What are the most uplifting peaceful and patriotic songs for you?

[LaydeeBug]

I love John Lennon's "Imagine"

[BlueJazz]

1. America the beautiful

[Honeycombe8]

3. Ditto. nt

[meow2u3]

13. Same here

AFAIC, "America the Beautiful" ought to be the national anthem instead of the Star Spangled Banner. For one, it's less likely to be mangled and butchered by kids (and others) who mishear the lyrics.

[LaydeeBug]

24. Since Defender's Day is 2 days away, and that's when the bombs were bursting in the air

as a Baltimore Laydee, I will respectfully disagree. The SS Banner ROCKS!!!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

29. Agreed

Unfortunately Mitt Romney butchered the song.

[XemaSab]

40. A friend and I went to a baseball game last night

It was "nonviolence day" and the singing of the "Star-Spangled Banner" struck me as singularly inappropriate.

They also sang "God Bless America," which is also gross.

Somehow "America the Beautiful" doesn't rankle the way the other two do.

I think it should be our national anthem.

[sadbear]

2. BRUUUUUCE!!!!

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[loyalsister]

36. Not exactly peaceful

But not violent or war oriented either. It's very fun and uplifting, though.
This WWF display follows an incident when Hyde Park where they cut the power because of a curfew. America wins.

[Texasgal]

4. Redemption song

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I realize this seems like an odd choice, but for me Bob stood for change...not just in the USA. This song reminds me of peace.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

27. Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer of the Clash

Did a good cover of the song.

[cynatnite]

5. Peace Train by Cat Stevens...

I love this song. It's what I want played at my funeral.

[etherealtruth]

6. That is a good song

Though I left Catholocism decades behind i'd kinda like Ave Maria at my funeral

[charmay]

7. I've always liked "Let There Be Peace on Earth".

Also, "Blowin' in the Wind".

[LaydeeBug]

32. yes!!! nt

[rurallib]

8. "This Land is Your Land"

don't come much better than that

[Ilsa]

12. That's mine. Nt

[cbayer]

15. That's exactly what I came into this thread to post.

[Brickbat]

9. Anything by Woody Guthrie.

[LaydeeBug]

10. I almost put him in the OP, I LOOOOOVE me some Guthrie. nt

[Hoyt]

28. For sure.

[Freddie]

11. "American Tune" Paul Simon

Us old timers will remember
He borrowed the melody of "O Sacred Head Now Wounded"--a hymn about the Crucifixion--with words about our nation's disillusion during the time of Watergate and Nixon's resignation.
"I don't know a dream that's not been shattered
Or driven to its knees"
Almost 40 years ago and the song still plays in my head quite often.
(sorry--this one's more sad than uplifting!)

[LaydeeBug]

19. is it this one?

[Bonobo]

22. By the way, I would have posted this if you hadn't.

This song makes me cry --in a good way every time.

did you know it is a Mozart tune?

[Freddie]

25. Yes--thanks!!

[HeeBGBz]

46. I love this

Paul Simon is such a poet.

[nolabear]

49. And this one too:

[Bonobo]

14. Sail Away

[LaydeeBug]

17. I had never heard this song until you posted it...it's so good I'm crying

Good crying. lol

[Bonobo]

21. Oh, I'm glad.

It hits me in the cry spot too. It is really beautiful.

[Mz Pip]

16. John Cougar Mellencamp

R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. a tribute to the 60s and where so many of us learned to fly.

[LaydeeBug]

18. "People Get Ready"

[Auntie Bush]

20. The Lord spoke... and the rain came tumbling down.

A real oldie...but so am I. lol

[IDemo]

23. A bit of American history from a Brit and a Yankee: "Sailing to Philadelphia"

Mark Knopfler & James Taylor

[no_hypocrisy]

26. This Land Is Your Land (with ALL the verses)

[RB TexLa]

30. The Foggy Dew

[Hoyt]

31. Chimes of Freedom. Turn, Turn, Turn.

[LaydeeBug]

33. Chimes of Freedom?

I'm not sure I've ever heard it

[mama]

34. By Bob Dylan

Love it!

[Hoyt]

35. Here's one version of Bob Dylan's song.

[LaydeeBug]

39. Aaaah, I *do* know it...

I just didn't know that I knew it.

[riverwalker]

37. "If I had a hammer" Peter,Paul&Mary

[Hoyt]

42. That's a Great one. n/t

[Art_from_Ark]

57. There's also a version by Trini Lopez that drives me up the wall

I much prefer the PP&M version.

[porphyrian]

63. I like the Leonard Nimoy version (animation by someone else)...

[Arctic Dave]

38. Everything is Beautiful - Ray Stevens

[HeeBGBz]

41. Simple Song of Freedom - Bobby Darin

[Whovian]

43. Ohio

[Iggo]

44. Stars And Stripes Forever

(you asked...lol)

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[hunter]

45. Woody Guthrie owns this one.

But Fascists had best avoid his guitar...



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

[TwilightGardener]

47. John Barry, "Journey to Fort Sedgwick" from Dances With Wolves.

Reminds me of my beloved Great Plains:

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[jberryhill]

48. Aerosmith - Walk This Way

I think that song should be the national anthem.

[Iggo]

52. You've got my vote!

[Douglas Carpenter]

50. the British patriotic song, Jerusalem

"I will not cease from mental strife nor shall my soul sing in my heart till we have built Jerusalem on England's green and pleasant land."
- from a poem by William Blake

[countryjake]

51. City Of New Orleans by Steve Goodman

[PearliePoo2]

69. One of my all time favorite songs ever.

Growing up in a 3 generation railroad family, I rode trains everywhere with a family pass. Love the lyrics, can feel the rails under my feet, rocking to the gentle beat..memories. This song brings tears to my eyes.
I've never heard Steve do it, always the Arlo version (which I love with that banjo!)

[countryjake]

70. Same here...my railroad blood goes way back...

and this song (as written and performed by Steve Goodman) is also one of my all-time faves. I'm glad you've finally been given a chance to hear this original...I like Arlo's too, but I saw Steve do this live, many years ago, he sang and played much better than in this video, and it was absolutely ghostly, a superb performance of a song which he seldom got much credit for. (and I was on one of my many train trips at the time, riding the Empire Builder!)

Sorry that I didn't see your response sooner; I never do remember to check "My Posts" and missed it completely.

[sabrina 1]

53. 'From A Distance' by Bette Midler

From a distance
The world looks blue and green
And the snow capped mountains white
From a distance
The ocean meets the stream
And the eagle takes to flight

From a distance
There is harmony
And it echoes through the land
Its the voice of hope
Its the voice of peace
Its the voice of every man

From a distance
We all have enough
And no one is in need
And there are no guns, no bombs and no disease
No hungry mouths to feed
From a Distance
We are instruments
Marching in a common band
Playing songs of hope
Playing songs of peace
They are the songs of every man

God is watching us
God is watching us
God is watching us
From a distance

From a distance
You look like my friend
Even though we are at war
From a distance
I just cannot comprehend
What all this fightings for
From a distance
There is harmony
And it echoes through the land
And its the hope of hopes
Its the love of loves
Its the heart of every man

God is watching us
God is watching us
God is watching us
From a distance

I first heard it during the first Gulf War which was the first time I realized we were willing to kill people for no reason that I could understand.. I was, I was told by the mass media, among only about the 2% of the American people who opposed that war.

I just didn't believe it was all so 'clinical'. I knew people were dying horrible deaths.

Several years later I met and had several conversations with a British soldier who was there. He confirmed everything I had imagined, and worse. He deeply regretted that he had been sent there and cried for the Iraqi people, most of them poor, he was ordered to kill even as they were waving white flags.

This song just confirms for me that war is evil, no matter how they try to 'sell' it. Especially when it is a war of choice, which most of our wars are.

I love Bette Midler.

[grasswire]

54. People Get Ready

Thank you Curtis Mayfield.

[LaydeeBug]

55. What's so funny about Peace, Love and Understanding? nt

[ProgressiveEconomist]

56. 'Someday We'll All Be Free'--sung by Donny Hathaway

over the final credits for Spike Lee's "Malcolm X"

[Tom Ripley]

58. Sly and the Family Stone: "Everyday People"

[LaydeeBug]

59. I love this one. nt

[kctim]

60. "God Bless the USA"

"American Soldier"
"Arlington"

[Javaman]

61. This land is your land. nt

[newspeak]

62. my pick would be "america" by joanne shenandoah (iroquois)

"when the weapons we carry are buried beneath the tree; beneath the tree of peace" and "everyone's inside the circle and no one's left behind-america a reason to give hope for each other and peace to our brother"

[newspeak]

64. another one would be woody guthries' "this land is your land"

the star spangled banner written by SIR francis scott keye gets mangled all of the time. Besides it's more of a war song.

[BOG PERSON]

65. i love how 9/11 has become an extension of the 4th of july

[Iggo]

66. Yuck.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

67. PETER, PAUL & MARY ~ Le Deserteur ~

Le Déserteur (The Deserter)
par (by) Boris Vian et (and) Harold Berg
Monsieur le Président,
je vous fais une lettre,
que vous lirez peut-être,
si vous avez le temps.

Je viens de recevoir
mes papiers militaires
pour partir à la guerre
avant mercredi soir.

Monsieur le Président
je ne veux pas le faire,
je ne suis pas sur terre
pour tuer de pauvres gens.

C'est pas pour vous fâcher,
il faut que je vous dise,
ma décision est prise,
je m'en vais déserter.

Depuis que je suis né,
j'ai vu mourir mon père,
j'ai vu partir mes frères,
et pleurer mes enfants.

Ma mère a tant souffert,
qu'elle est dedans sa tombe,
et se moque des bombes,
et se moque des vers.

Quand j'étais prisonnier
on m'a volé ma femme,
on m'a volé mon âme,
et tout mon cher passé.

Demain de bon matin,
je fermerai ma porte
au nez des années mortes
j'irai sur les chemins.

Je mendierai ma vie,
sur les routes de France,
de Bretagne en Provence,
et je crierai aux gens:

refusez d'obéir,
refusez de la faire,
n'allez pas à la guerre,
refusez de partir.

S'il faut donner son sang,
allez donner le vôtre,
vous êtes bon apôtre,
monsieur le Président.

Si vous me poursuivez
prévenez vos gendarmes
que je n'aurai pas d'armes
et qu'ils pourront tirer. Mr. President
I'm writing you a letter
that perhaps you will read
If you have the time.

I've just received
my call-up papers
to leave for the front
Before Wednesday night.

Mr. President
I do not want to go
I am not on this earth
to kill wretched people.

It's not to make you mad
I must tell you
my decision is made
I am going to desert.

Since I was born
I have seen my father die
I have seen my brothers leave
and my children cry.

My mother has suffered so,
that she is in her grave
and she laughs at the bombs
and she laughs at the worms.

When I was a prisoner
they stole my wife
they stole my soul
and all my dear past.

Early tomorrow morning
I will shut my door
on these dead years
I will take to the road.

I will beg my way along
on the roads of France
from Brittany to Provence
and I will cry out to the people:

Refuse to obey
refuse to do it
don't go to war
refuse to go.

If blood must be given
go give your own
you are a good apostle
Mr. President.

If you go after me
warn your police
that I'll be unarmed
and that they can shoot.

[L0oniX]

68. Monster - Steppenwolf