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(56,582 posts) Fri Apr 25, 2014, 05:59 AM Apr 2014

What's your favorite national song? [View all]

I like several, but I'm curious what people think.

(As much as I love them, I've left the services' hymns out: the Marines' and Navy hymns are awesome, though...)

(Obviously, if it's "other" please share...)

24 votes, 1 pass \| Time left: Unlimited
	The Star-Spangled Banner
	4 (17%)
	The Battle Hymn of the Republic
	2 (8%)
	God Bless America
	0 (0%)
	This Land is Your Land
	9 (38%)
	America the Beautiful
	7 (29%)
	We Shall Overcome
	0 (0%)
	Yankee Doodle
	0 (0%)
	Dixie / Bonnie Blue Flag (I figured I should put them up here; I actually like the songs themselves per se...)
	0 (0%)
	Born in the USA
	2 (8%)
	When Johnny Comes Marching Home
	0 (0%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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What's your favorite national song? [View all] Recursion Apr 2014 OP

The Marseillaise (since you didn't say "American") Spider Jerusalem Apr 2014 #1

Not l'International? (nt) Recursion Apr 2014 #4

Not really a "national song", is it? Spider Jerusalem Apr 2014 #5

Kind of by definition, yeah? Fair' point. (nt) Recursion Apr 2014 #10

+1. closeupready Apr 2014 #49

My first thought too! eom catrose Apr 2014 #80

America the Beautiful sung by Ray Charles. Arkansas Granny Apr 2014 #2

Beat me to it Lonusca Apr 2014 #97

The Star Spangled Banner, no doubt. Warren DeMontague Apr 2014 #3

Star Trek: The Next Generation theme postulater Apr 2014 #6

From this group, I've got to choose Yankee Doodle. surrealAmerican Apr 2014 #7

"Proud to be an American" seveneyes Apr 2014 #8

Lee Greenwood? Recursion Apr 2014 #9

It was the first song that popped into my head after seeing the thread seveneyes Apr 2014 #11

A very nice man JustAnotherGen Apr 2014 #33

Remember them playing that as well 4Q2u2 Apr 2014 #42

You cracked me up, funny. joshcryer Apr 2014 #94

The British Patriotic song, Jerusalem - is the most beautiful of all Patriotic songs in my opinion Douglas Carpenter Apr 2014 #12

That's a good one (nt) Recursion Apr 2014 #16

How about "Born in the USA" by Springsteen? TBF Apr 2014 #13

I had limited slots. Maybe that one should replace one. Recursion Apr 2014 #15

Thanks! I do love Springsteen :) nt TBF Apr 2014 #22

The "nation" is an illusion used to prop up power. JackRiddler Apr 2014 #14

All social contracts are illusions - it's an illusion to imagine that by helping others I can el_bryanto Apr 2014 #19

The question is whether these are contracts. JackRiddler Apr 2014 #21

Columbia the Gem of the Ocean is good too el_bryanto Apr 2014 #17

I don't have one, so I'll go with one even more horrible than those ones... Violet_Crumble Apr 2014 #18

I think you said horrible when you meant to say awesome. nt el_bryanto Apr 2014 #20

No, I meant horrible*, though there are some in that bunch I haven't heard of... Violet_Crumble Apr 2014 #25

I was referring specifically to the awesome song "Land Down Under." el_bryanto Apr 2014 #27

I probably should have said annoying rather than horrible... Violet_Crumble Apr 2014 #35

"Buy me some peanuts and crack!" pangaia Apr 2014 #31

Sympathy for the Devil. JackRiddler Apr 2014 #23

+10000 Champion Jack Apr 2014 #37

The Fish Cheer ~ I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag, or Money by Pink Floyd Zorra Apr 2014 #24

YE$ lunasun Apr 2014 #53

On that note (see what I did there): Lizzie Poppet Apr 2014 #58

Jimi at Woodstock. n/t H2O Man Apr 2014 #26

word! G_j Apr 2014 #30

++++ Champion Jack Apr 2014 #38

Being a Woody Guthrie fan, I had to go with 'This Land Is Your Land.' LuvNewcastle Apr 2014 #28

+1,000,000 PoliticalPothead Apr 2014 #32

I USED to like that that song leftynyc Apr 2014 #45

The lyrics to Don't Drink The Water leftynyc Apr 2014 #46

But has to be the full version. With the "subversive" verses as well. HERVEPA Apr 2014 #55

Waltzing Matilda nt Ex Lurker Apr 2014 #29

It's only good when it's done by the Wiggles... Violet_Crumble Apr 2014 #34

The Pogues BainsBane Apr 2014 #44

Favorite is "Coming to America" by Neil Diamond rurallib Apr 2014 #36

And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda tularetom Apr 2014 #39

And today is Anzac Day dipsydoodle Apr 2014 #52

Yankee Rose VScott Apr 2014 #40

My country tis of thee. hrmjustin Apr 2014 #41

America! Fuck Yeah! DanTex Apr 2014 #43

This is what I thought of too. joshcryer Apr 2014 #95

Lift Every Voice and Sing. n/t winter is coming Apr 2014 #47

I love this song. James Weldon Johnson. kwassa Apr 2014 #87

Based on musical merit, I'm going with "Stars and Stripes Forever" Coventina Apr 2014 #48

"Living in America" - James Brown LeftinOH Apr 2014 #50

It's a tie between Oh Canada and that French one from that Humphrey Bogart picture. (n/t) Iggo Apr 2014 #51

French Natl Anthem......I like the Russian Natl Anthem too fadedrose Apr 2014 #93

Casablanca. Iggo Apr 2014 #96

That's it....thanks.... fadedrose Apr 2014 #101

Abraham Lincoln's Choice On the Road Apr 2014 #54

Smells like teen spirit. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #56

American Pie eShirl Apr 2014 #57

When Johnny Comes Marching Home. NuclearDem Apr 2014 #59

Pacman Fever by Buckner & Garcia TlalocW Apr 2014 #60

Damn near anything is better than "Star Spangled Banner," AFAIC. Paladin Apr 2014 #61

I'm OK with the lyrics, it's the music that's spectacularly under-whelming. Coventina Apr 2014 #63

Lyrics which largely consist of a series of questions about one old obscure battle? Paladin Apr 2014 #66

Well, I'm "OK" with them, not in love with them. Coventina Apr 2014 #67

Oh, well. Nothing to lose sleep over, right? (nt) Paladin Apr 2014 #68

Big Bad John or Workin in the Coal Mine. L0oniX Apr 2014 #62

Or... Blue_In_AK Apr 2014 #71

Propbably this one... Spirochete Apr 2014 #64

Pink Houses Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2014 #65

O Canada KamaAina Apr 2014 #69

+1. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2014 #76

They certainly got it done! KamaAina Apr 2014 #77

Phil Ochs- "The Power And The Glory" enigmatic Apr 2014 #70

Yes. I was going to choose Phil's song as well. DreamGypsy Apr 2014 #104

I Like Big Butts Arugula Latte Apr 2014 #72

"Ca na da" Bobby Gimby's Canada Song I loved as a kid. Don't quite know applegrove Apr 2014 #73

No Freddie Mercury, no vote! Shandris Apr 2014 #74

Queen is not an American group. kwassa Apr 2014 #90

I find this to be wholly irrelevant. =) <n/t> Shandris Apr 2014 #91

Fake Empire followed by Mr. November... adirondacker Apr 2014 #75

Hymn of the Russian Federation n/t Strelnikov_ Apr 2014 #78

Testify n/t Strelnikov_ Apr 2014 #79

"Oh ... Canada" etherealtruth Apr 2014 #81

The Imperial March Maedhros Apr 2014 #82

Anchors Aweigh XRubicon Apr 2014 #83

Hands down. bmbmd Apr 2014 #84

X "New World" (1983) Tikki Apr 2014 #85

My favorite "love of country" song...John Prine's The Great Compromise... countryjake Apr 2014 #86

National songs are unnecessary kitsch used to blind people to the ills of the state. Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #88

Yeah, except... JackRiddler Apr 2014 #89

"Stars and Stripes Forever" John Phillip Sousa kwassa Apr 2014 #92

Wiggle it, Just a Little Bit AngryAmish Apr 2014 #98

"your flag decal won't get you into heaven anymore" onethatcares Apr 2014 #99

"American Tune" should be our national anthem cthulu2016 Apr 2014 #100

Walk This Way jberryhill Apr 2014 #102

Where y'all been? This IS our National Anthem! yallerdawg Apr 2014 #103

The Internationale craigmatic Apr 2014 #105

I love We Shall Overcome but I don't regard it as a "national" song. It's more of a "human" song. MADem Apr 2014 #106