exclamationpoint (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

ahahah completely agree. not to mention the Ramones, Spoon, The White Stripes, and countless other influential and excellent bands that have come from the US in the past 4 decades.

deadsexy4 (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

are you kidding me?yes more bands that are "relevant" since the pixies have been british, but we have some pretty dam good ones including: modest mouse and tv on the radio to name a couplebut truthfully, we have the best "indie" bands on this side of the ocean...plus we gave you the talking heads, who are great enough to make up for every single bad band since, seeing as 90% of the new bands are talking head rip-offs....

stayclever (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

Maybe somebody should spend a little more time listening to American music..just a thought.

geanomas (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

haha sorry! we're keepin em! ;-)

tmeehan1112 (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

The National are the best and only relevant band to come out of America since The Pixies. They are so good they should be British :-)

packman2436 (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

can't get much better than this

jszczepaniak (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

indeed, and its a bad idea to use irony where you should be putting forth a positive, friendly message.It was an inappropriate music choice. I totally love this song, but if I was in charge of that video I would've found a more suitable song.

labbster (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

There's a concept called irony...

jszczepaniak (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

i heard the same thing, and was TOTALLY CONFUSED because this song is not about the good side of America. It's not a hope filled song. It's beautiful, but cynical. It's not about a brighter tomorrow.

reidy19 (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

"put a little something in our lemonade, and take it with us"