No refuge could save the hireling and slaveįrom the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:Īnd the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave Their blood has wiped out their foul footstep's pollution. That the havoc of war and the battle's confusionĪ home and a country should leave us no more? O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.Īnd where is that band who so vauntingly swore 'Tis the star-spangled banner! O long may it wave In full glory reflected now shines on the stream: Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,Īs it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?Īnd the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light, Oh, by the way, does anyone know the name of song they played at the Hitler rally in the Indiana Jones movie - the one where Hitler signs Jones' Bible? This track is only a sample, one minute long.Į n L i g h t wrote:I wonder what songs out there would be proper for totalitarian or authoritarian regimes? And I don't just mean classical or marching pieces either. Genocide Organ is a totalitarian Power Electronics band (power electronics is a genre offshoot of industrial, focusing on oft-harsh electronic soundscapes), heavy on the fascist imagery. Personally, i find them to be absolutely brilliant totalitarian music, but i'll refrain from posting more than one track as the subject matter can sometimes be quite offensive to people who don't understand the perspective. They are not nazis although they do use quite a bit of world war II nazi and fascist imagery in both lyrics and album art. Militaristic Experimental Industrial Genreĭeath in June is a band that is closely associated with Boyd Rice (if that tells you anything). Their newer work is pretty much crap, but their earlier CDs - Opus Dei, and Laibach are both very well put together, especially considering they were composed in the early 80s. Laibach is a totalitarian (but not nazi) band from yugoslavia. Again, the louder you play this, the better - put headphones on, or something, and play it really loud. I'm not sure if this one will really envoke totalitarianisim, but it's a staccato march, so close enough! It's my absolute favorite piece of classically-composed instrumentation, albeit short, and modern. The Elizabeth Overture (from the movie Elizabeth), performed by the David Hobson Chorale and the Australian Boys Choir. You must play this track fairly loud and do it justice, or you ought not to play it at all.Ģ. I've taken care not to include anything with terribly offensive lyrics.Īn instrumental NIN track from The Fragile. Just take my word for it when i tell you none of the music i listen to is pro-nazi. The lower tracks, twords the bottom half of the list, may require some artistic objectivity on the part of the listener. They become less and less politically/correct-friendly as you move down the list. I've a whole hell of alot of that in my collection. She added that she was “very happy that I’m Ukrainian too and that I have this chance, thanks to England to be here.Totalitarian themed music eh. The contest, she said, was “very big for Ukraine” because it allowed her country to have a moment on the world stage. Andrew Jones / NBC NewsĬarrying Ukrainian flags, she said she had traveled to Liverpool from the nearby town of Blackpool, with John Elliot, a retired 72-year-old who hosts her family. John Elliot stands next to Anna Yatskiv Vasylyshyn who he took in with her teenage daughters after they fled Ukraine. They were also given a hostile reception after Russia annexed Crimea.Īnna Yatskiv Vasylyshyn, who fled to Britain from Ukraine with her two teenage daughters after the Russian invasion, said the contest was a moment to celebrate. Russian acts were booed after lawmakers passed legislation known as the “gay propaganda” law in 2013, that has been used to stop gay pride marches, detain gay rights activists and effectively outlaw any public expression of LGBTQ behavior in Russia. Tensions with Ukraine have, however, been evident for years.
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