Best sounding National Anthem

[Phreaker]

After the flags thread, let's have an anthem thread :)
So post away the best sounding national anthems.
Personally I think that the national anthem of Hungary is great
YOUTUBE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR6Z0X9ALgA)

I also like this recording of my country's anthem [YOUTUBE] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP3zAdLkVrQ)

[chucky chuckaluck]

a couple of versions of my favorite...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ofDJpqqM74 (a parody, but so cheerful)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCME7Vou7lI (reggae, sort of...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A71wdsTqkfM (traditional)

[KiwiNZ]

One of my favourites is 'Flower of Scotland'

[xpod]

One of my favourites is 'Flower of Scotland'

Got to agree with you there, regardless of being Scottish myself.

[doas777]

hmmm. nationalism.
I guess I prefer the sound of one hand clapping.

[privatejarhead]

i think that the best sounding anthem is the rock version of the russian national anthem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASHm65s-CLE

[ice60]

my country, england, doesn't have a national anthem, but we use a few different poems set to music, hymns etc.

check out this one for england, 'i vow to thee' (it's so obviously sung by a welsh choir, not english, slight error by the video maker lol)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMP9GQapuOc

i like this one the best, i think it's the most used anthem for england. it's about how jesus came to england, and once again sometime there will be heaven on earth, in england.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKaJ4b0XYmI

i like the Liechtenstein one :P they played england once in football so the same anthem was played twice lol (Liechtenstein's anthem is the same as the british anthem)

[SunnyRabbiera]

I sort have always liked the Canadian national anthem, and yeh admittedly my native anthem "star spangled banner"
Despite the nation that created it is falling apart.
Sucks to be an American anymore, much less anything

[ddrichardson]

One of my favourites is 'Flower of Scotland'
I like it too and although Scots - its not our national anthem, the most likely candidate is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_Wha_Hae

In fact, it really only became popular because the Scottish rugby team used it in 1990 when they won the triple crown and it seems to have stuck.

[ddrichardson]

my country, england, doesn't have a national anthem, but we use a few different poems set to music, hymns etc.

Am I missing something, or what about God Save the Queen?

[SuperSonic4]

Am I missing something, or what about God Save the Queen?

Or Land of Hope and Glory?

I like the German national anthem though

[Mehall]

I think "Flower of Scotland" is possibly one of the worst, with "God Save The Queen" needing renamed to "God save us from listening to this dirge"

You need something nice, upbeat, and wonderful, and that needs to be the original version.

Check out the Italian one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS8KdQi1GRk)

Though I think that since the Germans removed the lines "deutscheland uber alles" from theirs, it's one of the best.

Though for true upbeat and happiness, check out some Southern American anthems, such as Brazil's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soU1h6n__vQ).

Also: Argentina (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjWOxr3-M4c&feature=related)


really, I'd prefer if the Scottish one was changed. And if it were to change, there is only one track that EVERY scottish person could TRULY agree upon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEGFIbHJSHs&feature=related).




(apart from Peter Griffin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJDQKpTq7kM) but Family guy tells us he's half-Irish, so not Scottish anyway ;))

[ice60]

Am I missing something, or what about God Save the Queen?
i think you are, we don't have one. God Save the Queen is the british anthem - the combined countries of england, scotland wales, northern ireland.

the country, England hasn't got one, we use a few different (stand-in) athems - Jerusalem, i Vow to Thee, God Save the Queen, Land of Hope and Glory etc.

you can read about it on wikipedia -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem_of_England

i like Jerusalem best, the lyrics are here, under The Hymn: "Jerusalem"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_did_those_feet_in_ancient_time

[xpod]

I'd prefer if the Scottish one was changed. And if it were to change, there is only one track that EVERY scottish person could TRULY agree upon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEGFIbHJSHs&feature=related).


Kinda makes sense here,especially as i`ve lived in London for the last 10 years.:D

[bluelamp999]

For me it's gotta be the French national anthem 'La Marseillaise', stirring stuff...

The lyrics are a bit bonkers though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K1q9Ntcr5g

[doas777]

Am I missing something, or what about God Save the Queen?

Eddie Izzard ruined that one for everyone:
"Send big dogs after her, to bite her bum"
http://www.auntiemomo.com/cakeordeath/d2ktranscription.html

as for the US, I really hate Suza, so most of the national anthems from that time, really irk me.

[HappinessNow]

Wow! I have to admit I never listened to so many National Anthems before but after listening to all of them I have a three way tie for my favorite National Anthem (listed in no certain order/with Flags:P):

1. Morocco (Instrumental): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADgOuF046vI


http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=127439&d=1252096755https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/flagtemplate_mo.html

Lyrics:


مشرق الأنوار
منتدى السؤدد وحماه
دمت منتداه وحماه
عشت في الأوطان
للعلى عنوان
ملء كل جنان
ذكرى كل لسان
بالروح
بالجسد
هب فتاك
لبي نداك
في فمي وفي دمي
هواك ثار نور ونار
اخوتي هيا
للعلى سعيا
نشهد الدنيا
أنا هنا نحيا
بشعار
الله الوطن الملك

Fountain of Freedom
Source of Light
Where sovereignty and safety meet,
Safety and sovereignty
May you ever combine!
You have lived among nations
With title sublime,
Filling each heart,
Sung by each tongue,
Your champion has risen
And answered your call.
For your soul and your body,
The victory they have conquered.
In my mouth
And in my blood
Your breezes have stirred
Both light and fire.
Up! my brethren,
Strive for the highest.
We call to the world
That we are here ready.
We salute as our emblem
God, Homeland, and King.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymne_Ch%C3%A9rifien

2. Israel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biQtrQpyJGo


http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=127437&d=1252096755https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/flagtemplate_is.html

Lyrics:



כֹּל עוֹד בַּלֵּבָב פְּנִימָה
נֶפֶשׁ יְהוּדִי הוֹמִיָּה,
וּלְפַאֲתֵי מִזְרָח, קָדִימָה,
עַיִן לְצִיּוֹן צוֹפִיָּה;

עוֹד לֹא אָבְדָה תִּקְוָתֵנוּ,
הַתִּקְוָה בַּת שְׁנוֹת אַלְפַּיִם,
לִהְיוֹת עַם חָפְשִׁי בְּאַרְצֵנוּ,
אֶרֶץ צִיּוֹן וִירוּשָׁלַיִם.

As long as in the heart, within,
A Jewish soul still yearns,
And onward, towards the ends of the east
An eye still gazes toward Zion;

Our hope is not yet lost,
The hope of two thousand years,
To be a free people in our land,
The land of Zion and Jerusalem.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatikvah

3. Japan (Kimi ga yo: Instrumental): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4tDqO6wWQU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYLzyRl0hUw)


http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=127438&d=1252096755https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/flagtemplate_ja.html

Lyrics:


君が代は
千代に八千代に
さざれ石の
いわおとなりて
こけのむすまで

May your reign
Continue for a thousand,
eight thousand generations,
Until the pebbles
Grow into boulders
Lush with mosshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimi_ga_Yo

[KiwiNZ]

I will also add the New Zealand anthem ( God defend New Zealand)is great. The version I prefer is the one where both English an Maori is used.

[Najmudin]

These are my favorite:
Bulgaria:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COvn9LsiNEM&feature=related
Romania:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CURKlCTKAzE&feature=related
Azerbaijan:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYh62bT3BHY&feature=related
Turkey:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zrVu42YD2g&feature=related
:)

[ddrichardson]

really, I'd prefer if the Scottish one was changed. And if it were to change, there is only one track that EVERY scottish person could TRULY agree upon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEGFIbHJSHs&feature=related).

Not this call sign not anyone from my home town. It was played at every damn gala day in Bathgate because, as far as anyone knows, it's the only time the town has been mentioned in song.

[ddrichardson]

i think you are, we don't have one. God Save the Queen is the british anthem - the combined countries of england, scotland wales, northern ireland.

the country, England hasn't got one, we use a few different (stand-in) athems - Jerusalem, i Vow to Thee, God Save the Queen, Land of Hope and Glory etc.

you can read about it on wikipedia -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem_of_EnglandThanks for the reference but it's absolute tripe.

You might also want to have a closer look at the definition of "British" as God Save the Queen is of the Commonwealth Realm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_realm

There is no national anthem in any of the constituent parts of the UK by royal warrant, they're all by convention and by tradition.

[gn2]

England isn't a nation, therefore it cannot have a national anthem.
England is merely part of a nation and that nation's anthem is God Save The Queen, a song which I find completely objectionable, here's why:


6. 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 King

It's the same reason I can't stand Flower of Scotland.
National anthems should be about positive things, not violence.

[SuperSonic4]

England isn't a nation, therefore it cannot have a national anthem.
England is merely part of a nation and that nation's anthem is God Save The Queen, a song which I find completely objectionable, here's why:



It's the same reason I can't stand Flower of Scotland.
National anthems should be about positive things, not violence.

It's one of the great ironies that the first verse of the German anthem was removed for the being perceived as violent

[ddrichardson]

England isn't a nation, therefore it cannot have a national anthem.
England is merely part of a nation and that nation's anthem is God Save The Queen, a song which I find completely objectionable, here's why:

That verse was is not an accepted part of the anthem

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_save_the_queen#Alternative_UK_versions

It was short lived, around 1745.

[mr-woof]

god save the queen of course :)

[HappinessNow]

god save the queen of course :)Which Queen (of England?) specifically? or all Queens (of England?)?

[kelvin spratt]

God save the Queen, by Queen,and Brian May

[HappinessNow]

God save the Queen, by Queen,and Brian MayReminds me of Killer Queen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMz-wi50ACU)!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMz-wi50ACU
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1__KQZvoBpc)

[Zlatan]

Definitely- Lithuanian one! At least forme:) Recently we had 1000 yrs celebration with yacht Ambersail sailing around the world and re-uniting our guys around the world:
http://1000odiseja.lt/index.php/pageid/632
Every Lithuanian was singing our anthem on 2009-07-05 9pm Lithuanian time- in concerts, shops, pubs, at home, everywhere. Unbeleavable feeling, trust me:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_jD_UI7vRc
And unofficial one for basketball team:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P11F0R8ON6I


After the flags thread, let's have an anthem thread :)
So post away the best sounding national anthems.
Personally I think that the national anthem of Hungary is great
YOUTUBE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR6Z0X9ALgA)

I also like this recording of my country's anthem [YOUTUBE] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP3zAdLkVrQ)

[MikeTheC]

While I don't agree with the words in it (vis a vis political meaning) I've always thought the U.S.S.R.'s anthem sounded cool.

YouTube Link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLi_m656tQQ)

[ice60]

Thanks for the reference but it's absolute tripe.

You might also want to have a closer look at the definition of "British" as God Save the Queen is of the Commonwealth Realm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_realm

There is no national anthem in any of the constituent parts of the UK by royal warrant, they're all by convention and by tradition.
i couldn't be bothered looking up all the differences between britain, great britain, the uk and explaining what the commonwealth is. if it helps you, as you didn't know much before you looked everything up, God Save the Queen is used 99% of the time as the national anthem of the uk.

thanks for looking everything up though and explaining everything, it's very useful, but you don't sound clever.

[chucky chuckaluck]

as for the US, I really hate Suza, so most of the national anthems from that time, really irk me.

can i assume you meant john phillip sousa and not conrad suza (the only composer named suza i can think of)? if so, did you mean anthems written in his lifetime (1854-1932), or just during the years he was active as a composer?

[HappinessNow]

...as for the US, I really hate Suza, so most of the national anthems from that time, really irk me.


can i assume you meant john phillip sousa and not conrad suza (the only composer named suza i can think of)? if so, did you mean anthems written in his lifetime (1854-1932), or just during the years he was active as a composer?

I am still trying to figure out what Suza has to do with the US National Anthem?


National anthem of http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States)
Lyrics Francis Scott Key (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key), 1814
Music John Stafford Smith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stafford_Smith), 1780
Adopted 1931http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner

Another question: Before 1931 what was the US National Anthem?

[gn2]

My favourite song entitled God Save The Queen was released on 27 May 1977.

[jrusso2]

I like the socialist anthem the Internationale.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suVB3YGIUk0

[ddrichardson]

i couldn't be bothered looking up all the differences between britain, great britain, the uk and explaining what the commonwealth is. if it helps you, as you didn't know much before you looked everything up, God Save the Queen is used 99% of the time as the national anthem of the uk.

thanks for looking everything up though and explaining everything, it's very useful, but you don't sound clever.
And you sound ignorant by resorting to personal attacks. Did you even notice that I'm in the UK?

[RabbitWho]

Slovak

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbY3eYIEKsk

It's so sad, but dignified and dramatic and beautiful and rousing.

[Groucho Marxist]

My vote goes for the military march of "Dixie" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJsHv0uPstk) from the defunct Confederate States of America (1861-1865).

[cholericfun]

quiet surprised that some people "like" the german anthem,
its not very interesting and 2/3 of it are forbidden cause they refer to places that dont belong to the country

however i recently heard some people on radio saying the east german anthem was one of the best, the text certainly is (well- i havent bothered to conduct a survey on that but most of what i can think of tends to be rather militarized)

[hoppipolla]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OJ7qqlxQU0 hehe :)

[sathiskumarmsk]

sad..noone has said about indian national anthem..it was selected as best national anthem by UNESCO..
www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv=TMNCR-qs95w

[MoebusNet]

The national anthem I remember most enjoying was that of the Conch Republic (Key West, FL, USA) which seceded (briefly) from the US before surrendering (it was getting towards happy hour, I believe).

The anthem, if I remember correctly, was played on Sousaphone and Kazoo. I can't recall the words, as I was several Margaritas past the point of discretion (but the sun was above the yardarm). I remember that this glorious example of musical pulchritude brought tears to my eyes, at least until I needed a refill of my Margarita glass.

[MC707]

My nation's anthem (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fERHkk6BC7Q) , of course!

[MC707]

sad..noone has said about indian national anthem..it was selected as best national anthem by UNESCO..
www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv=TMNCR-qs95w

Internet Rumour - UNESCO Chooses Indian National Anthem as Best In The World (http://www.hoax-slayer.com/best-national-anthem-unesco.shtml)

[lisati]

Although not an anthem as such, this ditty (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SguYlpm3ffQ) is worthy of mention. It'll be familiar to New Zealanders in this version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MeCLILELNc)

[Sealbhach]

I think either the French or Brazilian anthems for me, though there may be some excellent ones I haven't heard. The prize for best singing of a national anthem in a movie must surely go to this scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iYbEPZVVIA

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[Sealbhach]

quiet surprised that some people "like" the german anthem,
its not very interesting and 2/3 of it are forbidden cause they refer to places that dont belong to the country


It's a lovely melody actually, I forgot that one, I think it was Haydn that composed it?

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[lisati]

It's a lovely melody actually, I forgot that one, I think it was Haydn that composed it?

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I think you're right about the composer. It was part of the curriculum when I was studying music at school but I needed to be careful when playing at home 'coz it brought back unfortunate memories for my Dad of his experiences during WWII.