Best National Anthem

I choose Canada

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Originally posted by smw6869
I choose Canada

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Whiny. IMO the best one is the old Soviet anthem - now, with different words, the Russian one.

Richard

Originally posted by Shallow Blue
Whiny. IMO the best one is the old Soviet anthem - now, with different words, the Russian one.

Richard

The "ROCK" version isn't bad.

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I quite like the Bulgarian one:
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Proud Balkan Mountains,
next to them the Danube sparkles,
the sun shines over Thrace,
and blazes over Pirin.

Refrain: (twice)
Dear Motherland,
you are heaven on earth,
your beauty, your loveliness,
ah, they are boundless.

Originally posted by Shallow Blue
IMO the best one is the old Soviet anthem

That was pretty good. I'd add France and South Africa as well.

Oh, and the European Union - but that's cheating, really. 🙂

Call me biased if you like, i like Flower of Scotland,

O flower of Scotland
When will we see your like again
That fought and died for
Your wee bit hill and glen
And stood against him
Proud Edward's army
And sent him homeward
Tae think again

The hills are bare now
And autumn leaves lie thick and still
O'er land that is lost now
Which those so dearly held
And stood against him
Proud Edward's army
And sent him homeward
Tae think again

Those days are passed now
And in the past they must remain
But we can still rise now
And be the nation again
That stood against him
Proud Edward's army
And sent him homeward
Tae think again

commemorating the victory of Robert Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn, 1314, over Edward the II who came to enslave us.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Call me biased if you like, i like Flower of Scotland,

O flower of Scotland
When will we see your like again

Every time you walk through a thistle patch, wearing nowt below but your (English-invented!) kilt.

FlhOWHOWr of SchOHOHtlnd... blech. With bagpipes... blech exponential. There are some much better Scots songs. I couldn't name one on the spot, but I've heard some.

Richard

Originally posted by Shallow Blue
Every time you walk through a thistle patch, wearing nowt below but your (English-invented!) kilt.

FlhOWHOWr of SchOHOHtlnd... blech. With bagpipes... blech exponential. There are some much better Scots songs. I couldn't name one on the spot, but I've heard some.

Richard

what this Sassenach talk, perhaps you would like to visit the field of Bannochburn, it has the largest concentration of Englishmen anywhere is Scotland, and they are all six feet under the ground! For your information, a plaid is the proper attire for lancing Dutchmen through the gentiles with ones claymore! (deliberate pun intended)

Shouldn't it be the Worst National Anthem?
Seriously, they all suck, but in my opinion the Australian one sucks the worst. Words and music.

Originally posted by karoly aczel
Shouldn't it be the Worst National Anthem?
Seriously, they all suck, but in my opinion the Australian one sucks the worst. Words and music.

you should have , its a long way to the top if you wanna rock n roll, as your national anthem.

Now This is a good one:

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GRANNY.

The Catalan anthem, Bon cop de falc, is the best.

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
The Catalan anthem, Bon cop de falc, is the best.

Yawn, another "call to arms" anthem.

Originally posted by Palynka
Yawn, another "call to arms" anthem.

It's about the music.

Of course anthems praising the mountains of the Motherland are so much more interesting than calls to arms.

This one gives GRANNY happy little dancing feet.

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