{"id":141,"date":"2015-01-24T01:19:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T07:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=141"},"modified":"2023-08-04T10:43:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T16:43:15","slug":"politicians-politics-political-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/politicians-politics-political-song\/","title":{"rendered":"controversial politics &#038; politicians in a lit political song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>english students who speak spanish as their first language frequently confuse the words\u00a0<em><strong>politician\u00a0<\/strong>(person)<strong>, politics<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(<em>activity<\/em>) and\u00a0<em><strong>political\u00a0<\/strong>(a description of something involving politics)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/reagan-bonzo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-148\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/reagan-bonzo-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"ronald reagan before politics\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/paganreagan.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-147\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/paganreagan.jpg\" alt=\"presidential politics during the reagan administration\" width=\"306\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>reagan&#8217;s two most famous roles (getty)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>the lyrics to\u00a0<strong>the ramones<\/strong>\u00a0song\u00a0<em><strong>bonzo goes to bitburg<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0have a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>political\u00a0<\/em><\/span>theme.\u00a0 the song was inspired by u.s. president<strong>\u00a0ronald reagan<\/strong>&#8216;s 1985 visit to a german war cemetery in bitburg, germany where a percentage of the buried soldiers were nazis.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ramones - Bonzo Goes To Bitburg (Official Audio)\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P-L_5HedJbw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>at :37, the lyrics \u00a0reagan by urging him to surrender to the police (<em><strong>turn himself in<\/strong><\/em>) and to reject another <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>politician<\/em><\/span>,\u00a0<strong>adolph hitler<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>better call<\/em>, call the law. when u gonna <em>turn<\/em> yourself <em>in<\/em>? \u00a0yeah. you&#8217;re a <em>politician<\/em>. don&#8217;t become one of hitler&#8217;s children<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the name\u00a0<strong>bonzo<\/strong>\u00a0in the title is a\u00a0<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(<\/em>criticism<em>)\u00a0<\/em>on reagan&#8217;s hollywood acting career. in his most famous role he starred opposite a monkey named\u00a0<strong>bonzo<\/strong> is used as a <strong>modal auxiliary verb<\/strong> here to make a sarcastic <em>recommendation<\/em> to president reagan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bedtime For Bonzo\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_zHN4vCfwh4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<p>at 3:00 the last verse of the song  (has a\u00a0negative feeling about) playing\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">politics<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">if there&#8217;s one thing that makes me sick<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">it&#8217;s when someone tries to hide behind\u00a0<em>politics<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>bonzo goes to bitburg<\/strong><\/em> was featured in the popular movie <em><strong>school of rock.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The School of Rock - The Ramones - Bonzo Goes To Bitburg (My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down) 720pHD\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FTxqH0tukqQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>in the title of the post, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><em>lit<\/em><\/strong><\/span> means <em>cool<\/em>, <em>awesome<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">does\u00a0<em><strong>bonzo goes to bitburg<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>clarify the difference between\u00a0<em>political, politician &amp; politics<\/em>? 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