For the 4th - Favorite songs about the USA

[Purron]

Here's one that comes to my mind. I'd love to hear your favs just to get us all in the spirit!!

YouTube - Ain't That America

 

[FinallyRetired]

Here's my favorite, not just the song but the history.
YouTube - MARIAN ANDERSON.1939.LINCOLN MEMORIAL.HISTORY! FILM.

 

[MikeD]

"Do Not Try This in your State"

YouTube - Fireworks Song (High Quality Version)

Mike D.

 

[freebird5825]

Never forget...

YouTube - Clint Eastwood America The Beautiful

 

[Gumby]

YouTube - Pete Seeger Bruce Springsteen - This Land Is Your Land

 

[Notmuchlonger]

YouTube - The Star-Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix (High Quality)

 

[mickeyd]

YouTube - Boston Pops 4th of July Stars and Stripes Forever ending

 

[Purron]

OMG-these are all GREAT! You guys are the best. Please keep 'em coming!!

 

[freebird5825]

Good music in this classic...
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YouTube - Patriotic Popeye (1957)

 

[kumquat]

No offence meant. I always wanted to play this on mega-corps internal muzak, at US sites, just to see the reaction.

YouTube - The war of 1812 Song (Original)

 

[bbbamI]

I cry every time I hear this song....

YouTube - Lee Greenwood - God Bless the USA (Live in 1985)

 

[mews]

Kumquat, that was great.

(My father noticed that the history books he got in school on either side of the border had - different views :::cough::: - about various historical events)

Sorry that your capital ended all the way up that river. Kingston is a very pretty town

ta,
mews

 

[CuppaJoe]

The immigrant experience, "America" starts at 3:08:

YouTube - West Side Story-America

 

[Purron]

Thought I'd revive this old thread for the 4th.
YouTube - ‪Simon and Garfunkel- America‬‏

 

[haha]

YouTube - ‪Johnny Horton The Battle Of New Orleans 1959 Best Video Quality‬‏

 

[mh]

YouTube - ‪James Brown - Living In America‬‏

 

[gettingthere]

One of my favorites:

YouTube - ‪Coming To America - Neil Diamond‬‏

 

[Ed_The_Gypsy]

No offence meant. I always wanted to play this on mega-corps internal muzak, at US sites, just to see the reaction.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ety2FEHQgwM

No offense taken.

I want a rematch.

 

[Ed_The_Gypsy]

Since this thread seems to have been hijacked already...

YouTube - ‪Gary P Nunn w/ Jerry Jeff Walker - London Homesick Blues‬‏

I first heard this flying back to the states after being away for a long time in a very foreign place. I teared up.

Now, I have it with me and I listen to it every time I come home.