My world takeover anthem is Love Trooper.
The theme to “Deep Space Nine”
I’m not entirely sure, but I suspect that Marc may be, or possibly may have been, “in the gays”.
“Beasts of England”
Enough with the comments about Curtis LeMay, please. Let’s stick to the topic of the thread.
What about an extraterrestrial threat?
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”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I would have gone for Jimmy Buffett’s “Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw?”.
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.
I thought this was good but then I saw this -
and I realized my vote for “My Humps” was completely outclassed.
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.
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!
I saw what you did there…and I like it
We already have one.
The rest of the world will adapt to the “Star Spangled Banner”.
How about “Battle Cry of Freedom”? No religious imagery there.