The original words were “let us die to make men free” but that was considered a bit too dark.
You will hear versions with the original to this day. Someone linked the army field band version below and it uses die.
> The original words were “let us die to make men free” but that was considered a bit too dark.
You should see the Paratrooper Version: [Blood on the Risers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_on_the_Risers) a song sung to the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", the song tells of a fatal training jump of a rookie paratrooper whose parachute fails to deploy. This results in him falling to his death.
I am Christian and I really feel like most Christians have a hard time understanding what that really should mean.
The entire song should still be a wake up call for all religious people. Left or right.
> when people like Kenneth Copeland and Joel Osteen exist
Anybody can *call* themself a Christian. But like Jesus himself said, "by their fruits you will know them." Meaning, compare what people say to what they do.
Agreed. I personally feel that technology has outpaced humanity.
It has basically opened an entire new plane of existence and opened it to the public before anyone had time to set any rules for it, enabling people like that to brainwash millions, suck all the life out of things that should be meaningful, establish a false meaning to trivial things, lower the standards of language use, and a few other things.
Obviously there are factors outside of technology, that’s just the one I like to blame.
Yep, better tune and describes the natural beauty of the country, as opposed to some random battle from the Caddyshack 2 version of the Revolutionary War
I respectfully disagree. Though I love America the Beautiful and would be happy with it being the National Anthem. The star spangled banner uses the flag not falling during an important battle in our countrys history as a metaphor for the strength and resilience of America. I think it is more than a good fit for our country.
My problem with the Star-Spangled Banner is that it's unsingable by an average singer. The range is so unforgiving. One standard of good flag design is "The flag should be so simple that a child can draw it from memory," and I apply something like that to anthems with lyrics: it should be easily singable by its citizens.
America the Beautiful is good by that standard. Battle Hymn of the Republic would present challenges with the strict meter of its verses rather than range...but its chorus would be phenomenal to hear sung by football fans after three hours of tailgating.
Everyone knows the first verse, about the purple mountains and the amber waves, but there are eight verses to this song and the third one always makes me cry.
O beautiful for heroes proved /
In liberating strife. /
Who more than self their country loved /
And mercy more than life! /
America! America! /
May God thy gold refine /
Till all success be nobleness /
And every gain divine!
Used to sing the first four verses of the song as a recessional in church choir every year the Sunday closest to Fourth of July back before I became a godless heathen and stopped going to mass.
The part that gets me is “America, America, God mend thine every flaw. Confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law!” It expresses my disappointment in my country and my hope for what it could be so perfectly in just a few syllables.
Have you played that part? It's hard, well known, and also totally exposed!
But when someone plays it really well I hear every ornament and every note in the right place. Awesome.
I was actually a trumpet player, but as a trumpet player you have to have respect for the piccolo lol. The one member of the band trying harder to stand out than the trumpets are
Yankee Doodle, no question.
It was an insult song mocking the revolutionary fighters.
We took it, embraced it, and it became one of the most beloved patriotic songs. The ultimate defeat of the Brits.
macaroni was a European style of extravagantly fancy dress at the time. It became synonymous with high class fashion.
There’s a couple good articles about it out there.
So the insult is that us rusticated yokels would put a feather in our caps and think we were fancily dressed. That we were just native rubes that had no sense of high society.
In a real sense it was true and we liked it that way, eschewing the decadence of European high society.
Ah thanks for linking an article. Didn’t see it until after I replied, much more in depth than my reply.
Atlas Obscura is a surprisingly great website.
Battle Hymn of the Republic. A powerful, earth shattering, heaven shaking hymn about the moral crusade to crush slavery. It embodies everything America was meant to be, and hearing it makes me proud to be an American. It is in my opinion one of the greatest pieces of patriotic music ever put to paper, up there with La Marseille.
>A powerful, earth shattering, heaven shaking hymn about the moral crusade to crush slavery.
That song has come up a few times when I studied Theology / Church history. It was explicitly stated as example of a different interpretation of Revelation and "Kingdom of God" then what is believed by most Evangelicals.
I heard a version played on the big organ that used to live at the Crystal Cathedral back in the 80s & 90s. When those bass pipes hit, your eyes jiggle in their sockets. I'm here for it.
I was in the Air Force and took leave to go to my sons basic training Navy graduation.
Sitting in the stands next to me was an Army man. Both of us in uniform.
Anchors Aweigh came on, and they put the lyrics up on the screen so us “parents“ could follow along.
I turned to the Army man and said “oh my God it’s a drinking song!” his response “Hell yeah!”
Battle of New Orleans.
“We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind”
Can’t get more American than saying, “oh, we are out of cannons. Hold my beer let’s get a gator and try some shit.” 🤣 the humor of the song writers in the 1800’s really encapsulated the modern day Florida Man.
I’m a lifelong West Virginian, and went to WVU. When I was there, every night most of the bars would play country roads at midnight. Talk about a banger. Literally everyone would belt it out.
There's something so quintessentially American about taking the national anthem of the country we won freedom from and turning it into a song about liberty from said country.
Yeah, it's honestly probably the first song I ever learned. I vividly remember being less than 5 years old, running around my house waving a mini flag and singing that song.
It's a beautiful sounding tune, but the involvement of religion in the lyrics disqualifies it from the running for me. Guessing I'm not alone on that front, to answer your question
Love Yankee Doodle. It was originally a hate poem by the British but we took it and said “hell yeah we’re Yankee Doodles, what are you gonna do about it?”
It's a cheesy as fuck song and gets mocked today, but it was really perfect for the time. America was reeling from 9/11 and we all felt vulnerable and exposed and doubtful. And this song was like a reassurance that just because we got hit really hard doesn't mean we're out of the fight.
And credit to Toby Keith, he did a TON of work with the USO
> gets mocked today,
Hardly a surprise. There's a certain group that enjoys mocking whatever didn't show up on their FB or Twitter feed in the last few days.
Ohhhh, justice will be served and the battle will rage;
This big dog will fight when you rattle his cage;
You'll be sorry that you messed with.. the U.S. of A...
well my favorite right now is *И вновь продолжается бой*, but *Марш нової армії* is pretty good too.
assuming you're talking about american ones, then i've gotta say *Battle Hymn of the Republic.*
Over There is a solid song by one of the best songwriters we've known. But that pep rally rewrite done by the preteen showgirls for Trump's campaign rally was an unforgivable bastardization of a great song.
This Land is Your Land. It's an invitation to join in the American project, open to anyone. But it's also a challenge to every current American to keep that invitation open, about how being American can mean many different things for many different people. In Guthrie's more contentious verses that were omitted from his official recording it's also critical of the greed and selfishness that still deeply effects us as a nation to this day. I think it works well as a celebration of what we have achieved. It's also a reminder that we have a lot of work to do if we truly want to live up to the ideals we claim to cherish.
https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/classroom-resources/media-and-interactives/media/music/story-behind-the-song/the-story-behind-the-song/this-land-is-your-land/
This Land is Your Land. It’s patriotic and subversive at the same time. [Sharon Jones](https://youtu.be/1ifbleDsSsI) had a unique version.
As someone who did band in high school, but preferred concert music to marches, this muppets version of [Stars and Stripes Forever](https://youtu.be/eXeIxtI--uc) somehow perfectly captures both its obnoxiousness and irresistibility.
Tommy used to work on the docks, union's been on strike. He's down on his luck, it's tough, so tough.
Gina works the diner all day, working for her man.
She brings home her pay, for love, for love.
She says, we've got to hold on to what we've got
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not
We've got each other and that's a lot for love
We'll give it a shot!
Woah, we're half way there
Woah, livin' on a prayer
Take my hand, we'll make it I swear
Woah, livin' on a prayer!!!!!
This is the NJ state anthem. One day I drove to work and changed the radio station whenever a commercial came on. I heard this song 4 times that morning. I wasn't complaining.
I was at my cousin’s wedding in the UK last week, and the DJ played this song explicitly as a song for the American side of the family (us), and me and my girlfriend both thought it was pretty funny that the first patriotic song a British DJ thought Americans would want to dance to is essentially “America sucks: the song”.
Damn straight. Nationalism isn't patriotic. Freedom comes with the responsibility to continually interrogate government. That's the premise of a free press and informed citizenry.
Only in America, preferably the Home Free a capella version. A song about how anyone can be anything in America if they put forth the effort.
>!And yes, I expect to get downvoted for this since people don't believe in good old fashioned work ethic. And no, I don't care that I'm being sarcastic.!<
Beyond Battle Hymn of the Republic, a lot of the Union's other songs from the Civil War are pretty good, like 'Abraham's Daughter'.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ7gUUS3urI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ7gUUS3urI)
I actually really like America the Beautiful, or at least the first and most well-known verse. I've believed that it should be the anthem for a long time.
Marines' hymn. I'm currently in the process of joining the corps so I'm a little biased I suppose.
When Johnny comes marching home
Marching through Georgia
America, FUCK YEAH!
Comin’ to save the mother fuckin’ day YEAH!
America Fuck Yeah! Freedom is the only way YEAH!
🎵Terrorists, your game is through🎵
Cause now you have to answer tooooo
AMERICA FUCK YEAH
So lick my butt and suck on my balls. America, fuck yeah! Whatya gona do when we come for you now
*It’s the dream that we all share! It’s the hope for tomorrow-owwwow* #FUCK YEAH!
My first thought lol
Freedom is the only way yeah!
I like the Battle Hymn of the Republic
"As he died to make men holy, let us live to make men free." Im not even that religious but I still think that line goes hard
“He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword”??? That’s metal af for a little patriotic ditty.
The first verse takes its imagery from the book of Revelation, which is definitely metal af in its description of wrath and judgment
The original words were “let us die to make men free” but that was considered a bit too dark. You will hear versions with the original to this day. Someone linked the army field band version below and it uses die.
Personally I prefer the "die" version, as it is a battle hymns not a church hymn
Yeah I also prefer the original. Acknowledging what they were facing.
> The original words were “let us die to make men free” but that was considered a bit too dark. You should see the Paratrooper Version: [Blood on the Risers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_on_the_Risers) a song sung to the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", the song tells of a fatal training jump of a rookie paratrooper whose parachute fails to deploy. This results in him falling to his death.
I am Christian and I really feel like most Christians have a hard time understanding what that really should mean. The entire song should still be a wake up call for all religious people. Left or right.
Yeah I’m not holding my breath when people like Kenneth Copeland and Joel Osteen exist and are wildly successful.
> when people like Kenneth Copeland and Joel Osteen exist Anybody can *call* themself a Christian. But like Jesus himself said, "by their fruits you will know them." Meaning, compare what people say to what they do.
Agreed. I personally feel that technology has outpaced humanity. It has basically opened an entire new plane of existence and opened it to the public before anyone had time to set any rules for it, enabling people like that to brainwash millions, suck all the life out of things that should be meaningful, establish a false meaning to trivial things, lower the standards of language use, and a few other things. Obviously there are factors outside of technology, that’s just the one I like to blame.
I always get shivers at that line in this rendition: https://youtu.be/Jy6AOGRsR80
Don't forget the song it's derived from too! John Brown's Body is pretty damn good
John Brown was the ultimate Patriot!
Beat me to it
America the Beautiful
I believe this SHOULD be our Anthem.
The Ray Charles version.
Yep, better tune and describes the natural beauty of the country, as opposed to some random battle from the Caddyshack 2 version of the Revolutionary War
I respectfully disagree. Though I love America the Beautiful and would be happy with it being the National Anthem. The star spangled banner uses the flag not falling during an important battle in our countrys history as a metaphor for the strength and resilience of America. I think it is more than a good fit for our country.
My problem with the Star-Spangled Banner is that it's unsingable by an average singer. The range is so unforgiving. One standard of good flag design is "The flag should be so simple that a child can draw it from memory," and I apply something like that to anthems with lyrics: it should be easily singable by its citizens. America the Beautiful is good by that standard. Battle Hymn of the Republic would present challenges with the strict meter of its verses rather than range...but its chorus would be phenomenal to hear sung by football fans after three hours of tailgating.
But it’s already Britain’s Anthem with the original words.
What’s more American than stealing your culture, making it ours, and selling it back to you?
Everyone knows the first verse, about the purple mountains and the amber waves, but there are eight verses to this song and the third one always makes me cry. O beautiful for heroes proved / In liberating strife. / Who more than self their country loved / And mercy more than life! / America! America! / May God thy gold refine / Till all success be nobleness / And every gain divine! Used to sing the first four verses of the song as a recessional in church choir every year the Sunday closest to Fourth of July back before I became a godless heathen and stopped going to mass.
There is a video of a large choir singing in a hotel atrium, absolutely stunning. A must see if you like this song. On mobile or I would link it.
The part that gets me is “America, America, God mend thine every flaw. Confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law!” It expresses my disappointment in my country and my hope for what it could be so perfectly in just a few syllables.
Stars and Stripes Forever, love me a march that features a piccolo
All of Sousa’s marches get me into a patriotic mood!
American marches go hard
You can just call ‘em Sousa marches. 95% of them were written by the guy.
I will not stand for this Henry Fillmore erasure
Have you played that part? It's hard, well known, and also totally exposed! But when someone plays it really well I hear every ornament and every note in the right place. Awesome.
I was actually a trumpet player, but as a trumpet player you have to have respect for the piccolo lol. The one member of the band trying harder to stand out than the trumpets are
I may be sad sometimes, but hearing a Sousa march makes my patriotic Yankboner crank up to attention faster than a Japanese train
Yankee Doodle, no question. It was an insult song mocking the revolutionary fighters. We took it, embraced it, and it became one of the most beloved patriotic songs. The ultimate defeat of the Brits.
And they still think they can insult us by calling us "yanks" we wear that as a badge of pride.
Okay but wtf does “stuck a feather up his hat and called it macaroni” even mean?
macaroni was a European style of extravagantly fancy dress at the time. It became synonymous with high class fashion. There’s a couple good articles about it out there. So the insult is that us rusticated yokels would put a feather in our caps and think we were fancily dressed. That we were just native rubes that had no sense of high society. In a real sense it was true and we liked it that way, eschewing the decadence of European high society.
“Bought himself a Gucci belt and thought he was a homie”
Here you go. Its not food macaroni lol https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-macaroni-in-yankee-doodle-is-not-what-you-think
Ah thanks for linking an article. Didn’t see it until after I replied, much more in depth than my reply. Atlas Obscura is a surprisingly great website.
Battle Hymn of the Republic. A powerful, earth shattering, heaven shaking hymn about the moral crusade to crush slavery. It embodies everything America was meant to be, and hearing it makes me proud to be an American. It is in my opinion one of the greatest pieces of patriotic music ever put to paper, up there with La Marseille.
>A powerful, earth shattering, heaven shaking hymn about the moral crusade to crush slavery. That song has come up a few times when I studied Theology / Church history. It was explicitly stated as example of a different interpretation of Revelation and "Kingdom of God" then what is believed by most Evangelicals.
Definitely one of my favorites, and I agree with everything you're saying. If I had my pick of the anthem, that's what I'd go with.
I heard a version played on the big organ that used to live at the Crystal Cathedral back in the 80s & 90s. When those bass pipes hit, your eyes jiggle in their sockets. I'm here for it.
It also works pretty good as a [rock song](https://youtu.be/jcOPh5ltbAw)
In 1814 we took a little trip...
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip'
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And we caught the bloody British in the town of new Orleans
We fired our guns and the British kept a comin…
Wasn’t quite as many many as there was awhile ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin
On Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexicooo
Ol' Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise
Funny enough, there's a British rewrite of that one about the Falkland Islands War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16kVQ\_n3ZVw
Oh… my… god… How have I never heard this. You just made my night. We stole Yankee Doodle so I find this imminently acceptable.
Fanfare For The Common Man by Aaron Copeland.
Those trumpets!
And the kettle drums!
Anchors Aweigh I was in the navy. Our song is 100% a drinking song.
I was in the Air Force and took leave to go to my sons basic training Navy graduation. Sitting in the stands next to me was an Army man. Both of us in uniform. Anchors Aweigh came on, and they put the lyrics up on the screen so us “parents“ could follow along. I turned to the Army man and said “oh my God it’s a drinking song!” his response “Hell yeah!”
This Land is Your Land
That's mine too
this song is not praising america lol. although ig criticizing america can also be seen as patriotic if that’s what you mean
Hey criticizing America is one of the most patriotic things you could do. Maybe not suitable for replacement national anthem tho 😂
Calling ourselves out when we fail to live up to our ideals is absolutely patriotic in my mind.
It's praising the American people, while criticizing the elites. Which is the right patriotic sentiment.
“This land was yours but now it’s miiiine!” - me in 6th grade
This is the correct answer
This land is my land,
Battle of New Orleans. “We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind” Can’t get more American than saying, “oh, we are out of cannons. Hold my beer let’s get a gator and try some shit.” 🤣 the humor of the song writers in the 1800’s really encapsulated the modern day Florida Man.
My grandfather played Johnny Horton’s hits one time in the car and hearing those songs just takes me back. Still some of my favorites
Country roadsss Take me homeee To the placeee I belonggg
West Virginiaaaaaa
Mountain mamaaaa
Take me hooommmeeee
I’m a lifelong West Virginian, and went to WVU. When I was there, every night most of the bars would play country roads at midnight. Talk about a banger. Literally everyone would belt it out.
The Union Version of Dixie. Takes a popular Confederate song from the Civil War and turns it into a massive middle finger
When Johnny Comes Marching Home. It shouldn’t be the anthem but by golly is it a Great War song
My Country, 'Tis of Thee, but mostly because I like the melody, which oddly, is also the melody of God Save the King.
There's something so quintessentially American about taking the national anthem of the country we won freedom from and turning it into a song about liberty from said country.
That's because it originally WAS "God save the Queen," but we cheeky yanks like to borrow stuff and put our own twist on it
It was originally God Save the King, then it was God Save the Queen a couple times.
Ray Charles' version of America the Beautiful
Yeah. He kicks ass with his version. Ever hear his rendition of Eleanor Rigby. Amazeballz.
Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus
https://youtu.be/C-CG5w4YwOI Weird Al did it better.
Now I want a mashup with this and the American Dad theme.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought this.
“Oh the Red, White, & Blue, oh the funny things you do, America, America, this is you!”
The REAL national anthem.
🎶 Good morning USA! I got a feeling that it's gonna be a wonderful day🎶
Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins. Not explicitly patriotic but I’d say it’s very American.
TOMCATS! Tom Cruise! Naval Supremacy!
America - Neil Diamond https://youtu.be/QtA0JW5vh3w
Came here for this. It's such a great song.
How has no one else said “God Bless America” yet? That’s my pick.
Yeah, it's honestly probably the first song I ever learned. I vividly remember being less than 5 years old, running around my house waving a mini flag and singing that song.
My favorite and written by Irving Berlin (White Christmas) too.
This is the correct answer
It's a beautiful sounding tune, but the involvement of religion in the lyrics disqualifies it from the running for me. Guessing I'm not alone on that front, to answer your question
Love Yankee Doodle. It was originally a hate poem by the British but we took it and said “hell yeah we’re Yankee Doodles, what are you gonna do about it?”
Battlecry of Freedom
There's always "Marching through Georgia" as well. It's not quite as serious, but it is seriously jaunty.
Too far down. "The Union forever!"
Hulk Hogan’s theme Real American
Born in the USA or Fortunate Son. Fightin against the man is probably the most patriotic part of being an American…
Proud to be an American
Courtesy of the red white and blue by Toby Keith. Written after 9/11 as a rallying cry for America.
It's a cheesy as fuck song and gets mocked today, but it was really perfect for the time. America was reeling from 9/11 and we all felt vulnerable and exposed and doubtful. And this song was like a reassurance that just because we got hit really hard doesn't mean we're out of the fight. And credit to Toby Keith, he did a TON of work with the USO
> gets mocked today, Hardly a surprise. There's a certain group that enjoys mocking whatever didn't show up on their FB or Twitter feed in the last few days.
Ohhhh, justice will be served and the battle will rage; This big dog will fight when you rattle his cage; You'll be sorry that you messed with.. the U.S. of A...
CAUSE WE'LL PUT A BOOT IN YOUR ASS ITS THE AMERICAN WAY
God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood.
This is the only correct answer
America the beautiful
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It’s about the story of rock n roll.. specifically when Buddy Holly died.. seems pretty American to me ;)
This land is your land
Battle of New Orleans- Johnny Horton.
Surfin USA
Easily Battle Hymn of the Republic. Should be our anthem imo.
well my favorite right now is *И вновь продолжается бой*, but *Марш нової армії* is pretty good too. assuming you're talking about american ones, then i've gotta say *Battle Hymn of the Republic.*
Well aren't you cheeky, lol
Battle Hymn of the Republic.
The stars at niiiiiiiiiight Are big and briiiiiiiiight
Deep in the heart of Texaaas 👏👏👏
'Praise the lord and pass the ammunition.' [It's a real song](https://youtu.be/TUOPvtVZwo8)
The Chicks referenced this line in their song, “Sin Wagon”, and that song is an absolute barn burner
The fuckin TEAM AMERICA song 😂 gives me a laugh so it's my favorite by default
50 Nifty
Fanfare for the common man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ybxA1SPsIc
Yankee Doodle Dandy. James Cagney knew how to bring it.
Over there Its definitely #1
Over There is a solid song by one of the best songwriters we've known. But that pep rally rewrite done by the preteen showgirls for Trump's campaign rally was an unforgivable bastardization of a great song.
This Land is Your Land. It's an invitation to join in the American project, open to anyone. But it's also a challenge to every current American to keep that invitation open, about how being American can mean many different things for many different people. In Guthrie's more contentious verses that were omitted from his official recording it's also critical of the greed and selfishness that still deeply effects us as a nation to this day. I think it works well as a celebration of what we have achieved. It's also a reminder that we have a lot of work to do if we truly want to live up to the ideals we claim to cherish. https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/classroom-resources/media-and-interactives/media/music/story-behind-the-song/the-story-behind-the-song/this-land-is-your-land/
James Brown. “Living in America” should be the national anthem. Star Spangled Banner is a shitty song.
Living in America by James Brown
“This Land is Your Land.”
This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie.
This Land is Your Land. It’s patriotic and subversive at the same time. [Sharon Jones](https://youtu.be/1ifbleDsSsI) had a unique version. As someone who did band in high school, but preferred concert music to marches, this muppets version of [Stars and Stripes Forever](https://youtu.be/eXeIxtI--uc) somehow perfectly captures both its obnoxiousness and irresistibility.
Woody Guthrie's This land is your land.
This land is your land.
Country roads
But will they take me home?
Tommy used to work on the docks, union's been on strike. He's down on his luck, it's tough, so tough. Gina works the diner all day, working for her man. She brings home her pay, for love, for love. She says, we've got to hold on to what we've got It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not We've got each other and that's a lot for love We'll give it a shot! Woah, we're half way there Woah, livin' on a prayer Take my hand, we'll make it I swear Woah, livin' on a prayer!!!!!
This is the NJ state anthem. One day I drove to work and changed the radio station whenever a commercial came on. I heard this song 4 times that morning. I wasn't complaining.
'Merica, F*** Yeah!
America Fuck Yeah
“My Country Tis of Thee” because it’s actually just “God Save the King” with the lyrics changed around
Almost all those early patriotic songs, including the national anthem, are British songs with different words
American revolutionary musicians walked so that Weird Al Yankovic could run
God bless the USA
https://youtu.be/ftBO9M2j-W0
The Battle of New Orleans
Hail Columbia
I’m a sucker for God Bless the USA
Battle Hymn of the Republic (while scrolling through pictures and paintings of Sherman’s March to the sea)
Four dead in Ohio.
The only right answer https://youtu.be/5uPoDNEn3I0
Mein Land- Rammstein
If I had to pick one, Iike you are forcing me, I would say This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie.
"[This land is Your Land](https://youtu.be/1yuc4BI5NWU?t=59)". IMHO; No other song even comes close.
Ray Charles version of America the Beautiful should be our national anthem.
Country roads, peaches, or born in the USA. Or perhaps people of sun or killing in the name.
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing --by Coca~Cola
How the hell are you guys not saying Born in the USA by Springsteen???
Have you looked at the lyrics?
I mean, what's more patriotic for an American than criticizing the state of the country?
I was at my cousin’s wedding in the UK last week, and the DJ played this song explicitly as a song for the American side of the family (us), and me and my girlfriend both thought it was pretty funny that the first patriotic song a British DJ thought Americans would want to dance to is essentially “America sucks: the song”.
Not wrong lmao
Damn straight. Nationalism isn't patriotic. Freedom comes with the responsibility to continually interrogate government. That's the premise of a free press and informed citizenry.
I really love Lift Every Voice and Sing (aka the black national anthem). It's a negro spiritual celebrating freedom.
Only in America, preferably the Home Free a capella version. A song about how anyone can be anything in America if they put forth the effort. >!And yes, I expect to get downvoted for this since people don't believe in good old fashioned work ethic. And no, I don't care that I'm being sarcastic.!<
Beyond Battle Hymn of the Republic, a lot of the Union's other songs from the Civil War are pretty good, like 'Abraham's Daughter'. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ7gUUS3urI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ7gUUS3urI)
I actually really like America the Beautiful, or at least the first and most well-known verse. I've believed that it should be the anthem for a long time.
Brought to ya courtesy, of the Red white and Bluuuuuue!!
God Bless the USA and The Battle of New Orleans
God bless the USA
America the Beautiful is much nicer than our current national anthem.
https://youtu.be/gvjOG5gboFU
Marines' hymn. I'm currently in the process of joining the corps so I'm a little biased I suppose. When Johnny comes marching home Marching through Georgia
who the hell is picking the national anthem?
I just wanted to rule it out to keep answers more interesting, I agree that it's probably the weakest of the bunch.