Lookout Mountain (track)
by Drive-By Truckers
Year: 2004
From the album The Dirty South (track #13)
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Lookout Mountain appears on the following album(s) by Drive-By Truckers:
- The Dirty South (track #13) (this album) (2004)
- Alabama Ass Whuppin' (track #2) (2000)
- It's Great To Be Alive! (track #1) (2015)
- Plan 9 Records July 13, 2006 (track #25) (2020)
- Ugly Buildings, Whores & Politicians: Greatest Hits 1998-2009 (track #14) (compilation) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/19/2026 16:00 | Exist-en-ciel | 172,096 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2026 03:38 | daCritic | 39,471 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2024 20:19 |  dihansse | 68,677 | 76/100 |
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buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/21/2017 19:01 | #191187
It seems like no matter what playlist I've got going when I'm driving through Chattanooga, this loud rocker comes on, right on cue, when the real-life Lookout Mountain--home to the city's wealthy elite--comes into view. This says two things: (1) I have this song on a lot of playlists because it is one of Drive-By Truckers' best songs; and (2) it's a little creepy how well this song compliments, and describes, my own ambivalent relationship to financial security. On the one hand, as Patterson Hood point out, we all want it. On the other hand, it doesn't by itself make us happy. This song is one of the sharpest critiques of capitalism there is.
