What *should* be your country's national anthem?

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After reading the "Planets" thread.

What would make an appropriate national anthem for your country?
And why?

(Serious classical answers and stoopid garage punk equally accepted.)

― phil jones (interstar), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 15:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Bud The Spud

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

"51st State" - New Model Army

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 15:14 (twenty-two years ago)

"We will rock you"

― Jonathan Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 15:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Rotterdam Termination Source - 'Poing'
The Smiths - 'Vicar in a Tutu'

― stevo (stevo), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 15:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Fear - "Let's Have A War"

― Dave Fischer, Tuesday, 17 December 2002 15:34 (twenty-two years ago)

"Fucking Hostile" by Pantera

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 15:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Everything I Do, I Do It For U-S-A!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 15:44 (twenty-two years ago)

"City of New Orleans"

but then, we'd have to be a very difft kind of country

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 15:46 (twenty-two years ago)

"Rap Dis (U Can't Stop This Shit)", Oxide and Neutrino

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)

"I'm proud to be a canadian/ pass me another welfare check/ I'm proud to be a canadian/ hold my seat while i go out and cash it/ I'm proud to be a canadian/ Pass me another eskimo/ I'm proud to be a canadian/
hold my seat while i fuck her up the asshole" - Dayglo Abortions

― dave q, Tuesday, 17 December 2002 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)

'field day for the sundays' by wire.

― what what (whatwhat), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 18:09 (twenty-two years ago)

"The Big Stick" - Minutemen

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)

"I Want It Now" from Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

― Arthur (Arthur), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 18:22 (twenty-two years ago)

(please pardon the serious reply)

"This Land is Your Land"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 18:34 (twenty-two years ago)

"As I was walking that ribbon of highway
I saw a sign, it said "No Trespassing".
But on the other side, it didn't say nothin—
That side was made for you and me."

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 18:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I mean this is one of the greatest political lyrics of all time, no way could it be in the national anthem!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 18:48 (twenty-two years ago)

I have always insisted that if I ever had my own country, Booker T and the MGs' "Time Is Tight" would be my national anthem. So stately, yet so soulful. Guess that'll have to do for my answer here.

(I guess national anthems have to have words, though, don't they?)

― Lee G (Lee G), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 19:01 (twenty-two years ago)

dave q - that is brilliant. you should be canada's next mayor.

― dyson (dyson), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 19:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, improve the Canadian subway system by hiding treasure on it.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 19:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Ballboy - I Hate Scotland

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 19:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Bruce McCulloch "The Clinique Ladies vs. the Body Shop Girls"

― Horace Mann, Tuesday, 17 December 2002 19:57 (twenty-two years ago)

"When it's time to party we will party hard..."

― Adam A. (Keiko), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 20:11 (twenty-two years ago)

YAKETY SAX

― Curtis Stephens, Tuesday, 17 December 2002 21:14 (twenty-two years ago)

"Rock The Shack", just to irritate people.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 21:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Although I don't particularly find Andrew WK's music appealing at all, I could totally imagine it blaring out over speakers at the beginning of baseball games, presidential inaugurations, etc.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 21:30 (twenty-two years ago)

nickalicious, would that really be any different from Lenny Kravitz blasting outta speakers at the beginning of baseball games, presidential inaugurations, etc. ?

― t\'\'t (t''t), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 21:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Twice the party!

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 21:41 (twenty-two years ago)

that Barenaked Ladies song wotz in all the American commercials, "Five Weeks" is it?

― Aaron A., Tuesday, 17 December 2002 21:57 (twenty-two years ago)

bah, Peoples Republic Of Dave - Rheostatics. It has that communist ring to it.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 23:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Age of Pamparius clearly. "You think you've had a piece of pizza? Well not like this!" Also: Baby Got Back.

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 03:04 (twenty-two years ago)

For a serious answer, Nick is right - This Land is Your Land would be far better than what the US has now.

― Dave Fischer, Wednesday, 18 December 2002 04:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Sweet Home Alabama.
failing that, Rocky Top, obviously

― Tom Millar (Millar), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 04:09 (twenty-two years ago)

now you're messin' with a son of a bitch...

― ko hsüan, Wednesday, 18 December 2002 07:24 (twenty-two years ago)

"Slaughterama" by GWAR

― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Friday, 20 December 2002 03:47 (twenty-two years ago)

"Bitch Betta Have My Money", or, failing that, "Dancing Queen". Or the theme from Shaft. Or "Blitzkrieg Bop".

― Nick Mirov (nick), Friday, 20 December 2002 04:03 (twenty-two years ago)

informer by snow.

― di smith (lucylurex), Friday, 20 December 2002 04:11 (twenty-two years ago)

"Fight the Power" + "Dancing Queen" + theme from Shaft + "Blitzkrieg Bop".
Merge that into a techno-latin medley and you have something 3000x bettah than that Francis Scott Key piece of steaming doglink.

― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Friday, 20 December 2002 04:12 (twenty-two years ago)

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