It must be an election year.

As I reported in a recent LCR, Neil Young has dedicated most of his upcoming album, "Living With War," to attacking the Bush administration's Iraq war policy. He's even going to offer it free on the Web.

Now it seems as though more pop artists are piling on.

A few years ago, some fans walked out of a U.S. Pearl Jam concert after singer Eddie Vedder impaled a mask of President Bush on a microphone stand.

Vedder and Pearl Jam are back on Bush-bashing track with a new hit single titled "World Wide Suicide."

In the tune, Vedder croons:

  "Medals on a wooden mantle. Next to a handsome face.
   That the president took for granted. Writing checks that others pay.
   And in all the madness. Thought becomes numb and naive.
   So much to talk about. Nothing for to say."

And in the chorus, the words "It's a worldwide suicide" ring out.

In an upcoming Time magazine issue, Vedder lets it be known that he believes, "It's just not the time to be cryptic. I mean, our tax dollars for this war are being funneled through huge corporations -- one of which Dick Cheney used to be head of -- and there's an even greater disparity between rich or poor in this country. It offends me on a really deep level."

Pink, who previously launched musical attacks on Britney Spears, now has her sights fixed on President Bush.

Pink's new album, "I'm Not Dead," contains the song "Dear Mr. President," which includes the oh-so-profound lyrics, "How can you say no child left behind? We're not dumb and we're not blind...."

The Left Coast Report notes that's not all. The song also contains the oh-so-provocative questions, "What kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away? What kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?"