Italy is great, really like 'Advance Australia fair', but the best is the South African one.
Isn’t the Italian one where each line seems to about a hundred words long and sung so fast that nobody can keep up with it ?
Forgot about advance Australia fair and god defend New Zealand, i’d recognise those, though whether many others would I’m not so sure.
Can’t think of how the south African one goes...
I've got a South African mug....it has four verses on it all in different languages.....The English verse and the last one of the four......Sounds the call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land.
Most National Anthems are stirring songs normally about the land or the people or both. But ours is just a dismal dirge, about the descendant of the biggest thugs of 400 years ago. Land of Hope and Glory is a much more apt and valid anthem. More so than our current dreadful attempt.
Most National Anthems are stirring songs normally about the land or the people or both. But ours is just a dismal dirge, about the descendant of the biggest thugs of 400 years ago. Land of Hope and Glory is a much more apt and valid anthem. More so than our current dreadful attempt.
Agree with all of that - except I would favour 'I Vow to Thee, My Country' as the National Anthem.
Gustav Holst could certainly bang out a good tune.
Most National Anthems are stirring songs normally about the land or the people or both. But ours is just a dismal dirge, about the descendant of the biggest thugs of 400 years ago. Land of Hope and Glory is a much more apt and valid anthem. More so than our current dreadful attempt.
The Spanish one's got no words, which is always a bit weird when they play it at sporting events or other ceremonies. It's got a pretty decent tune though to be fair.
We've done this before. The correct answer is: Russia After heating that, all other anthems just sound trite. It makes ME well up and I don't have a Russian bone in me body!
Italy is great, really like 'Advance Australia fair', but the best is the South African one.
Isn’t the Italian one where each line seems to about a hundred words long and sung so fast that nobody can keep up with it ?
Forgot about advance Australia fair and god defend New Zealand, i’d recognise those, though whether many others would I’m not so sure.
Can’t think of how the south African one goes...
I've got a South African mug....it has four verses on it all in different languages.....The English verse and the last one of the four......Sounds the call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land.
Yeah, but I've never met a nice South African .....
Well in Canada we have now gone gender neutral, so we removed "in all thy sons command" and remade it to "in all of us command".
Next on the chopping block is the word God. As in "God keep our land glorious and free".
The world has gone mad, the left has won. Anything you say against them and you are deemed a racist or a bigot.
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Bloody hell - be no good in France mate - i've just had a friendly conversation in my French class as to why Ankle (La Cheville) is feminine and Le Genou (Knee) is masculine !! Even the frigging rubbish bin is feminine- as is La Marseilleise.
There is no place for sexism in a national anthem, as it would divide the nation.
What is called for in reality is the call to arms to destroy your most hated enemy, over an overblown and riotous classical piece.
If we took a nice English piece such as Jupiter by Holst, scrapped the "world in union" rugby nonsense and called it "destroy the French, cos we are wellard innit" it would be the best anthem ever. Actually, replace it with Holst's Mars, it would be badass.
There was an urban myth that Taiwan's national Anthem Was Sousa's 'Liberty Bell' - would make a great anthem!
Welsh, Scottish, French and German are all great anthems. The EU's anthem is pretty damn fine as well - tricky to better a tune from Beethoven!! Probably a prime reason for Brexit!
I think Scotland officially doesn't have an anthem (but, to make up, it has two flags!)
There was an urban myth that Taiwan's national Anthem Was Sousa's 'Liberty Bell' - would make a great anthem!
Welsh, Scottish, French and German are all great anthems. The EU's anthem is pretty damn fine as well - tricky to better a tune from Beethoven!! Probably a prime reason for Brexit!
I think Scotland officially doesn't have an anthem (but, to make up, it has two flags!)
Well Flower of Scotland is played as a victory anthem when the Soltire is raised at the Commonwelth Games and before every football and rugby international. That’s good enough for me!
But which Russian anthem - I think you will find that a lot of Russians still sing it with the old Soviet words and haven't even bothered to learn the new ones.
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Agree but in wrong order ;0)
1. Russia
2. France
3. Germany
But ours is just a dismal dirge, about the descendant of the biggest thugs of 400 years ago.
Land of Hope and Glory is a much more apt and valid anthem. More so than our current dreadful attempt.
Gustav Holst could certainly bang out a good tune.
Russia
After heating that, all other anthems just sound trite. It makes ME well up and I don't have a Russian bone in me body!
Next on the chopping block is the word God. As in "God keep our land glorious and free".
The world has gone mad, the left has won. Anything you say against them and you are deemed a racist or a bigot.
edit: spelling
It a making my 'ead 'urt.
Maybe @adrian could elaborate.
What is called for in reality is the call to arms to destroy your most hated enemy, over an overblown and riotous classical piece.
If we took a nice English piece such as Jupiter by Holst, scrapped the "world in union" rugby nonsense and called it "destroy the French, cos we are wellard innit" it would be the best anthem ever. Actually, replace it with Holst's Mars, it would be badass.
Wider still, and wider, shall thy bounds be set;
God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet!
Jerusalem any day.