tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281071.post6137103529696843468..comments2024-03-26T01:51:50.492-06:00Comments on Pirate Aggro: I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy by George M. CohanPirate Aggrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02860036647341281899noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281071.post-80891394197511761882014-11-15T11:24:14.818-07:002014-11-15T11:24:14.818-07:00Yes I was also surprised by how long the song is. ...Yes I was also surprised by how long the song is. Actually the song we remember is Yankee Doodle is a short song. This is I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy from a 1904 Broadway musical. I too am always a little uncomfortable with ra ra ra red white and blue songs because ultra nationalism never leads to good especially if you are a native American in the early to mid 1800s, a Jew in Germany in the 30s or a Muslim in Serbia in the 90s.Pirate Aggrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02860036647341281899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281071.post-80092730167920076122014-11-15T11:24:13.655-07:002014-11-15T11:24:13.655-07:00Yes I was also surprised by how long the song is. ...Yes I was also surprised by how long the song is. Actually the song we remember is Yankee Doodle is a short song. This is I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy from a 1904 Broadway musical. I too am always a little uncomfortable with ra ra ra red white and blue songs because ultra nationalism never leads to good especially if you are a native American in the early to mid 1800s, a Jew in Germany in the 30s or a Muslim in Serbia in the 90s.Pirate Aggrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02860036647341281899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281071.post-72162882893743080622014-11-14T09:37:51.423-07:002014-11-14T09:37:51.423-07:00Wow. I never knew there were so many verses to th...Wow. I never knew there were so many verses to this song. They really enforce the separateness theme of this song. I suppose it makes sense when forming a new nation that songs like this would be written. Especially when that nation was founded on two things:<br />Stealing land from people already living there. <br />And<br />Fighting another country who also wants to have it. <br />When this is the backdrop to which you found a country it makes sense to have songs that reinforce feelings of pride about being part of this sad state of affairs. If you don't bullshit yourself into feeling pride about it. That would leave room for actually seeing things as they are. And God forbid we actually do that. Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532323549207564871noreply@blogger.com