# World Government Anthem **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510 "2010-03-06T05:04:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510/41 "2010-03-07T00:34:56Z")
My world takeover anthem is [Love Trooper](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rso02N1j5o). ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510/42 "2010-03-07T00:42:05Z")
The theme to “Deep Space Nine” ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510/43 "2010-03-07T00:47:09Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > “Tainted Love.” [Say Hello, Wave Goodbye](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42YzfmEQ400) ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510/44 "2010-03-07T00:58:53Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > “Tainted Love.” [Say Hello, Wave Goodbye](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42YzfmEQ400) I’m not entirely sure, but I suspect that Marc may be, or possibly may have been, “in the gays”. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510/45 "2010-03-07T01:15:06Z")
“Beasts of England” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510/46 "2010-03-07T01:26:27Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > In other words - you’re smart, kid, and you know stuff, but you don’t know enough to know how much you don’t know. > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Assuming everything Curtis LeMay says about himself is true, it seems likely that he is not yet able to appreciate that. > [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Aye, basically. Seems like a good lad though, needs to engage his considerable brain a bit beyond his current scope though. Mind you he’s only 13, and it’ll be girls soon. Enough with the comments about **Curtis LeMay** , please. Let’s stick to the topic of the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510/47 "2010-03-07T02:34:48Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > As militant as it is, it would be highly inappropriate as the anthem of any world-wide government not built by conquest. What about an extraterrestrial threat? ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510/48 "2010-03-07T02:39:50Z")
Wait, he asked us why. We’re not allowed to respond? No one was overtly insulting, so what’s the problem? * * * I really came in to second “Ode To Joy”. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510/49 "2010-03-07T03:34:54Z")
It’d be really cool to have an international sing-along to the tune of “God Save the Queen”, with representatives from each country singing their own version. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510/50 "2010-03-07T04:05:31Z")
> [@Reno\_Nevada](#): > > How about [The Green Hills Of Earth?](http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/833933/posts) Non milataristic, and never been translated into a non-Terran language. Bonus for LeMay–the link is the FreeRepublic! I read through the thread with the intention of suggesting this. Interestingly, with use of grace notes it fits exceptionally well with Neil Young’s “After the Gold Rush” – and the tone of the music is “right” for the sense of the lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510/51 "2010-03-07T04:14:45Z")
Fifty posts in and I’m seeing no Beastie Boys. The advantage to Beastie Boys tunes is anyone in the world could “sing” them. Or Run-DMC. Why not “It’s Tricky”? The title sums up government and international relations. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510/52 "2010-03-07T09:34:48Z")
OK guys, the reply I gave is probably the song that is actually the best known on the planet of these. However, I’ll tell you the real song and it even has lyrics. Imagine by John Lennon. Now smack your heads. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510/53 "2010-03-07T17:59:54Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > OK guys, the reply I gave is probably the song that is actually the best known on the planet of these. > > However, I’ll tell you the real song and it even has lyrics. > > Imagine by John Lennon. > > Now smack your heads. I suspect the “Imagine there’s no heaven…” and “…no religion, too” lines would cause problems in some quarters. Imagine how the US Christian right would react to the world gov’t adopting an openly atheistic anthem. (Although, given how the Christian right reacts to the idea of a World Goverment currently, maybe your theory is that they must have died out before the concept became a reality.) How about Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back”: there’s a concept we can all get behind. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510/54 "2010-03-07T18:01:30Z")
I would have gone for Jimmy Buffett’s “Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw?”. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510/55 "2010-03-07T20:44:24Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Enough with the comments about **Curtis LeMay** , please. Let’s stick to the topic of the thread. I didn’t intend to insult Curtis with my remark; I actually had it in mind to (obliquely) defend him. But looking over what I wrote it certainly sounds like mocking. I’m responsible for my words regardless of intent, so I apologize to the board and to him. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510/56 "2010-03-07T20:57:32Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > “Tainted Love.” I thought this was good but then I saw this - > [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > I would have gone for Jimmy Buffett’s “Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw?”. and I realized my vote for “My Humps” was completely outclassed. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510/57 "2010-03-07T22:21:23Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > I suspect the “Imagine there’s no heaven…” and “…no religion, too” lines would cause problems in some quarters. Imagine how the US Christian right would react to the world gov’t adopting an openly atheistic anthem. (Although, given how the Christian right reacts to the idea of a World Goverment currently, maybe your theory is that they must have died out before the concept became a reality.) Of course, if I were emperor, I’d not only translate it into all the local languages, but I’d force everyone to stand out in public and recite it at noon every day, so I could check. Incidentally, I would then hook John Lennon’s corpse up to a turbine, and use the rapid spinning to power the electrical grid for half of Europe. And everything comes together like clockwork. ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510/58 "2010-03-08T00:03:20Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > 2 Live Crew’s “Me So Horny” possibly changing it to "We So Horny’ to give it an international flair… Try beaming that one out into the far depths of space and see how many intergalactic douchebags with multiple heads and tentacles we end up attracting: Graxnor: Whoa, there’s this planet that keeps sending signals talking about how horny they are, brah! Lexbar the Magnificent: Hellz yeah, dude! Set course for Earth and break out the space rubbers! They don’t call me “the magnificent” for nuthin’ brah! > [@42fish](#): > > How about Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back”: there’s a concept we can all get **behind**. I saw what you did there…and I like it ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510/59 "2010-03-08T01:12:56Z")
We already have one. The rest of the world will adapt to the “Star Spangled Banner”. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510/60 "2010-03-08T01:53:08Z")
How about “Battle Cry of Freedom”? No religious imagery there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-government-anthem/531510.md?page=4)