“This country will not be a permanently good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us” -Theodore Roosevelt
New England or something wow! finally understand the meaning!!! thank you so much!! from Korea. Forever United States Alliance! 🇺🇸🤝🇰🇷🤝🇯🇵🤝🇦🇺 so proud to be the alliance with America. Most moral, greatest, best country in the entire human History! be proud Americans!
*Ancient Era* A young farmer sits on his porch playing his banjo while his wife fiddles. His children gather around him as he plays letting the music wash over them. He gazes at the small field of grain before them. Just enough to get through winter. It wasn't much now but it will grow. It'll grow... *Medieval Era* The farmer now an old man sits on a stage with his old banjo. He starts playing a song from his youth and as he plays a few more instruments join in. Some of the townspeople upon seeing him play went and retrieved their instruments. Their small farm was now one house in a modest sized town. While he missed the peace and quiet sometimes his neighbors were an alright bunch. Eventually his fingers get tired and he can't play anymore. His son, now a father, steps in a takes his banjo. He sits there marveling as his son plays the old instrument just as well as he did when he was younger. In the large crowd that had formed he could see his grandchildren. Looking at his son he again he felt that his son is gonna be just fine. He'll be just fine. *Industrial Era* Model Ts drive down the paved roads as electric lights illuminate the way. While far from the small village it started as the community still had its heart and soul as its residents would say. This was demonstrated by the city's concert hall where a song was being played. While the name of its writer had been lost to time the song brought the people of the city together. Not just the city but the nation. Through famine, through plague. In the deadliest wars and the deepest of depressions the song always gave the people hope. That one day Hard Times Will Come No More... *Atomic Era and Beyond* A young girl lays on her bed as her phone belts out the national anthem, a song older then anyone can remember. She is currently trying to repair a family heirloom. It was in the family forever and had aged to the point where it was unusable. The family was unable to bring themselves to toss it away so on the wall it hung. She knew her way around a tool box so she set about repairing it. It was surprisingly sturdy despite its age so she mostly needed to patch up the cracks and find replacement strings. She lifted the old banjo in her arms and tug on one of the strings. She smiled when she heard the soft twang it made. She started playing the banjo along to the national anthem which felt strangely right and sung its lyrics to herself. _Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears_ _While we all sup sorrow with the poor_ _There's a song that will linger forever in our ears_ _Oh, hard times, come again no more_
Just barely managed to snag a Golden Age going into the Information Era - snuck a wonder in on the very last turn. That wonder? The Statue of Liberty. It felt ... right.
@@trainknut More to your point, we commissioned the USS Iowa in 1943. It was a steamship and state of the art for its time. Our first telecommunications satellite was launched in 1962. 19 years later.
@@Duke_of_Lorraine thanks! So the deliniation between a steamship/not steam ship is coal? I think that makes sense because under my criteria, the Ohio class is of steamships.
@@shutout951 Coal is what would define it in the context of the game. Nonetheless, what you said makes no sense even if the USS Iowa was powered by a coal-driven steam engine. What would matter in this case would be the first steam engine produced by the US, not one of many.
As an American and a historian, it brings my heart immense joy and pride not only to hear this music, long forgotten by my modern brethren, but to see so many people from just as many cultures recognize the grit, determination, and spirit of what America truly is: a nation founded by people, built by people, made for the spirit of freedom. Thank you, all of you, for rekindling my sense of pride and patriotism for my country.
@@MrHejke Don't worry there's plenty of us left who have been through the wringer and understand what the founding fathers were about. This song, "hard times come again no more" happens to be my personal anthem. Just as Covid was setting in the government told my college that I no longer could attend because of paperwork on their end which got me fired because I was work for and attending the college. That happened just in time for me to discover my mom's cancer and I took care of her until she was put in hospice. When she died I was forced to move and had to close down the small company I was just getting off the ground. Now I am relocated to one of the smallest apartments in town and fortunate enough to be waiting tables. I'm only getting anywhere in life via the good Lord and whatever force I can apply to my own bootstraps. But I'm blessed to be in this country and can actually start over.
Could we put aside the dark past of our countries and look to the present to create a better future? I am Spanish and I admire how you were able to gain independence from a country that did not take you into account at all.
Sorry not meaning to reply to you as if I'm fighting your opinion just wanted to add to it. ALL countries have their 'dirty south' we (the US) just had to face ours... 300 years into our making of a country? What's Europe's excuse... they're responsible for a LOT more than we EVER were and still haven't paid out despite having thousands of years to do so.
I loved how bat shit crazy of a guy Theodore Roosevelt was (crazy in a good way) 1.) The guy used to box in the white house, plus I don't know if it's true but the reason why his eye was messed was because he boxed Jim Jefferies the boxer privately and lost. 2.) He broke all of the trust funds and monopolies. 3.) Refused to shoot a chained up bear since it was unsportsmanlike. 4.) Formed the Rough Riders and went to war in Cuba. 5.) Is the reason why we have Yellowstone National Park. 6.) Took a Bullet like a champ and finished his speech which took roughly around 30 to 45 to read out to which he opened up with. "Ladies and Gentlemen, I have just been shot, but it takes more than that to take down a Bull Moose."
During my first 'murica run, big sticks meant endless swarms of Rough Riders and Tanks followed by thermonuclear warheads. London tried to break my big stick, so it got hit first.
It starts off small and smooth with one instrument playing but then as your civilization grows and evolves the music gets bigger and bigger with more instruments playing but you can still hear that one small and smooth instrument playing
Kinda like actual American history - it started with a small group of farmers with a dream, and over time, that dream slowly grew into the most powerful country on the planet, with hundreds of millions of people, thousands of cities with near endless industrial capital and some of the best engineers and scientists on the planet - but over all that progress, industry, and technology... you can still see the dream of those farmers 250 years ago, alive and well, in the Constitution and the American Dream.
Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears, While we all sup sorrow with the poor; There's a song that will linger forever in our ears; Oh! Hard times come again no more. 'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary, Hard times, hard times, come again no more. Many days you have lingered around my cabin door; Oh! Hard times come again no more.
There's a poor drooping maiden That toils her life away Whose worn heart and better days are or'e Her voice it should be merry Is sighing all the day Oh hard times come again no more.
I've looked through these comments many times. It baffles me how incredibly wholesome and kind people here are. It really does prove that just because a government is against another country, does not mean the people of that country are also against them. It proves that unity can be possible, for the people, by the people, of the people.
You know the saying "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good", and it's variants? Same kind of concept applies to things like this. Being civil to cool music is easy. How people behave on a controversial subject is the true measure of how much unity there is.
Ancient Era (0:00): There are settlers, traveling across the Great Plains of America, looking for a place to call home... Medieval Era (2:50): Those settlers have finally found a place to call home. Slowly, a village begins to form... Industrial Era (6:05): That small village has now become a big city, advancing onwards with technology. The people creating new innovative products and machinery. Atomic Era (10:45): America has came a long way... From once humble settlements... To now the world leading global superpower.
"Americans" are the europeans, lol. You killed almost all the Native Americans, i.e. actual Americans. So ask yourselves, don't blame it on those who stayed in the Old World.@@BioChemistryWizard
It is, but that’s the fun and beauty of playing Civilization, though... It lets you imagine a USA that existed as an ancient civilization alongside Egypt and Sumeria and Australia and Brazil. A game of Civ isn’t meant to be historically accurate; it’s instead a mashup of parts inspired by history and then given to the player to weave their own tapestry :)
@@rhyzvanic3660 have you heard? Just a few years ago, archeologists discovered an ancient US catacomb in north America. The writings on the wall are believed to be about a substance called "Zoloft" and it's all possible side effects. Historians actually believe it was a ritual of some sort as they find out that our ancestors were instructed to consult a witch doctor if the substance was "right for them"
@@layceelay5382 Okay, I got into this part of the comment section thinking it would be about the complexity of my native American ancestral culture, no. You brought up ancient daytime television commercials. I am not disappointed. 😂
@@isaiahcampbell488 awesome lol and respect. I literally have no native american in my blood. But I've been here all my life. Just watching it is crazy lol. Not that its terrible but I would have loved to see what y'all would've done. I imagine a native american run government would've led to a lot fewer cases of covid. A native taught me how to make an herbal antimicrobial and it cleared up salmonella in less than a few hours. Its hard to worry about much with that lol
I like to think of the eras like the Ancient is ~1776, Medieval is during the Civil War ~1860s, Industrial is ~1910s and Atomic is obviously the Atomic age so ~1950s
The industrial era version makes me think of an immigrant arriving into New York harbor the first time and seeing the tall Statue of Liberty, then walking down the grand streets filled with bustling people/transportations and all the tall skyscrapers.
America's Atomic Theme is very uplifting and can be a background music for the elections. As if it gives the American people a fresh start (we know it doesn't always work that way but still), as well as reminding the world why, through ups and downs, the USA is the world's premier superpower.
"Big Stick (Teddy Roosevelt): Likes peaceful Civilizations that have a city on his home continent. Hates civilizations starting wars against a City-State or civilization based on his continent." - Civ6 wiki
I Don't know why, this has never happened before, but as soon as i here the fiddle I feel like I'm about to cry, and it is so overwhelming I left class 20 minutes early to make sure I didn't break down during class. I can't shake off the feeling either.
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" Breathe free, for we are the patch work of the world, the decedents of people from all over the globe with dreams of a better world.
I still remember first time I've noticed that theme in-game, when I've played with friends in "coop" (but actually without in-game team). And it was kinda iconic, tbh. I was playing as US, and friends took Korea and Russia. We played Civ 5 in the past a lot, but it was the very first real game for both of friends in Civ 6. I considered myself as most expirienced player among three of us, but with like ~10h prior expirience. It was continental map, normal speed, with max AI players, with slightly random AI difficulties distributed among them. Russia started on another continent, completely isolated for the both of us and most of what we considered "the World". Me and Korea spawned relatively close, and my starting pos was relatively OK (not great), but Korea spawned in the freaking hell - small bit of hills mostly, surrounded from all sides by mountains, small lake, more mountains and then ocean. The only two routes to outside world was two 1-tile-wide mountain passes, both long and curvy, like labyrinths - and one of them was blocked by City-State, that was sitting right at the entrance. Korea managed to build city on the second mountain pass, but early in the game nearby Rome (AI) swallowed Germany (another AI), become THICC, and nearly-effortesly took that city from him, nearly blocking my friend in his Mordor from outside world (City-State pass wasn't reliable option, since we can't BOTH control it at the same time and move units through it, even trade wasn't option for a long time). For, like, long-long time we both fought a desperate fight for that goddamn city - landscape was absolutely terrible and favored defenders greatly, Rome could bombard us from two cities, both also with two Encampments. Even when something went close - only two units at time could attack it. And I felt like it's mostly me fighting - my friend Korea was more sucessful in pursuing tech, and usually his whole army was only 1-2 units, lol. I sacrifaced a lot into spawning more and more troops, didn't build enough shit or explore, got two Dark Ages in a row. We both were at the bottom of the score. All of it while Rome become more and more powerful, and our friend Russia on another continent effortesly pursuing religious victory and have typical russian problems of not having enough place for Great Writers/Painters/Musicians (so, just like IRL, he stacked them somewhere in tundra). But, eventually, through cunning, tech development and endless valiant assaults, at the late Renaissance era we eventually took that city. And then took even more. Even took Rome itself. At the same time I've builded a lot of stuff, few new cities, nearly-outproduce Korea in science points, scored an Golden Age (right from the Dark), and become the world industrial powerhouse and leader in oil production - supplying myself, both friends and few friendly AIs. And while my Battleships, Destroyers and Aircraft carriers, armed to the teeth, backed by MBTs and helicopters, roamed the seas to help our Now-In-Trouble friend Russia (he ingored millitary too much), and Korea building robots, going into the space and spawning what could be considered as k-pop stars - I've finally noticed the Atomic version of this, playing in my headphones. It felt... the most fitting :/
This legit reinforces my American pride. America to me is like a big brother, sometimes you're just like WTF man, but in the end you still care for each other
Ugh this song just makes me want to cry when I hear it. How amazing some of my American ancestors and countrymen were, and how much of this I never realized until I started reading history books. As Americans, we must never forget the atrocities of things such as slavery, but by learning from our mistakes, we may help to make our nation a greater place for all who come here.
As a portuguese. people who were pioneers in European slave trade it's quite refreshing to see a former European colony take responsability for their slave trade past, unlike Brazil, where they decided "the portuguese" are to blame for slavery. It'd be like americans (black or not) in 2022 blaming England for slavery.
When ever I hear this music, a tear of joy fills my eye. I look up at the ceiling and close my eyes and think. I see our history, the battle we fought for Freedom. I see the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of a new nation. I see our flag flying over the battlefield as we fought our own brothers in the Civil War. I see President Roosevelt making his Infamy Speech on the the day of Pearl Harbor. I see Martin Luther King Jr. make his iconic speech in D.C. I see JFK speaking about going to the moon. I see Bobby Kennedy calming the troubled people of Indianapolis. See the assassination of him and his brother. I see us landing on the moon. I see Nixon resigning. I see Native Americans suffer on the trail of tears. I see 9/11. I see all the presidents come and go. I see our nation's history. With all the mistakes we have made, we have made many more accomplishments. This song reminds me of why I love my country. Despite everything we have done wrong, we can and will do better. We are a young nation and we have much more to learn and I look forward to what the future brings us. I am ready for the challenges of life and my Nation stands firm. I love my land, my people, my nation, my home. God Bless the United States of America and all who call this Free Land their home! Then I come back to reality and see I have been nuked by Gandhi. :(
Then play as Eleanor of Aquitane and use Loyalty to turn cities. You can win a Domination Victory without declaring a single war (though other civs will continuously declare on you)
I just popped over to listen to a song stuck in my head, only to go on a patriotic feel trip and nearly crying in the middle of class. This is a wholesome comments section.
1. Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears, While we all sup sorrow with the poor; There's a song that will linger forever in our ears; Oh! Hard times come again no more. Chorus: 'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary, Hard Times, hard times, come again no more. Many days you have lingered around my cabin door; Oh! Hard times come again no more. 2. While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay, There are frail forms fainting at the door; Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say Oh! Hard times come again no more. Chorus 3. There's a pale drooping maiden who toils her life away, With a worn heart whose better days are o'er: Though her voice would be merry, 'tis sighing all the day, Oh! Hard times come again no more. Chorus 4. 'Tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave, 'Tis a wail that is heard upon the shore 'Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave Oh! Hard times come again no more. Chorus
Same feeling man. This song makes me think of people... People arriving here en masse from all over the world, with hope in their hearts. People working together, dreaming big, even when times are tough. People who will lend a hand and never give up. That's what America is, when it's at it's best. The star spangled banner is about... a flag.
I love playing as my favorite President while singing "Hard Times Come Again No More" as I conquer the globe with American exceptionalism. It's a Sid Meier's Civilization dream come true for me.
Ill say this much, many talk of the optimism here, but dont forget this, eapecially in the lyrics to this song it is optimism tempered by suffering, much like the personal histories of the people of this country, facing down hardship and pulling yourself back up agian. "Let us pause in lifes pleasires and count its many tears, while we all sob sorrow with the poor. Its a song that lingers forever in our ears, hard times come agian no more." "Its a song, a sigh of the weary, hard times,hard times come agian no more, many days have you lingered by my cabin door, hard times come agian no more."
I was playing Civ as France today, but I don’t like their theme so I turned off volume and turned this song on. I was trying to go for more land so I wanted to invade Arabia, as they had no military. I did, but the war ended up fruitless. I felt legitimately bad about it, so I left that save file unsaved and went back to the time when our two nations were friends. As I looked at Saladin’s smiling face, I wondered, “Did I have to cause that suffering? Were the lives of my and their people worth my greed and power? Their lands are tundra! They serve no use to me!” I thought about myself and said, “I, for the foreseeable future, will never go to war unless I am attacked first.” This music. This goddamn music. It helped prevent a war from happening in the future. It helped other wars from being declared in other worlds. It also helped me think about America, the real-world America. I don’t usually like America, as I see it as a bit of a garbage fire. But at this moment, I see it as a great, peaceful nation. A nation whose citizens are usually treated well and have nice things. A nation that has changed the world for the better and done amazing things. As a quote from Raegan- “America is, and always will be, a shining city on a hill.”
The first three eras, we are building. We are forming. And many do not know, but their descendants will come to a new world, a new land, a land of opportunity. Forced upon them by outside factors or not, they will come. And when they come, they will carve out a land of their own from the untamed wilderness, with nothing it guide them except for faith, hope, and their bloodied hands. They will fight for their right to be masters of their own fate, they will fight to establish justice, and equality of men, created equal by their God. They will set forth by the multitudes to expand, they will come to blows for the preservation of the republic, and for the reaffirmation of truth that all men are truly created equal. For all their faults, they will make two achievements. They will innovate, they will prosper, and they will thrive. Soaring, they enter a world changed by the great progress of humankind, both great and terrible. Even against the world, they will rise, and rise together as one people, undivided of race, creed, ethnicity or skin, for they will stand and die for the sake of not their own children, but for all across the globe. Through their sacrifice, their nation is forged. Through their struggle, their nation is hardened, and through their lives, the Union is forever sewn. God Bless the United States of America. and God bless her people, waving their banner, as hopeful defiance and vigilance, against any who seeks to stifle their flame.
I absolutely love just how the elements of the atomic era segment are added in to preserve the old tune while demonstrating it's development into a new future, a new era, one on the cusp of technologies greatest marvels.
The tough old coot got shot on the way in to a rally one night and STILL delivered his speech! "It takes more than one bullet to kill a bull moose!" he told the crowd. Now *THAT'S* a leader!
The atomic era sounds so corporate like one of those commercials on tv about how some company is progressively about diversity but no one knows what they really do
I am just another human from somewhere else on this planet. I'm sincerely grateful and happy for this nation being here along all the others. To all the americans reading this: Proud to share this planet with you guys. Let's take care of it for generations to come
As an American, this is a rare but refreshing opinion to hear these days. Thank you kind person. I’m sincerely glad to share this planet with you guys too. We’ll do our best to make it better together ❤️
In Civilization VI, the background music for three countries is just stunning adapted! China’s Jasmine Flower, America’s theme, and the UK’s Scarborough Fair, personally those 3 are my absolute favorites in this game!
Wow this is very beautiful! I think I have heard this folk tune in civil war documentaries and others about the old west. I listened to this while studying for a geography test about the fifty states. Very fitting!
This song is good and all, but I feel they dropped the ball on the shot to really go all-in on the amazing theme America had in Civ 1 with their off-key version of Glory Hallelujah.
It's fine. Ancient theme gave me the image of the 13 Colonies and the Founding Fathers period. Medieval theme would be the American Civil War and Reconstruction period.
The Actual Unique Era Names for America Ancient: Plano Classical: Archaic Medieval: Mississippian Renaissance: Colonial Industrial: Federal Republic Modern: Roosevelt Atomic: Eisenhower Information: Clinton
I have played this game for so many hours and heard it in the background, but hearing it isolated on its own... it is really haunting and beautiful. Wow.
Music like the industrial era theme makes me think of the Empire State Building, the Grand Coulee Dam, transcontinental railroad, etc. Back when America did amazing things with its bountiful resources and had the 'sack necessary to follow through in a timely fashion.
FDR was reelected because he was a great wartime president, but that was about it. He was mediocre with everything else, but that's besides the point. Most presidents have good and bad, but teddy didn't have any bad at all. Definitely a man for the history books.
The industrial theme sounds like a soundtrack to the ending of a 90s family movie. You know, the feel-good part, it plays just as the camera first shows you a warmly glowing window with a family having a quality time together inside and then slowly zooms out showing you the whole suburb, which is super green and quite. The atomic theme sounds like the background music for an ad for a product that tried really hard to be modern and progressive.
Also, I think that the Medieval version of the Civ 6 songs are the best. It makes me wish I could keep that music throughout the game. Maybe there will be a mod for that?
Optimism is ingrained in our culture. From childhood, we're taught to dream big, to reach for the stars. Of course, we're also taught to be cogs in the machine by a public school system which has become depressingly efficient, so there are competing cultural and financial interests there, but beneath all the modern influences, Americans as a people are optimistic, almost childlike in their belief that the world can be made better.
@@robertbrown3064 I think Ricky Gervais put it best when he said "In America you are told you could be the next president, where as in the UK you are told, it will never happen to you" (I'm paraphrasing)
i love my country. i am a man under the star spangled banner and live by the beliefs of morals and progress. God bless this country. while we have had moments of darkness, we power though to bring the light.
The Foundry - America's not a bad country, but right now, oneraceonedestiny doesn't have to live in an extremely well off nation to be in a better-off country than America...
lol, Canadian pussies didn't burn shits, it was mostly the British troops who were still stationed there. I dare Canada to try to do any hostile action against the U.S., we'll nuke you into tomorrow.
Not going to lie, modern America has become a mess. But I’d prefer if people were to look at the history of our founding fathers and past presidents to gather our themes of freedom, prosperity, and liberty, in a land that has shaped other Nations into viewing the people as first. I believe that even the Canadian government was inspired by the liberties offered to the people from America’s government. So say what you want about America, but we’ve got one hell of a history and legacy. Even if we weren’t the first ones to establish a democracy, we sure did revolutionize the meaning of a free country.
From the Glaciers of Alaska, Through the Horseshoe Bend, Pass the Black Hills of South Dakota, Through the Farms of Wisconsin, From the House of the Declaration of Independence, than the landscape of Florida... the true ability of the American Generation of a "More Perfect Union" Through the New Nation under Washington, and the growth with Jefferson, the tough time of the Jackson Era and the horrors of Slavery, "All men are created equal" was spread through the whole battlefield of divide, than the Slaves were freed but with not yet liberty, The Age of flight and communication was yet started the Modern era, and Progressive Roosevelt took a big stand for the American People, under the tragedy of American Lives in our first World War, We get a another wave of horror from debt, until FDRs New Deal, With our men taking us to the 2nd War with the Allies, The line of Ideology crossed and Nuclear Development began the Cold War, JFK changed the world with stopping the crisis until his death, with the loss of Vietnam... and equal rights for blacks and women, the Soviets later collapsed, The day we never forget in September 11, we were to fight a War of Terrorism until the breach of the virus... we are the people of the America, where generations before have made a country of Liberty and Justice... "For the People, by the People, shall not perish from this Earth" - Abraham Lincoln
Not bad at all. If I may, I'll include the internet, the latest step in the on going communication revolution. Plus, we gave to the world for free; one of those times when we listened to our better angels.
“This country will not be a permanently good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us” -Theodore Roosevelt
if that is a real quote by him, it would resonate like a mf in the divided America today.
@@erickam6733 it is and you're right
@@erickam6733the guy literaly started americas massive national forest system. And the FDA.
Teddy was one of the good ones
So matter of fact
Bully for you Mr. President.
For those wondering what he means by this, Bully for you typically meaned "good for you!" or "how brave."
New England or something wow! finally understand the meaning!!! thank you so much!! from Korea.
Forever United States Alliance!
🇺🇸🤝🇰🇷🤝🇯🇵🤝🇦🇺 so proud to be the alliance with America.
Most moral, greatest, best country in the entire human History!
be proud Americans!
@@justagoodlifes aye, nice to meet someone from Asia!
MobyDick How fast is the WiFi there
New England or something how come that it means good for you?? why?
*Ancient Era*
A young farmer sits on his porch playing his banjo while his wife fiddles. His children gather around him as he plays letting the music wash over them. He gazes at the small field of grain before them. Just enough to get through winter. It wasn't much now but it will grow. It'll grow...
*Medieval Era*
The farmer now an old man sits on a stage with his old banjo. He starts playing a song from his youth and as he plays a few more instruments join in. Some of the townspeople upon seeing him play went and retrieved their instruments. Their small farm was now one house in a modest sized town. While he missed the peace and quiet sometimes his neighbors were an alright bunch. Eventually his fingers get tired and he can't play anymore. His son, now a father, steps in a takes his banjo. He sits there marveling as his son plays the old instrument just as well as he did when he was younger. In the large crowd that had formed he could see his grandchildren. Looking at his son he again he felt that his son is gonna be just fine. He'll be just fine.
*Industrial Era*
Model Ts drive down the paved roads as electric lights illuminate the way. While far from the small village it started as the community still had its heart and soul as its residents would say. This was demonstrated by the city's concert hall where a song was being played. While the name of its writer had been lost to time the song brought the people of the city together. Not just the city but the nation. Through famine, through plague. In the deadliest wars and the deepest of depressions the song always gave the people hope. That one day Hard Times Will Come No More...
*Atomic Era and Beyond*
A young girl lays on her bed as her phone belts out the national anthem, a song older then anyone can remember. She is currently trying to repair a family heirloom. It was in the family forever and had aged to the point where it was unusable. The family was unable to bring themselves to toss it away so on the wall it hung. She knew her way around a tool box so she set about repairing it. It was surprisingly sturdy despite its age so she mostly needed to patch up the cracks and find replacement strings.
She lifted the old banjo in her arms and tug on one of the strings. She smiled when she heard the soft twang it made. She started playing the banjo along to the national anthem which felt strangely right and sung its lyrics to herself.
_Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears_
_While we all sup sorrow with the poor_
_There's a song that will linger forever in our ears_
_Oh, hard times, come again no more_
Damn, kinda surprised that this doesn't have more likes
This is probably the most American thing I've ever read
@@konnermuller5265 As an American. Yes, yes it is lol
Bruh, that brings a tear to my eye
I’m almost crying at reading that.
Just barely managed to snag a Golden Age going into the Information Era - snuck a wonder in on the very last turn. That wonder? The Statue of Liberty.
It felt ... right.
Meanwhile in actual history:
"Managed to snag a Golden Age going into the Information Era - went from steamships to satellites in 60 years"
@@trainknut More to your point, we commissioned the USS Iowa in 1943. It was a steamship and state of the art for its time. Our first telecommunications satellite was launched in 1962.
19 years later.
@@shutout951 it's no longer a steamship if it's powered by oil. Anything that was considered modern after the HMS Dreadnought no longer qualifies.
@@Duke_of_Lorraine thanks! So the deliniation between a steamship/not steam ship is coal?
I think that makes sense because under my criteria, the Ohio class is of steamships.
@@shutout951 Coal is what would define it in the context of the game. Nonetheless, what you said makes no sense even if the USS Iowa was powered by a coal-driven steam engine. What would matter in this case would be the first steam engine produced by the US, not one of many.
As an American and a historian, it brings my heart immense joy and pride not only to hear this music, long forgotten by my modern brethren, but to see so many people from just as many cultures recognize the grit, determination, and spirit of what America truly is: a nation founded by people, built by people, made for the spirit of freedom. Thank you, all of you, for rekindling my sense of pride and patriotism for my country.
Preach my guy
Love ya Muricans.
Sadly with every year, America has less and less to do with ideas endorsed by Founding Fathers.
@@MrHejke
Don't worry there's plenty of us left who have been through the wringer and understand what the founding fathers were about. This song, "hard times come again no more" happens to be my personal anthem. Just as Covid was setting in the government told my college that I no longer could attend because of paperwork on their end which got me fired because I was work for and attending the college. That happened just in time for me to discover my mom's cancer and I took care of her until she was put in hospice. When she died I was forced to move and had to close down the small company I was just getting off the ground. Now I am relocated to one of the smallest apartments in town and fortunate enough to be waiting tables. I'm only getting anywhere in life via the good Lord and whatever force I can apply to my own bootstraps. But I'm blessed to be in this country and can actually start over.
Industrial Era Hit the Orchestra part and I immediately understood and connected with this comment.
The best part of playing as America is the music.
Best part of the entire game - any nation - is the music.
tbh even though they suck as a civ, the music is amazing
@@thomasboniface6832 I just won a beastly culture victory tho, pretty early too, before anyone had nukes
Also crazy yields but yeah
@@thomasboniface6832 not anymore, the USA is prob on of the most competitive civs on the block now
“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand” - Harry Truman
Y con unos cuantos miles de esclavos
@@stalordinator287aaand there it is. how original. i was wondering when this comment would show up lol
@@stalordinator287 I’ll assume you’re from Spain which is ironic considering the type of stuff you lot did in South America
Could we put aside the dark past of our countries and look to the present to create a better future? I am Spanish and I admire how you were able to gain independence from a country that did not take you into account at all.
Sorry not meaning to reply to you as if I'm fighting your opinion just wanted to add to it. ALL countries have their 'dirty south' we (the US) just had to face ours... 300 years into our making of a country? What's Europe's excuse... they're responsible for a LOT more than we EVER were and still haven't paid out despite having thousands of years to do so.
I loved how bat shit crazy of a guy Theodore Roosevelt was (crazy in a good way)
1.) The guy used to box in the white house, plus I don't know if it's true but the reason why his eye was messed was because he boxed Jim Jefferies the boxer privately and lost.
2.) He broke all of the trust funds and monopolies.
3.) Refused to shoot a chained up bear since it was unsportsmanlike.
4.) Formed the Rough Riders and went to war in Cuba.
5.) Is the reason why we have Yellowstone National Park.
6.) Took a Bullet like a champ and finished his speech which took roughly around 30 to 45 to read out to which he opened up with.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I have just been shot, but it takes more than that to take down a Bull Moose."
“Speak softly, and carry a big stick”- Teddy Roosevelt
"Pray not for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs"
During my first 'murica run, big sticks meant endless swarms of Rough Riders and Tanks followed by thermonuclear warheads. London tried to break my big stick, so it got hit first.
@@KenSamaGomenasai oof lol
"Speak loud, and carry a *BIGGER* stick!" - Yosemite Sam
Walk softly and carry a big gun - some space marine dude
It starts off small and smooth with one instrument playing but then as your civilization grows and evolves the music gets bigger and bigger with more instruments playing but you can still hear that one small and smooth instrument playing
Kinda like actual American history - it started with a small group of farmers with a dream, and over time, that dream slowly grew into the most powerful country on the planet, with hundreds of millions of people, thousands of cities with near endless industrial capital and some of the best engineers and scientists on the planet - but over all that progress, industry, and technology... you can still see the dream of those farmers 250 years ago, alive and well, in the Constitution and the American Dream.
Nono it's like all the humanity!
Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears,
While we all sup sorrow with the poor;
There's a song that will linger forever in our ears;
Oh! Hard times come again no more.
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary,
Hard times, hard times, come again no more.
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door;
Oh! Hard times come again no more.
Bless you.
There's a poor drooping maiden
That toils her life away
Whose worn heart and better days are or'e
Her voice it should be merry
Is sighing all the day
Oh hard times come again no more.
I've looked through these comments many times. It baffles me how incredibly wholesome and kind people here are. It really does prove that just because a government is against another country, does not mean the people of that country are also against them. It proves that unity can be possible, for the people, by the people, of the people.
Amen
You know the saying "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good", and it's variants?
Same kind of concept applies to things like this.
Being civil to cool music is easy. How people behave on a controversial subject is the true measure of how much unity there is.
"This land can offer something else than pain." -Achilles Davenport
Yeah money Mister Davenport, endless riches for all time.
Pain and his name is Achilles.. Did he hurt his heel?
@@candicoated2001 no took a bullet to the knee.
I'm currently replaying AC3 lololol
@@ghostpepper9769 funny how much crucial Information gets untaught to still have the will of god that’s blessed the great pure American dream
The Atomic Era music could well be used to introduce news shows.
"This is Channel 12 News".
I mean, why are news intros like this. It's not an action show.
"The newsroom" theme
Channel 12 *ACTION!* News
Ancient Era: 0:00 Medieval Era: 2:50 Industrial Era: 6:05 Atomic Era: 10:45
Well done fellow Patriot 👍
♥
6:05 Captain America. xD
Ancient and Medieval USA? ;)
@@BughunterX I guess Ancient and Medieval North America existed, but "americans" came and murdered almost all natives.
This song is called for any wants to know is called Hard Times Come Again No More
written by Stephen Foster in 1854
I can just hear the freedom. Such beautiful music.
Ancient Era (0:00): There are settlers, traveling across the Great Plains of America, looking for a place to call home...
Medieval Era (2:50): Those settlers have finally found a place to call home. Slowly, a village begins to form...
Industrial Era (6:05): That small village has now become a big city, advancing onwards with technology. The people creating new innovative products and machinery.
Atomic Era (10:45): America has came a long way... From once humble settlements... To now the world leading global superpower.
at which point does the genocide start
Idk ask the europeans
Those settlers have finally found a place to call home.
*And There once lived Indians..*
And then the freaking Benny Hill theme kicks on for the Trump era
"Americans" are the europeans, lol. You killed almost all the Native Americans, i.e. actual Americans. So ask yourselves, don't blame it on those who stayed in the Old World.@@BioChemistryWizard
One of the best theme . Damn you USA , even your theme reeks Freedom .
Yeah cause we began free
to reek "of" Freedom
It should, we invented freedom after all.
Gran Colombia's theme is the best one. It drippin' freedom.
Whoever wrote this arrangement definitely studied his Copland.
The whole idea of "ancient usa" is hilarious
It is, but that’s the fun and beauty of playing Civilization, though... It lets you imagine a USA that existed as an ancient civilization alongside Egypt and Sumeria and Australia and Brazil.
A game of Civ isn’t meant to be historically accurate; it’s instead a mashup of parts inspired by history and then given to the player to weave their own tapestry :)
I still remember when the ancient Americans first invented freedom to put it in their national anthem!
@@rhyzvanic3660 have you heard? Just a few years ago, archeologists discovered an ancient US catacomb in north America. The writings on the wall are believed to be about a substance called "Zoloft" and it's all possible side effects. Historians actually believe it was a ritual of some sort as they find out that our ancestors were instructed to consult a witch doctor if the substance was "right for them"
@@layceelay5382
Okay, I got into this part of the comment section thinking it would be about the complexity of my native American ancestral culture, no. You brought up ancient daytime television commercials. I am not disappointed. 😂
@@isaiahcampbell488 awesome lol and respect. I literally have no native american in my blood. But I've been here all my life. Just watching it is crazy lol. Not that its terrible but I would have loved to see what y'all would've done. I imagine a native american run government would've led to a lot fewer cases of covid. A native taught me how to make an herbal antimicrobial and it cleared up salmonella in less than a few hours. Its hard to worry about much with that lol
The whole thing sounds really optimistic. I like it.
We could really use some optimism right now.
When you don't understand America as a whole, but you just fall in love with this.
Ok its stuck in my head. If you Americans love to sing this a lot, I think I know why.
Unfortunately, there are no lyrics to this beautiful piece to sing.
@@hungrehsden3808 でvyと とc
@@jeremyrossi2716 There are lyrics. The song is called "Hard Times Come Again No More" first published in 1854 by Stephen Foster.
@@iloldirl Foster also wrote "Oh! Susanna" and "Camptown Races".
I like to think of the eras like the Ancient is ~1776, Medieval is during the Civil War ~1860s, Industrial is ~1910s and Atomic is obviously the Atomic age so ~1950s
The industrial era version makes me think of an immigrant arriving into New York harbor the first time and seeing the tall Statue of Liberty, then walking down the grand streets filled with bustling people/transportations and all the tall skyscrapers.
The whole USA Soundtrack is superb, but the atomic Era is just insane good! That transision from the bridge into the chorus at 12:16 is incredible!
Bang on. Love it.
The Atomic version is my fave too. So uplifting and inspirational
It sounds like Worms theme 😂
America's Atomic Theme is very uplifting and can be a background music for the elections. As if it gives the American people a fresh start (we know it doesn't always work that way but still), as well as reminding the world why, through ups and downs, the USA is the world's premier superpower.
His ability should have been called "The Big Stick Policy"
it iS
actually it is his agenda
The big stick policy takes the form as gun boat diplomacy
"Big Stick (Teddy Roosevelt): Likes peaceful Civilizations that have a city on his home continent. Hates civilizations starting wars against a City-State or civilization based on his continent." - Civ6 wiki
Not to be confused with the Clinton Administration's "Big Cigar Policy"... :p
I absolutely love the modern theme of Roosevelt.
Bro, Why does this song hit the feels so hard
becasue its what we should be doing, and not what we ARE doing
I Don't know why, this has never happened before, but as soon as i here the fiddle I feel like I'm about to cry, and it is so overwhelming I left class 20 minutes early to make sure I didn't break down during class. I can't shake off the feeling either.
I'm crying presently lol This whole thing wrecks me. I love it.
Same
same. absolutely stirs my soul
I feel this way when the trumpets begin to play. The dignity and formality of the song overwhelms me.
When it takes too long get your shipments from China, so you cut the continent in half.
Lmaoo
Now, it’s two continents.
Why go around when you can go through it
@@cullenmitchell9165 It is *now*
And liberate Panama in order to do it.
I love the ken burns vibe this gives off, and it honestly just bleeds the spirt of America.
Dang it, you're making me want to watch that baseball documentary.
This is my kind of music. Bully for you!
Sir, when are you running again? Take my vote!
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Breathe free, for we are the patch work of the world, the decedents of people from all over the globe with dreams of a better world.
I still remember first time I've noticed that theme in-game, when I've played with friends in "coop" (but actually without in-game team). And it was kinda iconic, tbh.
I was playing as US, and friends took Korea and Russia. We played Civ 5 in the past a lot, but it was the very first real game for both of friends in Civ 6. I considered myself as most expirienced player among three of us, but with like ~10h prior expirience. It was continental map, normal speed, with max AI players, with slightly random AI difficulties distributed among them. Russia started on another continent, completely isolated for the both of us and most of what we considered "the World". Me and Korea spawned relatively close, and my starting pos was relatively OK (not great), but Korea spawned in the freaking hell - small bit of hills mostly, surrounded from all sides by mountains, small lake, more mountains and then ocean. The only two routes to outside world was two 1-tile-wide mountain passes, both long and curvy, like labyrinths - and one of them was blocked by City-State, that was sitting right at the entrance.
Korea managed to build city on the second mountain pass, but early in the game nearby Rome (AI) swallowed Germany (another AI), become THICC, and nearly-effortesly took that city from him, nearly blocking my friend in his Mordor from outside world (City-State pass wasn't reliable option, since we can't BOTH control it at the same time and move units through it, even trade wasn't option for a long time). For, like, long-long time we both fought a desperate fight for that goddamn city - landscape was absolutely terrible and favored defenders greatly, Rome could bombard us from two cities, both also with two Encampments. Even when something went close - only two units at time could attack it. And I felt like it's mostly me fighting - my friend Korea was more sucessful in pursuing tech, and usually his whole army was only 1-2 units, lol. I sacrifaced a lot into spawning more and more troops, didn't build enough shit or explore, got two Dark Ages in a row. We both were at the bottom of the score. All of it while Rome become more and more powerful, and our friend Russia on another continent effortesly pursuing religious victory and have typical russian problems of not having enough place for Great Writers/Painters/Musicians (so, just like IRL, he stacked them somewhere in tundra).
But, eventually, through cunning, tech development and endless valiant assaults, at the late Renaissance era we eventually took that city. And then took even more. Even took Rome itself. At the same time I've builded a lot of stuff, few new cities, nearly-outproduce Korea in science points, scored an Golden Age (right from the Dark), and become the world industrial powerhouse and leader in oil production - supplying myself, both friends and few friendly AIs. And while my Battleships, Destroyers and Aircraft carriers, armed to the teeth, backed by MBTs and helicopters, roamed the seas to help our Now-In-Trouble friend Russia (he ingored millitary too much), and Korea building robots, going into the space and spawning what could be considered as k-pop stars - I've finally noticed the Atomic version of this, playing in my headphones.
It felt... the most fitting :/
That's actually pretty cool to hear!
Sounds like a grand old time! Game OST composers can work miracles when they actually try.
This legit reinforces my American pride. America to me is like a big brother, sometimes you're just like WTF man, but in the end you still care for each other
El Trajan
🙏🙏 Amen
Big brother
As Orwell once pointed out, sometimes a big brother is a very, very bad thing.
I love my country I'm just worried with the route we seem to be on
@@BigBangAttack-mt6pz its pretty bad at the moment
Ugh this song just makes me want to cry when I hear it. How amazing some of my American ancestors and countrymen were, and how much of this I never realized until I started reading history books. As Americans, we must never forget the atrocities of things such as slavery, but by learning from our mistakes, we may help to make our nation a greater place for all who come here.
As a portuguese. people who were pioneers in European slave trade it's quite refreshing to see a former European colony take responsability for their slave trade past, unlike Brazil, where they decided "the portuguese" are to blame for slavery. It'd be like americans (black or not) in 2022 blaming England for slavery.
America abolished slavery about the same time as every other civilized country, there is nothing uniquely wrong they have done in this regard.
Beautiful comment. God bless the United States. My she brave these troubled times 🙏🏾🕊
When ever I hear this music, a tear of joy fills my eye. I look up at the ceiling and close my eyes and think. I see our history, the battle we fought for Freedom. I see the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of a new nation. I see our flag flying over the battlefield as we fought our own brothers in the Civil War. I see President Roosevelt making his Infamy Speech on the the day of Pearl Harbor. I see Martin Luther King Jr. make his iconic speech in D.C. I see JFK speaking about going to the moon. I see Bobby Kennedy calming the troubled people of Indianapolis. See the assassination of him and his brother. I see us landing on the moon. I see Nixon resigning. I see Native Americans suffer on the trail of tears. I see 9/11. I see all the presidents come and go. I see our nation's history. With all the mistakes we have made, we have made many more accomplishments. This song reminds me of why I love my country. Despite everything we have done wrong, we can and will do better. We are a young nation and we have much more to learn and I look forward to what the future brings us. I am ready for the challenges of life and my Nation stands firm. I love my land, my people, my nation, my home. God Bless the United States of America and all who call this Free Land their home!
Then I come back to reality and see I have been nuked by Gandhi. :(
Crimson Tiger That darn Gandhi!
Crimson Tiger _"There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be fixed by what is right with America"_ - Bill Clinton
"Fucking Gandhi" - Teddy Roosevelt
Have some manners people. (If you are educated)
Even we can insult founding fathers of America and Teddy Rosevelt
great coments indeed, great great... (launches atom bomb to reset humanity.)
I want to go for a domination victory but just don’t want to declare war to this person :’(
Then dominate the world as him
I declared war on him last. regret it because victoria got the religious victory on me
Then play as Eleanor of Aquitane and use Loyalty to turn cities. You can win a Domination Victory without declaring a single war (though other civs will continuously declare on you)
@@synthetictechnocrat9270 i use the base game with only the civs released before rise and fall
I just popped over to listen to a song stuck in my head, only to go on a patriotic feel trip and nearly crying in the middle of class. This is a wholesome comments section.
Bully! A challenge! I love competition!
@@michaeldeng5892 that is ERB reference. I expected that someone will continue it :(
rough ridin' down to cuba like, "WHAT'S UP? BITCHES!!!!!!!!"
@@Mandelbrotmat
"I keep my rhymes pure like my food drugs, I'm an American stud and you're the British Elmer Fudd!"
@@radiumdragon5592 I mean: for Christ's sake, look at this mug
At least grow a spruce mustache and cover part of it up.
1.
Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears,
While we all sup sorrow with the poor;
There's a song that will linger forever in our ears;
Oh! Hard times come again no more.
Chorus:
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary,
Hard Times, hard times, come again no more.
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door;
Oh! Hard times come again no more.
2.
While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay,
There are frail forms fainting at the door;
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say
Oh! Hard times come again no more.
Chorus
3.
There's a pale drooping maiden who toils her life away,
With a worn heart whose better days are o'er:
Though her voice would be merry, 'tis sighing all the day,
Oh! Hard times come again no more.
Chorus
4.
'Tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave,
'Tis a wail that is heard upon the shore
'Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave
Oh! Hard times come again no more.
Chorus
This song is my personal anthem. Thank you for posting!
Those horns in the Industrial Era theme!
So majestic!
EDIT: Also in the atomic age.
CLARINET RULES!!!!!
This song reminds me of how I try to soldier on through life.
That's the American way Bully for you.
Bully!
You got this brother. Bully, sir.
Well a crazy year has come and about gone. We've lost a lot but we have made it this far and we will keep on making! I hope you are all well!
Bully, brother
This track just rips me. Would that it were our National Anthem. I like the Ol' Star Spangled, but this makes me cry every time, so I get more Feels.
Same feeling man. This song makes me think of people... People arriving here en masse from all over the world, with hope in their hearts. People working together, dreaming big, even when times are tough. People who will lend a hand and never give up. That's what America is, when it's at it's best.
The star spangled banner is about... a flag.
I love playing as my favorite President while singing "Hard Times Come Again No More" as I conquer the globe with American exceptionalism. It's a Sid Meier's Civilization dream come true for me.
You can hear the Celtic and African roots of American folk music in this. Good job, Firaxis!
African?
Yeah, the banjo has African origin
Negrostrike huh. you learn something new everyday.
Also, the guitar has Arabian roots. Just thought that was worth bringing up.
Spain was conquered by Muslims which is where the guitar came from, basically
I'm a Chinese and I have to say I love America, not as a superpower of the world but as a civilization
As an American, the feeling is mutual. We may be competitors politically, but at least we can respect each other as civilizations!
Jack Van Kirk amazing of the vision of freedom can unite the world
中国人当然要滋辞一下拉
From one civilization to another, Salutations!
We love china too as a civilization in the same way. Civilization but not as super power
The industrial theme sounds really similar to "Fanfare for the common man" at the start.
Probably intentional?
Ill say this much, many talk of the optimism here, but dont forget this, eapecially in the lyrics to this song it is optimism tempered by suffering, much like the personal histories of the people of this country, facing down hardship and pulling yourself back up agian.
"Let us pause in lifes pleasires and count its many tears, while we all sob sorrow with the poor.
Its a song that lingers forever in our ears, hard times come agian no more."
"Its a song, a sigh of the weary, hard times,hard times come agian no more, many days have you lingered by my cabin door, hard times come agian no more."
This has Big Stick Energy
Whenever I play America, I always make a custom religion named "The American Dream"
Here just moments after The Longest Johns release their version of this song... so amazing!
Same here, I’m always hyped to see these folk tunes in adaptation.
hard times come again no more...
I was playing Civ as France today, but I don’t like their theme so I turned off volume and turned this song on. I was trying to go for more land so I wanted to invade Arabia, as they had no military. I did, but the war ended up fruitless. I felt legitimately bad about it, so I left that save file unsaved and went back to the time when our two nations were friends. As I looked at Saladin’s smiling face, I wondered, “Did I have to cause that suffering? Were the lives of my and their people worth my greed and power? Their lands are tundra! They serve no use to me!” I thought about myself and said, “I, for the foreseeable future, will never go to war unless I am attacked first.” This music. This goddamn music. It helped prevent a war from happening in the future. It helped other wars from being declared in other worlds. It also helped me think about America, the real-world America. I don’t usually like America, as I see it as a bit of a garbage fire. But at this moment, I see it as a great, peaceful nation. A nation whose citizens are usually treated well and have nice things. A nation that has changed the world for the better and done amazing things. As a quote from Raegan- “America is, and always will be, a shining city on a hill.”
"Americans can always be entrusted to do the right thing, but only after they've tried everything else." - Winston Churchill
he didn't actually say that
@@lukeirot "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that it's difficult to determine whether or not they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln
DellaVie “slavery big gay” - penny nigga
@@khurelbatbayanbat7913 "You are all misquoting stuff."-Beethoven
"There are two types of people I hate in this world, people who aren't tolerant of others culture and the Dutch." - Herucles Mulligan
The first three eras, we are building. We are forming. And many do not know, but their descendants will come to a new world, a new land, a land of opportunity. Forced upon them by outside factors or not, they will come. And when they come, they will carve out a land of their own from the untamed wilderness, with nothing it guide them except for faith, hope, and their bloodied hands. They will fight for their right to be masters of their own fate, they will fight to establish justice, and equality of men, created equal by their God. They will set forth by the multitudes to expand, they will come to blows for the preservation of the republic, and for the reaffirmation of truth that all men are truly created equal. For all their faults, they will make two achievements. They will innovate, they will prosper, and they will thrive. Soaring, they enter a world changed by the great progress of humankind, both great and terrible. Even against the world, they will rise, and rise together as one people, undivided of race, creed, ethnicity or skin, for they will stand and die for the sake of not their own children, but for all across the globe. Through their sacrifice, their nation is forged. Through their struggle, their nation is hardened, and through their lives, the Union is forever sewn.
God Bless the United States of America. and God bless her people, waving their banner, as hopeful defiance and vigilance, against any who seeks to stifle their flame.
This damn near sounds like a quote youd hear from a campaign for presidency
Wow, that gave me chills! Amen to that man!
thanks civ vi music for reigniting my passion and interest in my american roots
I think I really only played this game for the music. Listening to this gets me ready to run through a wall. The build up is absolutely incredible.
I absolutely love just how the elements of the atomic era segment are added in to preserve the old tune while demonstrating it's development into a new future, a new era, one on the cusp of technologies greatest marvels.
teddy roosevelt the ultimate badass
harry cover men would say that death took teddy in his sleep because there wouldve been a fight if he was awake.
The tough old coot got shot on the way in to a rally one night and STILL delivered his speech!
"It takes more than one bullet to kill a bull moose!" he told the crowd.
Now *THAT'S* a leader!
@@heatchills4093 not just that but the speech was 90 minutes long
Best one in the album by far
The atomic era sounds so corporate like one of those commercials on tv about how some company is progressively about diversity but no one knows what they really do
This sentence sounds unironically American to me.
@@candicoated2001 unironically , of course.
I am just another human from somewhere else on this planet. I'm sincerely grateful and happy for this nation being here along all the others. To all the americans reading this: Proud to share this planet with you guys. Let's take care of it for generations to come
As an American, this is a rare but refreshing opinion to hear these days. Thank you kind person. I’m sincerely glad to share this planet with you guys too. We’ll do our best to make it better together ❤️
With the ancient era, am I the only one who thinks of American settlers migrating across a giant plain field?
In Civilization VI, the background music for three countries is just stunning adapted! China’s Jasmine Flower, America’s theme, and the UK’s Scarborough Fair, personally those 3 are my absolute favorites in this game!
Beautiful.
The world needs something better than fear and ignorance.
Cat-girls?
More fear, ignorance and sods in toupees?
Freedom and tolerance ?
More affordable healthcare?
this makes me cry for some reason...
That's the power of America
Trump makes me cry actually. I guess it’s something American
That's the American Spirit in this song man, and it's beautiful.
Wow this is very beautiful! I think I have heard this folk tune in civil war documentaries and others about the old west. I listened to this while studying for a geography test about the fifty states. Very fitting!
I had the civ 6 ost playing while writing an essay on the injustices in the Merchant of Venice.
That was yesterday, spent like six hours on it.
@@chaseweber6823 Hats off to you! Hope it goes well
Got some goosebumps during that one.
The different era's:
0:00 Ancient
2:53 Medieval
6:06 Industrial
10:46 Atomic
The Industrial era theme reeks of Aaron Copland.
Reeks? My friend, on the contrary it is a lovely scent.
*SNIF* Yes. Yes it does.
I love that smell.
I'm not even American but this song makes me like a patriot ;-;
You should move here 🤝
@@mnforager I'd love to brother x) Someday soon I will
“Speak softly, and carry a big stick”
yees
This song is good and all, but I feel they dropped the ball on the shot to really go all-in on the amazing theme America had in Civ 1 with their off-key version of Glory Hallelujah.
Unique Era Names for America:
Ancient: Washingtonian
Classical: Jacksonian
Medieval: Lincolnian
Renaissance: Clevelander
Industrial: Theodorian
Modern: Franklinite
Atomic: Kennedian
Information: Reaganite
Oh. I thought he meant the Confederate States of America.
It's fine. Ancient theme gave me the image of the 13 Colonies and the Founding Fathers period. Medieval theme would be the American Civil War and Reconstruction period.
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EVERY MAN A KING!
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Shut your mouth you dirty Syndie. Huey Long Dong is the new founding father of America. HA I L T O T H E K I N G F I S H
The Actual Unique Era Names for America
Ancient: Plano
Classical: Archaic
Medieval: Mississippian
Renaissance: Colonial
Industrial: Federal Republic
Modern: Roosevelt
Atomic: Eisenhower
Information: Clinton
"For ages Europeans had searched for the fabled Northwest Passage.. No such passage existed, so the Americans had built one."
I have played this game for so many hours and heard it in the background, but hearing it isolated on its own... it is really haunting and beautiful. Wow.
Music like the industrial era theme makes me think of the Empire State Building, the Grand Coulee Dam, transcontinental railroad, etc. Back when America did amazing things with its bountiful resources and had the 'sack necessary to follow through in a timely fashion.
That medieval theme slaps
He might be the last president America had that everyone loved
FDR was pretty well-liked. He did get 4 terms, after all
@@ManTimeline but a shit ton of people hate FDR nonetheless
FDR was reelected because he was a great wartime president, but that was about it. He was mediocre with everything else, but that's besides the point. Most presidents have good and bad, but teddy didn't have any bad at all. Definitely a man for the history books.
@@ScratRedemption center america: 👀
Tf are you talking about 30% of the country hated Teddy, he literally got shot in the chest on the campaign trail lol
Not even America but this song made me salute the flag, eat an apple pie, and praise the lord allmighty.
The sound of destroying monopolies that corrupt the state.
I’m feeling like a bull moose
The industrial theme sounds like a soundtrack to the ending of a 90s family movie. You know, the feel-good part, it plays just as the camera first shows you a warmly glowing window with a family having a quality time together inside and then slowly zooms out showing you the whole suburb, which is super green and quite.
The atomic theme sounds like the background music for an ad for a product that tried really hard to be modern and progressive.
Also, I think that the Medieval version of the Civ 6 songs are the best. It makes me wish I could keep that music throughout the game. Maybe there will be a mod for that?
Best theme for me ❤
工业时代那个小号吹得太好了
同意
Industrial era theme has “Fanfare for the Common Man” vibes and I love every second of it.
8:40 Holy shit that heavy fucking brass, brings a tear to my eye...
Themes of Atomic and İnformation age gives a huge feeling of accomplishment
That up angle does Teddy dirty.
Americans are certainly a very optimistic people
Optimism is ingrained in our culture. From childhood, we're taught to dream big, to reach for the stars. Of course, we're also taught to be cogs in the machine by a public school system which has become depressingly efficient, so there are competing cultural and financial interests there, but beneath all the modern influences, Americans as a people are optimistic, almost childlike in their belief that the world can be made better.
@@robertbrown3064 I think Ricky Gervais put it best when he said "In America you are told you could be the next president, where as in the UK you are told, it will never happen to you" (I'm paraphrasing)
@@JKR9488 We're listening to the same thing right now, stranger. Cheers. I hope you find joy, wherever that takes you.
@@robertbrown3064 same to you fellow internet explorer
Im shedding tears
You bring the girls, I'll bring the beer. And the troops will bring the freedom
i love my country. i am a man under the star spangled banner and live by the beliefs of morals and progress. God bless this country. while we have had moments of darkness, we power though to bring the light.
oneraceonedestiny and you think your country is in any better shape?
The Foundry - America's not a bad country, but right now, oneraceonedestiny doesn't have to live in an extremely well off nation to be in a better-off country than America...
lol, Canadian pussies didn't burn shits, it was mostly the British troops who were still stationed there. I dare Canada to try to do any hostile action against the U.S., we'll nuke you into tomorrow.
Canada didn't technically exist until the mid 1800s after the war of 1812.
Not going to lie, modern America has become a mess. But I’d prefer if people were to look at the history of our founding fathers and past presidents to gather our themes of freedom, prosperity, and liberty, in a land that has shaped other Nations into viewing the people as first. I believe that even the Canadian government was inspired by the liberties offered to the people from America’s government. So say what you want about America, but we’ve got one hell of a history and legacy. Even if we weren’t the first ones to establish a democracy, we sure did revolutionize the meaning of a free country.
Keep your eyes on the stars, but your feet on the ground. - Theodore Roosevelt
From the Glaciers of Alaska, Through the Horseshoe Bend, Pass the Black Hills of South Dakota, Through the Farms of Wisconsin, From the House of the Declaration of Independence, than the landscape of Florida... the true ability of the American Generation of a "More Perfect Union" Through the New Nation under Washington, and the growth with Jefferson, the tough time of the Jackson Era and the horrors of Slavery, "All men are created equal" was spread through the whole battlefield of divide, than the Slaves were freed but with not yet liberty, The Age of flight and communication was yet started the Modern era, and Progressive Roosevelt took a big stand for the American People, under the tragedy of American Lives in our first World War, We get a another wave of horror from debt, until FDRs New Deal, With our men taking us to the 2nd War with the Allies, The line of Ideology crossed and Nuclear Development began the Cold War, JFK changed the world with stopping the crisis until his death, with the loss of Vietnam... and equal rights for blacks and women, the Soviets later collapsed, The day we never forget in September 11, we were to fight a War of Terrorism until the breach of the virus... we are the people of the America, where generations before have made a country of Liberty and Justice... "For the People, by the People, shall not perish from this Earth"
- Abraham Lincoln
It's actually amazing what America has accomplished in only 300 or so years, moon landing, cars, Television. Not bad eh?
Not bad at all. If I may, I'll include the internet, the latest step in the on going communication revolution. Plus, we gave to the world for free; one of those times when we listened to our better angels.