Judy Garland: BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC A classic UNITER

[opihimoimoi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Xz7WV_qJs&feature=related

Julia Ward Howe wrote it...Orson Wells tells the story:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7hvz5u8whM&feature=related

Kinda Patriotic for all sides....We are One...All Americans

[Better Today]

1. I'm so sorry, but a song with the words "battle," "hymn," and "republic"

just doesn't feel worth the click. It just reeks to me of "wars," "religion," and "republicans". Lastly, "patriotic" has just simply become a bad word in my dictionary because of its having been propagandized so much, mostly by neo-cons.

[medeak]

3. omg.. didn't even see your name until now

was going to say how I hate the haters on here...and it's you again. wow..feel so validated. Who can hate Judy Garland...my Dad played for her many times.

[opihimoimoi]

5. Judy is an Icon....a DIVA of her time.....she was so dynamic.... and Orson Wells...he too is an Icon

[pinboy3niner]

8. +1

Judy was a wonderful gift to us, as was Orson. We should consider ourselves lucky to be so blessed with their genius and talent.

[opihimoimoi]

9. rgr that

[Better Today]

10. Drunk, drug addicted, tax cheating, child neglecting DIVA. I agree.

I don't stay devoted to actors, actresses, musicians or anyone who trashes themselves and their families with addictions and focus on themselves, not since my brother did the same to his family, his career, and himself.

[opihimoimoi]

12. your choice....she had the talent and its what counts in this case

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GCfM60RriM&feature=more_related

[Better Today]

15. Can't agree with that. The reason my brother started doing heroin was

according to him, he wanted to be a great rock star, and at the time most rock stars were strung out. I think our society is pretty fucked up when a person is perceived as having a "talent" like singing, dancing, sports, etc., they are somehow exempt from the same response that any average, homeless, junkie curled up in a doorway, reeking of months without seeing soap nor mouthcare, eyes rolled back in their heads would receive from us as we hurried past their disgrace. But no, if you have a perceived "talent," then that's all that counts...which I believe is part of the reason these same people like Judy fall into drugs etc, they no longer feel like their whole person matters, just their "talent".

[opihimoimoi]

16. As a Positive guy,,,,I try to contend with cynicism as best as I can...to be a cynic is not so good

for the mind...look for the positive and one can feel better in life...

[pinboy3niner]

21. And using our compassion and empathy is important. nt

[opihimoimoi]

22. YUP..:o) rgr that

[mwrguy]

4. Amen

[Renew Deal]

19. Why do you hate America?

:evilgrin:

[xchrom]

2. Recommend

[dmr]

6. This song brings me to tears each & every time.

I remember the night Judy sang this. Our whole family was sobbing.

Thank you for posting this. I totally forgot this, but now I can see the old Zenith & my heart-broken family in my mind's eye. We all hugged afterwards, I think this was our way of coming to terms with our President's sudden & violent death. Maybe this is why this song makes me emotional.

Here we are 47 years later: a forgotten memory as clear as day.

:hi:

[opihimoimoi]

7. Same here....twas Pres Kennedys period of mourning....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSvH4s-4sCQ&feature=related

Whitney Houston does a teriff rendition too....not so old as the others...

[eShirl]

11. isn't it a religious song?

[opihimoimoi]

18. Obviously the song has many rel overtones but its reached iconic level..

[Upton]

13. No thank you..

that's a Civil War song. I don't need the religious references either..

[piratefish08]

14. uniter?

let's go kill - God is on our side.

[opihimoimoi]

17. There are times when Humans must kill other humans....such is social evolution...

The song united America in time of war....

[MadHound]

20. You haven't had much experience with the Deep South

BHR was originally an abolitionist song, one that was later adapted as a Union marching song. I know that when I was a kid, the old Confederate sympathizers hated that song, nor was it ever sung in a Southern Baptist Church. Union soldiers loved to torment Southerners with that song during Reconstruction.

Times and attitudes might have changed, but for a long while that song was not a uniter, nor was it patriotic for all sides.

[opihimoimoi]

23. From my unnerstanding...its was written for the side of Freedom...the Union side