America, [Frig] Yeah!

Jesse Walker | 7.4.2010 9:20 AM

On Independence Day, what better way to pay tribute to America than with Daniel Hamilton's flash-animation classic, Journey: A Tribute to America?

Bonus link: The clip's creator has a cameo in an article I wrote back in 2001.

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Max 16 years ago

Bad taste in politics, good taste in music. Happy 4th, Jesse.
1. Jesse Walker 16 years ago
  
  Happy 4th, Max. And I don't actually like Journey all that much, so don't worry, I'm still batting .000.
  1. Max 16 years ago
    
    I was just trying to be nice. I don't like it at all.
BakedPenguin 16 years ago

Wow, Jesse. I never figured you to be passive-aggressive, but after suffering through half of that video...
1. BakedPenguin 16 years ago
  
  My bad. When I wrote the above post, I didn't know the video was from 2001.
? 16 years ago

It made my balls hurt.
SIV 16 years ago

Nothing is more American than the music of Chuck Berry:
Back In The USA
1. 80sfan 16 years ago
  
  Yes.. The MC5 cover was also worthy. But you'll have to excuse me, I have to return some (security) videotapes
2. Mike Laursen 16 years ago
  
  Thank you. That was awesome!
  1. AlmightyJB 16 years ago
    
    +1. Chuck Berry's da man.
Aresen 16 years ago

Happy Birthday, guys.
1. Resident Smartass 16 years ago
  
  *toots vuvuzela*
Robert 16 years ago

What is "heaven is defined a moose" supposed to be?
1. BakedPenguin 16 years ago
  
  "Living just to find emotion"
JW 16 years ago

Dear Jesse,

Please don't ever do that again.
Milo 16 years ago

What?!? No NUGE ?!?
1. SIV 16 years ago
  
  hier
Brian Sorgatz 16 years ago

Just to be cantankerous (you know me), I'll link to a YouTube lip-sync of the British drinking song whose melody became that of our national anthem. Since it celebrates the arts of Venus and Bacchus rather than of Mars, this version of the lyrics may be morally superior. I'm just saying.
1. Crickets 16 years ago
  
  ...
  1. Brian Sorgatz 16 years ago
    
    Ironically, the crickets took a break from chirping to leave that comment. I wasn't greeted with absolute silence after all.
Mike Laursen 16 years ago

This is why Steve Jobs had to ban Flash from the iPhone. HTML5 just doesn't have the power to showcase crappy music at this level of crappiness.

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