Best national anthems?

diusmr8a504cvk · 08-03-2019 01:35AM #1

Was just watching the darts and big John Henderson came out to Flower of Scotland. While it wasn't the best version of it, it reminded me of in the past when it's been sung at rugby games and has been phenomenal - https://youtu.be/1Hotgyw4wOk

So what're your favourite national anthems? I love the Scottish, Welsh and French myself. I know more words of La Marseillaise than I do the Irish national anthem.

Thrashssacre · 08-03-2019 01:40AM

Russia
Wales
Italy

In that order

Church on Tuesday · 08-03-2019 01:45AM

Scottish anthem for me.

08-03-2019 01:46AM

Big fan of Flower of Scotland too, also the French and Russian.

The Young Wolfe Tones do a great jaunty version of The Soldiers Song that I like a lot too

LETHAL LADY · 08-03-2019 02:01AM

I hate to say it but .....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIff7EB7pvc

Vita nova · 08-03-2019 02:02AM

"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.

With vocals

kowloon · 08-03-2019 02:05AM

Kazakhstan, as played at this medal ceremony:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2WH9HVJRFk

Capt'n Midnight · 08-03-2019 02:08AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8DMJ3SGlzk

The Cush · 08-03-2019 02:36AM

The South African national anthem, the 1995 RWC final was the first time I heard it and combined with the atmosphere of the occasion, as 1 comment put it, it gave me goosebumps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncwee9IAu8I

Acosta · 08-03-2019 02:46AM

DDR
Russia

08-03-2019 02:46AM

Italy, by a country mile.

Canis Lupus · 08-03-2019 02:49AM

Russia is pretty cool for it's cold war feel.

God save the Queen is pretty rousing if you ask me as is the amhran na bhfiann. Don't really know many anthems to be fair.

Larbre34 · 08-03-2019 03:02AM

All anthems have a bit of a cold war feel to them, all that cock waving at various Olympic games.

I agree about Italy though, its the best by far. In terms of future thinking for Ireland, I think New Zealand made a great job of a bi-lingual dual-heritage anthem.

Flower of Scotland is not a national anthem, at least not yet. Its an adopted song, just like Ireland's Call, but has no status. Works a treat for getting the blood up though!

con___manx1 · 08-03-2019 03:10AM

France and Italy

Larbre34 · 08-03-2019 03:26AM

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

I hate to say it but .....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIff7EB7pvc

Careful now, this includes the nazi era stanzas which have been long since dropped. 'Deutschland uber alles' etc.

The official anthem today is from 1:58 of this video onwards.

Pherekydes · 08-03-2019 08:58AM

France, Canada, Hungary, Finland (and eh, Estonia

).

Richard Hillman · 08-03-2019 09:07AM

The Welsh national anthem at the Millennium Stadium for rugby games is amazing.

Mad_maxx · 08-03-2019 09:21AM

Do Russia still use the old Soviet union anthem?

That was epic

lbc2019 · 08-03-2019 09:24AM

France.

Oh Flower Of Scotland isnt a national anthem btw

amcalester · 08-03-2019 09:26AM

Liechtenstein. There's something really soothing about it, like a reminder of better times past.

lbc2019 · 08-03-2019 09:26AM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

The Welsh national anthem at the Millennium Stadium for rugby games is amazing.

Wales Rugby Anthem amd FoS are pretty awesome in the Principality Stadium, Murrayfield respectively

Yamanoto · 08-03-2019 09:27AM

La Marseillaise

Raucous and rousing in equal measure

lbc2019 · 08-03-2019 09:29AM

GSTQ is dull and insipid.

denismc · 08-03-2019 09:29AM

PinotNero · 08-03-2019 09:29AM

Let 'em all go to hell except for Cave 76.

razorblunt · 08-03-2019 09:31AM

The Welsh Anthem in Cardiff is something else.

Flower of Scotland with the lone piper and the band letting the crowd singing the second verse on their own in Murrayfield is brilliant too.

French, Italians and Argentinean are brilliant too.

Much better than the Phil Coulter driver the Irish Rugby lads have to sing.