Can you all rise....

Pherekydes · 07-12-2007 01:28PM

Wacker wrote: »

Did you guys know that the Star Spangled Banner doesn't feature the word 'America'; even once?

Yeah, it's about the flag.

The Finnish and Estonian anthems use the same music, too.

French one is best, IMO.

doubledown · 07-12-2007 02:17PM

The Italian one is the best!

Reminds me of all those Schumi F1 victories with Ferrari over the years.

Mr. Incognito · 07-12-2007 02:27PM

They're all pretty crap to be honest.

I think we should adopt Eye of the Tiger.

Think about it.................

User45701 · 07-12-2007 02:40PM

well i know im not the only one who feels like this because i remember about a year and a bit ago myself and some mates where boozing on saturday morning for the match (still drinking from friday) Anyway when irelands call came on i didnt notice what it was so i started with Sinne Fianna Fáil then realised that was not was being sung so i started asking questions (i forgot to add i had a badley burnt hand wrapped in a towel full of ice that the barman gave me because i got in a fight with a geroge forman the night before trying to cook bacon at about 5am)

Anyway long story short i only noticed just over 2 years ago that the rugby team didnt sing the national anthom and when we where talking about it allot of people in the pub agreed. I dont know why i have a problem with irelands call, i dont see why we have different football teams but the same rugby team, one would assume it would be the other way around, more irish people would play rugby than football, im sure most people play it at one time or another but if im right more people would play more rugby. i know the english football leage is popular but im not talking about being fans of forign clubs, i just think there are good rugby players in the rep of ireland and i dont know about the north but i think im right if i where to state that both football teams are either bad or badley managed. So maybe a combined football team might make more sence so we might have some chance but combined rugby? where we not ranked 4th best rugby team in the world? sure before the cup the ods where quite bad meaning bookies thought we had a good chance of winning. Ok let me put it another way. If a irish team wins a international event it had better of been Sinne Fianna Fáil before the game, winning to irelands call would be... well i dont even know what word to use.

ejmaztec · 07-12-2007 02:42PM

The French are red-hot with their anthem.

The British one is very mundane, but I think that it is very useful for emptying cinemas, same affect as a fire alarm. There was never a soul left inside one by the time it got to the third verse.

_blank_ · 07-12-2007 02:43PM

My favourite anthem is Darth Vader's. Quality tune.

As for National Anthems, I always liked the national anthem of Finland/Estonia.

And the Soviet one was great.

And the German.

Deutchland Deutchland Uber Alles indeed.

Stephen · 07-12-2007 02:46PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLcc19mt4eA

Powerful stuff!

RIRI · 07-12-2007 03:08PM

Unshelved wrote: »

The Spanish! Their national anthem has no words. Which, come to think of it could solve all the Ireland's Call hassle. We should just hum all national anthems.

I think I feel a letter to the Irish Times coming on.

(And it's countries not "contries", don't not "dont", their not "their", anthem not "anthom", and a capital letter after a full stop.)

Sorry Unshelved but...... The Spanish national anthem does in fact have words - they;re pretty fascist though which is why they're not sung. The first line roughly translated goes "Long live spain, raise your arms children of the spanish nation"

A great tune none the less. My personal favourite, like many others, is the Italian one

Mini_Moose · 07-12-2007 03:30PM

biko wrote: »

Du gamla, du fria.

Funny thing about it is that has never been made official!

YeatsCounty · 07-12-2007 03:35PM

My favourites:
La Marseillaise
O Canada, although the French version is better than the English version IMO.
Soviet anthem
Italy's anthem
The Star Spangled banner when it's sung properly (i.e. not by American Idol rejects who spend 10 minutes elongating each syllable).

Gotta give respect to the anthem of the Armenian S.S.R though. Cracking tune:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcmOgENNQ0w

ScumLord · 07-12-2007 03:51PM

Irish anthem hands down, gives me goose bumps every time it gets to the end, I get all fired up and want to throw a stool in over the bar and start a fight.

Sinne Fianna Fáil
A tá fé gheall ag Éirinn,
buoo dár sluuuuaaa
Thar Naaah do nuuna naaa,
Laa dee doo daa daa.
Shnaa do de do doo
laaa fe do de dooo
mmmm mmmmm daaaaahh

O Canada is also a classic, purely for comical value..

Creature · 07-12-2007 03:57PM

We should adopt Radiohead's National Anthem. That's a good song.

Unshelved · 07-12-2007 04:29PM

Sorry Unshelved but...... The Spanish national anthem does in fact have words - they;re pretty fascist though which is why they're not sung. The first line roughly translated goes "Long live spain, raise your arms children of the spanish nation"

They introduced words under Franco and dropped them when he croaked - the lyrics aren't officially recognised any longer. In fact, Spain passed a law in 1997 stating, among other things, that it should be played the key of b minor, it is to last 52 seconds in the presence of the king and slightly shorter every other time, and that it is to have no words.

Link here - www.theworld.org/?q=node/9692

RIRI · 07-12-2007 05:19PM

exactly, the song does have words but they are not to be sung - isn't that what I said?

07-12-2007 05:28PM

Odd how nobody has mentioned this yet.. and when else can you use a Borat quote on here?

Kazakhstan greatest country in the world.
All other countries are run by little girls.
Kazakhstan number one exporter of potassium.
Other countries have inferior potassium.

Kazakhstan home of Tinshein swimming pool.
It’s length thirty meter and width six meter.
Filtration system a marvel to behold.
It remove 80 percent of human solid waste.

Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan you very nice place.
From Plains of Tarashek to Norther fence of Jewtown.
Kazakhstan friend of all except Uzbekistan.
They very nosey people with bone in their brain.
Kazakhstan industry best in the world.
We incented toffee and trouser belt.
Kazakhstan’s prostitutes cleanest in the region.
Except of course Turkmenistan’s

Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan you very nice place.
From Plains of Tarashek to Norther fence of Jewtown.

Come grasp the might phenis of our leader.
From junction with the testes to tip of its face!

Da Bomber · 07-12-2007 05:43PM

Flower Of Scotland is savage made the hairs stand on the back of my head when it was sung before that scotland italy soccer match...

Mossy Monk · 07-12-2007 06:04PM

The Soviet Union had the best anthem ever played.

Zaph · 07-12-2007 06:55PM

The South African anthem, Nkosi Sikelel i'Afrika is one of the best, IMO. When it's sung by thousands the hairs really stand up on the back of your neck. Here's a long, and very cool, version of it.

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

Latchy · 07-12-2007 08:49PM

Amhran Na bfhiann. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wygzJtJwPnk

I love this version from 80s . Has to be one of the most beautiful peices of instrumental music ever written ,lovley orchestral score and still has the power to make hairs on back of my neck stand up .

Can you all rise....

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