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National anthem
Which country has the best national anthem {don`t get all patriotic and say God save the Queen} and why do they call it anthem why not just song?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I'm thinking just about the tunes here - but I like France, Germany, Russia and South Africa.
God save the queen is awful. I always feel embarrassed when the dreary dirge blares out at the start of football matches etc.
thankfully I won't have to suffer it throughout the Euro 2008 finals. (I thought I'd get that in before someone else said it).
God save the queen is awful. I always feel embarrassed when the dreary dirge blares out at the start of football matches etc.
thankfully I won't have to suffer it throughout the Euro 2008 finals. (I thought I'd get that in before someone else said it).
The European Anthem, Ode to Joy (based on the final movement to Beethoven's 9th symphony) is brilliant.
http://europa.eu/abc/symbols/anthem/index_en.h tm
The UK national Anthem is a terrible dirge.
http://europa.eu/abc/symbols/anthem/index_en.h tm
The UK national Anthem is a terrible dirge.
When sung properly with full orchestral accompaniment, it's impossible to beat La Marseillaise.
Second up is definitely the German national anthem (the name escapes me unfortunately)
Jerusalem also has some wonderfully powerful images.
God Save the Queen wouldn't be so bad if everybody didn't feel some kind of compulsion to sing it as slowly as possible. It's still not a great anthem though.
Second up is definitely the German national anthem (the name escapes me unfortunately)
Jerusalem also has some wonderfully powerful images.
God Save the Queen wouldn't be so bad if everybody didn't feel some kind of compulsion to sing it as slowly as possible. It's still not a great anthem though.
God Save the Queen is a waltz; it should sound quite lively if they played it a bit quicker. The Americans use the same tune for a better song, My Country 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing. But why a country's national anthem should just be a demand that the deity protect the monarch, rather than, say, the whole country itself, is beyond me. It sounds more like Buckingham Palace's private Number 1 than like a national anthem at all. Indeed, as Gromit has been pointing out, part of it is actually about crushing Scots.
sally1001
Jerusalem is absolutely corking. It's a million times better than God Save The Queen, which is frankly, a bit of a dirge.
The imagery of Jerusalem is beautiful and the tune itself is just nicer than God Save The Queen.
Also, Zadok The Priest is pretty corking. It was used at Elizabeth II's coronation. I've always liked that.
...and then there's 'Ray Of Light' by Madonna.
...anyone...?
No...?
Jerusalem is absolutely corking. It's a million times better than God Save The Queen, which is frankly, a bit of a dirge.
The imagery of Jerusalem is beautiful and the tune itself is just nicer than God Save The Queen.
Also, Zadok The Priest is pretty corking. It was used at Elizabeth II's coronation. I've always liked that.
...and then there's 'Ray Of Light' by Madonna.
...anyone...?
No...?
as someone has pointed out, the correct responses to the questions in 'Jerusalem' are No, No, No, No and Get them yourself
And did those feet in ancient time
walk upon England�s mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
on England�s pleasant pastures seen?
And did the countenance divine
shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
among these dark Satanic Mills?
Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
And did those feet in ancient time
walk upon England�s mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
on England�s pleasant pastures seen?
And did the countenance divine
shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
among these dark Satanic Mills?
Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Land of My Fathers, the National Anthem of Wales.
As a Welshman living outside Wales when a male voice choir sings this I just well up.
I don't think 'the best' is a cover all. It is what it means to the individual. As mentioned earlier here The millenium stadium at full volume - cannot be equalled.
As a Welshman living outside Wales when a male voice choir sings this I just well up.
I don't think 'the best' is a cover all. It is what it means to the individual. As mentioned earlier here The millenium stadium at full volume - cannot be equalled.
mushroom25
Flipping 'eck.
I bow to you sir.
There are very few people who know about Curtiss Maldoon:
http://www.purplerecords.net/sepheryn/sepheryn .htm
I'm slightly in awe of you.
Flipping 'eck.
I bow to you sir.
There are very few people who know about Curtiss Maldoon:
http://www.purplerecords.net/sepheryn/sepheryn .htm
I'm slightly in awe of you.