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National Anthems

Which is your favourite?

Mine would have to be The Scottish one, Flower of Scotland. (Maybe because I am of Scottish blood, who knows :wink:

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What do you think of it?

Motherless Child

Reply 1

roff

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the english one, very good to bang a girl along to, it means an instant slave&master role playing game coz its sounds so orderly.

Reply 2

TKR

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einigkeit und recht und freiheit, fur das deutsche vaterland! lass uns danach alle streben, bruderlich mit herz und hand!

*there might be werrors in that but it's entirely from memory after being taught it by a guy in Germany last summer!*

Reply 3

Helen_w

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Land of my fathers! *although admittedly I only like it because my dad is passionate about it! (being wlesh and all.... :-S)

Reply 4

Rainy

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Helen_w

Land of my fathers! *although admittedly I only like it because my dad is passionate about it! (being wlesh and all.... :-S)

:dito:

I'm part Welsh, and that anthem just makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. :wink:

Reply 5

eXis

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I really like the English one. :biggrin:

Reply 6

mmjp

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thekillersrock

einigkeit und recht und freiheit, fur das deutsche vaterland! lass uns danach alle streben, bruderlich mit herz und hand!

*there might be werrors in that but it's entirely from memory after being taught it by a guy in Germany last summer!*

I think there's 'errors' in the second part! :p:

I like Land Of Hope And Glory, it's quite a nice song to sing with other people, very passionate. God Save The Queen seems to have lost its' effect on me a bit.

On the other hand, I don't really like fast-paced national anthems, I think it makes them unlike 'anthems', if that makes sense.

Reply 7

GreenMonstrosity

The Australian Antional Anthem is pretty damn cool, and the Russian one as well.

Reply 8

roff

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the Aus was one cool during the syd 2000 closing ceremony, especially when tina arena stood there baring all.

Reply 9

SamTheMan

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Motherless Child

Which is your favourite?

Mine would have to be The Scottish one, Flower of Scotland. (Maybe because I am of Scottish blood, who knows :wink:

)

What do you think of it?

Motherless Child

of Scottish blood = racism! To prove my point about so-called "patriotic" movements being quite racist. So if you're black, you can't be a Scot? Well you can be a Brit which explains why I see very few positive things coming out of nationalist movements.

Reply 10

foxo

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SamTheMan

of Scottish blood = racism! To prove my point about so-called "patriotic" movements being quite racist. So if you're black, you can't be a Scot? Well you can be a Brit which explains why I see very few positive things coming out of nationalist movements.

What are you on about?

Flower of Scotland, of course, but I quite like the Canadian anthem.

Reply 11

SamTheMan

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foxo

What are you on about?

Flower of Scotland, of course, but I quite like the Canadian anthem.

Just on about the fact that the British nation is more racially inclusive. Scottish and English nationalist movements are not.

Yes the Canadian national anthem is cool.

Reply 12

technik

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the italian one is good

Reply 13

Johnny 5

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Rule Britannia is the English one, right?

Reply 14

Natalie Lane

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Ouviram do Ipiranga as margens plácidas
De um povo heróico o brado retumbante,
E o sol da liberdade, em raios fúlgidos,
Brilhou no céu da Pátria nesse instante.
Se o penhor dessa igualdade
Conseguimos conquistar com braço forte,
Em teu seio, ó Liberdade,
Desafia o nosso peito à própria morte!
Ó Pátria amada,
Idolatrada,
Salve! Salve!
Brasil, um sonho intenso, um raio vívido
De amor e de esperança à terra desce,
Se em teu formoso céu risonho e límpido,
A imagem do Cruzeiro resplandece.
Gigante pela própria natureza,
És belo, és forte, impávido colosso,
E o teu futuro espelha essa grandeza
Terra adorada,
Entre outras mil
És tu, Brasil.
Ó Patria amada!
Dos filhos deste solo és mãe gentil,
Pátria amada,
Brasil!

Deitado eternamente em berço esplêndido
Ao som do mar e à luz do céu profundo,
Fulguras, ó Brasil, florão da América,
Iluminado ao sol do Novo Mundo!
Do que a terra mais garrida
Teus risonhos, lindos campos têm mais flores,
"Nossos bosques têm mais vida"
"Nossa vida", no teu seio, "mais amores"
Ó Pátria amada,
Idolatrada,
Salve! Salve!
Brasil, de amor eterno seja símbolo
O lábaro que ostentas estrelado,
E diga o verde-louro desta flâmula
- Paz no futuro e glória no passado.
Mas, se ergues da justiça a clava forte,
Verás que um filho teu não foge à luta
Nem teme quem te adora, a própria morte,
Terra adorada
Entre outras mil,
És tu Brasil,
Ó Pátria amada!
Dos filhos deste solo és mãe gentil,
Pátria amada,
Brasil!
:redface:

Reply 15