Most nationalistic National Anthem?

biko · 27-10-2015 04:03PM #1

With so many anthems played during the rugby we started talking about what they mean for a country.

Some anthems like the Swedish or the US one doesn't even mention the name of the country.
The South African would be the most inclusive with 5 different languages when sung in entirety, and is mostly about how great Africa is.

Others are quite aggressive like France "impure blood will water our furrows" or the Vietnamese "Our flag, red with the blood of victory, bears the spirit of the country"

Amhrán na bhFiann is "The soldier's song" but is kinda tame.

Would it be the old gem Deutschland, Deutschland über alles "Germany Germany above all"?

Irish Stones · 27-10-2015 04:11PM

What about the Italian anthem?

The name of the country is mentioned, along with words of glory and courage.

Mesrine65 · 27-10-2015 04:12PM

JacquesSon · 27-10-2015 04:14PM

La Marseillaise speaks of pure blood, I've always thought it was more racist than Deutschland leid, which was never the Nazi anthem.

Jawgap · 27-10-2015 04:17PM

Has to be La Marseillaise......

Arise, children of the Fatherland,
The day of glory has arrived!
Against us tyranny's
Bloody banner is raised,(repeat)
Do you hear, in the countryside,
The roar of those ferocious soldiers?
They're coming right into our arms
To cut the throats of our sons, our women!

To arms, citizens,
Form your battalions,
Let's march, let's march!
Let an impure blood
Water our furrows!

DarkyHughes · 27-10-2015 04:23PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfPrQqbikb4

I think they stole the music from the old Soviet Union anthem

The Pheasant2 · 27-10-2015 04:28PM

DarkyHughes wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfPrQqbikb4

I think they stole the music from the old Soviet Union anthem

Those Kazakhs...all cocky about their superior potassium

KERSPLAT! · 27-10-2015 04:28PM

I love the Scottish national anthem, Flower of Scotland. That wasnt your question but I'm answering anyway

OldGoat · 27-10-2015 04:30PM

Doesn't the Dutch anthem pledge loyalty to Spain?

smash · 27-10-2015 04:30PM

I hear Kazakhstan is the number one exporter of potassium!

seamus · 27-10-2015 04:38PM

Not the national anthem, but I saw some British people singing "Rule, Britannia" on TV a few weeks back. There is one scary-ass brainwashing song if ever I heard one.

The actual UK national anthem, despite being called, "God Save the Queen", is a surprisingly open song more about worldly brotherhood and togetherness rather than being about how great the UK is.

The Star-Spangled Banner is pretty bad too, though the actual lyrics are a bit too wordy and inaccessible for it to be useful as propaganda.

Gyalist · 27-10-2015 04:43PM

seamus wrote: »

The actual UK national anthem, despite being called, "God Save the Queen", is a surprisingly open song more about worldly brotherhood and togetherness rather than being about how great the UK is.

Huh?

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 Queen

SEPT 23 1989 · 27-10-2015 04:48PM

Wake up, Romanian, from the sleep of death
Into which you have been sunk by the barbaric tyrants
Now, or never, make a new fate for yourself,
To which even your cruel enemies will bow.

seamus · 27-10-2015 04:49PM

Gyalist wrote: »

Huh?

Aha, I was looking at a different version. Even then, the lyrics you quote aren't in the modern, standard version.

There actually appears to be as many versions as there are commonwealth countries and monarchs.

keithclancy · 27-10-2015 06:10PM

seamus wrote: »

Aha, I was looking at a different version. Even then, the lyrics you quote aren't in the modern, standard version.

There actually appears to be as many versions as there are commonwealth countries and monarchs.

Who cares anyway, anytime i've seen someone from England singing God save the Queen if you listen closely their just screaming"RAAA RAAAA BLAAH BLAAAAA.. BLAA BLAA"

murpho999 · 27-10-2015 06:30PM

OldGoat wrote: »

Doesn't the Dutch anthem pledge loyalty to Spain?

It does, and the first line says that they are of German blood. The Dutch don't like that.

daRobot · 27-10-2015 06:41PM

The Russian National anthem is pretty invigorating. It's a nice piece.

P_1 · 27-10-2015 06:43PM

Poland is also quite nationalistic

mackerski · 27-10-2015 06:47PM

OSI wrote: »

Not technically part of the German national anthem anymore.

Even when that line was in the anthem, it had nothing to do with dominating others. Indeed, when the line was written, there wasn't a German state to do any dominating.

sonny.knowles · 27-10-2015 07:07PM

The Horst Wessel song, co-national anthem from 1933 to 1945 for Germany.

Peregrine · 27-10-2015 07:10PM

The Romanian national anthem is pretty good. Gives me shivers.

tomwaterford · 27-10-2015 07:14PM

While I haven't an iota what their saying...the welsh national anthem sounds insane

Zebra3 · 27-10-2015 07:31PM

seamus wrote: »

The actual UK national anthem, despite being called, "God Save the Queen", is a surprisingly open song more about worldly brotherhood and togetherness rather than being about how great the UK is.

Its' title proposes that a non-existent religious deity saves the unelected head of state.

Already excluding atheists and democrats.

sonny.knowles · 27-10-2015 07:33PM

Zebra3 wrote: »

Its' title proposes that a non-existent religious deity saves the unelected head of state.

Already excluding atheists and democrats.

Non existent?

Why do athiests have their own forum when they can't resist bringing it up in nearly every other forum?