# Your Favorite Anthems (Rock or Otherwise) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-anthems-rock-or-otherwise/685248 "2014-04-03T13:43:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-anthems-rock-or-otherwise/685248/21 "2014-04-05T05:34:51Z")
A couple of trance anthems Armin van Buuren - [Communication](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS5BGyRweUQ) Lost Tribe - [Gamemaster](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bboe1FRs2nI) ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-anthems-rock-or-otherwise/685248/22 "2014-04-05T06:21:13Z")
“For Those About To Rock” by AC/DC “Creeping Death” by Metallica ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-anthems-rock-or-otherwise/685248/23 "2014-04-05T15:21:10Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > National: Russia. La Marseillaise. I’d invade Russia if that song were played. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-anthems-rock-or-otherwise/685248/24 "2014-04-07T13:17:54Z")
I do love the 2012 last night at the Proms version of Rule Britannia :): [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yprh8ElXgbU) ---
**Author:** ![Detroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@Detroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Detroit)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-anthems-rock-or-otherwise/685248/25 "2014-04-08T14:20:00Z")
BORN TO BE WILD! I still love it and still scream along with it! American Pie. Still don’t know what it’s all about but still love singing it. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-anthems-rock-or-otherwise/685248/26 "2014-04-08T14:52:39Z")
You can’t top Broadway for anthems. [“Brotherhood of Man”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_29IeEeZqo)\*\* from **How to Succeed.** [One Day More](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IddP8AAIGTQ) and [“Can You Hear the People Sing”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMYNfQlf1H8) from **Les Miserables.** (Hell, the entire musical is nothing _but_ anthems). [“I Believe”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVJgmp2Tc2s) from **The Book of Mormon** ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-anthems-rock-or-otherwise/685248/27 "2014-04-08T15:04:40Z")
About 2/3 of Bruce Springsteen’s oeuvre. “Gonna Fly Now” from _Rocky_ ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-anthems-rock-or-otherwise/685248/28 "2014-04-08T15:10:55Z")
“The Championship” - Polyphonic Spree ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-anthems-rock-or-otherwise/685248/29 "2014-04-08T16:15:27Z")
> [@Mixolydian](#): > > Just heard Neil’s “Rockin’ In the Free World” on the radio; although some references therein are a bit dated, I never seem to get tired of hearing it. I agree, I always like hearing this song if it comes on. I have the album, and it’s the last song on it, but the first song is a live acoustic version. I’ve always wanted to mix a version that opens with the slower acoustic version, followed by the whole studio version. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-anthems-rock-or-otherwise/685248/30 "2014-04-08T20:16:10Z")
The Cult, Wild-Hearted Son. It’s essentially made of bits of other songs bolted together and the lyrics are fridge-magnet rock cliche, but damned if I don’t turn it up every time. ---
**Author:** ![bppubjr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@bppubjr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bppubjr)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-anthems-rock-or-otherwise/685248/31 "2014-04-09T22:05:55Z")
Meat Loaf, Bat Out of Hell, FTW, for me, at least! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-anthems-rock-or-otherwise/685248.md?page=1)