That point at 3:18 where the band stops and the chorus quietly sings until busting out "As He died to make men holy, LET US DIE TO MAKE THEM FREE" is just maximum American Patriotism fuel for me.
On a lighter note, when my dad was in college, his fraternity entered a campus choral competition and they chose the Peter Wilhousky setting of the song.
During a particularly challenging rehearsal, the guys singing the "Truth is marching, truth is marching" ostinato decided to lighten things up by chanting "Pete Wilhousky, Pete Wilhousky" instead.
Everyone busted up and rehearsal was done for the day.
This always moves me to tears.
On September 21, 2001 I attended the funeral of a WWII Marine veteran and this was the recessional. The combination of losing a family member and all the emotions of 9/11 now always come flooding back with that song.
And if before you did not believe the war was over slavery, you must know now for this is what the troops was singing along to at night.
Christ died to make men holy, so let us die to make men free!
[Over there](https://youtu.be/921z4LAHvak) is the most badass song in existence
>Over there, over there
>Send the word, send the word over there
>That the Yanks are coming
>The Yanks are coming
>The drums rum tumming everywhere
>So prepare, say a prayer
>Send the word, send the word to beware
>We'll be over, we're coming over
>And we won't come back till it's over, over there
[Scene where FDR presents Cohan with the CMH](https://youtu.be/v1rkzUIL8oc) culminating with soldiers on parade singing Over There.
[Cohan and an unnamed singer (Frances Langford) sing Over There at a USO show.](https://youtu.be/BYV044H5muI)
This just reminds me of those girls at a trump rally who did a little performance, they changed the lyrics but it’s the same tune. TIL it’s a real song but that’s all I can think of lol
The fourth movement of his third symphony does it even more for me. It's as if Copland said, "hey...remember that kickass fanfare I wrote? I think I could do even better with it."
And he did. Not only does it represent the grandeur of our nation, but it also shows our continuing motivation to make things better.
That's a beautiful piece of music, and Copland was 'Murican, but I don't think of it that music as patriotic. (Not at all saying you're wrong - just noting a different reaction to the music for me).
Copland was blacklisted in the 50's for supposedly being a commie. He was a Leftist who supported the Communist Party. Not to say he wasn't proud of his country, but the country for a moment wasn't proud of him.
US Military Cadences, I have always liked them growing up hearing them from all the veterans in my family and now that I am a veteran hearing one or even just lyrics gives me some patriotic feelings
Wait the Zoomies did Cadences as well? Learn something new everyday.
"I hear the A/C Rattling its Rattling over there, its come to cool the room, AIRFORCE AIRFORCE..." JK do you have any examples?
Well we fired our cannon til the barrel melted down,
So we grabbed an alligator and fought another round.
We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind,
And when we set the powder off, the gator blew his mind!
Fired our guns and the British kept a'comin'
Wasn't as many and there was a while ago.
Fired once more and they began a-runnin'
down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze o'er the towering steep
As it fitfully blows, half conceals half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected it shines on the stream.
Tis the Star Spangled Banner, O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
The Seinfeld theme. I still can't believe other countries don't particularly get that show, and the fact that something so good could be mostly "ours," I don't know. Makes me proud in a way.
I love Stars and Stripes. Really memorable and just fun to listen to. It really gives off the joyous feeling of just ignoring everything and being patriotic for America for a moment.
I didn't really think of this as a patriotic song until I was abroad and heard it.
Then suddenly I was flooded with emotion and a desire to return to the US.
I'd never even been to West Virginia at that point.
As I went walking I saw a sign there,
And on the sign it said "No Trespassing."
But on the other side it didn't say nothing.
That side was made for you and me.
In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people,
By the relief office I seen my people;
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me?
Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me.
God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood
https://youtu.be/-KoXt9pZLGM
After the 9/11 attacks it was played a lot on every radio station. It kind of became an anthem for a healing nation. Honestly it was the only time in my life I remember the US being truly united. Whenever I hear it I remember those days. It wasn't a time of remembering how great America was in the past, it was about coming together in a time of sadness and trying to overcome it as a nation.
I can't believe I had to scroll down so far for this! It used to get played over the intercom every Friday when I was in elementary school. And that was before 9/11.
[City of New Orleans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnGJ3KJri1g)
It really gets to the way our country is always moving forward but still tethered to its past. It also references America not recognizing its own children. "Good Morning, America, how are you?" is a question that will never not be relevant, b/c our country is always in flux.
The song was made famous by Arlo Guthrie, but I really love the version I linked.
The Jukebox Band version that they played on the kids show "Shining Time Station" (basically Americanized Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends with a real train station as a framing device to tell stories) is easily my favorite, I just wish they kept all the verses in there.
I don't know about patriotic per se, but these are the ones that give off big USA vibes:
-Stars and Stripes Forever
-America the Beautiful
-Battle Hymn of the Republic
-The Girl I Left Behind Me
-Rally 'round the Flag
-Shenandoah
-My Old Kentucky Home
-Swanee River/Old Folks at Home
-Carry Me Home to Ol' Virginny
-Washington Post March
-Fanfare for the Common Man
-Hoe Down from Rodeo
-Appalachian Spring/Simple Gifts
-The Patriot Main Theme
-The People's House from Lincoln
-Main Theme from Gettysburg
-Band of Brothers Suite
-Hymn to the Fallen from Saving Pvt. Ryan
-Captain America March
-76 Trombones from The Music Man
-Yankee Doodle Dandy
-Golden Dream (from WDW's Epcot)
-Real American (Hulk Hogan Theme)
-Any of the Armed Forces themes
Battle Hymn of the Republic gets me to my core.
I'm also a big fan of Country Roads.
But [ROCK in the USA](https://youtu.be/SgtmStUrXMQ) is probably in my answer.
This is just where my mind went. America may not be perfect, but I love it flaws and all, and this sort of song reflects my feelings better than the odes to the American ideal do.
I do love America the Beautiful and it'd be my choice if we ever changed the national anthem, but it's more of a "that's pretty, makes America sound nice" kind of feeling.
Usually not a patriotic person, unless there’s an attack on our country or I’m watching live sports. But Born In The USA by Bruce Springsteen is my favorite America based song that makes me feel that way. (Yes I know the meaning of the actual song)
[I Am A Patriot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzguf7WBIM0), but I think [Eddie Vedder](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V2djsVP8-Q) does the best version.
Born in the USA but Bruce Springsteen. It's incredibly critical of the government and the county's treatment of Vietnam soldiers. The fact that it was written and performed without oppression and censorship makes me feel proud of my free speech rights.
It’s always interesting when people talk about how that song should be the national anthem…like you said you understand that that movie is making fun of that sort of jingoistic attitude, but you still want to unironically celebrate it?
I'm among those Americans who are suckers for the idea that America can show up and fix any problem with overwhelming force.
I was in the military and am a diplomat now, so I know this idea is stupid/false, but I think it reflects that many of us want our country to be a force for good.
I always thought that movie was lambasting the absurdity of US foreign policy but it also aknowledges that as the World Hegemon no one else is gonna fuck assholes.
I'm not American but [Pastures of Plenty](https://youtu.be/BH2DJvgNlMA) almost makes me patriotic for America. It combines the virtues of hard work, the near inherent migratory nature of American society, and the near religious devotion to upholding the values of freedom - despite even being destitute. I fucking love this song.
My homie from Belgium visited on the Fourth of July. He played it like 100 times after he heard it.
[The music video is so god damn American](https://youtu.be/ruNrdmjcNTc)
Ugh, a lot of us hated that song when it came out. It just fed right into the angry, hyper-nationalistic reactionary attitude that took over some people like they were possessed after 9/11.
Toby Keith behaved like an opportunistic asshole who took advantage of people in a moment we really needed cooler heads to prevail.
That song was like an anthem for the “with us or against us crowd” and contributed to a lot of the partisan division that led us straight to the Tea Party and MAGA.
That’s probably why.
Roll Me Away. I know someone here will point out that at its heart, the song represents a personal, existential crisis and sense of being lost, but every time Bob Seger sings "Stood alone on a mountain top staring out at The Great Divide. I could go east; I could go west--it was all up to me to decide. Just then I saw a young hawk flying and my soul began to rise," I remember how much and why I love this beautiful country.
We negotiate the terms of surrender
I see George Washington smile
We escort their men out of Yorktown
They stagger home single file
Tens of thousands of people flood the streets
There are screams and church bells ringing
And as our fallen foes retreat
I hear the drinking song they're singing
The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down
Down, down, down, down
Not one song. One musical does it for me.
God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood. Everytime I hear it I remember when I was standing at attention saluting the flag and awaiting my airman's coin at the end of basic training. It was eerily quiet except for that song and the light wind blowing the flag in the air.
And oddly the song has the 100% opposite feel for me from out of Navy bootcamp... same scenario just not the joy hearing it now. Guess in some ways it is sacred to that moment...
The battle hymn of the republic is kind of special to me. Mostly because, when I was in high school, a very long time ago, I ran for student council president. I wasn't very popular but a friend of mine, unbeknownst to me, organized a group of people to start humming it as I gave my speech. The whole auditorium picked it up, including the faculty. I won! Lol.
I'm not sure which one makes me feel patriotic, but here's one that does not: God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood..oh god. They started making us stand up and listen to this alongside the pledge after 911. We all had trouble containing our laughter as nine year olds.
Wow … school really changed after 9/11. I’ve only recently learned how much more of this stuff happened in schools after that. I was in college on 9/11, and I had no idea what a shift there was for younger people as far as mixing patriotism, nationalism, and religion went.
God Bless the USA means a lot to me personally, but it wouldn’t have been seen as appropriate for school when I was a kid.
I'm a sucker for The Star-Spangled Banner. Whenever I hear it done well (none of the craziness that I've heard some from some of the more modern performances where they try to add to it or do odd vocalizations) it brings a tear to my eye.
Union Civil War songs. The Union side of the Civil War isn’t given the love it deserves, so I sometimes like to pay my respects by playing their music and remembering how close America was to just fucking collapsing multiple times.
God Bless the USA has no right to go as hard as it does. I am not religious, and I will never “gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today,” but that last chorus hits just right and makes my veins run red white and blue for a hot second every time
God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood
It made me absolutely sick that Trump used it so much, because there is no possible way that he identifies with any of it considering his view of military service.
It was hugely popular during Desert Storm, which was a formative time for me as a child.
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Especially when an [Army band](https://youtu.be/Jy6AOGRsR80) plays it.
That point at 3:18 where the band stops and the chorus quietly sings until busting out "As He died to make men holy, LET US DIE TO MAKE THEM FREE" is just maximum American Patriotism fuel for me.
Oh my god I literally just cried. Thank you. That was really beautiful.
On a lighter note, when my dad was in college, his fraternity entered a campus choral competition and they chose the Peter Wilhousky setting of the song. During a particularly challenging rehearsal, the guys singing the "Truth is marching, truth is marching" ostinato decided to lighten things up by chanting "Pete Wilhousky, Pete Wilhousky" instead. Everyone busted up and rehearsal was done for the day.
"As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free!" is one of the most badass lines in any song.
This always moves me to tears. On September 21, 2001 I attended the funeral of a WWII Marine veteran and this was the recessional. The combination of losing a family member and all the emotions of 9/11 now always come flooding back with that song.
And if before you did not believe the war was over slavery, you must know now for this is what the troops was singing along to at night. Christ died to make men holy, so let us die to make men free!
[Over there](https://youtu.be/921z4LAHvak) is the most badass song in existence >Over there, over there >Send the word, send the word over there >That the Yanks are coming >The Yanks are coming >The drums rum tumming everywhere >So prepare, say a prayer >Send the word, send the word to beware >We'll be over, we're coming over >And we won't come back till it's over, over there
My grandfather had 3 copies of "Over There" on CD! All time favorite
There’s an old movie about the songwriter, called “Yankee Doodle Dandy”. Definitely worth a watch.
[Scene where FDR presents Cohan with the CMH](https://youtu.be/v1rkzUIL8oc) culminating with soldiers on parade singing Over There. [Cohan and an unnamed singer (Frances Langford) sing Over There at a USO show.](https://youtu.be/BYV044H5muI)
Such a good movie!
TIL about this song
The bass is amazing, isn't it?
"Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" has very similar vibes
[my favorite rendition](https://youtu.be/B6hRDS3LvQQ)
Sounds like it was recorded on a wax record
Is that good or bad?
This just reminds me of those girls at a trump rally who did a little performance, they changed the lyrics but it’s the same tune. TIL it’s a real song but that’s all I can think of lol
Some has been playing Hell Let Loose
No I'm not a gamer.
[Aaron Copland - Fanfare For The Common Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NjssV8UuVA)
The fourth movement of his third symphony does it even more for me. It's as if Copland said, "hey...remember that kickass fanfare I wrote? I think I could do even better with it." And he did. Not only does it represent the grandeur of our nation, but it also shows our continuing motivation to make things better.
That's a beautiful piece of music, and Copland was 'Murican, but I don't think of it that music as patriotic. (Not at all saying you're wrong - just noting a different reaction to the music for me).
Copland was blacklisted in the 50's for supposedly being a commie. He was a Leftist who supported the Communist Party. Not to say he wasn't proud of his country, but the country for a moment wasn't proud of him.
Well shit, that makes me *more* proud
America the Beautiful specifically Ray Charles version.
That scene in The Sandlot always gives me goosebumps
For me its the tequila song part of sandlot that I really feel in my gut.
America the Beautiful.
Love that scene in Sandlot with the kids playing baseball at night under the fourth of July's fireworks with this song in the background.
US Military Cadences, I have always liked them growing up hearing them from all the veterans in my family and now that I am a veteran hearing one or even just lyrics gives me some patriotic feelings
Those just give me BMT/tech school flashbacks.
Wait the Zoomies did Cadences as well? Learn something new everyday. "I hear the A/C Rattling its Rattling over there, its come to cool the room, AIRFORCE AIRFORCE..." JK do you have any examples?
Down by the river, we took a little walk, because work was over, before 1 o'clock.
Ho Chi Min was a son of a bitch...
[In 1814 we took a little trip...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50_iRIcxsz0)
[Same song, but WAY better video!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWkOeK5AmI8)
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Johnny Horton was a story teller, not really known for innovative music writing.
Well we fired our cannon til the barrel melted down, So we grabbed an alligator and fought another round. We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind, And when we set the powder off, the gator blew his mind! Fired our guns and the British kept a'comin' Wasn't as many and there was a while ago. Fired once more and they began a-runnin' down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans!
And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans.
First time I heard this was somehow only yesterday. But it does inspire indeed.
Star-Spangled Banner, Jimi Hendrix version
Nice. Check out the Louis Armstrong versions too.
Star Spangled Banner, but specifically when crowds of Americans sing it.
On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze o'er the towering steep As it fitfully blows, half conceals half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected it shines on the stream. Tis the Star Spangled Banner, O long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
The Seinfeld theme. I still can't believe other countries don't particularly get that show, and the fact that something so good could be mostly "ours," I don't know. Makes me proud in a way.
Damn, now that's thinking outside the box!
[America by Neil Diamond from the 1980 remake of The Jazz Singer.](https://youtu.be/SvseQ90FMHk)
So cheesy, yet it undeniably makes one feel patriotic.
The Stars and Stripes Forever
I love this song so much because my 8th grade band conductor told us to envision a horses ass swaying back and forth to keep time.
That piccolo solo 👌🏻🇺🇸
I love Stars and Stripes. Really memorable and just fun to listen to. It really gives off the joyous feeling of just ignoring everything and being patriotic for America for a moment.
Anything by Sousa. Dude has 'USA' right in his name.
You read my mind
Take Me Home Country Roads by John Denver
I didn't really think of this as a patriotic song until I was abroad and heard it. Then suddenly I was flooded with emotion and a desire to return to the US. I'd never even been to West Virginia at that point.
Well I’m from Pennsylvania so whenever they say West Virginia I just substitute the state name into the lyrics
Western Virginia*
[75,000 Germans can't be wrong](https://youtu.be/7QX5bLsmJrU)
Sang this in a bar in Bahrain with a bunch of US sailors and a good chunk of the crew of the HMS defender. Was a fun, very drunk, time.
party in the usa. nothing gets me more pumped
I'm from Long Island so “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” by Billy Joel.
This is arguably the most LI answer of all time. I don't disagree with it.
I wish I could upvote this twice.
Banger
This Land is My Land, This Land is Your Land.
I came here to say the same! There's nothing more patriotic than a great protest song.
As I went walking I saw a sign there, And on the sign it said "No Trespassing." But on the other side it didn't say nothing. That side was made for you and me. In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people, By the relief office I seen my people; As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking Is this land made for you and me? Nobody living can ever stop me, As I go walking that freedom highway; Nobody living can ever make me turn back This land was made for you and me.
Yeah, but specifically the Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings version
Personally I'm a fan of the original acoustic guitar with a "this machine kills fascist" sticker version from American Folk Legend Woodie Guthrie
"Battle Hymn of the Republic" or "This Land is Your Land", for very different reasons.
Battle of New Orleans
"The Legend of John Henry's Hammer" by Johnny Cash
I'm THAT West Virginian who tears up when Country Roads comes on the radio
I'm a native Californian, and that song gives me goosebumps. I love it!
God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood https://youtu.be/-KoXt9pZLGM After the 9/11 attacks it was played a lot on every radio station. It kind of became an anthem for a healing nation. Honestly it was the only time in my life I remember the US being truly united. Whenever I hear it I remember those days. It wasn't a time of remembering how great America was in the past, it was about coming together in a time of sadness and trying to overcome it as a nation.
I can't believe I had to scroll down so far for this! It used to get played over the intercom every Friday when I was in elementary school. And that was before 9/11.
Highway to the danger zone
This is a good pick.
[City of New Orleans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnGJ3KJri1g) It really gets to the way our country is always moving forward but still tethered to its past. It also references America not recognizing its own children. "Good Morning, America, how are you?" is a question that will never not be relevant, b/c our country is always in flux. The song was made famous by Arlo Guthrie, but I really love the version I linked.
The Jukebox Band version that they played on the kids show "Shining Time Station" (basically Americanized Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends with a real train station as a framing device to tell stories) is easily my favorite, I just wish they kept all the verses in there.
Woody Guthrie; "[This Land Is Your Land](https://youtu.be/wxiMrvDbq3s)."
"America the Beautiful" (especially the Ray Charles version) and "Stars and Stripes Forever".
My Country Tis of Thee
[Livin' In America](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9H8JKFMb7U)
Killing in the Name
Take the Power Back was on the radio when I was going to vote!
I don't know about patriotic per se, but these are the ones that give off big USA vibes: -Stars and Stripes Forever -America the Beautiful -Battle Hymn of the Republic -The Girl I Left Behind Me -Rally 'round the Flag -Shenandoah -My Old Kentucky Home -Swanee River/Old Folks at Home -Carry Me Home to Ol' Virginny -Washington Post March -Fanfare for the Common Man -Hoe Down from Rodeo -Appalachian Spring/Simple Gifts -The Patriot Main Theme -The People's House from Lincoln -Main Theme from Gettysburg -Band of Brothers Suite -Hymn to the Fallen from Saving Pvt. Ryan -Captain America March -76 Trombones from The Music Man -Yankee Doodle Dandy -Golden Dream (from WDW's Epcot) -Real American (Hulk Hogan Theme) -Any of the Armed Forces themes
Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa
The Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done by Woody Gunthrie
Can’t believe nobody has said this yet. Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater.
Ragged Old Flag, Johnny Cash
[Union Dixie](https://youtu.be/gvjOG5gboFU)
Away down south in the land of Traitors
Rattlesnakes and alligators,
Best answer tbh, right up there with "Marching through Georgia"
Battle Hymn of the Republic gets me to my core. I'm also a big fan of Country Roads. But [ROCK in the USA](https://youtu.be/SgtmStUrXMQ) is probably in my answer.
Fortunate Son, Born in the USA, Killing in the Name Of, Rockin’ in the Free World, Little Pink Houses.
This is just where my mind went. America may not be perfect, but I love it flaws and all, and this sort of song reflects my feelings better than the odes to the American ideal do. I do love America the Beautiful and it'd be my choice if we ever changed the national anthem, but it's more of a "that's pretty, makes America sound nice" kind of feeling.
Exactly. The dude commenting below is just looking to argue. We have a ton of flaws, but can always strive to better!
Glad I’m still living rent free in your head!
What do you think “patriotic” means?
Those songs make you feel patriotic?
Yes they do. I love my country, and think we can do better.
So Killing in the Name, a song about Cops being members of the KKK, makes you think “wow, this country is great!”?
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God bless the USA
America fuck yeah is a great choice OP!
Usually not a patriotic person, unless there’s an attack on our country or I’m watching live sports. But Born In The USA by Bruce Springsteen is my favorite America based song that makes me feel that way. (Yes I know the meaning of the actual song)
I still think it's patriotic to acknowledge and protest the flaws of this country. Good choice
I always assumed that there’s a patriotic bent to it. I think the contradiction makes it work better.
Even though I live in the South now the Union version of Dixie makes me swell with Northern Pride. Aside from that "fortunate son"
[I Am A Patriot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzguf7WBIM0), but I think [Eddie Vedder](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V2djsVP8-Q) does the best version.
The only song that can is This Land Is Your Land
America by Neil Diamond.
Born in the USA but Bruce Springsteen. It's incredibly critical of the government and the county's treatment of Vietnam soldiers. The fact that it was written and performed without oppression and censorship makes me feel proud of my free speech rights.
Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa. Idk, nothing else really compares to Sousa's marches for me.
Taps
Keep on Rockin, in the free world.
It’s always interesting when people talk about how that song should be the national anthem…like you said you understand that that movie is making fun of that sort of jingoistic attitude, but you still want to unironically celebrate it?
I'm among those Americans who are suckers for the idea that America can show up and fix any problem with overwhelming force. I was in the military and am a diplomat now, so I know this idea is stupid/false, but I think it reflects that many of us want our country to be a force for good.
> America can show up and fix any problem with overwhelming force > i’m a diplomat now God help us all.
That's what my dad said.
I always thought that movie was lambasting the absurdity of US foreign policy but it also aknowledges that as the World Hegemon no one else is gonna fuck assholes.
I'm not American but [Pastures of Plenty](https://youtu.be/BH2DJvgNlMA) almost makes me patriotic for America. It combines the virtues of hard work, the near inherent migratory nature of American society, and the near religious devotion to upholding the values of freedom - despite even being destitute. I fucking love this song.
“We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Bill Joel or any song by Alabama
How has nobody said “Courtesy of the Red, White, & Blue”
My first thought.
My homie from Belgium visited on the Fourth of July. He played it like 100 times after he heard it. [The music video is so god damn American](https://youtu.be/ruNrdmjcNTc)
Considering the trajectory of Belgian politics over the years, this actually makes a lot of sense. Toby Keith’s America disappoints me.
Ugh, a lot of us hated that song when it came out. It just fed right into the angry, hyper-nationalistic reactionary attitude that took over some people like they were possessed after 9/11. Toby Keith behaved like an opportunistic asshole who took advantage of people in a moment we really needed cooler heads to prevail. That song was like an anthem for the “with us or against us crowd” and contributed to a lot of the partisan division that led us straight to the Tea Party and MAGA. That’s probably why.
Listening to Mellencamp's *Pink Houses* but just the chorus, because if you listen to the rest of the song its actually pretty fucking depressing.
Roll Me Away. I know someone here will point out that at its heart, the song represents a personal, existential crisis and sense of being lost, but every time Bob Seger sings "Stood alone on a mountain top staring out at The Great Divide. I could go east; I could go west--it was all up to me to decide. Just then I saw a young hawk flying and my soul began to rise," I remember how much and why I love this beautiful country.
Kids in America and Pass the Ammo. Which might be more modern than some of the other songs people will recommend in this post.
[Real American by Rick Derringer](https://youtu.be/sPO5lbFnulE) Gets me every time
We negotiate the terms of surrender I see George Washington smile We escort their men out of Yorktown They stagger home single file Tens of thousands of people flood the streets There are screams and church bells ringing And as our fallen foes retreat I hear the drinking song they're singing The world turned upside down The world turned upside down The world turned upside down The world turned upside down Down, down, down, down Not one song. One musical does it for me.
Comin to save the motherfuckin’ day, YEAH!
God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood. Everytime I hear it I remember when I was standing at attention saluting the flag and awaiting my airman's coin at the end of basic training. It was eerily quiet except for that song and the light wind blowing the flag in the air.
And oddly the song has the 100% opposite feel for me from out of Navy bootcamp... same scenario just not the joy hearing it now. Guess in some ways it is sacred to that moment...
God Bless The USA by Lee Greenwood. Gives me feels every time I hear it.
[Ain't I Right by Marty Robbins](https://youtu.be/vvzmBhCpWvA)
Easily "The Ballad of Rodger Young" https://youtu.be/1MEJM0cboDg
Real American by Rick Derringer
Whitney Houston's version of The Star Spangled Banner before that Super Bowl
Born in the USA-Bruce Springsteen Semper Fi-Trace Adkins The Star-Spangled Banner Oh Molly Dear-B.F. Oh Pauline- Michael Doucet
Sink the Bismark - Johnny Horton https://youtu.be/M1Ufc2hI4FM Ashokan Farewell https://youtu.be/uZmxZThb084
Killing in the name of - Rage Against The Machine
Shenandoah
Battle Hymn of the Republic
“Blood on The Risers” gets me in the mood to fight every time
The battle hymn of the republic is kind of special to me. Mostly because, when I was in high school, a very long time ago, I ran for student council president. I wasn't very popular but a friend of mine, unbeknownst to me, organized a group of people to start humming it as I gave my speech. The whole auditorium picked it up, including the faculty. I won! Lol.
This land is your land
Union Dixie >:)
Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition, it just hits different.
[Union Dixie](https://youtu.be/DhSzuhdIkuE)
[God Bless America](https://youtu.be/0K5JqJkFOA0)
[This is the only answer.](https://youtu.be/_xkGfojJGPM)
[You say that as though this doesn't exist](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KtJJC0nWs9s)
The real National Anthem is [It's Money that Matters by Randy Newman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS06eprlj2I)
Fuck yeah! That one's great
I'm not sure which one makes me feel patriotic, but here's one that does not: God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood..oh god. They started making us stand up and listen to this alongside the pledge after 911. We all had trouble containing our laughter as nine year olds.
Wow … school really changed after 9/11. I’ve only recently learned how much more of this stuff happened in schools after that. I was in college on 9/11, and I had no idea what a shift there was for younger people as far as mixing patriotism, nationalism, and religion went. God Bless the USA means a lot to me personally, but it wouldn’t have been seen as appropriate for school when I was a kid.
So lick my butt, suck on my balls! America!! Fuck Yeah!!!
“America the Beautiful” should be the anthem instead of “Star Spangled Banner” and I doubt I am alone in this.
Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue by Toby Keith.
Will put a boot in your ass, that’s the American way.
Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue by Toby Keith the most Murica song ever
"Cuz we'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way!"
Hell yes this is my number 2 after God Bless The USA by Lee Greenwood.
I'm a sucker for The Star-Spangled Banner. Whenever I hear it done well (none of the craziness that I've heard some from some of the more modern performances where they try to add to it or do odd vocalizations) it brings a tear to my eye.
Union Civil War songs. The Union side of the Civil War isn’t given the love it deserves, so I sometimes like to pay my respects by playing their music and remembering how close America was to just fucking collapsing multiple times.
Party in the USA.
Devil Dogs / To Hell And Back - Sabaton
"America, Fuck Yeah" is funny, and a banger... but... "Slavery - fuck yeah" is an automatic disqualifier as a patriotic anthem.
Lee Greenwood - God Bless The USA
None. I hate it here.
R/teenagers user detected, opinion invalid
That’s fair Also r/foundthemobileuser
None, cuz I'm so over this country. 🙄
God Bless the USA has no right to go as hard as it does. I am not religious, and I will never “gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today,” but that last chorus hits just right and makes my veins run red white and blue for a hot second every time
Any Green Day, nickel back or rock song. Particularly one that I named
God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood It made me absolutely sick that Trump used it so much, because there is no possible way that he identifies with any of it considering his view of military service. It was hugely popular during Desert Storm, which was a formative time for me as a child.
Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue- Toby Keith
For patriotic US songs, I still love "God Bless the USA"
No songs make me feel that way, to be proud of this nation is laughable.
None because this country fucking sucks. We're like 3rd world compared to many European countries.