photo by Brittney Bollay
237 years ago, the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution that adopted the flag of the United States on June 14. Today, we celebrate the Stars and Stripes with a video playlist all about flags. From flags Black to Wild, here are some songs we’ve flagged as part of a Flag Day soundtrack for our online listeners.
Wild Flag - “Romance”
Black Flag - “My War”
Wire - “Pink Flag”
Deer Tick - “Straight Into a Storm” (off the album Born on Flag Day)
Wilco - “Ashes of American Flags”
Cat Power - “American Flag”
Julianna Barwick - “White Flag”
Broken Social Scene - “Capture the Flag”
Gorillaz - “White Flag”
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - “Dead Flag Blues”
Galactic - “Voyage Ton Flag”
Wu-Tang Clan - “Iron Flag”
Cursive - “Flag and Family”
Los Campesinos! - “This is a Flag. There is no Wind”
Grateful Dead - “Wave That Flag”
Eddie Izzard - “Do you have a flag?”
