What's your favourite national anthem?

The Scientician

Other than our own Amhrán na bhFiann of course!

I'm going to go with God Defend New Zealand as sung by Hayley Westenra. An Irish man wrote the English words and it's rather rousing.

Agent Smith

In soviet Russia, National Anthem Favourite you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpvq3hmCKCs

Jimoslimos

Italian, French, Russian and German are all good.

Agent Smith

Also


All Hail the Republic of bacon....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOj8Y9DZzIc

Jimoslimos

Robonia

Agent Smith

also, i look forward to singing then when the Glorious Kazakhstan come to Play in Landsdown

AngryHippie

OOH Flewer if Scutland...:rolleyes:

Xavi6

Uruguay with its 40 second intro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlGcJJPTTJo

MadsL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM-E2H1ChJM

Something in my eye again dammit!

duchalla

Flower of Scotland, the French one is pretty cool too!

tonycascarino

Scotland, Wales, Italy or France

Jimoslimos

Can't understand the love for FOS, it's a dirge IMO.

ruthloss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQy4xnKgt28&feature=related

antodeco

What's your favourite humming noise?

Ellis Dee

This:

But if it has to be one from the planet Earth, then this one, which is actually the national anthem of two different countries, Finland and Estonia:

kraggy

The Russin one is my favorite.

clappyhappy

As mentioned already, the Scottish and French anthems. Very rousing and emotional.

MarkR

Tough one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzWSJG93P8

or my first one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC49AqKlgs

Can you imagine if we did it like they do in america? We'd have leprechauns being fired out of cannons with rainbow ribbons streaming from their arses!

keano_afc

Lots of good ones to choose from. I like our own, even if in Boards eyes it makes me some kind of Sinn Fein Republican nutcase.

Flower of Scotland, Land of my Fathers and La Marsaillese are all very rousing too.

eyescreamcone

clappyhappy wrote: »

As mentioned already, the Scottish and French anthems. Very rousing and emotional.

"...and send them homeward to think again"
So they went home, had a little think about it and came back and took over the place.
Scotland - is not a real country - it's only a glorified county council at present.

Flower of Scotland is like Cork people singing "The Banks of my own lovely Lee"

jester77

Irelands Call

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BBDBB

Italian, Brazilian both jaunty little ditties

J Cheever Loophole

Italy is my fav with mention also of South Africa, and Australia (as I get to hear them regularly through watching the rugger).

The_Kew_Tour

Italian German French and Welsh for me. Hate flower of Scotland

The_Kew_Tour

Italian German French and Welsh for me. Hate flower of Scotland

gobnaitolunacy

jester77 wrote: »

Irelands Call

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Not a national anthem. And not one of Phil Coulter's better compositions.

The_Kew_Tour

And if it was it would be the worst. Another song I hate with passion and people who sing it are worse

Pherekydes

French, Russian, Canadian, Finnish and Hungarian top my list.

gobnaitolunacy

Advance Australia Fair.

Melion

The brazilian one, I love it.

9959

keano_afc wrote: »

Lots of good ones to choose from. I like our own, even if in Boards eyes it makes me some kind of Sinn Fein Republican nutcase.

Flower of Scotland, Land of my Fathers and La Marsaillese are all very rousing too.

You're obviously a Sinn Fein Republican nutcase.

splendid101

Glad to see the French anthem getting the respect it deserves. Definitely the greatest song of all time.

Lawrence1895

Germany, Scotland, Norway

iDave

God Save the Queen..........oh no I didnt

wendell borton

Horst Wesssel Lied :pac:.

Hande hoche!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=076idz3U5Ok

This one reminds me of Die Hard.

getz

iDave wrote: »

God Save the Queen..........oh no I didnt

thats the queens anthem ,england doesent have a national anthem,a few pretenders like jerusalem

Apanachi

Amhrán na bhFiann (guess I'm just a patriotic gal)

Other than our own anthem, I love the Russian Anthem

tayto lover

The French, Italian and of course our own German one.

9959

getz wrote: »

thats the queens anthem ,england doesent have a national anthem,a few pretenders like jerusalem

I'm not a pretender and I don't like Jerusalem.

iDave

getz wrote: »

thats the queens anthem ,england doesent have a national anthem,a few pretenders like jerusalem

I was always under the impression it was the UK anthem

mattser

German and Italian. Schumacher on the podium, again.

getz

iDave wrote: »

I was always under the impression it was the UK anthem

most english people think so as well,but no we do not have a national anthem,

9959

iDave wrote: »

I was always under the impression it was the UK anthem

Correct.

D-FENS

Always found the USA's anthem as song by Enrico Palazzo very moving

--Kaiser--

The best national anthem is clearly

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

With these two running second and third

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3RToBymttA

Vita nova

"Ode to Joy" anthem of the EU and the Council of Europe, not a national anthem per se but perhaps a supranational anthem :-)

Although purely instrumental (Beethoven's 9th), it sounds even better when the words of Schiller's Ode to Joy are added.

link

eyescreamcone

You have to love the lyrics of the Spanish anthem

dan1895

Agent Smith wrote: »

In soviet Russia, National Anthem Favourite you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpvq3hmCKCs

Not only the best national anthem but probably the best piece of music ever wrote in my opinion.

getz

they dont come much better that the [unofficial anthem of the isle of man] ella vannin sang by the bee gees,its on you tube. it makes me shiver

BraziliaNZ

My favourite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRygZ-0nPAo