U.S. Social and Economic History in Music

We forget this was once a very optimistic country -- at least for my parents.

• 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: The Shangri-Las, 'Leader of the Pack'

Repressed and extremely horny, but still optimistic...

• 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: The Stooges, 'I Wanna Be Your Dog'

Heavy (post Bretton Woods, post '74 embargo, "peak oil") disenchantment begins...

• 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: The Clash, 'White Man In Hammersmith Palais'

Reagan (war for the sake of war) fear compounds disenchantment...

• 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: U2, 'New Year's Day'

Disenchantment sows (Bush/Cheney/Iraq) anarchism on the cusp of The Great Depression II Recession -- that corporatists will strive to blame Obama for (as Reagan once successfully blamed Carter).

• 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: Green Day, 'American Idiot'

So the question is: will the stupid, fake growth lie work again?  And what will it sound like?