why are national anthems so bloody awful ?

why are national anthems so bloody awful ?

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soapystick

368 posts

201 months

Thursday 9th October 2014
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Well, i think ours is ruddy marvelous.

Love from Wales.

Nos da!

ChemicalChaos

10,360 posts

159 months

Thursday 9th October 2014
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Could be worse....... only the 'muricans would have a national anthem with words about blowing stuff up!

hilly10

7,076 posts

227 months

Friday 10th October 2014
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MartinQ said:
Ours is probably the dreariest of the lot. I'd swap it for the Italian one if I could.
+ 1 mind you the French one aint bad

Pints

18,444 posts

193 months

Friday 10th October 2014
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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.

Pints

18,444 posts

193 months

Friday 10th October 2014
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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?

900T-R

20,404 posts

256 months

Friday 10th October 2014
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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.

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 hehe

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!
frown

GAjon

3,721 posts

212 months

Friday 10th October 2014
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Billy Connolly, on the very subject many moons ago.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9nnnM-__JQ

Yiliterate

3,786 posts

205 months

Friday 10th October 2014
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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...

framerateuk

2,730 posts

183 months

Friday 10th October 2014
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I love Hen Wlad fy Nhadau - goosebumps every time I sing it.

Randy Winkman

16,014 posts

188 months

Saturday 11th October 2014
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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!

smn159

12,446 posts

216 months

Saturday 11th October 2014
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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.
Needs more work...

OddJoe

1,548 posts

185 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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I Vow To Thee My Country? Ive heard that mentioned a few times as preferable to GSTQ...

Oldred_V8S

3,714 posts

237 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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robinessex said:
So it's either Land of Hope and Glory or Jerusalem. I prefer the latter.
I vow to thee my country. A lump to the throat every time I hear it.

otolith

55,899 posts

203 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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Oldred_V8S said:
I vow to thee my country. A lump to the throat every time I hear it.
I love that theme from Jupiter, but the hymn is a bit of a kludge lyrically with a pre-existing poem shoehorned into a pre-existing melody.

suthol

2,154 posts

233 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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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

vournikas

11,682 posts

203 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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I'll prefix this by a boxedin

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


trashbat

6,005 posts

152 months

Friday 24th October 2014
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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.

Vocal Minority

8,582 posts

151 months

Friday 24th October 2014
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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!
If Flower of Scotland has the verse about Edwards armies....

Vanin

1,010 posts

165 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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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!)

Vanin

1,010 posts

165 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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