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Monaco and Italy both have really good ones
Unironically, the Soviet Union. I’ve herd that anthem a thousand times as a joke, but you know, it kinda slaps.
Obviously I’m just talking about the arrangement and music because I’ve no idea what the lyrics mean.
It is used as the Russian anthem too, which is currently unfortunate because it’s amazing.
The tune but not the lyrics, which honestly suck.
I’m sure the lyrics are sane and not at all unhinged
Honestly, for an anthem, they’re pretty tame.
The first version of lyrics was written after WWII and changed twice already. First to remove references to Stalin and then again to remove references to Soviet Union. All 3 versions were written by the same guy.
Nah East germany beats it with the lyrics
France fucks, any anthem about glorious dead and cunting monarchs in to the sun is immediately S tier.
Sincerely, F tier UK.
Qu’un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons !(May impure blood
Water our furrows!)Can’t see anyone misinterpreting that.
Don’t get me wrong, the Marseillaise slaps, but it does have some slighltly problematic aspects.
I’m pretty sure that’s about basting potatoes in too much butter.
No such thing as too much butter
I’ve always liked Canada
I’m a huge fan of O Canada. Always enjoyed catching hockey games where one of the Canadian teams came down and so I’d get to hear it. Also enjoyed seeing games up in Montreal and getting the Francophonian version.
The French lyrics are different too, not sure how many people outside of Canada even know that, sports fans aside! In Alberta schools since the 80’s they’ve sung the middle part of the song in French even if the kids have no idea what they’re saying 😅, here’s English translation:
O Canada! Land of our ancestors, Thy brow is wreathed with glorious flowers. For thy arm knows how to carry the sword, It knows how to carry the cross! Thy history is an epic Of the most brilliant exploits. And thy valour, steeped in faith, Will protect our homes and our rights. Will protect our homes and our rights.Unfortunately very Christian.
Land of our ancestors
Wow that’s disgusting to include in the anthem considering the genocide of indigenous peoples that Canada is founded on and continues to perpetuate.
That is just a piece. The original French is much worse and explicitly racist.
It’s barely a secret that’s still the case yes. You can tell by the french public resistance to make the french lyrics more secular as well. People have tried. It’s certainly embarrassing.
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It was very welcome at the CNE following the mass booing during the US anthem lmao
Fuck all the war songs, Slovenia’s anthem is a drinking song called The Toast if I remember correctly.
The full song is 8 verses long and all of them are in the shape of a wine cup, and the seventh verse is our national anthem. The entire song mainly talks about drinking which mostly sums up Slovenia :D
And our anthem sings about peace among all nations not just ours which is rare I would say.
Exactly. But only the part where it talks about peace anong nations is the official anthem
Brazil has a very complicated, beautiful and long national anthem. Its great and all but using such difficult words and being so long means most people here don’t know the full song much less understand its meaning.
Funnily enough, I memorized and can sing the italian hymn because of my middle school, but can’t sing the full national anthem from my own country
I am not sure they still do but back in the day at least some Brazilian text books used to have the national anthem on the back, thats how I learned the words.
Not Australia. I can assure you
You don’t want to be girt by sea?
You have no wealth for toil?
Whaat? Men at Work is such a good band, though.
I’m glad at least that it’s secular and inclusive. At least, the modern lyrics are - the original are a cringe product of their time.
I vote we move to You’re The Voice by John Farmham.
What’s the matter babe, don’t you feel young and free?
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The problem is they are always singing it to the wrong tune
Are you not fair?
France no question
Ukraine’s national anthem is definitely up there. Part of the reason is that it’s writen by an actual songwriter instead of a poet, unlike the anthems of most western nations
France and the Netherlands have war songs for their national anthems that are pretty good.
I don’t know about France, but the Dutch anthem is not only a war song, it actually makes a lot of fun of Spain. As that was the enemy in the war the song is about. Which is always lots of fun during soccer matches against spain
To the king of Spain I’ve granted A lifelong loyalty.
That sure is some astringent piss taking there, I’m sure the Spanish are incandescent.
Yeah that line meant ironically. The geuzen sang it while slaughtering Spanish troops
The reply in the Spanish anthem ir pretty scathing, though.
The Soviet Union
It was so good Russia couldn’t invent any better and took the same music and a few lines
Mexico, hands down. If you grew up in San Diego and listens to cool radio, you heard this twice a day and it slaps!
Sometimes, as teenagers while partying and drunk af we suddenly got a national pride surge, and sang the national anthem at the top of our lungs. It’s just so good. Also nothing unites us Mexicans more than singing it before a football match.
Shame the lyrics are all about war when we have all sorts of cool things here but what can you do. (They do ignite something deep within tho haha)
Fucking 91X. I spent a lot of time wondering why it do be like that. I listen to a lot of Internet radio.
It’s not the best by a very big margin. But whenever I get up wasted after a night of partying and have a look at the mirror, I hear the anthem of long gone eastern Germany.
Auferstanden aus Ruinen Und der Zukunft zugewandt…
Risen from ruins And turned toward the future…
Unironically a better song that yhe current German anthem.
The lyrics are so much more hopefull than I expected
It was a dictatorship, nice anthem or not.
Romania
Note: I am not Romanian
The lyrics start with something like “Awaken from your graves and kill those barbaric tyrants”.
I’m a fan of the old East German anthem if that counts.
Also shout out to Azerbaijan for possibly the most metal anthem.
