I propose we change our National Anthem to "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin

[LynneSin]

I think this would really be an inspirational boost to pride in the USA if we did this

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Oh let the sun beat down upon my face
With stars to fill my dream.
I am a traveler of both time and space
To be where I have been.

To sit with elders of a gentle race
This world has seldom seen.
They talk of days for which they sit and wait
When all will be revealed.

Talk an' song from tongues of lilting grace
Whose sounds caress my ear.
But not a word I heard could I relate
The story was quite clear.
Whoa-ohh-oh
Whoa-ohhh-oh-oh

Ooooh
Oh baby, I've been flyin'
Nooo-yeah
Oh mama there
Ain't no denyin'

Oh!
Ooooh-yes
I've been flyin'
Ma-ma-ma
Ain't no denyin'
No denyin'-uh

Oh!
All I see turns to brown
As the sun burns the ground.
And my eyes fill with sand
As I scan this wasted land.
Tryin' to find
Tryin' to find
Where I've been.

Oh pilot of the storm who leaves no trace
Like thoughts inside a dream
Who hid the path that led me to that place
Of yellow desert screen.

My shangri-la beneath the summer moon
I will return again.
Sure as the dust that floats high in June
When movin' through Kashmir.

Oh father of the four winds, fill my sails
'Cross the sea of years (?)
With no provision but an open face
Along the straits of fear. (?)

Whoa-oh ah-oh
Whoa-ohhh oh

Ohhh

Whoa!
When I'm on,
When I'm on my way yeah!
When I see,
When I see the way
You stayyyyy-yeah!

Ooh-ooh yeah-yeah
Ooh-ooh yeah-yeah
When I'm downnn-yeah

Ooh-ooh yeah-yeah
Ooh-ooh yeah-yeah
When I'm down, so down

Ooh my baby
Oooh my baby let me take you there

Oh-oh
Come on, come on
Oh!
Let me take you there
Let me take you there

Ooh yeah-yeah
Ooh yeah-yeah

[MissMillie]

1. And people think the anthem is hard to sing now....

:bounce:

[LynneSin]

2. But wouldn't it sound great at the Olympics when they play our anthem for gold medal winners

:woohoo:

[MiddleFingerMom]

16. +1 ... ... ... n/t

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Only if they changed the "Ohh-ohh" to "O! O!"

The rule of the National Anthem is that it must allow for Orioles fans to shout out "O!" at some point in the course of the song.

[LynneSin]

4. But first wouldn't the Orioles have to have some fans for this to actually work?

:hide:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. No, they'd have to have disillusioned Orioles fans return, and that would require a GOOD team...

...you know, how they were back in 1983.



:P

[MrCoffee]

5. Yeah right, and further enrage the zombie corpse of Francis Scott Key?

I don't think so.

[DevonRex]

7. I'm on board with that. nt

[leeroysphitz]

8. Screw that. I vote for The Immigrant Song. n/t

[LynneSin]

9. The right wing would have a hissy fit with that...

they would think we are opening our borders to illegal Scandinavian immigrants

:shrug:

[old mark]

10. Well nobody can sing the current one, and very few people know

all the verses...many don't know even one verse.

OK choice, but I'm partial to "This Land Is Your Land".
With the socialist verse.

mark

[Giant Robot]

11. I would have thought

You would have picked a good song, but hey this is your wish.

[Fire Walk With Me]

12. I propose that you envision Charles Grodin hanging and shaking his head

slowly repeating the word "no" over and over.

[Tikki]

13. Only if everyone here learns how to sing....

the word bay-bee ad infinitum.....

Tikki

[muriel_volestrangler]

14. A British-written song about a territory disputed between India and Pakistan

Who would possibly object? :shrug:

[rcrush]

15. I like White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane.

I want that to be my national anthem.

[foxfeet]

17. Nah. I vote for "In-a-Gadda-da-Vida."

Just to watch the Olympic medalists stand there for the entire drum solo.

[Throd]

18. When I'm dictator it will be "Mr. Freeze" by Dr. Know

Actually, this is Slayer's version...

You will be the lucky one
Who will see the deadly one
You will die on your knees
By the hand of Mr. Freeze

Will you see when the rest are blind
Will you remain frozen in time
Will you flee underground
Watch the blanket search the ground
You will die on your knees
By the hand of Mr. Freeze

Horror awaits for those who evade
The cold blood stops in their veins

Arm yourselves to the T
Repel the threat of Mr. Freeze
See the blood drop in your eye
See your family burned alive

I don't even know you
I just know where you live
I raided your child's bedroom
And burned his virgin skin
I crucified your nation
I left the dead rot
I parade down the street
Carrying an iron cross

The oceans have been ripped away
It does no good to pray
Cataclysm
Men restore to cannibalism

I'm worth all you'd care for
Then I'll fuck you in the ass
I'm so fucking happy
I'll kick your face and laugh

Today's war stories
At night you can hear him scream
There's blood on your pollow
This is no bad dream
You try to think with reason
But all you can do is scream

[blue_roses_lib]

19. +1,000

I love that song, and now it's an earworm again. Thanks!! :headbang:

[pokerfan]

20. Immigrant Song would be more appropriate

Oh say can you see we come from the land of the ice and snow?
What so proudly we hailed at the midnight sun where the hot springs blow?

Whose broad stripes and bright stars drive our ships to new land,
To fight the horde, sing and cry were so gallantly streaming?

On we sweep with threshing oar, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our only goal will be the western shore.

Oh, say does that star-spangled hammer of the gods yet wave
O'er the land of the midnight sun where the hot springs blow?

[gratuitous]

21. It's already been taken

By Nitwittistan.

[kgnu_fan]

22. Wisdom is what we need, indeed!

[Kali]

23. sorry it should be changed to Free Bird DUH!

If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me?
For I must be travelling on, now,
'Cause there's too many places I've got to see.
But, if I stayed here with you, girl,
Things just couldn't be the same.
'Cause I'm as free as a bird now,
And this bird you can not change.
Lord knows, I can't change.

Bye, bye, its been a sweet love.
Though this feeling I can't change.
But please don't take it badly,
'Cause Lord knows I'm to blame.
But, if I stayed here with you girl,
Things just couldn't be the same.
Cause I'm as free as a bird now,
And this bird you'll never change.
And this bird you can not change.
Lord knows, I can't change.
Lord help me, I can't change.

[LeftyMom]

25. I was going to say that!

First you steal my printer and now this... :grr:

[BurtWorm]

24. I'd vote for Dazed and Confused.

:headbang:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eIwfym0TbY

:patriot:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

26. No way. Horrible stuff. I hate distorted crapola.

I couldn't stand Led Zep when I was in high school(1969), and I can't stand 'em now.

Besides, they are British.

If we changed our national anthem to something by an Englishman, change it to "Imagine".

[KG]

27. more apropos - Amused to Death.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMijMWQlnUc

Doctor Doctor what is wrong with me
This supermarket life is getting long
What is the heart life of a colour TV
What is the shelf life of a teenage queen
Ooh western woman
Ooh western girl
News hound sniffs the air
When Jessica Hahn goes down
He latches on to that symbol
Of detachment
Attracted by the peeling away of feeling
The celebrity of the abused shell the belle
Ooh western woman
Ooh western girl
And the children of Melrose
Strut their stuff
Is absolute zero cold enough
And out in the valley warm and clean
The little ones sit by their TV screens
No thoughts to think
No tears to cry
All sucked dry
Down to the very last breath
Bartender what is wrong with me
Why am I so out of breath
The captain said excuse me ma'am
This species has amused itself to death
Amused itself to death
Amused itself to death
We watched the tragedy unfold
We did as we were told
We bought and sold
It was the greatest show on earth
But then it was over
We ohhed and aahed
We drove our racing cars
We ate our last few jars of caviar
And somewhere out there in the stars
A keen-eyed look-out
Spied a flickering light
Our last hurrah
And when they found our shadows
Grouped around the TV sets
They ran down every lead
They repeated every test
They checked out all the data on their lists
And then the alien anthropologists
Admitted they were still perplexed
But on eliminating every other reason
For our sad demise
They logged the explanation left
This species has amused itself to death
No tears to cry no feelings left
This species has amused itself to death

[mitchum]

28. That would be pretty damn cool...it sounds wonderful and I don't blame Page...

for not letting Kenneth Anger have the music for Lucifer Rising.
I too would have kept it for myself.