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HughBeaumont

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36. It's an embarrassing anachronism.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Sep 17, 2015, 09:42 AM

Sep 2015

When I go to derby events and they play national anthems from other countries, they're about national pride, community and other good things. Ours is about perilous fights, rockets, war, battles, "freedom isn't free" . . . I don't even want to stand up for it, much less sing that militaristic piece of crap.

America the Beautiful is something I could get into.

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The US really frickin needs a new national anthem [View all] struggle4progress Sep 2015 OP

It was originally a poem, IIRC MannyGoldstein Sep 2015 #1

It's not a good poem either. Nobody can remember the words. struggle4progress Sep 2015 #3

You know one verse and a chorus, here's the rest of 'Doodle' : Bluenorthwest Sep 2015 #15

School kids could easily learn that with enthusiasm and would never forget it struggle4progress Sep 2015 #26

If you say so. It's fairly antique, difficult to understand and not universally applicable to the Bluenorthwest Sep 2015 #65

The original version, if anyone's interested... Mac1949 Sep 2015 #5

Someone here at DU suggested a plausible drinking game to go with that: struggle4progress Sep 2015 #8

Sounds like fun, but... Mac1949 Sep 2015 #17

Go ahead and compose a new anthem. Maybe it will be a hit. nt ladjf Sep 2015 #2

There are plenty of good possibilities struggle4progress Sep 2015 #7

America the Beautiful! Ray Charles! longship Sep 2015 #11

Would the DU community endorse any song with "God" in it? brooklynite Sep 2015 #18

OK but let's not bicker to the point of doing nothing struggle4progress Sep 2015 #23

I'd rather have a song about god than a song about bombs XemaSab Sep 2015 #48

"he has loosed the faithful lightning of his terrible swift sword....." brooklynite Sep 2015 #49

I didn't mean EVERY song about god XemaSab Sep 2015 #74

As somebody who's not a big fan of God RexDart Sep 2015 #77

The next anthem could be C&W ... JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2015 #4

We can fight fire with fire there struggle4progress Sep 2015 #9

Sub title the song - All Hail to the Corporation liberal N proud Sep 2015 #6

Yankee Doodle Dandy struggle4progress Sep 2015 #13

...and the home... of the... crazed! nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2015 #10

My country 'tis of thy people struggle4progress Sep 2015 #19

And, btw, I don't believe any apocryphal story about 'the British fleeing in terror' from a song. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2015 #12

Revisionist! struggle4progress Sep 2015 #14

You need to read all of Richard Armour's books 1939 Sep 2015 #33

Why? DFW Sep 2015 #16

De Colores struggle4progress Sep 2015 #20

why have one that is sung at all? melm00se Sep 2015 #22

I suppose we could just use the current one without lyrics struggle4progress Sep 2015 #31

Yes other countries' anthems sound like hymns treestar Sep 2015 #53

Not all DFW Sep 2015 #67

I'd like one that is not about bombs, LWolf Sep 2015 #21

Geronimo's great-grand-daughter told me she refused to sing Guthrie's song struggle4progress Sep 2015 #24

I can see that. LWolf Sep 2015 #25

Maybe we could offer folk several national anthems, copying the example struggle4progress Sep 2015 #28

This land is your land. nt Javaman Sep 2015 #27

The fact that no one can sing that song is what makes it beautiful. Sheldon Cooper Sep 2015 #29

Well, we could just lend out instruments and ask people to play along with this struggle4progress Sep 2015 #32

ha ha marions ghost Sep 2015 #41

I vote for this one: johnp3907 Sep 2015 #30

This Is My Country struggle4progress Sep 2015 #34

Or some good-old Milwaukee 90s Goblinmonger Sep 2015 #55

Why have a song at all it serves no purpose except divisiveness YabaDabaNoDinoNo Sep 2015 #35

Who needs a song to divide us when we can already be so divisive via internet? struggle4progress Sep 2015 #39

It's an embarrassing anachronism. HughBeaumont Sep 2015 #36

You should research the lyrics of other national anthems. Throd Sep 2015 #42

France: Bluenorthwest Sep 2015 #66

THat's one. Here are several others. HughBeaumont Sep 2015 #71

On this topic, more or less marions ghost Sep 2015 #37

+ struggle4progress Sep 2015 #40

America Uber Alles? ryan_cats Sep 2015 #38

God Bless the USA? hardluck Sep 2015 #43

If Socialist Bernie becomes our Prez... pink-o Sep 2015 #44

Sorry, but no other national song lets people do this: Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2015 #45

Toby Keith's "Have I Got a Present for You" Orsino Sep 2015 #46

I think Randy Newman has written many anthems about America olddots Sep 2015 #47

A Few Words in Defense of Our Country struggle4progress Sep 2015 #50

We should adopt the Spanish national anthem -- much easier to sing nichomachus Sep 2015 #51

Que? Throd Sep 2015 #52

People make up all sort of things to fill the gap nichomachus Sep 2015 #54

I guess I should have yelled "Stop making shit up" at everyone when I lived there. Throd Sep 2015 #63

Sometimes that's called for nichomachus Sep 2015 #69

Maybe Taylor Swift can write it, OP! WinkyDink Sep 2015 #56

God Bless America rogerashton Sep 2015 #57

If Democrats picked this battle, Snobblevitch Sep 2015 #58

You don't think everyone would sign on for John Prine's Paradise? struggle4progress Sep 2015 #62

"simple gifts" DonCoquixote Sep 2015 #59

Love is Little struggle4progress Sep 2015 #61

God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood is good Reter Sep 2015 #60

I agree, something to keep with modern times. Rex Sep 2015 #64

Mebbe Lawyers, Guns and Money struggle4progress Sep 2015 #68

Nope Snow Leopard Sep 2015 #70

Blister in the Sun? Glassunion Sep 2015 #72

Gets my vote! beac Sep 2015 #73

"America, F*&# Yeah!" has my vote. Nailzberg Sep 2015 #75

"Sweet America," Buffy Saint Marie. Admiral Loinpresser Sep 2015 #76