Tomorrow I’ll be either a) lounging around the house in my underpants, b) attending one of several cookouts, or c) staying home and watching The Trouble With Girls, the most American movie ever made. (Seriously–it has Elvis, fireworks, Cindy Brady, and a bluegrass trio.)

Actually, I’m going to do my best to do all of those things, and hopefully get some beer in the mix as well, which means I figured I’d do my obligatory Fourth of July post a day early.

After the jump, four songs about the ol’ US of A, sung by the people who know it best: British men.

David Byrne, showing some thigh on PBS. I love this song:

David Bowie, who seems to think that Trent Reznor is your average American:

The Clash:

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlIa6eAJxUM]

And finally Blur, who have more songs about America than anybody else I can think of:

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrKbofmE3ps]

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