why are national anthems so bloody awful ?
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I think God Save The Queen is great.
You want to try singing the South African national anthem; more languages than I care to count, clicking or gargling required in parts, awkward key change part way through, a horrid amalgamation of different songs, drags on for so long you see some starting to yawn, and most really don't want to be singing half the anthem anyway.
You want to try singing the South African national anthem; more languages than I care to count, clicking or gargling required in parts, awkward key change part way through, a horrid amalgamation of different songs, drags on for so long you see some starting to yawn, and most really don't want to be singing half the anthem anyway.
Bradgate said:
The Saffers have definitely got the best national anthem, by a mile.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTtINHRja4k
Are you fking kidding me?www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTtINHRja4k
Yes, ours is sh*te. As national anthems go, the German, British and Italian ones stick out by a mile, as far as I'm concerned.
William of Nassau
am I, of Duytschen blood.
Loyal to the fatherland
I will remain until I die.
A prince of Orange
am I, free and fearless.
The king of Spain
I have always honoured.
That's almost as bad as us making the Scots sing about them being crushed!
NAS said:
smn159 said:
NAS said:
Just wait until you have to sing :
"I am of German blood" and "I will always be true to the King of Spain" at every fecking national Football match.
It's great to be Dutch.....
Bloody hell, I just Googled that just to make sure "I am of German blood" and "I will always be true to the King of Spain" at every fecking national Football match.
It's great to be Dutch.....
William of Nassau
am I, of Duytschen blood.
Loyal to the fatherland
I will remain until I die.
A prince of Orange
am I, free and fearless.
The king of Spain
I have always honoured.
That's almost as bad as us making the Scots sing about them being crushed!
There is only one winner as far as I'm concerned. Only one national anthem identifies that country's key achievements and contributions to society, champions both the export and service sectors of their economy, and highlights their superiority over neighbouring states, particularly regarding strength of leadership:
http://www.lyricsmania.com/kazakhstan_national_ant...
http://www.lyricsmania.com/kazakhstan_national_ant...
ChemicalChaos said:
Could be worse....... only the 'muricans would have a national anthem with words about blowing stuff up!
The last verse of ours is pretty good ......Lord grant that Marshal Wade
May by thy mighty aid
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
And like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush.
God save the Queen!
Randy Winkman said:
The last verse of ours is pretty good ......
Lord grant that Marshal Wade
May by thy mighty aid
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
And like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush.
God save the Queen!
Ends of lines three and seven should rhyme though.Lord grant that Marshal Wade
May by thy mighty aid
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
And like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush.
God save the Queen!
Needs more work...
As an aussie it grates a bit to say it but I rather like the New Zealand anthem.
Particularly when sung before a rugby match
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhCgcZ0efAA
Particularly when sung before a rugby match
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhCgcZ0efAA
I'll prefix this by a
When sung at Murrayfield, I love Flower of Scotland. That second verse, when the pipers go silent and the whole crowd continue singing a capella is fantastic.
GSTQ needs to be binned IMO, in favour of Jerusalem. Or maybe some lyricist could put some appropriate words to William Walton's Spitfire Prelude
When sung at Murrayfield, I love Flower of Scotland. That second verse, when the pipers go silent and the whole crowd continue singing a capella is fantastic.
GSTQ needs to be binned IMO, in favour of Jerusalem. Or maybe some lyricist could put some appropriate words to William Walton's Spitfire Prelude
The Russian one is the only good one. Stalin could ring me up and he'd be all like, 'come fight for me, I have lovely borscht', and I would be like, 'don't be silly, you're a long-dead murderous dictator', and he'd be like, 'Ah, but, DOO-DOOO DUN DA DA DAAAA, DOO-DOO DUN DA DA DAAA', and I would be like, 'To the Aeroflot desk, at once!', and that would be that.
Come on, where is your loyalty to the European Union?
Oh Joy! We will just have to pay them a few billions as we are doing apparently so well and they are not,
so let us sing "Ode to Joy"
All together now.
http://youtu.be/Jo_-KoBiBG0
(Achtung! It sounds a bit too much like the Germans are on the march again!)
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