History YMMV / America

* {{Adorkable}}: These guys make Hawaiian shirts, thick glasses, and mismatched patterns look, well, adorable.

* DorkAge: Between Dan Peek leaving and the release of the Album ''Hourglass'' in the early nineties, most of the band's output moved from the folk-inspired style that had made them popular to [[SoOkayItsAverage forgettable pop.]]

* OlderThanTheyThink:
** 1972's "Ventura Highway" mentions "purple rain" a dozen years before [[Film/PurpleRain Prince immortalized the phrase]].
** And yes, they covered "Muskrat Love" before Music/CaptainAndTennille did.

* OlderThanTheyThink: 1972's "Ventura Highway" mentions "purple rain" a dozen years before [[Film/PurpleRain Prince immortalized the phrase]].

* MisattributedSong: "A Horse with No Name" is commonly mistaken for a Music/NeilYoung tune. Understandable, since the tune was directly influenced by Young's work. And Dewey Bunnell's voice does sort of resemble Young's. The song and Young's SignatureSong "Heart of Gold" were on the charts at the same time.

* MisattributedSong: "A Horse with No Name" is commonly mistaken for a Music/NeilYoung tune. Understandable, since the tune was directly influenced by Young's work. And Dewey Bunnell's voice does sort of resemble Young's. The two songs were on the charts at the same time.

* MisattributedSong: "A Horse with No Name" is commonly mistaken for a Music/NeilYoung tune. Understandable, since the tune was directly influenced by Young's work. And Dewey Bunnell's voice does sort of resemble Young's.
** "Sister Golden Hair" is often thought to be a Music/GeorgeHarrison song, mainly because of the very Harrison-esque slide guitar.

** Gerry Beckley, full stop. Blond, [[{{Meganekko}} bespectacled,]] shy smile, sweet, vulnerable singing voice. To say nothing of the [[http://www.accessbackstage.com/america/jpg/1977/tourbk28.jpg pink overalls.]]

* RealMenWearPink: Gerry Beckley appeared in publicity photos for one album in a pair of pink overalls...with no shirt underneath.

* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Check out the comments here for examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk-7n1hdK3M

* MrFanservice: See below.

* CompleteMonster: [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade Captain Walter Butler]] is a war criminal in the UsefulNotes/AmericanRevolution, and is unique in the sense that he is not a British soldier, but a cruel American [[LesCollaborateurs loyalist]]. Despised by both sides of the war for disobeying orders and conducting massacres against his own people with a renegade army of like-minded savages, Butler allows them to torture [=POW=]s for information. Obsessed with Nancy Montague, Butler leads a raid in the vicinity of her estate to steal supplies from the Continental Army, killing several people--including Nancy's uncle--before trying to rape her. Worse is Butler's plan to destroy Fort Sacrifice, as he intends to slaughter thousands of people living in the neighboring valley, declaring "Men, women, and children, this whole pack of American wolves, little wolves grow to big ones, [[WouldHurtAChild leave none to grow]]". One of the earliest examples of a SociopathicSoldier in film, Butler's dream was to sweep his country with flame and establish his own vision of an empire upon its ashes.

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* DorkAge: Between Dan Peek leaving and the release of the Album ''Hourglass'' in the early nineties, most of the band's output was [[SoOkayItsAverage forgettable pop.]]

* EarWorm

* CoveredUp: "Muskrat Love" was originally by Willis Alan Ramsey (who called it "Muskrat Candlelight"). America's version of the song was in turn CoveredUp by Captain and Tennille.

* MrFanservice: See above.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Check out the comments here for examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk-7n1hdK3M
* Adorkable: These guys make Hawaiian shirts, thick glasses, and mismatched patterns look, well, adorable.

* CoveredUp: "Muskrat Love" was originally by Willis Alan Ramsey. America's version of the song was in turn CoveredUp by Captain and Tennille.

* MisattributedSong: "A Horse with No Name" is commonly mistaken for a NeilYoung tune. Understandable, since the tune was directly influenced by Young's work. And Dewey Bunnell's voice does sort of resemble Young's.
** "Sister Golden Hair" is often thought to be a GeorgeHarrison song, mainly because of the very Harrison-esque slide guitar.

* MisattributedSong: "A Horse with No Name" is commonly mistaken for a NeilYoung tune. Understandable, since the tune was directly influenced by Young's work.