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new patriotic song for Americans
« on: 2003-11-25 20:55:28 » |
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This is a really good song. It's country, but uh, even a metalhead can appreciate the lyrics. It presents a dreamy view of being a soldier for a country... download it or something.
"American Soldier" by Toby Keith
I'm just trying to be a father,
Raise a daughter and a son,
Be a lover to their mother,
Everything to everyone.
Up and at 'em bright and early, I'm all in my business suit,
Yeah, I'm dressed up for success from my head down to my boots,
I don't do it for the money, there's bills that I can't pay,
I don't do it for the glory, I just do it anyway,
Providing for our future's my responsibility,
Yeah, I'm real good under pressure, being all I can be,
And I can't call in sick on Mondays when the weekends been too strong,
I just work straight through the holidays,
And sometimes all night long.
You can bet that I stand ready when the wolf growls at the door,
Hey, I'm solid, hey I'm steady, hey I'm true down to the core,
And I will always do my duty, no matter what the price,
I've counted up the cost, I know the sacrifice,
Oh, and I don't want to die for you,
But if dyin's asked of me,
I'll bear that cross with honor,
'Cause freedom don't come free.
I'm an American soldier, an American,
Beside my brothers and my sisters I will proudly take a stand,
When liberty's in jeopardy I will always do what's right,
I'm out here on the front lines, sleep in peace tonight.
American soldier, I'm an American,
An American,
An American Soldier
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Re: virus: new patriotic song for Americans
« Reply #1 on: 2003-11-25 21:23:36 » |
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[metahuman]
This is a really good song. It's country, but uh, even a metalhead can
appreciate the lyrics. It presents a dreamy view of being a soldier for
a country... download it or something.
<snip>
And I will always do my duty, no matter what the price,
I've counted up the cost, I know the sacrifice,
Oh, and I don't want to die for you,
But if dyin's asked of me,
I'll bear that cross with honor,
'Cause freedom don't come free.
I'm an American soldier, an American,
Beside my brothers and my sisters I will proudly take a stand,
When liberty's in jeopardy I will always do what's right,
I'm out here on the front lines, sleep in peace tonight.
<snip>
[rhinoceros]
Very strange. Do you think the ...poet makes sense, talking about
liberty and being asked to die? Is it about Word War II or what?
Also, did you find this motivating as a person and a maketer?
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Re:new patriotic song for Americans
« Reply #2 on: 2003-11-26 06:30:20 » |
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You don't have to make "sense" in music. Rational, logically secure, and skeptical music would be very boring. However, he does make sense. He mentions liberty, yes, but he does not say he is required to die. He said "if dyin's asked of me" I'll die with honor. Otherwise, he'll live as a soldier.
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Re: virus: Re:new patriotic song for Americans
« Reply #3 on: 2003-11-26 12:11:41 » |
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[metahuman]
You don't have to make "sense" in music. Rational, logically secure, and
skeptical music would be very boring. However, he does make sense. He
mentions liberty, yes, but he does not say he is required to die. He
said "if dyin's asked of me" I'll die with honor. Otherwise, he'll live
as a soldier.
[rhinoceros]
I think a song does have to make sense (not necessarily in a 'formal
logic' sense). It has to hit a chord. Although it is always subject to
scrutiny as to which chord it tries to hit.
For example, the following one does make much more sense to me that the
"I would die for liberty" thing in its particular context, and what's
more, it does not generate suspicions for trying to cash in quickly on
dirty politics.
(This is an offhand translation of a Greek song, although my skills in
that area suck.)
Bears
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The sky is raining bears,
raining bears descending like butterflies,
they are smiling and eating orange peels.
<snip>
And you, who are eating your icecream bored,
don't miss your chance
to fight against the beasts.
<snip>
Because when the bears eat all the orange peels
they will leave just as they came
like butterflies.
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Re: virus: Re:new patriotic song for Americans
« Reply #4 on: 2003-11-26 21:37:59 » |
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All of us live as soldiers taking a stand for rationalism.
Dying, fortunately, has not yet been asked of me.
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Re: virus: Re:new patriotic song for Americans
« Reply #5 on: 2003-11-27 00:51:26 » |
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At 10:37 PM 26/11/03 -0400, you wrote:
>All of us live as soldiers taking a stand for rationalism.
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>Dying, fortunately, has not yet been asked of me.
Can't say I recommend it.
Keith Henson
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Re:new patriotic song for Americans
« Reply #6 on: 2003-11-27 12:41:23 » |
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Would you be prepared to die for your beliefs?
"Of course not. After all, I may be wrong." -- Bertrand Russell
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