Songs that make you feel Patriotic..

There are a couple of Aussie bands and songs that if I was overseas and heard them, they'd remind me of home and bring out my Patriotism for this great island...

This is of course my number 1... I'd actually be surprised if anyone from other countries hasn't heard this one..

YouTube - Men at work: Land down under!!!! (One of their best songs!!)

Love this song too.. Was released in 1983, but still as fresh now to me as back then.. One of my favorite songs..

YouTube - Australian Crawl - Reckless

Another one of my favorite songs... A lot of Aussies hate thing song and feel it's played out, but it will always be one of my favourite songs.. Jimmy Barnes is a hero and one of my favorite singers and voices, Australian or otherwise..

YouTube - Cold Chisel - Khe Sanh (1978)

And another Jimmy Barnes - Cold Chisel song... Anyone that hasn't heard Cold Chisel before should really look up their top hits.. Brilliant stuff..

YouTube - Cold Chisel - Flame Trees (1984)

And another Jimmy Barnes... Another Aussie classic..

YouTube - Jimmy Barnes - Working class man

Powderfinger is a pretty recent Aussie band to come along, but they have some great songs that I love.. This is probably my favorite by them.. Back during my umm 'substance' days, I listened to this many a time, just laying back and contemplating what the fuck I was doing and where I was heading... Just a great song..

YouTube - Powderfinger - These Days

The might INXS... I literally grew up with my older brothers playing INXS almost every day..

YouTube - INXS-never tear us apart rk2

And this one which is very old.. One of Australia's first bands/songs that broke into the international charts... I'm sure you American dudes have heard this one...

YouTube - EasyBeats - Friday on my mind


Then of course I could list a bunch of AC/DC, but they're so awesome that i'll let the whole planet claim them as making them feel patriotic to be a human being..

Darn, I suppose I better add this one... It's kinda tacky, but Australian as it comes.. And a great song..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99P7TTvpO1g



I'm also pretty interested what songs above that you have heard, or even like yourself??

I'm sure there are a few i've missed that others will remind me of...

No Rose Tattoo?
Heretic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKAIF1sYu-k

Good stuff! Land Down Under always reminds me of Australia II , the racing yacht with the gull wing keel that won the Americas Cup yacht race in 1983, breaking a 132 year dominance of the event by the United States. Everyone I knew was cheering for Australia that day.

I can't really say that music makes me feel patriotic as a Canadian, but if it did, it would be Canadian Tunes Like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0-dNzPtzX4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLMF5GM0Kt8

Closest thing I get to Patriotrism is very local
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikp7-vjDJGA
There's much of the country I could live without,but I love my adopted state of WV

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Originally Posted by CGM

Good stuff! Land Down Under always reminds me of Australia II , the racing yacht with the gull wing keel that won the Americas Cup yacht race in 1983, breaking a 132 year dominance of the event by the United States. Everyone I knew was cheering for Australia that day.

I can't really say that music makes me feel patriotic as a Canadian, but if it did, it would be Canadian Tunes Like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0-dNzPtzX4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLMF5GM0Kt8

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Yep, our Prime Minister got on the television after that race and said "If any boss in Australia cracks the shits at their workers for having a day off today to celebrate is a bum!"

It's still remembered as one of our top moments in sport when we won the America's cup..

Some great songs there Diz! Land down under was my first pick, I don't think I can add to that list at all as you have got just about all of them. Nothing better than hearing "working class man" being raped at a kareoke bar ;D

I dunno, I'm from Canada, and music isn't usually what makes me feel patriotic. Still, my wicked Canadian songs would be:

Theme to Hockey Night in Canada
Stompin' Tom Connors: The Hockey Song
Steppenwolf: Born to Be Wild, Magic Carpet Ride
Tom Cochrane and Red Ryder: Lunatic Fringe, White Hot
The Band: The Weight (I pulled in to Nazareth...)
Gordon Lightfoot: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Straight Lines: Letting Go
Stonebolt: I Will Still Love You
Max Webster: Let Go the Line
Doug and the Slugs: Day by Day (Ok, this one could make me feel patriotic in a regular, everyday, working class kind of patriotism.)
Triumph: Follow Your Heart
A Foot in Cold Water: Make Me Do Anything You Want
Bryan Adams: Heaven, Somebody, Please Forgive Me.
Ian Thomas: Coming Home
Paul Hyde and the Payolas: You're The Only Love
Strange Advance: We Run
Kenny McLean: Don't Look Back

This is only a partial list. There's lots of great Canadian songs, but they don't make me feel really patriotic. I just don't feel the need to beat my chest and be a nationalist. We're pretty much laid back when it comes to patriotism...perhaps because we accept pretty much everyone.