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Winston Gutkowski wrote:Tunes that shoulda-been:
New Zealand - The Haka - You don't just sing it, you do it. I don't even know the real anthem. Thank God for rugby.
Paul Clapham wrote:And what did you have in mind for Scotland's anthem?
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Paul Clapham wrote:+1 for Russia's anthem. But they must have changed the words, the USSR's version started out something like "Unbreakable union of free republics".
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Stephan van Hulst wrote:"Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika" without a doubt....
Also, I love Laibach's album "Volk", which contains anthems that the band made up.
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Winston Gutkowski wrote:Tunes that shoulda-been:
England - Land of Hope and Glory - I understand they tried to 'tone it down' a bit. Hah! Jobsworths. Ah well, we still have the last night of the Proms...and the Six Nations.
Winston Gutkowski wrote:
My bottom 3:...
3. Germany - They tossed the "German, german overalls" words, but not the tune. Inexplicable, from a country renowned not only for its success, but for its music.
Maneesh Godbole wrote:
I am having trouble figuring this out. #3 of bottom 3???
Everytime I hear it on the formula 1 podium I subconsciously hum it. Definitely a nice tune (I dont know the words)
Winston Gutkowski wrote:
Tunes that shoulda-been:
England - Land of Hope and Glory
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Maneesh Godbole wrote:
Winston Gutkowski wrote:
My bottom 3:...
3. Germany - They tossed the "German, german overalls" words, but not the tune. Inexplicable, from a country renowned not only for its success, but for its music.
I am having trouble figuring this out. #3 of bottom 3???
Everytime I hear it on the formula 1 podium I subconsciously hum it. Definitely a nice tune (I dont know the words)
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Kaustubh G Sharma wrote:I like my national anthem most however it’s not in options ;)...
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Chris Baron wrote:
Maneesh Godbole wrote:
I am having trouble figuring this out. #3 of bottom 3???
Everytime I hear it on the formula 1 podium I subconsciously hum it. Definitely a nice tune (I dont know the words)
Yeah ours is definitely not the worst but then I thought I might be biased and didn't say anything.
And i also really like "God save the Queen" and "Oben am jungen Rhein", the anthem of Liechtenstein
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chris webster wrote:EU: Beethoven plus Schiller - what's not to like? Apart from perhaps a certain German dominance...
Russia: Great stirring music, no idea about the words these days. Plus it gives us middle-aged types a retro-70s feeling of tank parades on Red Square - less alarming from a safe distance of 40 years!
Not hard to guess which one will be the Scottish anthem after independence!
Wales: As a Welshman I'm naturally biased, but "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau" is quite a nice tune matched to reasonably non-jingoistic words, and it's a good rousing tune to sing before the rugby.
England: As a sympathetic neighbour, I'd suggest the more inspiring hymn "Jerusalem" (words by the English poet William Blake) instead of the jingoistic "Land Of Hope And Glory".
Billy Connolly once suggested that "God Save The Queen" should be replaced[/url] by the theme tune [to] "The Archers". Excellent idea!
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chris webster wrote:England: As a sympathetic neighbour, I'd suggest the more inspiring hymn "Jerusalem" (words by the English poet William Blake) instead of the jingoistic "Land Of Hope And Glory".
Praveen Kumar M K wrote:England should replace 'God Save the Queen' with 'You'll Never Walk Alone'! :-)
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Paul Clapham wrote:If I'm not mistaken "Jerusalem" used to be the anthem of the British Labour Party. This would definitely handicap it if it were in a horse race to be the English anthem.
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Paul Clapham wrote:If I'm not mistaken "Jerusalem" used to be the anthem of the British Labour Party. This would definitely handicap it if it were in a horse race to be the English anthem.
Matthew Brown wrote:But it's also been sung at Conservative Party conferences as well - it's pretty securely part of "the establishment".
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chris webster wrote:The tune to the German national anthem was written by the famous Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, so you'd expect him to come up with a good tune.
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Winston Gutkowski wrote:
Never heard the Leichtenstein one; must check it out.
[Edit] Just did. Arf! Damn, that tune gets around.
Winston
Jelle Klap wrote:Not a fan of national anthems. I somehow always associate them with chauvinism, and that creeps me out.
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Chris Baron wrote:Hur hur
Contains "Heil" but was before the Nazis.
The strange personality and opinions of Kaiser Wilhelm II are attributed to be part of the reasons why the Nazis rose after WW1 though.
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Winston Gutkowski wrote:Hmm. As a 'tableau' maybe, but I reckon it was pretty much down to the strange personality and opinions of Adolf Hitler.
Winston Gutkowski wrote:
Hey, the Americans have 'Hail to the chief'; and I'm pretty sure the Nazis didn't invent "sieg heil".
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Chris Baron wrote:
Winston Gutkowski wrote:
Never heard the Leichtenstein one; must check it out.
[Edit] Just did. Arf! Damn, that tune gets around.
Winston
Hur hur
It was also the Kaiser anthem named Heil dir im Siegerkranz. Contains "Heil" but was before the Nazis. The strange personality and opinions of Kaiser Wilhelm II are attributed to be part of the reasons why the Nazis rose after WW1 though.
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