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Best National Anthem ?

ShootersHillGuru
ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,628
edited June 2012 in Not Sports Related
Just had the Euros and now only days away from the Olympics. Have had a will soon have Anthems from all over ringing in our ears. There are some wonderfully stirring anthems and some really quite comical ones. Which one really do it for you. I have a top five that I could actually listen to at any time.

1 French. Great tune and rises to a great crescendo and is very stirring.

2 Russian. Another lovely tune and very evocative. Stirring when sung by the Red Army Choir

3. Scottish. Passionate and great tune.

4. USA. Unmistakeable and perfect as an anthem.

5. European Union (sorry Len) not national I know but an anthem and possibly one of the greatest pieces of music ever written.
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  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,369
    Always liked the Italian one. Bobs along quite nicely.
  • Tewkesbury_Addick
    Tewkesbury_Addick Posts: 627
    Got to be Italy! Really like one the irish ones they play at rugby as well.

    Worst- Spain...
  • Powell Is Pleasant
    Powell Is Pleasant Posts: 1,443
    I like Germany's, but I always sing along with the words to the hymn 'Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken'.

    Spain's is awful, the players clearly don't believe in it either, as I don't think I've ever seen them sing along (do I post a smiley face now, to indicate that that was a joke?)
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,733
    We must be the worst - we have the British National anthem which should be reserved for British teams. We need to start using Jerusalem -then we will have the best.
  • Folev the red
    Folev the red Posts: 2,087
    Worst - USA.
    Horrible, boring song. Gets sung at no particular pace, but just seems to drag on and on.
  • Floyd Montana
    Floyd Montana Posts: 3,730
    We must be the worst - we have the British National anthem which should be reserved for British teams. We need to start using Jerusalem -then we will have the best.
    More religion? No thanks!

    SHG likes the French one - he may really enjoy the Peruvian one which contains a bit of the French one in it. (and drags on a bit at 7 verses, but not as much as the Uruguayan one which I believe is the longest.)


  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,733
    I don't see Jerusalem as religeous. I think the somg harks back to ancient times when Jerusalem was a place were all creeds lived together in peace. I think it says so much about how we want modern England to be. A place of beauty, equality and fairness.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,284
    Italian for sure. Ours is pants tbh. Ours would be much better as D.I.S.C.O
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,733
    mind you it is religeous, but I think it can be interpreted differently -some say it is a workers song.
  • Stuart_the_Red
    Stuart_the_Red Posts: 1,854
    I like Germany's, but I always sing along with the words to the hymn 'Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken'.

    Spain's is awful, the players clearly don't believe in it either, as I don't think I've ever seen them sing along (do I post a smiley face now, to indicate that that was a joke?)
    The Spanish National Anthem is the only one with no official words to it.



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  • Floyd Montana
    Floyd Montana Posts: 3,730
    mind you it is religeous, but I think it can be interpreted differently -some say it is a workers song.
    Its about as religious as they (Second) come!

  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,103
    Germany,
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,733
    The poet asks three questions. All are to be answered negatively, putting to rest the misconceived theory that Blake was a proponent of Jesus having visited England in ancient times. Clearly, since Jerusalem
    was NOT built in England, then it stands to reason that NONE of the questions are to be answered in the affirmative. Blake\'s message is that England was too far away from Christ, and that it is now a foresaken
    land due to man\'s exploitation of man (the \"Satanic Mills\").
    Blake was a radical revolutionary. Although the religious establishment would argue that Jerusalem will only be built on Christ\'s return, Blake goes against this, and exhorts people to build Jerusalem HERE AND NOW. Jerusalem won\'t come simply by waiting for Christ - Jerusalem will be built by the efforts of individuals pursuing the \"mental fight\", i.e. through social action.
    This is the reason why many conservative religious leaders don\'t like this poem. It argues that it\'s not enough to wait for the next life, that one must seek social change now (something that the ruling class does not want).

    Maybe not a good anthem with this government in charge!!
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,284
    Not Jerusalem thanks, was my school song, and to be honest I'm not too comfortable with having a capital of another country as the title of our anthem, its just a tad weird.
  • AdTheAddicK
    AdTheAddicK Posts: 3,379
    Lana Del Rey's
  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    Italy all the way, an eccentric, cheerful pom-pom-de pom that typifies the country it represents. Certainly MotoGP has been all the duller since we ceased hearing it for Rossi on the podium.
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,372
    No surprise to see more England slagging in this thread!

    I like God Save The Queen - short and sharp.
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,728
    1. Uruguay
    2. Russian
    3. Chile
    4. Eire
    5. England
    Italy and Germany get honourable mentions.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,036
    edited June 2012
    I'm with Sam. Having a foreign city as the title for an anthem is bizarre. If you are going to do that you might as well go the whole hog and do it properly: Pick New York, New York and have all the players doing high kicks in the line, it could double up as pre-match warm ups as well.
  • richie8
    richie8 Posts: 1,205
    Welsh National Anthem by a country mile.

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  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,628
    Welsh National Anthem by a country mile.
    Never knew it was written by - A Countrymile ;0)

  • richie8
    richie8 Posts: 1,205
    Very talented lad from down Neath way!!! lol
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    Heard the national anthem of Bhutan the other day on radio 5....I liked it alot.
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,198
    1. Russia
    2. Wales
    3. France
    4. Former East Germany
    5. Chile
  • kwl
    kwl Posts: 29
    Got to agree with richie8! The welsh anthem
  • daveaddick
    daveaddick Posts: 1,926
    I would say as follows

    1) France - really great crescendo
    2) Wales - Nothing like it being sung at a Rugby International in the Millenium Stadium
    3) Germany - Just a good tune

    Worst
    1) Ours - Dirgy
    2) Ireland - Sounds like a sing song after a piss up......well that would right then!
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,862
    Choir

    3. Scottish. Passionate and great tune.

    .
    Welsh National Anthem by a country mile.
    Isn't this God save the queen ?

  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    Choir

    3. Scottish. Passionate and great tune.

    .
    Welsh National Anthem by a country mile.
    Isn't this God save the queen ?

    Land of my fathers?...I think.
  • Vinnie V.
    Vinnie V. Posts: 1,509
    I believe ours is the only one in 3/3.
  • WelshAddick
    WelshAddick Posts: 1,321
    Here is a link to my fav version of our welsh anthem, it starts at about 2mins.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TMS-AbQ308

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