hibob418]

Now years later, I'm glad there's no official,. complete release of this song for Donald Trump to use to sell a border wall. I can just hear this playing at some fascist rally in Kentucky, and the yahoos screaming lock her up after its over.

[@ganimed1976]

Good Lord....this song is so fucking overly sentimental that I could puke while listen to that crap. On the other side....if you´ve understand the meaning of that movie, you should also have understood the meaning of this song.

[@ignorantpom]

Horrible American dream is pig!

[@christpunchers]

Haha all the none-pro american comments are being voted down like crazy.