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I'm not a fan of my original (British) anthem or of my current (Australian) anthem.
I'm surprised no-one's mentioned the Italian anthem - my favourite by far, especially after a Ferrari win at an F1 Grand Prix. It's so cheerful-sounding!
I'm not a fan of my original (British) anthem or of my current (Australian) anthem.
I'm surprised no-one's mentioned the Italian anthem - my favourite by far, especially after a Ferrari win at an F1 Grand Prix. It's so cheerful-sounding!
I've had both too - the Aussie one was God Save The Queen when I was in grade school, in the Jurassic age, before they switched over to Advance Australia Fair. Which I never realized had such a simultaneously exotic and grim word as girt in it, I must have unwittingly inserted some other (probably just as ridiculous) word.
Of course they should have picked Waltzing Matilda (dark as it is.) I'd much rather explain what's a Jolly Jumbuck than a girt. Actually I don't think I could explain a girt.
Although with our's, it's difficult to remember the words, especially when you've had a few pre-match drinks. Then you just do the "Gwlad! Gwlad!" bit...
Yes the Welsh anthem is great as well. Very stirring.
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Favourite British anthems are 'Amazing Grace', 'I vow to thee my Country' and 'Jerusalem'.
John Newton was born in Wapping London, in 1725 ( 24 July 1725 – 21 December 1807) and was an English sailor, in the Royal Navy later a becoming a captain of slave ships. He became ordained as an evangelical Anglican cleric, served Olney, Buckinghamshire in England for two decades, and also wrote hymns, known for "Amazing Grace" and "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken".
Hey, let's be honest.
The Russian anthem is the remake of the Soviet one when it comes to lyrics.
These are the original lyrics (except for that original "Stalin" is substituted with "Lenin" here.)
And I agree with one of the comments there; "It doesn't matter what your views on the USSR are. This is one grand anthem."
It sure is, because it reflects a lot of things about Russians - not just their "political system." It is a powerful, moving piece, particularly in the older version, sung by the Red Army choir.
I'm not a fan of my original (British) anthem or of my current (Australian) anthem.
I'm surprised no-one's mentioned the Italian anthem - my favourite by far, especially after a Ferrari win at an F1 Grand Prix. It's so cheerful-sounding!
The music can actually be quite cheerful, but lyrics are quite different. It is full of war references.
It was written just before the unification of the country, and it fully represents the ones who struggled for it. It is full of references to the glories of Ancient Rome, of the main battles in which Italians (still divided into several little countries) managed to defeat their foreign rulers and how they were ready to fight and to die for the unification. It is not a bad lyric, but it is really outdated in my opinion.
For example the chorus in particular says:
"Let us join in a cohort*,
We are ready to die.
We are ready to die,
Italy has called! Yes!"
(*a cohort was a part of a Roman Legion, so this is a reference to ancient Rome armies*)
Worst: Taiwan. ****ing nauseating. Whoever wrote the song and the lyrics deserved violent death.
It's the anthem of the Republic of China. There is no such thing as a Taiwanese national anthem. Maybe in your wetdream, but good try.
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