Replace your national anthem.

And a whole lot of people think it already is the anthem.

Your opinion does not make it so. I like the song. I like it a lot. I know lots of people who also like it. I think it would make a great National Anthem.

Yeah, funny how that works.

“The Maine Stein Song” has a perfect melody for a national anthem if you slow it down a bit. Of course the lyrics won’t work, but you could hold a contest to come up with new ones.

For the US definately “Battle Hymn of the Republic”

For Britain “Land of Hope and Glory” or “Rule Brittania”

For Germany all three stanzas of the “Deutschlandlied” or “Die Wacht am Rhein”

You really worry me sometimes.

For America, most definately “America, Fuck Yeah”, or if that’s not an option, Prince’s “Pussy Control”.

Any song? Ok.
This Is My Song.

The SSB is difficult to sing, few people know the first verse, not to mention those following and the subject matter is somewhat narrow in scope. In favor, the difficulty in singing actually favors large groups, and it is very stirring. I’d keep it. But if I couldn’t, America The Beautiful is lovely.

Well, it should be something like “America the Beautiful” I guess. No reason we should be stuck with “The Star-Spangled Banner” to the tune of “To Anacreon in Heaven” just because better songs weren’t written yet when that call was made.

We have a few well-established patriotic songs:
“America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)” - doesn’t work instrumentally, since it’s just “God Save the King.”
“Stars and Stripes Forever” - the best lyrics I’ve heard are the one about the duck
“Yankee Doodle” - at least has the prestige of age
“Yankee Doodle Dandy” - bleh. bit too Broadway. well, at least it’s bouncy.
“America the Beautiful” - nice
“God Bless America” - a bit marchy
“This Land Is Your Land” - pretty good

Been following links and found this: Help Save the Youth of America
That’s quite good.

ETA: On listening to it, I’m down with nominating “Rock Lobster.”

Rock Lobster would certainly confuse the North Korean Intelligence services.

For Scotland-

Restless Natives by Big Country or Dignityby Deacon Blue. Classics!

I’ve read that post, especially the part for Germany, and instantly thought: “WTF?”, but then I saw it was **Qin **and was no longer surprised. It’s not the first time I noticed his unhealthy fascination with German nationalistic symbols and attitudes.

Bull - Flower of Scotland is just fine - but we could go with ‘You Fat Bastard’ BY Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown…

This: - YouTube as I wan’t a song that would:

  1. Make you proud to be an American, mostly because we kick so much ass.

  2. Give proper tribute to the Dovahkiin for keeping us save from the dragons. I mean, really, who is this god person, and what has he ever done for us?

On the other hand Fus Ro Dah! Is a scientifically observed phenomena: Skyrim - Best Fus Roh Dah Compilation - YouTube

On a slightly more serious note, why do national anthems suck so much? Why can’t we have kick butt drums and nordic tenors as directed by Jeremy Soul?

I’m perfectly happy with Flower of Scotland; I was responding to the hypothetical in the OP.

I agree that the British one is awful. I think it should be replaced by We Are The Champions by Queen.

I’m actually a fan of this one, too—and I’m a centrist, so that’s like half-liberal. Maybe I’m just sentimental. :smiley:

After that…how’s about El Dorado? A good, western theme, but drawing from Poe’s Eldorado.

And the closest thing to religious imagery is the line “and the godliest mortal you ever will know / Is the one with the dream of El Dorado.”

Hope, determination, high ideals, and adventure. From a native-born poet, and a native-born song style. And John Wayne. How much more American can you get? :smiley:

“I think the only fair way to come up with a new national anthem is to hold open auditions…”

It’s Albert Brooks and a piano on the old Flip Wilson Show in '72 (wow, before he was Nemo’s dad, he had a 'fro!).

It’s one of the most-listened-to tracks on my iPod, possibly because the Average Citizens come up with such great lyrics:

“Three thousand miles from coast to coast / Every citizen has reason to boast”
“You jail / All your blac-” “Thank you!”
*“Ooooooo, ooooo, I like the USA, Ooo-ooo / It’s better than Russia, or China…”
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Last up on this clip: “Mr. Bob” Robert Harrison from Vegas: “Got a countreeeeeee…

I want “America the Beautiful”, but I want the verse that ends in this chorus to be better known, even though it has the G-word in it:

America, America!
God mend thine every flaw!
Confirm thy soul in self-control
Thy liberty in law!