Alabama Gov. George Wallace was an infamous figure in American politics, even inspiring a lyric in Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet ...

David Bowie and Frank Zappa's contempt for each other culminated in Zappa shouting F--k you, Captain Tom! at Bowie in a Berlin restaurant.

Moral outrage is often relative. Far more consequential abuses of power have been normalized, excused, or even celebrated when carried out by presidents who were more charismatic or more popular.

The track was praised as an ode to freedom, and a "definitive American song from one of the definitive American bands." ...