The complete lyrics...
You better toss your bullets
You better hide your guns
You better help the children
Let 'em have some fun
You better count your blessings
Kiss your Mom and Pop
You better burn that flag
'Cause it ain't against the law
You better pledge your allegiance
You're not the only one
Listen up forefathers
I'm not your son
You better save the country
You better pass the flask
You better join the army
I said, "No thank you, dear old Uncle Sam"
You better toss tour bullets
You better hide your guns
You better help the children
Let 'em have some fun, some fun, some fun
Apple carefully edited out the most offensive portions of the song, which leaves it as a tacit endorsement of the sentiments expressed by the group that sings it.
I would say that if “they” edited it out, then they didn’t approve of it ... :-) ...
And “THEY” is an ad agency anyway, and not Apple. Apple just looks over what an ad agency does and if it looks good, they approve it. If I were to get this to come across my desk (and I actually never did hear about this song before this commercial anyway) ... I would simply say, “it looks good; it sounds good; okay - approved.”
What I heard last night, with the backdrop of people in Africa and “art” - a deranged child’s depiction of a pirranah, Listen up forefathers, I’m not your son Youd better [do something] Change is in the air.
THe message I got was Apple doesn’t care about this silly country, we’re taking over.
Yeah we know. We see what the Chamber of Commerce is doing.