“America! fuck yeah! Coming again to save the motherfuckin day, yeah!”
There’s only one right answer in Canada.
And that is, of course, The Logdriver’s Waltz
Right now? The End of the Innocence
O’ beautiful, for spacious skies
Now those skies are threatening
They’re beating plowshares into swords
For this tired old man that we elected king
Armchair warriors often fail
And we’ve been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers clean up all details
Since daddy had to lie“On est là ! On est là ! Même si Macron ne veut pas, nous on est là ! Pour l’honneur des travailleurs et pour un monde meilleur, même si Macron ne veut pas nous on est là !”
American Idiot - Green Day
Honest answer? I think the current US anthem is fine. Some would like it to be “God Bless America”, but I don’t care for the “god” reference, although it is a better song. Others would argue for “America the Beautiful”. The “God” reference isn’t as prominent in this case, but I think any reference to God is inappropriate in a supposedly secular society. A war poem set to the tune of a drinking song is both appropriate and the best we can do, imho.
Just because a government is secular doesn’t mean the country is.
True, but if the government is truly secular and the government chooses its official anthem, then it should be secular as well. And please notice that I used the qualifier “supposedly” in the post you replied to, and the qualifier “should” in this response, so I’m referring what would be appropriate in a secular society and not the dominant religion of the population and their influence on their government.
John Cage - 4’33
Everyone just has to sit in silence and think about why having a nationalist song is kinda weird in the light of the modern day
United States of Whatever
Time to dredge this up again.
Hamsterdance - USA.
It captures the mindset of our current administration and it goes through my head whenever I think of the bumbling redneckery they churn out on a daily basis.
Entry of the Gladiators for America because it has become a fucking circus over here.
Hey now…
That song rocks when its played by a proper brass band, it only sounds silly when you make it silly. Otherwise its a good march.
It should be the Battle Hymn of the Republic, just with some of the original lyrics:
John Brown’s body lies a moldering in the grave
John Brown’s body lies a moldering in the grave
John Brown’s body lies a moldering in the grave
But his truth keeps marching on
or
We’ll hang Jeff Davis from a crab apple tree
We’ll hang Jeff Davis from a crab apple tree
We’ll hang Jeff Davis from a crab apple tree
John Brown’s truth keeps marching on.
England - If we must have one, then Land of Hope and Glory is a good contender, but there are so many problems with the lyrics as they are that a complete rewrite of those would be necessary for me to be happy with it.
For Britain as a whole, I don’t know. The current dirge needs scrapping for sure. (And maybe the subject of the song as well, but that’s a different story).
Scotland and Wales already have their own (Flower of Scotland and Land of My Fathers respectively), and Northern Ireland actually use Danny Boy in some contexts.
It would be interesting to somehow blend all four into a secular hymn but that’s so far above my skill level it’s not even funny.
