I have a few friends that get seriously worked up about fireworks. Living in Boston, I know we’re in the best-evah-guy woods, but they’ve never got me amped. To me, fireworks are like churches, parades and rappers’ homes (lookin’ at you, Cribs) - you seen one, you seen em all. Unless you’re on hallucinogens, in which case all of the above are pretty wild.

But — I’m always down for the beach (except when it’s “mostly cloudy chance of effin’ thunderstorms”), Coronas with lime and grillin’ in the backyard. A handful of songs come to mind for such a day’s soundtrack but X’s “4th of July” has always been in the lead. Considering I have it on my harddrive, and none of the others, here tis, “two ways,” as they are fond of saying in the culinary industry:

X - 4th of July (demo)

X - 4th of July (album version)

Surprisingly, I think the demo has way more kick. Allez fouroJuly!

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