Patriotic Music (I cant spelle)

[Kaiser of Arabia]

So, what are your favorite songs that deal with a certain country, patriotic if you will? For any country not just your own btw.
I'll start
Dixie
Bonnie Blue
Glory Halleluja
Danny Boy
Anything by Wagner (makes me want to invade poland )
British Grenadiers
Scotland the Brave

also, out of all anthems I have to say that the old Soviet is the most national-like. When you hear it for the first time and you dont know what country it is you have the gut feeling its russia. Or poland.
-Capo

[Sasaki Kojiro]

War, what is it good for?

[Kongamato]

Two songs from a couple of movies come to mind at present:

"Men of Harlech" from Zulu, a Welsh battle song sang when the Zulu had the entire fort surrounded and began singing war chants at the British, and "Die Panzerlied" from a scene in the movie Battle of the Bulge, where a commander walks into a room of his new tankers and realizes the situation is desperate, all the new tankers are young and inexperienced. The young tankers decide to show their loyalty by singing this song.

Here's the audio from the movie scene. Since it's a movie scene, you'll hear the commander say "sing", and "louder". These aren't orders, and you do not have to invade Poland.

Die Panzerlied from Battle of the Bulge

Here is "God Save the Tsar", an early Russian anthem which is used in the end of the 1812 Overture:

http://www.oaimages.com/song.shtml

The current Russian Anthem:
http://www.gov.ru/main/symbols/gimn_rf_t3.mp3

[zelda12]

The most Patriotic songs tend to be national anthems.

So here in blighty we can choose from two official songs. God save the queen or Rule Brittania.

Both are relics from the 18th century. And no one knows the words and when its played before matches the players generally just mumble.

The two concievable replacements are Jerusalem. Which is one hell of a inspiring song. Or the Sex Pistols version of God Save the queen, which is a great laugh.

[Lazul]

the Swedish Anthem, not very powerfull but very patriotic... funny thing is that the song is really about the "north" and "scandinavia"... sweden isnt even mentioned in the song.

and ofcourse the Soviet/Russian national anthem... almost turns you in to a commie!

[Tamur]

funny thing is that the song is really about the "north" and "scandinavia"... sweden isnt even mentioned in the song.

Probably because Sweden used to be Scandinavia... ah the good old days I must agree with zelda, Jerusalem is a marvelous song.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Here's the audio from the movie scene. Since it's a movie scene, you'll hear the commander say "sing", and "louder". These aren't orders, and you do not have to invade Poland.

But I want to invade Poland.

[JAG]

'Red flag'

[monkian]

Thin red line- Saxon

[Fragony]

Deutschland uber alles !!!!

no just kidding, I like 'Grachten van Amsterdam' by Wim Zonneveld. The Russian national anthem is just glorious, my favorite.

[william the bastard]

Brave Scotland and "la marseillaise" wich an nationalist song indeed

[Accounting Troll]

Anything by Sibelius, particularly the Karelia Suite.

Elgar's Enigma Variations, particularly Nimrod

The Dambusters theme

Any Scottish bagpipe music

[thrashaholic]

Land of my Fathers (Hen wlad fy nhadau - Welsh national anthem)
Jerusalem
Rule Britannia
Men of Harlech
Bread of Heaven
Scotland the Brave
ect. ect.

...but never God save the Queen, its such a rubbish song - traditional and Sex Pistols version.

[JAG]

...but never God save the Queen, its such a rubbish song - traditional and Sex Pistols version.

I will agree with you there, it is terrible. I wish we had a proper, GOOD, national anthem. I cringe when I hear God save the queen, it is that terrible.

[Ser Clegane]

Deutschland uber alles

What does Oliver Hardy have to do with this?

[thrashaholic]

I will agree with you there, it is terrible. I wish we had a proper, GOOD, national anthem. I cringe when I hear God save the queen, it is that terrible.

Especially when English people sing it.... 'Gawd Say-v Arrrrr Grayshuss Kween...' *shudders*

[william the bastard]

hey it seem we allways like nationalistand bloody song whe should federate all of us with "SS march lied"

[pyhhricvictory]

I like the Italian anthem, It just cheers you up. Odd for a national anthem.

[Devastatin Dave]

Proud to be an American (God Bless the USA) by Lee GreenWood. I never really liked the song, its beyond cheese, till I was stationed in Korea. They would play that song at the end of the exercises to let everyone know that it was over!!! Man, after working 18 hour days for a week or two, wearing chem gear, body armor, getting eaten alive by miquitos, or in the winter, freezing your ass off in a DFP, you sang along with that mother####er!!!

[Fragony]

What does Oliver Hardy have to do with this?

Unclear at this point, but the revisionists are doing a great job. We will find out eventualy.

[Duke Malcolm]

Any Scottish folk music, especially bagpipe marches, makes me think of the old Highland Regiments marching in their kilts against foreigners.
Flower of Scotland
Land of Hope and Glory
Land of our Fathers
Rule Britannia
Battle Hymn of the Republic
La Marseillaise

[Beirut]

The music from Hockey Night in Canada.