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      [Mireille Mathieu singing La Marseillaise (with lyrics) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIxOl1EraXA)

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      • J Jorgen Andersson

        Another footnote. In Sweden it's a drinking song. With a different text obviously. :)

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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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        • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

          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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          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.

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          • O oofalladeez343

            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...

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            Maximilien
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            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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            • A Amarnath S

              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.

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              I understand your point about literature, but a good translator can usually capture the subtleties of the original work.

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              • J Jorgen Andersson

                No queues. Good load capacity

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                ... but poor fuel consumption.

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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  ... 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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                  That's probably valid for your rugby players as well. :-\

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                  • O oofalladeez343

                    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...

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                    * 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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                    • J Jorgen Andersson

                      That's probably valid for your rugby players as well. :-\

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                      You have a good point! :-D

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                      • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

                        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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                        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...

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                          It's not even great in theory, because it's against human nature.

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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...

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                            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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                            • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

                              I understand your point about literature, but a good translator can usually capture the subtleties of the original work.

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                              I am coming specifically from the standpoint of Indian languages. There are so many words in our Indian languages which don't have English equivalents. Therefore, translation will always be somewhat deficient.

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                              • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

                                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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                                Since I don't know Russian and I also have the Hunt for Red October as a soundtrack I program too, I find your factual comments offensive :) Sung by the Red Army Choir (is that still a thing?) its wonderful. Star Spangled Banner is at the top of my list, but I don't mind the Canadian anthem either (my sons played ice hockey).

                                Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.

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                                  Since I don't know Russian and I also have the Hunt for Red October as a soundtrack I program too, I find your factual comments offensive :) Sung by the Red Army Choir (is that still a thing?) its wonderful. Star Spangled Banner is at the top of my list, but I don't mind the Canadian anthem either (my sons played ice hockey).

                                  Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.

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                                  My wife is American, and the music to O Canada was used for her high school's song. :laugh:

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                                  • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

                                    My wife is American, and the music to O Canada was used for her high school's song. :laugh:

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                                    lol. I just like the strong vocals... some songs are just classy. Years ago, we (the family) ran across a video of Les Misérables. I had little kids out in the backyard singing at the top of their lungs as they built barricades. Even took them to the play when it came to Atlanta.

                                    Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.

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                                    • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

                                      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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                                      Even when everyone voluntarily adopts communism, things often always go wrong.

                                      fixed that for you. Covetousness is a devious beast.

                                      Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.

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