Best National Anthem?
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I'm biased, but: Welsh National Anthem just before Wales beat England 30 - 3.Saturday 16th march 2013 - YouTube[^]
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O Land of my fathers, O land of my love, Dear mother of minstrels who kindle and move, And hero on hero, who at honour’s proud call, For freedom their lifeblood let fall. Country! COUNTRY! O but my heart is with you! As long as the sea your bulwark shall be, To Cymru my heart shall be true. O land of the mountains, the bard’s paradise, Whose precipice, valleys are fair to my eyes, Green murmuring forest, far echoing flood Fire the fancy and quicken the blood For tho’ the fierce foeman has ravaged your realm, The old speech of Wales he cannot o’erwhelm, Our passionate poets to silence command, Or banish the harp from your strand.
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Well, that's a collection of brutes I don't want to meet after a Saturday night pissup. :-D
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What country/person has the best national anthem? In my opinion... [I'm American but I like it :laugh::-\ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs) And earlier I was trying to work on an Object-Oriented Program, and I forgot to build the constructor. OOPs...
Easily this: Jussi Björling - Ack Värmeland du sköna - YouTube[^] But it's only subnational, it's just the part of Sweden that I'm from.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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Beautiful, and memorable rugby moment as well - we have our own : France - Nouvelle Zélande (20 - 18) avec hymnes et Haka 2007 - YouTube[^]
Great game as well!
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There's some interesting history to this anthem. It was the Soviet anthem until the USSR broke up, after which Russia adopted a new one. Eventually Putin got it reinstated. It's a great piece, but some Russians didn't like the history that the music evokes. It originally had lyrics lauding Stalin, who fell out of favor after his death, so the lyrics were no longer used. Soviet citizens referred to it as "the song without words". However, lyrics were eventually reintroduced--by a Canadian. You can read about how it came about here[^]. That was still in the days of the USSR, though, and the lyrics are different now. But that first performance with lyrics in 20 years can be heard here[^].
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.Another footnote. In Sweden it's a drinking song. With a different text obviously. :)
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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Well, that's a collection of brutes I don't want to meet after a Saturday night pissup. :-D
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
They are all perfect gentlemen!* :-D * Until they get drunk of course - they are rugby players!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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They are all perfect gentlemen!* :-D * Until they get drunk of course - they are rugby players!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
OriginalGriff wrote:
They are all perfect gentlemen
In the same way a tank is a perfect vehicle for shopping.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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OriginalGriff wrote:
They are all perfect gentlemen
In the same way a tank is a perfect vehicle for shopping.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Advantages of using a tank for shopping: 1) You can park where you want. 2) You can take short cuts. 3) Good turning circle. 4) Ummm ... er ... Richard Hammond Drives a Ripsaw Tank Through a Shopping Mall | The Grand Tour - YouTube[^]
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Advantages of using a tank for shopping: 1) You can park where you want. 2) You can take short cuts. 3) Good turning circle. 4) Ummm ... er ... Richard Hammond Drives a Ripsaw Tank Through a Shopping Mall | The Grand Tour - YouTube[^]
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
No queues. Good load capacity
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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[Mireille Mathieu singing La Marseillaise (with lyrics) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIxOl1EraXA)
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Another footnote. In Sweden it's a drinking song. With a different text obviously. :)
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Hasn't some naughty person written drinking words for Du Gamla, Du Fria? :) That's funny that you use it as a drinking song. Apparently The Star-Spangled Banner was originally a drinking song!
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Hasn't some naughty person written drinking words for Du Gamla, Du Fria? :) That's funny that you use it as a drinking song. Apparently The Star-Spangled Banner was originally a drinking song!
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.Greg Utas wrote:
Hasn't some naughty person written drinking words for Du Gamla, Du Fria? :)
Probably in Norway.
Greg Utas wrote:
That's funny that you use it as a drinking song
That's students for you.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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What country/person has the best national anthem? In my opinion... [I'm American but I like it :laugh::-\ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs) And earlier I was trying to work on an Object-Oriented Program, and I forgot to build the constructor. OOPs...
Nothing wrong in liking another country anthem. (as much as it is tacky, the Kate Smith interpretation of [God Bless America](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AOAH2lv3H0&ab\_channel=rpf16mm) is kinda good) I like the [Canadian](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ô\_Canada) one. It was originally in French (it was a french canadian patriotic song) , it's mostly sung in the 2 official languages. It's also sometimes sung in both languages at some sport events, even in the USA, out of respect.
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How can you ever compare the national anthems of any two nations? Each is beautiful for the citizens of its nation. On the same note, I do not still understand the logic of deciding the Nobel Prize in literature. How is it ever possible to compare the literature of all the languages of the world. The person who decides should know all of them, not just at a superficial level, but also at a deep literary level. Is there anyone like that in this world? Can understand if they award a literary prize for English literature; but for all the languages of the world, seems not feasible.
I understand your point about literature, but a good translator can usually capture the subtleties of the original work.
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No queues. Good load capacity
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
... but poor fuel consumption.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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... but poor fuel consumption.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
That's probably valid for your rugby players as well. :-\
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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What country/person has the best national anthem? In my opinion... [I'm American but I like it :laugh::-\ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs) And earlier I was trying to work on an Object-Oriented Program, and I forgot to build the constructor. OOPs...
* South Africa - NKosi Sikeleli Africa (African National Anthem)- With Miriam Makeba, Paul Simon, Black Mambazo, etc - YouTube[^] * France - France perform Le Marseillaise at RWC 2007 (Stade de France) - YouTube[^] * Wales - Welsh National Anthem just before Wales beat England 30 - 3.Saturday 16th march 2013 - YouTube[^] * Northern Ireland - The Cranberries - Zombie 1999 Live Video - YouTube[^]
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That's probably valid for your rugby players as well. :-\
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
You have a good point! :-D
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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There's some interesting history to this anthem. It was the Soviet anthem until the USSR broke up, after which Russia adopted a new one. Eventually Putin got it reinstated. It's a great piece, but some Russians didn't like the history that the music evokes. It originally had lyrics lauding Stalin, who fell out of favor after his death, so the lyrics were no longer used. Soviet citizens referred to it as "the song without words". However, lyrics were eventually reintroduced--by a Canadian. You can read about how it came about here[^]. That was still in the days of the USSR, though, and the lyrics are different now. But that first performance with lyrics in 20 years can be heard here[^].
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.I was just talking about the music really, not the Stalin applauding lyrics. It turns out Lenin wasn't as bad as people think. Stalin is the one who made communism look bad... It's funny how communism is great in theory but horrible in practice...
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I was just talking about the music really, not the Stalin applauding lyrics. It turns out Lenin wasn't as bad as people think. Stalin is the one who made communism look bad... It's funny how communism is great in theory but horrible in practice...
It's not even great in theory, because it's against human nature.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I was just talking about the music really, not the Stalin applauding lyrics. It turns out Lenin wasn't as bad as people think. Stalin is the one who made communism look bad... It's funny how communism is great in theory but horrible in practice...
Even when everyone voluntarily adopts communism, things often go wrong. The Pilgrims adopted it but soon abandoned it. This has been written up in various places; here[^] is one of them.
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