National Anthems [Archive] - SUBSIM Radio Room Forums

Onkel Neal

11-10-14, 09:51 AM

National Anthems and school fight songs have always interested me. They're sort of like the fight song for a country, or school. I cannot deny that hearing the Star Spangled Banner at sporting events, with the roar of the crowd at the end, always moves me. :shucks:

There are other national anthems I like, particularly the French and Soviet anthems. Very moving, very stirring. I cannot spell the name of the French anthem, and the Soviet/Russian anthem--don't even know the name. But they are really cool pieces.

Post your favorites here, post a link to your national anthem, and some details about it we may find interesting. I would like to hear them and learn more. Also, as mentioned above, I think there are college and school fight songs, and military branch songs that are pretty cool. The US Marines and US Navy both have awesome songs, as well as the Air Force. I think Texas has an anthem but it's pretty lame.

Here's my contribution: a really cool interpretation of the Star Spangled Banner (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8C7i9kdEf8#t=122)by a really talented group of young men.

Betonov

11-10-14, 09:59 AM

Sure thing

Slovene national anthem Zdravljica:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc7aLyhZ94c

Written in 1844 by France Prešeren, it talks about the Slav people, the desire for independence, wine and some more wine

Unofficial Slovene national anthem Golica:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7gFNaGYEs8

When you make a polka song so popular that 16 year olds will dance to it, then you don't need a comment

ikalugin

11-10-14, 10:26 AM

kranz

11-10-14, 10:31 AM

Current Russian anthem uses the same music as the post 1943 Soviet one (the initial anthem was different - it was the Internationale in Russian), the wording too is very simmilar.

surprise, surprise...

Dan D

11-10-14, 11:01 AM

Das „Lied der Deutschen“ (Song of the Germans) became the national anthem in 1922.
It consists of three verses:

Deutschland „über alles“
German wine, German women, German singing
Freedom, Brotherhood, Equity

Verse 1 is often misinterpreted. When Hoffmann von Fallersleben wrote the lyrics in 1841 he was not anticipating Nazi world domination dreams but advoacting a unification of the German speaking single states.

The size of a German nation state back in 1841 would have been the land between the rivers „Maas“ to „Memel“ and „Etsch“ to „Belt". Because of the loss of territory in the 2 WW s, Germany is actually smaller today, „Maas“ is part of Belgium. „Memel“ part of Russia and Lithuania, „Etsch“ Italy and „Belt“ Denmark.

So singing the first verse today may raise some concerns in those countries. So polite as we are, we don't sing the first verse very much.
Fun fact, many people think it is „verboten“ by law to sing the first verse. That is wrong. You can sing all three verses as much as you won't.

It is the other way round, if people try to stop other people from singing the third verse this may get them into Trouble.

3 West German politicians singing the anthem on 11/10 1989, the day after East-Germany had opened its border:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vmz7Jz_nzY

Lucky Starr

11-10-14, 11:10 AM

Here the anthem from Austria (not Australia, because we have no Kangaroos except in the Zoo). It is based on a work from W.A. Mozart. Some years ago the text was official changed slighty, but I am sure the most of our people don't like this change.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsAe44wZbNQ#t=71

This is one of our unofficial annthems: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMSa_xb2h5U

MGR1

11-10-14, 11:39 AM

I guess "God Save the Queen" (or King, depending on whether it's a bloke on the throne!) doesn't really need any intro:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Save_the_Queen

I think everybody knows what it sounds like......:O:

England mainly uses "God Save the Queen", but "Jerusalem" is gaining popularity:

http://www.nationalanthems.info/eng!jeru.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDPTIGueox8

Northern Ireland uses "Danny Boy/Londonderry Air":

http://www.nationalanthems.info/nie.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJEW19kS2_4

Wales uses "Hen Wlad fy Nhadau", also known as "Land of my Fathers" in English:

http://www.nationalanthems.info/wal.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s07ku6zHFYg

Last, but not least, Scotland has "Flower of Scotland":

http://www.nationalanthems.info/sco.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAqzXWNnRq4

I'm going to be a bit controversial here, but although "Flower of Scotland" is stirring enough, I can't say I particularly like it, and I do think it's a bit of a dirge. It's also been described as a "grudge set to music", which is arguably true.

I'd rather something a bit happier and with a snappy tempo had been chosen, like "Scotland the Brave"!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSH0eRKq1lE

Mike.:)

Betonov

11-10-14, 11:44 AM

Current Russian anthem uses the same music as the post 1943 Soviet one (the initial anthem was different - it was the Internationale in Russian), the wording too is very simmilar.

When I used to study in the British school we had to sing God Save the Queen several times a month :(

You mean:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2tBg5P2jfk

surprise, surprise...

And you wanted to say
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M9wrLN_dV0

Moonlight

11-10-14, 12:02 PM

The National Anthem of Italy was written by Goffredo Mameli in the autumn of 1847 but only became the Italian National Anthem in 1946.
Mameli was a Republican born in Genova in 1827 who joined the war with Garibaldi to fight the French troops. The French, at the time, were supporting the Catholic state in Rome.
Goffredo died 2 years after writing the Italian National Anthem. He was only 22 years old and his death was as a result of an infection due to a war injury. His remains are kept in the Mausoleum of the Janiculum.:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3RToBymttA

Aktungbby

11-10-14, 12:25 PM

Here's my contribution: a really cool interpretation of the Star Spangled Banner (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8C7i9kdEf8#t=122)by a really talented group of young men.

:agree:^1969: HERE's the Coolest version of all IMHO, done in front of 300,000 people-by one talented young man...at Woodstock! He brings out the bombs bursting in air and the rockets red glare- What Francis Scott Key penned to a drinking song- as both protest and ANTHEM: one man; one moment; one guitar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjzZh6-h9fM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjzZh6-h9fM) Still gives me shivers since I'm only hearing a copy of what's inside the man's head! On a lesser note:nope: since you mentioned School fight songs::huh: well there is only one!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4mKSUfe7V0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4mKSUfe7V0) from which we get the expression "go pher it!" http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/32/753/thumbs/75366271986.gif the beverage is anyone's guess!:D

Jimbuna

11-10-14, 01:13 PM

The UK national anthem has already been posted but there are many others of a military theme, depending on your individual preference.

Here is one of mine:

Can't beat a bit of the old nostalgia :03:

Rule Britannia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XPHL4Q86t4

Here's another:

There'll always be an England!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFsD7Q5QAS4

A couple of local songs:

Fog On The Tyne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF5xVnTo8gs

Blaydon Races

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apz20Wubbos

Skybird

11-10-14, 01:52 PM

Dan D is not fully correct. At least since 1991, only and exclusively the third verse is the official German national anthem, the other two verses are no longer officially recognised as part of the anthem.

By text, many anthems seem to be violent and war-happy. By musical sound, I may like anthems that I do not like by text. The Russian one sounds great, the British as well, by text I indeed like the German very much - it is not so martial like so many others. But the music sends you to bed.

Aktungbby

11-10-14, 02:13 PM

depending on your individual preference.
Can't beat a bit of the old nostalgia... Rule Britannia

:sign_yeah:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbyYr6L5xQM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbyYr6L5xQM) :sunny:Still the best Anthem! And one we all know the words to! :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

Herr-Berbunch

11-10-14, 02:19 PM

Obviously being English it can only be God Save The Queen, in particular the lovely cover version by John Lydon and Co. :rock:

u crank

11-10-14, 02:26 PM

O Canada

I think our national anthem suits our country quite well. That being said there is now a bit of controversy about the lyrics. The line 'True patriot love in all thy sons command' is what the fuss is all about.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-gives-voice-to-anthem-controversy/article1210208/

When I first heard about this I was apposed to changing something this traditional. But then the brain and heart kicked in. Women serve and die as police officers and soldiers so I think the nations song should reflect that. On that note here's a version by a nice Canadian girl. :salute:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IyxGO4v0yA

Jimbuna

11-10-14, 02:28 PM

I was expecting this mr. buna.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1urq4Vb0XM

Gazza sadly is now only a shadow of his former self for reasons I'm sure many of us know but his mate Jimmy 'Five Bellies' Gardner is actually my neighbour.

mapuc

11-10-14, 02:32 PM

Denmark have two National Anthems

One that is played when people like a President visit Denmark
(Kong Christian stod ved højen Mast = King Christian stood by the lofty mast)
And one that is played when Denmark play Football
(Det er et yndigt land = It is a lovely country)

As from what I know the first is official the other one is so to say unofficial

Markus

Oberon

11-10-14, 03:20 PM

I much prefer Rule Britannia to God Save the Queen, however inaccurate it may be.

The US has a pretty cool anthem, but it needs a good beat behind it to really stir or to be played in a different key.
Two of my favourite examples of the Star Spangled Banner, or to be more accurate in regards to one of them, 'The Defence of Fort M'Henry':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxvu54Y1_f0
(I wish they'd done a full version of this)

Then of course:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_PtnvVQhqA

And, the Russian/Soviet anthem is pretty nice too, works well in rock mode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaw5Zm6EskA

vanjast

11-10-14, 03:31 PM

errrrrrr yuk !! National Anthems... conjures up thoughts of patriotic lemmings.. mindless zombies willing to walk the short plank at short notice.

Funny enough I've never supported neither of our two anthems... Nationalism..z for me is a ..NO NO!!.

Don't get me wrong, I'll support the 'right' cause but not willy nilly...
:arrgh!:

I-25

11-10-14, 05:55 PM

Here's Mexican National Anthem.
Basically its about pride, defending the homeland from invaders and how we will never step down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8T9g7memUk

Unfortunately the people messing with mexico aren't foreign invaders.:down:

Rhodes

11-10-14, 06:01 PM

Portugal national anthem - A Portuguesa (the Portuguese) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdOEpfypWQA

Was composed in 1890 by Henrique Lopes de Mendonça and Alfredo Keil, both monarchic defenders, as a patriotic response to the "Pink Map" incident/crisis!
Then it was chosen as the national anthem by the Republic Party, after the republic revolution! :yep:

Skybird

11-10-14, 07:04 PM

You know what would make a fantastic and beautiful music for an anthem, not necessarily only a national anthem? That famous, calm second part of Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance" as to be heard here from time marker 1:13 to 3:00. Better known as "Land of Hope and Glory". :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYrAyF7lOaE

It has the ideal length for an anthem. Now add/replace a poetic text, and all that presented in a better, stronger symphonic performance, and that would be the perfect anthem, imho!

I heard the music first when I still was at school, in the early 80s, it served as title music for a 4-parts documentation on German TV about the British monarchy, called "Royalty". Wonderful orchestral arrangement, as far as I remember. Since then, I love this melody and music. It really pulls a string inside me. But just this one passage: the rest of the march is - well, not for me.

Oberon

11-10-14, 09:36 PM

Ah yes, that's another one I like, it's very stirring and powerful...and then there's God Save the King/Queen which is as upbeat as a funeral march. :dead:

That being said, Brian May can still polish it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaUsWfeULks

limkol

11-11-14, 08:05 AM

Isn't there a country that uses the tune to Monty Python as their national anthem? Or is it something I dreamt?

Jimbuna

11-11-14, 08:11 AM

The Italian National Anthem - "Il Canto Degli Italiani"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeDmsIMwQX8

Jimbuna

11-11-14, 08:14 AM

Isn't there a country that uses the tune to Monty Python as their national anthem? Or is it something I dreamt?

No, the song is a march called "The Liberty Bell," written by John Philip Sousa in 1893. The Pythons chose to use it because it was in the public domain, meaning that they did not have to pay to use it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov1kjVvYpWk

Dowly

11-11-14, 09:48 AM

Maamme is the one widely recognized as our national anthem (I guess technically, we don't have one).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzz_UK8fLmQ

Oh our land, Finland, land of our birth,
rings out the golden word!
No valley, no hill,
no water, shore more dear
than this northern homeland,
precious land of our fathers.

Your splendour from its shell
one day will bloom;
From our love shall rise
your hope, glorious joy,
and once your song, fatherland
higher still will echo.

Some (like myself), prefer the Finlandia Hymn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AjE0YCviCo

O, Finland, behold, your day is dawning,
The threat of night has been banished away,
And the lark of morning in the brightness sings,
As though the very firmament would sing.
The powers of the night are vanquished by the morning light,
Your day is dawning, O land of birth.

O, rise, Finland, raise up high
Your head, wreathed with great memories.
O, rise, Finland, you showed to the world
That you drove away the slavery,
And that you did not bend under oppression,
Your day is dawning, O land of birth.

swamprat69er

11-11-14, 08:54 PM

All through public school we sang God Save the Queen.

I would have preferred The Maple Leaf Forever.

http://youtu.be/OxOhk4Lk9aE

AndyJWest

11-11-14, 11:35 PM

Billy Connelly had the right idea:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9nnnM-__JQ

swamprat69er

11-12-14, 06:48 AM

Billy Connelly had the right idea:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9nnnM-__JQ
I just watched some of his other skits. 06:30 in the morning and I am busting a gut laughing at this guy.:haha::har:

Eichhörnchen

11-14-14, 02:11 PM

Is there a Klingon National Anthem? Probably...:D

Oberon

11-14-14, 02:53 PM

Is there a Klingon National Anthem? Probably...:D

There are three Klingon songs I'm aware of...well, two in-universe songs, and one 'theme'.

The Klingon 'theme' which is first heard in Star Trek: The Motion Picture is this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58wJRrvVgZI

It's heard in lots of the Original Series feature films, and even as recent as 'First Contact' where part of it plays during Worfs action on the Defiant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdNbVxMNFvk
(It's just a pity they got the noise for the pulse phaser wrong on the Defiant, they should sound like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-P6L5JGf24&feature=player_detailpage#t=13 , and the Red Alert is the wrong sound too...but I digress)

The other Klingon song is a drinking song, I don't know the name of it, but it refers to Kahless killing the tyrant Molor at the battle of the river Skral.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTuD6xf-ync

Translation:

And the blood was ankle deep.
And the River Skral ran crimson red.
On the day above all days.
When Kahless slew evil Molor dead. And finally, the more well known (at least amongst us Trek nerds) Klingon universe song, 'Hear, Sons of Kahless' which is a song sung going into battle...so I guess if there was to be an in-universe Klingon Anthem this would be it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBZ2MEBTYJs

Translation:

Hear! Sons of Kahless.
Hear! Daughters too.
The blood of battle washes clean
The Warrior brave and true.
We fight, we love, and then we kill.
Our lives burn short and bright,
Then we die with honor and join our fathers in the Black Fleet where
we battle forever, battling on through the Eternal fight./nerd :cool:

Eichhörnchen

11-14-14, 05:34 PM

sailor_X

11-14-14, 05:44 PM

Eternal candle light to fighters who felt for freedom of my homeland!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV8IuHN28vY

National Anthem of Lithuania.

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Eternal candle light to fighters who felt for freedom of Ukraine!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzgViS4Rpf8

Ukrainian National Anthem - "Shche Ne Vmerla Ukrainy"

Oberon

11-14-14, 06:22 PM

No, thanks for that. I knew someone would have the answer. And is it just me, or do you also find those two Klingon birds who show up now and again strangely, compellingly... well... you know. Especially the shorter one on the left.

Have you got any photos?

Do you mean Lursa and B'etor, aka the Duras sisters?

http://media.tumblr.com/1287a866097a468cf172b833e6bb2bbe/tumblr_inline_mvda7y2kXp1s2i9s9.jpg