Hello, friends. I was sitting around the house downloading porn when I came to think about songs that really capture the essence of a country. I think it could be interesting to post songs that YOU think encapsulate what a certain country means. So I'm gonna start off:
USA:
Between them these three songs manage to span the greatness that is America and its mentality:
Life-affirming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1M-qGSoAy8
Sentimental: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U69Dqc4WqI (hey it was good enough for Ritchie Blackmore)
Spiritual: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2PggDw-vww
Sweden:
For reasons that are somewhat obscure to a non-Swede this song defines Sweden:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5BKFLwh2DI (we are multicultural and deal with important issues... no matter what the creative cost)
OK I'm spent for now. I need more coffee and I'm gonna get some whisky.
Eh? :hmm:
America is indeed great at inspiring Swedish bands.
Brain is no longer my favorite Swede, just for posting links to Rednex songs.
:lmfao:
FFS I have been browsing Rednex videos because of this! :mad:
Did not even realize I remembered that many of them :P
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 19, 2010, 05:15:21 PM
Brain is no longer my favorite Swede, just for posting links to Rednex songs.
Don't be a self-hating American. :(
Quote from: The Brain on March 19, 2010, 06:08:55 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 19, 2010, 05:15:21 PM
Brain is no longer my favorite Swede, just for posting links to Rednex songs.
Don't be a self-hating American. :(
I just be hating on Rednex.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 19, 2010, 06:18:49 PM
Quote from: The Brain on March 19, 2010, 06:08:55 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 19, 2010, 05:15:21 PM
Brain is no longer my favorite Swede, just for posting links to Rednex songs.
Don't be a self-hating American. :(
I just be hating on Rednex.
A mirror is a cruel thing. :(
Here you go, Brain :hug:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNDcAWNscg8&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNDcAWNscg8&feature=related)
I think it's still ok to like this song, but soon it'll show up in a Ford Explorer commercial and get driven into the ground. :(
Quote from: Caliga on March 19, 2010, 06:28:34 PM
Here you go, Brain :hug:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNDcAWNscg8&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNDcAWNscg8&feature=related)
I think it's still ok to like this song, but soon it'll show up in a Ford Explorer commercial and get driven into the ground. :(
AMERICA :wub:
This is me driving around Stockholm:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi13.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fa299%2FSlayhem%2Fbuggy.jpg&hash=7ce6b77996aca1bf6e95d68de5664dec6c466be5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meLpuF9UMvk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meLpuF9UMvk)
I'm also making a language pun by choosing that video.
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 19, 2010, 06:45:46 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meLpuF9UMvk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meLpuF9UMvk)
I'm also making a language pun by choosing that video.
I'm reminded of all the Edmonton-Euler jokes from math class.
This is me driving around Kentucky:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcache.jalopnik.com%2Fcars%2Fimages%2F2006_general_lee.JPG&hash=8ec4abfb0ab52ea38ac18ddd0345d407b145f03c)
:smoke:
I too would drive around Kentucky.
Quote from: The Brain on March 19, 2010, 06:52:49 PM
I too would drive around Kentucky.
Har. WELCOME TO OHIO.
USA:
Ke$ha - Blah Blah Blah
Scandinavia-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dGcYH6Fwj8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dGcYH6Fwj8)
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 19, 2010, 08:04:48 PM
Scandinavia-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dGcYH6Fwj8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dGcYH6Fwj8)
Stockholm anyway.
This is Sweden to me for some reason, dunno why-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojE7J6O1D6A
And of course from another, pretty crappy direction...-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yexeBCx7oow
('Everybody Who Doesn't Dance is a Rapist' for the non-Svennishly inclined)
For the UK for some reason Babies is coming to mind. Just very British-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1LE9s8RxYg
Quote from: The Brain on March 19, 2010, 06:52:49 PM
I too would drive around Kentucky.
It's pretty fun since traffic is light in most places and we lack toll roads. The problem is some people drive SO SLOW it's ridiculous :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on March 19, 2010, 09:08:15 PM
Quote from: The Brain on March 19, 2010, 06:52:49 PM
I too would drive around Kentucky.
It's pretty fun since traffic is light in most places and we lack toll roads. The problem is some people drive SO SLOW it's ridiculous :mad:
IF you meet more than 5 oncoming cars in an hour traffic isn't light. :cool:
Quote from: Barrister on March 19, 2010, 11:39:30 PM
IF you meet more than 5 oncoming cars in an hour traffic isn't light. :cool:
If traffic doesn't affect your speed it isn't traffic.
Germany's national soul is encapsulated in Knorkator's parody song "Deutschland ist schön"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_rcUrLajak
TRanslation of the lyrics:
QuoteGermany is beautiful, Germany is beautiful
With its beautiful rivers and beautiful lakes
Germany is beautiful, Germany is beautiful
With its beautiful valleys and beautiful mountain heights
And the forests are so beautiful, and the fields are so beautiful
And the cities are so beautful, and the flower beds are so beautiful
Where the beautiful trees stand you can go for a beautiful walk
And see the beautiful girls, so very beautiful, ja
Germany is beautiful, Germany is beautiful
With its beautiful rivers and beautiful lakes
Germany is beautiful, Germany is beautiful
With its beautiful valleys and beautiful mountain heights
In winter the snow lies beautifully, in spring it melts beautifully
In summer you can swim beautifully, in fall you can let it be beautifully
The tomatoes are beautiful, too, beautiful in salads
The pig roast tastes beautiful, so very beautiful
Germany is beautiful, Germany is beautiful
With its beautiful rivers and beautiful lakes
Germany is beautiful, Germany is beautiful
With its beautiful valleys and beautiful mountain heights
And Bavaria is beautiful, and the Black Forest is beautiful
And the Rhineland is beautiful, and the Palatinate is beautiful
And Thuringia is beautiful, and Hessen is beautiful
And Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is beautiful, so very beautiful, ja
And the Lüneburg Heath is beautiful, so very beautiful, ja
And the last corner of the Lausitz, 30 meters from the Polish border
Is so beautiful, so very beautiful.
Otherwise it's rather this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiGPQVUJqq0
or this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX7V6FAoTLc
or this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkhX5W7JoWI
This one captures the German national soul rather nicely I believe.
Quote
Heil, heil East Germany
Land of fruit and grape
Land where you'll regret
If you try to escape
No matter if you tunnel under or take a running jump at the wall
Forget it, the guards will kill you, if the electrified fence doesn't first.
When I think of Sweden, I think of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQsjAbZDx-4
And I vomit.
I dunno, Sweden is more like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG0x-AdEXjs) for me.
:lol:
The funniest part of the whole thing is that Rednex is Swedish.
Quote from: Neil on March 20, 2010, 08:34:12 AM
:lol:
The funniest part of the whole thing is that Rednex is Swedish.
And so awful.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 20, 2010, 08:41:23 AM
Quote from: Neil on March 20, 2010, 08:34:12 AM
:lol:
The funniest part of the whole thing is that Rednex is Swedish.
And so awful.
America can be an awful place. It seems you have all these swarthy people running around who don't speak proper English. You guys might want to get on that, before they lower your property values.
Quote from: Syt on March 20, 2010, 07:01:53 AM
I dunno, Sweden is more like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG0x-AdEXjs) for me.
Your Sweden gave me a headache. :(
Quote from: Scipio on March 20, 2010, 06:45:58 AM
When I think of Sweden, I think of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQsjAbZDx-4
And I vomit.
I didn't remember the line about crossing the Rio Grande. Maybe Lettow's theory isn't as outlandish as we thought. (More likely about Mexican rebels, but still...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7_4gcjwbhk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7_4gcjwbhk)