Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 is facing some criticism for the band's new song, "March of the Dogs." The tune, off Sum 41's brand new album, is highly critical of President Bush.

 

According to Whibley, one writer tried to have him deported because of the song.

 

Here are the lyrics that started the whole controversy:


And now the president's dead
Because they blew off his head
No more neck to be red
I guess to heaven he fled

 

If we are to believe Whibley's story, a Rolling Stone writer/intern called a Congressman while writing a story about the song, and tried to have Whibley deported. Hmm, they must have cut that part out of "I Write For Rolling Stone." Rolling Stone denies these charges, saying that they simply called the Republican Congressman to get his point of view on the song's lyrics. Yeah, they WOULD say that.

 

Either way, Whibley defended the song to Jam! Music, calling it a metaphor:

 

 

I don't want him dead. He's so bad at his job that somebody on life support could be better than him. He's so terrible. He's dead at his job. He has killed his legacy... He will forever be known as one of the worst presidents of all time. He's historically not as low as a few, but I still think he's worse. So that's what I meant by the lyric.

 

 

Hey Deryck, if you don't like the President, why don't you go live in Canada? Two things are funny about this story. First off, there's actually a Republican writing for a major music magazine. Secondly, apparently our Congressmen have plenty of time to give quotes about Sum 41 lyrics. Stay tuned for our story next week, when Barack Obama talks about "Umbrella."

 

Now, on a somewhat serious note, it's sad to think that Whibley could be deported for speaking his mind. Even if these allegations are untrue, and he never faced the threat of deportation at all, it still doesn't seem that far-fetched, and that's a little frightening. I mean, deporting someone for speaking their mind is awful... especially when there are tons of other reasons to deport Sum 41.

 

In fact, here are the top ten reasons to deport Sum 41:

 

 

10) "Pieces"

 

 

 

 

9) "Still Waiting"

 

 

 

 

8) "What We're All About"

 

 

 

 

7) "Over My Head"

 

 

 

 

6) "Handle This"

 

 

 

 

5) "Makes No Difference"

 

 

 

 

4) Deryck Whibley's hair

 

3) "In Too Deep"

 

 

 

 

2) "Motivation"

 

 

 

 

1) "Fat Lip"

 

 

 

 

[Whibley also said something in the Jam! interview about there being too much negativity toward Sum 41's music, but I wasn't really paying attention, I was too busy coming up with this list of annoying Sum 41 songs.]