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its the Star Spangled Banner. Listen to it, watch the pictures and when its done...you cant tell me you dont feel patriotic. Maybe all americans should listen to this a little more often...

I can't? Really, I can't?

What if I'm not FROM the USA?

Can I not feel patriotic THEN?

Sonny Jim, this here's a UK server with more people on it who are NOT from the USA than perhaps you realize.

I'm FROM the USA, and the Anthem only does it for me on certain occasions. And no, that does not include sporting events, except perhaps the Olympics or other world stage events.

I've got nothing against pride and patriotism, but when it's applied with such a can of Stars 'n Stripes brand spray paint, it gets really, really old, really, really quick.

I love my country, but I think we should start seeing other people. Literally.

Congrats, you condescending American. If anything, you've just made me more patriotic towards my home country of the UK and the EU. Because we aren't that condescending.

those weren't even particularly good pictures. gets a D+ in propaganda 151

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAzbMqwr-J8&mode=related&search=


its the Star Spangled Banner. Listen to it, watch the pictures and when its done...you cant tell me you dont feel patriotic. Maybe all americans should listen to this a little more often...I did feel a slight twinge of patriotism when I saw that kid abusing the flag.

After listening to that I am proud that we have the freedoms that we do. Mostly though, I am very relieved that Bush will be leaving office in a couple years and hopefully he won't do any more damage to the things of our country that makes this anthem so powerful. The pictures though added up to some pathetic propaganda.

I did feel a slight twinge of patriotism when I saw that kid abusing the flag.

little known fact - american flags make excellent beach towels and rain ponchos

Considering a lot of the pictures, it seems more like militaristic jingoism than patriotism to me. From a fellow American.

hmmm wierd

it didnt work for me.. halfway through I even turned it up hoping that it would help, but nothing came of it.

Is there some way I should be watching this that would facilitate patrotism in this US American?

Congrats, you condescending American. If anything, you've just made me more patriotic towards my home country of the UK and the EU. Because we aren't that condescending.
So? When I first heard the Soviet National Anthem I was more than a little moved, and I am neither Russian nor was I alive for very much of the USSR's existence.

Is there some way I should be watching this that would facilitate patrotism in this US American?
Masturbate to it, rhythmically?

So? When I first heard the Soviet National Anthem I was more than a little moved, and I am neither Russian nor was I alive for very much of the USSR's existence.

Same thing happens to me when I hear any Anthem played during the Olympics.

I just savor the moment, remember the feeling and take joy in the faces of the winners.

little known fact - american flags make excellent beach towels and rain ponchosOh, I don't mind some instances of flag abuse (http://www.welt.de/z/photos/index.php/item/sexyfans06/i43033021c23171f859b666ccaf27afbc), but the kid had no valid reason. :D

So? When I first heard the Soviet National Anthem I was more than a little moved, and I am neither Russian nor was I alive for very much of the USSR's existence.

To be told that I can't help but feel patriotic at this sight is what's condescending.

Masturbate to it, rhythmically?

*tries*

that so didnt work!

Nothing like another countries crappy anthem to make a man feel patriotic..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAzbMqwr-J8&mode=related&search=


its the Star Spangled Banner. Listen to it, watch the pictures and when its done...you cant tell me you dont feel patriotic. Maybe all americans should listen to this a little more often...

actually it makes me feel a bit sick.

I don't feel patriotic.

I admit, I didn't watch your YouTube video. I'm on a slow connection. But given that listening to my national anthem and watching flags waving has never done much for me before, I don't see why it would this time.

My country has its good qualities and its bad qualities. Overall, I think it's a fairly decent country to live in, but it could always be better. Because I care about my country, I will respect the things that are good about it and work to fix the things that aren't so good - which seems a lot more "patriotic" to me than getting teary-eyed over a piece of cloth.

actually it makes me feel a bit sick.

You know you love patriotism.

little known fact - american flags make excellent beach towels and rain ponchos

Also good underwear. ;)

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000ER5UTA.01-A33H8MBYDKZYV4._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

you cant tell me you dont feel patriotic.
I don't.

actually it makes me feel a bit sick.

Go lie down, get Glitzi to rub your temples, you'll feel fine.

I like the US anthem, except for having to sing it, there's like a four-octave range required. Still, I don't need schmaltzy videos to make me feel patriotic.

You know you love patriotism.
It's almost as great as freedom. *nods*

*tries*

that so didnt work!
You've got to think about eagles while you do it too.

*tries*

that so didnt work!
You must have done it wrong(ly?). :(

You've got to think about eagles while you do it too.
Rhythmically masturbating eagles only, though.

Just reminds me that the song is just as piss-poor as the poem that spawned it (seriously...what were Americans thinking with those friggin prospect poems?)

and the singing was pretty bad too, along with the poorly cropped images.

nope, no patriotism because of a bad song taken from an even worse poem, sung over poorly done imagery.

You've got to think about eagles while you do it too.

you just want me to becomes aroused during my next trip to the zoo

very funny wise guy

You know you love patriotism.

oh fuck yeah.



*stands up to salute the queen* ;)

I started watching it and then I had to stop because of that bile taste in my mouth.

So, in all honesty, I can and do tell you that I do not feel patriotic at all when i listen to that and see those pictures.

Why? Because I'm not a U.S. citizen. It really is that easy!

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Go lie down, get Glitzi to rub your temples, you'll feel fine.

I like the US anthem, except for having to sing it, there's like a four-octave range required. Still, I don't need schmaltzy videos to make me feel patriotic.

The range on the Anthem is only an interval of a 12th* (low tonic, or root, or "do" on "oh-oh say" to the dominant, or 5th, or "sol" above the upper tonic on "glare" and "free"). The reason why it feels so rangy is because people forget to start it so that "oh-oh say" is on their lowest comfortable and projecting note. If you start it too high, you're in for a rude surprise in the B section (form is AABC).

*Four octaves would be an interval of a 29th, for comparison.

tell me this doesn't make you feel patriotic

http://www.enscw.org/img/EU_flag.jpg

Actually I think America, the Beautiful or This land is Your Land would make better national anthems. Less militaristic. More inclusive. More descriptive of the things that are beautiful about this country.


http://www.fuzzylu.com/falmouth/bates/america.html

Not a bad song, though I like this one much better- I'm such a commie. :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Land_Is_Your_Land

Rhythmically masturbating eagles only, though.

none of this is turning me on or making me feel patriotic. maybe theres something truely wrong with me.

wait... theres something happening...

omg a giant patriotic boner.

the OP was right but you have to watch it three times but replace the images with your favorite US American models/actors/tv news anchors and touch yourself furiously. I cant stress the "furiously" part hard enough. I said hard... hehe

tell me this doesn't make you feel patriotic

http://www.enscw.org/img/EU_flag.jpg


Heil!

The range on the Anthem is only an interval of a 12th* (low tonic, or root, or "do" on "oh-oh say" to the dominant, or 5th, or "sol" above the upper tonic on "glare" and "free"). The reason why it feels so rangy is because people forget to start it so that "oh-oh say" is on their lowest comfortable and projecting note. If you start it too high, you're in for a rude surprise in the B section (form is AABC).

*Four octaves would be an interval of a 29th, for comparison.

Uhm ... :p I should have said "a gazillion octaves," I guess. But then, FS Keyes was standing on the deck of a British warship all night, scribbling on the back of some envelope or something, so I guess he did the best he could.

tell me this doesn't make you feel patriotic

http://www.enscw.org/img/EU_flag.jpg
Sorry. It does. ;)
Heil!
No. No. No. Not even remotely funny.

The US is the only country ballsy enough to set their national anthem to a drinking tune!

Yeah motherfuckers, yeah!

Sorry. It does. ;)


it does me too :)


....or, at least, proud :)

Uhm ... :p I should have said "a gazillion octaves," I guess. But then, FS Keyes was standing on the deck of a British warship all night, scribbling on the back of some envelope or something, so I guess he did the best he could.

He didn't write the music...just the poem.

the song itself is an old British drinking song called To Anacreon in Heaven

So? When I first heard the Soviet National Anthem I was more than a little moved, and I am neither Russian nor was I alive for very much of the USSR's existence.

Yeah, but feeling moved is different from feeling patriotic.

Plus, the Soviet national anthem is of excellent quality. The US national anthem is lame.

the song itself is an old British drinking song called To Anacreon in Heaven

Which is why it's so damn amazing. Set to a drinking tune. The US is so freaking awesome.

Yeah, but feeling moved is different from feeling patriotic.

Plus, the Soviet national anthem is of excellent quality. The US national anthem is lame.

The anthem of the former Soviet Union is lame, for the simple fact that it had no direct connotation to drinking, unlike the total sweetness of the US national anthem.

tell me this doesn't make you feel patriotic

http://www.enscw.org/img/EU_flag.jpgAdd the anthem to the image, and it does. Royally.

Which is why it's so damn amazing. Set to a drinking tune. The US is so freaking awesome.

but it isn't even a good drinking song :(

Uhm ... :p I should have said "a gazillion octaves," I guess. But then, FS Keyes was standing on the deck of a British warship all night, scribbling on the back of some envelope or something, so I guess he did the best he could.

F.S. Key wrote the poem, not the tune.

tell me this doesn't make you feel patriotic

http://www.enscw.org/img/EU_flag.jpg

It makes me feel quite patriotic, in all seriousness.

He didn't write the music...just the poem.

the song itself is an old British drinking song called To Anacreon in Heaven

Well, true, he did sort of lift the music. Would that he'd had a little better taste. Maybe that's what the officers were singing as they bombarded Fort McHenry, and it got stuck in his head? :p

oddly enough the American anthem just sounds like nails on a black board to especially when it has some idiot singing it with that stressing of every word

So? When I first heard the Soviet National Anthem I was more than a little moved, and I am neither Russian nor was I alive for very much of the USSR's existence.

best anthem ever

http://www.enscw.org/img/EU_flag.jpg

salutes but realises that it looks far to American for my liking

E.U anthem for the Americans out there (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXuhvzbQ5EI&mode=related&search=)

but it isn't even a good drinking song :(

You can't have everything. Nothing in life is perfect. Besides, I still hear God Bless America more often these days then i do our national anthem.

Well, true, he did sort of lift the music. Would that he'd had a little better taste. Maybe that's what the officers were singing as they bombarded Fort McHenry, and it got stuck in his head? :p

I maintain that it is the greatest thing in national anthem history ever.

Sorry. It does. ;)

No. No. No. Not even remotely funny.


Oh noes war reference! Too bad you lost and had to give Poland back to Russia. Anyway, you europeans really love the union huh?

This is a much better anthem, especially for those of us left of center.

In the original version of "This Land Is Your Land" Guthrie protested class inequality with the verse,

In the squares of the city, In the shadow of a steeple;
By the relief office, I'd seen my people.
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking,
Is this land made for you and me?
and protested the institution of private ownership of land with the verse,

As I went walking, I saw a sign there;
And on the sign there, It said, 'NO TRESPASSING.'
But on the other side, It didn't say nothing.
That side was made for you and me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAzbMqwr-J8&mode=related&search=

its the Star Spangled Banner. Listen to it, watch the pictures and when its done...you cant tell me you dont feel patriotic. Maybe all americans should listen to this a little more often...
*apathy*

tell me this doesn't make you feel patriotic

http://www.enscw.org/img/EU_flag.jpg
We need a better flag. I'm sick of flags with stars.

Well, true, he did sort of lift the music. Would that he'd had a little better taste. Maybe that's what the officers were singing as they bombarded Fort McHenry, and it got stuck in his head? :p

Well, if he could write a decent poem, maybe it wouldn't suck so much ;)

0/2 Mr. Key. zero. for. two.

Wanna know the sad thing? The part that became our national anthem is the best of the four stanzas. The rest are just shit.

(yeah. I know. I have a really really low opinion of the prospect poems.)

http://www.zianet.com/tedmorris/dg/FlagGirl0010.jpg

NOW I am feeling patriotic. No wait, that's lust.

http://www.zianet.com/tedmorris/dg/FlagGirl0010.jpg

NOW I am feeling patriotic. No wait, that's lust.

They're closely linked.

oddly enough the American anthem just sounds like nails on a black board to especially when it has some idiot singing it with that stressing of every word
like say... Rosanne Barr?

http://www.zianet.com/tedmorris/dg/FlagGirl0010.jpg

NOW I am feeling patriotic. No wait, that's lust.

as long as the "soldier" is standing at attention...

Yeah, but feeling moved is different from feeling patriotic.
I felt as close to patriotism then as I have at any other occassion. Not that I was willing to go give my life for the Motherland, or anything, but I did feel a strong desire to throw up a salute of some kind.
Plus, the Soviet national anthem is of excellent quality. The US national anthem is lame.
I think a lot of that has to do with the quality of the singers. The US National Anthem is always done by one singer (usually a woman), but the Soviets had an entire military choir to belt out a few verses about the Party of Lenin.

Would be better if it were sung (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_song) properly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-Spangled_Banner).

And if it didn't fill my head with images of crony capitalism, USA PATRIOT, and the imploded skulls of young Iraqi "collateral damage."

as it's not my Nation's flag NO

The anthem of the former Soviet Union is lame, for the simple fact that it had no direct connotation to drinking, unlike the total sweetness of the US national anthem.

Like the Russians ever needed a musical connotation to drinking. They didn't need crutches like that. Neither do I.

It makes me feel quite patriotic, in all seriousness.
:)



Plus, the Soviet national anthem is of excellent quality. The US national anthem is lame.

^ true, dat.
soviet anthem kicks



salutes but realises that it looks far to American for my liking

E.U anthem for the Americans out there (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXuhvzbQ5EI&mode=related&search=)
we need a more kickass anthem. something by sepultura i'm thinking :D

http://www.zianet.com/tedmorris/dg/FlagGirl0010.jpg

NOW I am feeling patriotic. No wait, that's lust.

*humps*

Oh, god...yes...ohhhhhhhhhhh..Rule Britannia....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!llalam1


Patriotism is so orgasmic.

as long as the "soldier" is standing at attention...

and it's giving the one eye salute!

it does me too :)

....or, at least, proud :)
:p Good for us, I'd say!
Yeah, but feeling moved is different from feeling patriotic.

Plus, the Soviet national anthem is of excellent quality. The US national anthem is lame.
Okay, the Soviet national anthem is so kickass - even though I'm not Russian, it touches me deeply. No. Not there. Over there.
Add the anthem to the image, and it does. Royally.
You could simply have clicked on "Greetings from Old Europe" in my signature!
:)
^ true, dat.
soviet anthem kicks

we need a more kickass anthem. something by sepultura i'm thinking :D
So we like that anthem, too? Mmh... :D

Maybe we could ask Sepultura to play the Ode to Joy? Although I have to admit that the Herbert von Karajan recording of the Ode to Joy can't be beat by much, if anything!

:)



^ true, dat.
soviet anthem kicks


we need a more kickass anthem. something by sepultura i'm thinking :D

That bit at the beginning of the Hunt for Red October, when the whole sub is singing the anthem does make my hair stand up, tis true. I still prefer this though (http://www.iet.ntnu.no/~makarov/temporary_url_20060919zkkfg/internationale-ru.mp3). :)

http://www.zianet.com/tedmorris/dg/FlagGirl0010.jpg

http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/159547/2/istockphoto_159547_woman_and_a_flag_full_body_eu.jpg

all I could find that I'm allowed to show:(

You could simply have clicked on "Greetings from Old Europe" in my signature!

Aye, I could have. If only you posted before me in this thread.
But more power to you.

EDIT *hmpf... like you did... for a couple of minutes*

*humps*


thanks, I needed that.

*smokes*

Erm, I'm sorry, but patriotism is not my thing.

That bit at the beginning of the Hunt for Red October, when the whole sub is singing the anthem does make my hair stand up, tis true. I still prefer this though (http://www.iet.ntnu.no/~makarov/temporary_url_20060919zkkfg/internationale-ru.mp3). :)
So it's not only me to whom that happens. :p
And while I like the Internationale, it's not my favorite (although amongst it).

all I could find that I'm allowed to show:(
Which is better than nothing, I'd say!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/EUBikini.jpg
Aye, I could have. If only you posted before me in this thread.
But more power to you.

EDIT *hmpf... like you did... for a couple of minutes*
:D Don't worry. Better double than none at all, eh?

Our anthem sucks...it's a goddam British drunkard song. We stole every one of our "patriotic" songs from British drunks.

That bit at the beginning of the Hunt for Red October, when the whole sub is singing the anthem does make my hair stand up, tis true.
ooh yeah...

:p Good for us, I'd say!
indeedily! :)

salutes but realises that it looks far to American for my liking]




We need a better flag. I'm sick of flags with stars.

is this (http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/eu%20flag%20new%20pm.jpg) any better? i just knocked it up (i especially like the flowery motif :P)

ooh yeah...

indeedily! :)

is this (http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/eu%20flag%20new%20pm.jpg) any better? i just knocked it up (i especially like the flowery motif :P)
Wow. It's so... shiny. And it has flowers, too! *saves to disk* (if I may!) :p

Our anthem sucks...it's a goddam British drunkard song. We stole every one of our "patriotic" songs from British drunks.

Oi! there's nothing wrong with british drunks! o_0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAzbMqwr-J8&mode=related&search=


its the Star Spangled Banner. Listen to it, watch the pictures and when its done...you cant tell me you dont feel patriotic. Maybe all americans should listen to this a little more often...

Wow. You must be a really weak willed person if a song and a colorful slide show make it impossible for you not to get all weepy in adoration.

How come it's ok to mock Saddam Hussein for trying to brainwash people into loving him with cheesey music videos, but it's not OK to mock conservatives for falling in with that exact same mentality here?

Wow. It's so... shiny. And it has flowers, too! *saves to disk* (if I may!) :p

of course :cool:

Oi! there's nothing wrong with british drunks! o_0

Except for giving us that shitty music to sing our national anthem too. Seriously? If it wasn't forced on you in elementary school how is there an alcoholic beverage strong enough to get you to try singing it?

Erm, I'm sorry, but patriotism is not my thing.Oh, it's quite okay! You may have accidentally posted in a wrong thread then. ---> That way to Emo's

ooh yeah...


indeedily! :)





is this (http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/eu%20flag%20new%20pm.jpg) any better? i just knocked it up (i especially like the flowery motif :P)

If it's supposed to be American it should have one more star in the middle. I don't think that 12 figures anywhere prominently in American history.

What you're (OP) describing is fandom, not patriotism. You identify with and "root for" your country in much the same way you cheer a baseball team.

This is common for Americans. Indeed, I would argue that there can be no such thing as American patriotism, since Americans have no concept of patria, the fatherland. At most, Americans have nationalism--an ideology rather than an ethic. This may sometimes resemble true patriotism, but deep down it is not the same thing.

tell me this doesn't make you feel patriotic

http://www.enscw.org/img/EU_flag.jpg

Flag sucks. Anthem sublime. Politics questionable.

Flag sucks. Anthem sublime. Politics questionable.

I love the flag. I have it hanging in my house.

How come it's ok to mock Saddam Hussein for trying to brainwash people into loving him with cheesey music videos, but it's not OK to mock conservatives for falling in with that exact same mentality here?Who has said: "it's ok to mock Saddam Hussein for trying to brainwash people into loving him with cheesey music videos, but it's not OK to mock conservatives for falling in with that exact same mentality(...here?)" ?

WTF are you on about?



;)

I love the flag. I have it hanging in my house.

Well, to be fair, the original piece of music the anthem is taken from is sublime. The official version has had its balls chopped off. Such is the way of centralised bureaucracy.

http://www.zianet.com/tedmorris/dg/FlagGirl0010.jpg

NOW I am feeling patriotic. No wait, that's lust.

Did Abbie Hoffman die in vein?

I love the flag. I have it hanging in my house.
ooh i think i should get me a flag and do that.

think it would really piss off the people down the street who insist on flying a st georges cross all the damn time
If it's supposed to be American it should have one more star in the middle. I don't think that 12 figures anywhere prominently in American history.

who said its supposed to be american? :confused:

of course :cool:
Thanks. You de man!!!
If it's supposed to be American it should have one more star in the middle. I don't think that 12 figures anywhere prominently in American history.
Eh? You want to make the flag of the European Union look American? What? Where? Why?
As for the numbers, you can read up a little here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_flag
I love the flag. I have it hanging in my house.
I still need to get one for myself. I only bought a little German flag this summer for you know what... ;)

Besides, for those who don't like the current flag design - I don't think this one is any better...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d2/European_Presidency_Austria_2006.png/275px-European_Presidency_Austria_2006.png
The 25-member proposed European Flag by the architect Rem Koolhaas

<snip>
You Europeans are actually considering that... thing... for your flag??? It's hideous! It looks like the testing pattern on an old TV.

You Europeans are actually considering that... thing... for your flag??? It's hideous! It looks like the testing pattern on an old TV.
No, that is simply a prototype of what a flag consisting of the 25 color patterns of all member states could look like.

From the Wiki article I linked to above:

"Since the time of the first drafts of the barcode it has never been officially used by commercial or political institutions. During the Austrian EU Presidency 2006 it was officially used for the first time, but only as part of the logo of the presidency, not as a new EU flag. The logo has already been used for the EU information campaign which will also be continued during the Austrian EU Presidency. Overall this design was badly received. People compared it to a beach towel, a packet of refresher sweets, wallpaper, the TV test card and deckchair fabric.[5]

It should be noted that this idea was never a serious one and the designer himself indicated that it was only a concept for an exercise and never intended as a genuine proposal to replace the present flag. The European Commission also stated that no plans were ever made to consider replacing the flag adopted from the Council of Europe."

You Europeans are actually considering that... thing... for your flag??? It's hideous! It looks like the testing pattern on an old TV.

Nah. For all our stupidity we are unlikely to actually start using architects to design our flags and our graphic designers to plan out our buildings.




I hope.

Wow, I watched that thing for about 30 seconds, and now I think I'm hemmoraging in my skull. It was so horrible. Thank you for that.:(

Wow, I watched that thing for about 30 seconds, and now I think I'm hemmoraging in my skull. It was so horrible. Thank you for that.:(
Sorry! But be glad. I looked at the huge version on the Wiki-site and now my eyes are bleeding. I think it's my eyes. I don't know! http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/pupils.gif

usa! Usa! Usa!

:d

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o0pv6k37yE


its the Kapa o Pango. Listen to it, watch the pictures and when its done...you cant tell me you dont feel patriotic. Maybe everyone should listen to this a little more often...

edit:
Here's a better filmed version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sSX0iLZDoo

watch the slo-mo right at the end :D

usa! Usa! Usa!

:d
Every notion is welcomed... how ever wrong it may be

*licks*
this "USA" tastes rancid...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAzbMqwr-J8&mode=related&search=


its the Star Spangled Banner. Listen to it, watch the pictures and when its done...you cant tell me you dont feel patriotic. Maybe all americans should listen to this a little more often...

I didn't. The voice singing annoyed me, so I didn't finish watching it. BWAHAHAHAHAH!

Did Abbie Hoffman die in vein?



OMG Abbie Hoffman is dead?

*sobs*

I prefer a number of other anthems over that one. Not sharing the OP's nationality, I can't agree that I feel a sense of patriotism. A sense of dread, perhaps - dread or apprehension.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAzbMqwr-J8&mode=related&search=


its the Star Spangled Banner. Listen to it, watch the pictures and when its done...you cant tell me you dont feel patriotic. Maybe all americans should listen to this a little more often...

Nope, it doesn't make me feel patriotic. I does make me feel like vomiting though.

ohk guys, please quit bashing us. We are doing our best to get rid of the uber oncervatives. In two years we'll throw them out for real and elect a pot smoking homosexual black lady president and everything will be fine again. Until then we're under siege and could use your support, not your teasing.:(












although that was pretty tasteless.

Nope, it doesn't make me feel patriotic. I does make me feel like vomiting though.

Yeah it is a sickening song, like pomp and circumstance

Yeah it is a sickening song, like pomp and circumstance

add when you get someone to sing it who can't sing for shit

Also good underwear. ;)

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000ER5UTA.01-A33H8MBYDKZYV4._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Theres a number of reasons that might end badly.....

Amhrán na bhFiann (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wmYfT1Xvf8)>all (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff6iAHEHi_Q).

I'm not american. so I can't be proud of that country.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAzbMqwr-J8&mode=related&search=


its the Star Spangled Banner. Listen to it, watch the pictures and when its done...you cant tell me you dont feel patriotic. Maybe all americans should listen to this a little more often...

considering how many robot-like "I'll defend my country and its values no matter what it does" patriots there are in the US, maybe LESS Americans should watch such crap

Jeez,that song sucks.Singer wasn't fantastic either.It's sad how people can watch that poor propaganda and "feel patriotic."

It's a proven fact (as opposed to an unproven fact) that all national anthems, by default, suck. So I don't feel patriotic in the least. Maybe if the US changed its anthem to something actually interesting (like a weird progressive rock-metal mixture, the kind of thing that's written in 17/4 and includes a contrabass sax solo; then again, such things might be a bit tough for massive amounts of people to sing at patriotic rallies, but all the better).

I don't...

It's being drowned out by the sounds of 2pac, 50 Cent, Goth Minister, and Soilwork. I have varied tastes

ohk guys, please quit bashing us. We are doing our best to get rid of the uber oncervatives. In two years we'll throw them out for real and elect a pot smoking homosexual black lady president and everything will be fine again. Until then we're under siege and could use your support, not your teasing.


I loled.

It's a proven fact (as opposed to an unproven fact) that all national anthems, by default, suck. So I don't feel patriotic in the least. Maybe if the US changed its anthem to something actually interesting (like a weird progressive rock-metal mixture, the kind of thing that's written in 17/4 and includes a contrabass sax solo; then again, such things might be a bit tough for massive amounts of people to sing at patriotic rallies, but all the better).

It's the tune of an old drinking song. What more do you want?

little known fact - american flags make excellent beach towels and rain ponchos

Not really, most of them are made of cheap polyester and are so thin as to be translucent. They'd make a crappy towel or poncho. Nice bib though! Also suitable as kindling or if carefully melted drive-way sealant.

O Flower of Scotland,
When will we see
your like again
That fought and died for
Your wee bit hill and glen.
And stood against him,
Proud Edward's army,
And sent him homeward
Tae think again.

i just think of the rugby vankers when i hear my "national" anthem

It's the tune of an old drinking song. What more do you want?

I dlslike alcoholic drinks, so, um.... a lot?

Besides, it's a drinking song, not a quality piece of music, so why don't people simply treat it that way?

Am I the only one who actually "feels" patriotic when I do something "patriotic"?

Listening to a song, or watching a YouTube video doesn't seem to do it for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAzbMqwr-J8&mode=related&search=


its the Star Spangled Banner. Listen to it, watch the pictures and when its done...you cant tell me you dont feel patriotic. Maybe all americans should listen to this a little more often...

That singer sucked.

And no, I don't feel any more patriotic.