2002 remastered by rhino entertainment additional engineer:. The lyrics suggest that americans believe other nations are envious of them and their way of life, despite the fact that many countries do not necessarily hold the same opinion. In going along with the theme of the rest of the album, the song is a satire of a particular part of american culture and history, namely its foreign policies at the time.
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“political science” appears on randy newman’s 1972 album sail away
The song (and the entire album) is satirical
Here it’s about american culture and attitudes, especially about u.s. 163 on the billboard 200 albums chart, and no Political science is one of newman's most popular songs, especially with american audiences It was produced by lenny waronker and russ titelman
The song political science by randy newman is a satirical commentary on american foreign policy during the cold war era
