The Original-American Idiot by Green Day
This song is a response to a song about red necks. Green Day decided the best way to fight red-neckism was to write a song trashing Americans. I don't take it personally. Some people just need to vent their frustrations and I'm more than willing to let the band do this in their music. There is, however, not much more to say about this song.
The Parody
There isn't much to say about Canadian Idiot either. It's basically the red-neck American knee jerk reaction to American Idiot, or at least the reaction that Yankovic imagines would come from the Green Day song. The singer includes lines like "Don't want to be a beer swilling hockey nut." The song also calls for a preemptive strike because the Canadians must be up to something. Like I said, the run down on this song is pretty short, but it's worth a listen, especially if you play the parody right after the original.
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