I am not yet enamored with the song either-- it's a recent fascination. Here are two I'm really fond of, avocal and vocal. Avocal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SVuHV7suhQ&feature=related Vocal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1N8GtDkYfQ
Thank you for that first one especially. So many of these songs fail to have full versions. You basically get the first verse and refrain, so it is nice to hear the whole thing.
I DO like the Internationale. It is very moving: I recall a passage in "Witness" where Whittaker Chambers remarks that even upon his conversion he found the song to be stirring.
An aside: I am not a "fanatical" anti-communist because I deny the importance of politics in the grand scheme of things. Shouldn't your pessimism have a similar salt of fatalism? It is difficult to get worked up about these things....
I didn't stipulate that the song be from a certain era...
ReplyDeleteI am not yet enamored with the song either-- it's a recent fascination.
ReplyDeleteHere are two I'm really fond of, avocal and vocal.
Avocal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SVuHV7suhQ&feature=related
Vocal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1N8GtDkYfQ
If I may post some songs that I really like that sort of pick up on traditionalist themes, since that might be of interest:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMHyovwX7JM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKCRHhmHvjg
Honestly, from Wagner I find the Pilgrim's Chorus from Tannhauser (my favorite opera bar none) to be the most moving few minutes in music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=299iYHF4x1s
Apropos Cbs post: I really like national anthems from the 1800s. I also like WWII-era songs from all sides in the war, including Russia.
ReplyDeleteThank you for that first one especially. So many of these songs fail to have full versions. You basically get the first verse and refrain, so it is nice to hear the whole thing.
ReplyDeleteI DO like the Internationale. It is very moving: I recall a passage in "Witness" where Whittaker Chambers remarks that even upon his conversion he found the song to be stirring.
An aside: I am not a "fanatical" anti-communist because I deny the importance of politics in the grand scheme of things. Shouldn't your pessimism have a similar salt of fatalism? It is difficult to get worked up about these things....