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In reply to the discussion: What's your favorite national song? [View all]onethatcares
(16,306 posts)99. "your flag decal won't get you into heaven anymore"
thank you very much, John Prine
then there's
"This land is your land" Woody Guthrie
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The British Patriotic song, Jerusalem - is the most beautiful of all Patriotic songs in my opinion
Douglas Carpenter
Apr 2014
#12
All social contracts are illusions - it's an illusion to imagine that by helping others I can
el_bryanto
Apr 2014
#19
I don't have one, so I'll go with one even more horrible than those ones...
Violet_Crumble
Apr 2014
#18
No, I meant horrible*, though there are some in that bunch I haven't heard of...
Violet_Crumble
Apr 2014
#25
It's a tie between Oh Canada and that French one from that Humphrey Bogart picture. (n/t)
Iggo
Apr 2014
#51
Lyrics which largely consist of a series of questions about one old obscure battle?
Paladin
Apr 2014
#66
National songs are unnecessary kitsch used to blind people to the ills of the state.
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2014
#88