Hot Ptah Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Fugs--Nothing Kill For Peace Wide Wide River Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ep1str0phy Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Agreed about "Hey Jude", "Ghosts"... I'll go for Dudu Pukwana's "MRA" (of all time? Maybe not, but it sounds anthemic enough). On "Won't Get Fooled Again"--ambivalent feelings for many, apparently. I wouldn't call it the most unlikely anthem of all time, but it's certainly left the bar in the dust in the way of transcending composer intent. I think there's a large enough camp that deals with that one as part of the liberal zeitgeist and, well, the people make the anthem, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Not vouching for quality...but hard rock has TONS of anthems... We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister Cum On Feel The Noize - Slade/Quiet Riot Living After Midnight/You Got Another Thing Comin'/Hell Bent For Leather (and many more) - Judas Priest The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy Every Kiss song ever recorded.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 'We Built This City'!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 First thought was Albert Ayler. Guess I'll go with "Bells". Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ep1str0phy Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 (edited) (wit reference to chuck and clifford's posts...) A little further on, I'd say that essentially everything he played with his horns-and-strings ensembles was pretty anthemic. "Truth Is Marching In" is like the soundtrack to the revolution. Edited February 9, 2007 by ep1str0phy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 One nation under a groove - Funkadelic Syli National de Guinee - Sekouba Bambino (re the national football team of Guinea - Syli is Mandinke for elephant) Allez Les Aigles - Nanou Coul (ditto for the Mali Eagles) Yii Gainde - Vivienne (ditto for the Senegal Lions) Oh, getting back to the mundane Sailing - Rod Stewart (YUK) MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Sun Ra: We Travel the Spaceways Enlightenment Face the Music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructible! Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 'We Built This City'!!!!!!!!!! Without question, THE worst song of all time. Of.All.Time. "We just wanna dance here..." Cheers, Shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 'We Built This City'!!!!!!!!!! Without question, THE worst song of all time. Of.All.Time. "We just wanna dance here..." Cheers, Shane Right you are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BB) Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Elvis Costello - Radio, Radio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonym Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Today by the Pumpkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 24 Carat Black - The 24 Carat Black Anthem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 (edited) Can - "Mother Sky" (or Swell Maps' "Full Moon in my Pocket") Both fine '70s psychedelic minimalist anthems... and I can't get the basslines out of my head. Edit to clarify that the Swell Maps' version is a punk homage to the Can tune. Edited February 10, 2007 by clifford_thornton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen archer Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 I Will Follow -U2 Rock and Roll all night - Kiss Action or Fox on the run -Sweet Thats when i reach for my revolver - Mission of Burma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 All you need is love - Ronnie Scott with The Beatles MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ep1str0phy Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 Today by the Pumpkins And here I thought I was the only person here who grew up with that band... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 This thread has made me realize: Most "anthem" songs really, really suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 This thread has made me realize: Most "anthem" songs really, really suck. Yes - they're supposed to be ideal for a hundred thousand amateurs to sing. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BB) Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 This thread has made me realize: Most "anthem" songs really, really suck. I was thinkin' the same thing. It might be in part because so many of these songs got played to death, over and over and over again. And then played some more and then put on anthologies of songs that were played too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 How about your favorite "would be" anthem? That is, an anthemic song that never became even a small hit. My vote: "It Must Be Summer" by Fountains of Wayne, from the Utopia Parkway album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ep1str0phy Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 This thread has made me realize: Most "anthem" songs really, really suck. "ANYWAY YOU WANT IT, THAT'S THE WAY YOU NEED IT. ANY WAY YOU WANT IT..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen archer Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 I dont want to work I want to bang on the drum all day I dont want to play I just want to bang on the drum all day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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