Which country has the best national anthem???

[La_Serpiente]

There is this website that has the national anthem of every country in the world.

World Anthems

So which country has the best national anthem??? I would recommend that you listen to some of them before choosing.(Real Player needed)

USA-

USA
(instrumentals & vocals)

Russia-

Russia (instrumentals & vocals)
This one is my favourite.

Canada-

Canada (instrumentals & vocals)

England

England (Instrumentals & Vocals)

South Korea-

South Korea (instrumentals & vocals)

France

France (Instrumentals & Vocals)

Jordan-

Jordan
(Instrumentals only)

Japan-

Japan
(instrumentals & vocals)

Israel-

Israel <----This one sent chills up my spine. Some parts sung in minor key. (Instrumentals & Vocals)

Others you might want to look at:

China

China (Insrumentals & Vocals)

India

India
<---Nice Instrumentals (Instrumentals only)

Taiwan

Taiwan (Instrumentals & Vocals)

South Africa

South Africa (Instrumentals Only)

Austria

Austria (Instrumentals Only) <---Sound is kind of iffy.

Italy-

Italy (instrumentals & vocals)

New Zealand-

New Zealand (instrumentals & vocals)

Brazil-

Brazil (instrumentals & vocals)

[LittleApple81]

1. France always has gotten high marks. n/t

[Some Moran]

2. I like most of these...

France
USA
China (gov't sucks though)
Taiwan
Russia
Canada

:)

[cyclezealot]

11. france..Because it celebrates the revolution.

France's revolution permamently encompassed the concept of Liberty, Fraternity,and Solidarity.Solid concepts..Fraternity includes the concept of certain fundamental rights such as right to housing, health care and a base standard of living are inadvertently included within the COnsitution.
So as I understand the anthem it celebrates a somewhat overzealous, but none the less, successful revolution; unlike the American revolution which just changed the nature of the landed- gentry.

[Vitruvius]

25. And the Marseillaise is one glorious war whoop to fight for for liberty

& equality -- full of revolutionary fire from beginning to end.

To hear it is to want to go out & bayonet a royalist -- or their BFEE/Rethugnican equivalent.

The nearest American equivalent is the Battle Hymn of the Republic. Which is far, far better than "the Star Spangled Banner".


P.S: The Marseillaise recording linked to in the Original Message sounds like it was sung by none other than Mireille Mathieu "la demoiselle d'Avignon" -- it is stunning & absolutely worth a listen.

[Spider Jerusalem]

38. Yeah...

personally I think the US Congress ought to make Father Tom Vaughan's rendition of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" the national anthem. (Absolutely amazing jazz piano rendition...if you haven't heard it, you really should, although it's very hard to find...)

[OKNancy]

3. France

for emotion, melody, and "goosebump production"

[La_Serpiente]

4. I really liked Israel's one.

[Punkingal]

5. Tossup....

for me between France and Canada. But I like England, too.

[Samaka 3ajiba]

6. France

n/t

[fortyfeetunder]

7. Star Spangled Banner music is an old drinking tune

And it is nearly impossible to sing by anyone other than a trained professional, and I've heard a few of the "pros" fudge it. Or maybe it's better sung with a few cold ones under the belt!


I've always been in favor of changing the national anthem to "America the Beautiful" And for those Murkans thinking it's heresy to change, get real...

[JailBush]

9. Two Options

Either change our national anthem to America the Beautiful, or make Jimi Hendrix's interpretation the official version.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

8. There is a Dance

of Universal Peace to the Israeli National Anthem with some changes in the words. I like the last phrase to this Dance: Hear all ye people the Lord is One.

[zauberflote]

10. France, by all means

Canada's and Russia's are both very good, but France's La Marseillaise, if done with the right fervor and panache, could turn even the Chimp into a Francophile.

[SmileyBoy]

12. 3-way tie between Canada, New Zealand and Turkey.

IMHO...

[HEyHEY]

13. I love god save the queen

I really love how the English sing it during international soccer matches.

ALso: the best anthem ever was Canada's "origional" anthem "The Maple LEaf forever...it wasn't the anthem but kind of served as it before O Canada came out.

[pnorman]

14. The Star Spangled Banner

had been "wired" into my consciousness from early childhood. So it's almost impossible to compare it to any of the others, despite my "left-libertarian internationalist" outlook. But trying to be objective, the Marseilles (France) is probably the one that really moves me the most. It was also an internatiomal song of (left-wing) protest that even preceded the Internationale (also written in France, but much later). As such, it was considered subversive in many non-democratic countries and was generally forbidden.

I don't recall where I had read it, but in the decades when the principles of the French Revolution were spreading outwards and inspiring rebels in other countries, there was supposed to be have been a phrase: "All men have two motherlands; their own and France".

I spent much time in Japan, so Kimi Ga Yo also has an emotional appeal. But frankly, all the ones on that page that I've listened to, sounded more than a little artificial and downright "wierd".

[Endangered Specie]

15. What kind of a poll

is this without the German one?... "Deutschlandlied" is superior to all other anthems!

[Kellanved]

16. ahem

1. France
2. USA
3. Germany (I know it's lame to nominate one's own nation, but...)
4. Europe (http://europa.eu.int/abc/symbols/anthem/sounds/anthem-96kbps.mp3)

Cause you've forgotten Germany as an option:
http://www.bund.de/images/medien/NationalhymneBund.mp3
http://www.bund.de/images/medien/NationalhymneKarayan.mp3

[Endangered Specie]

17. Is the EU anthem

really Beethoven's #9?

I can't help but ask if they could have picked something a little more original?

[Kellanved]

18. and reach consensus?

I don't think so.

[Endangered Specie]

19. ehh..

I see your point.
"Not YOUR national anthem, how about mine..."

couldn't have made one up?

[sasquatch]

20. The German national anthem sounds like a beer polka

:beer:

[sasquatch]

21. The German national anthem sounds like a beer polka

:beer:

[sasquatch]

22. The German national anthem sounds like a beer polka

:beer:

[Endangered Specie]

23. so?

:toast:

Ironic how the French one talks about forming battailions and killing the enemy, and their record is 1-17-9, the win = French Revolution (both sides were French).

[sasquatch]

31. Didn't they win the 100 years war?

Also help us win our revolution?

Doesn't that count as 2?

[Kellanved]

24. does it?

First time I've heard /read that comparison. Well, sorta fitting - we are still only surpassed by the Irish in beer consumption.
:toast:

Depends on who is playing it I guess (and on who is listening).

[Coventina]

36. I'm rather fond of "Deutchland"

Yeah, I know it has some bad connotations now. But as a melody I think it's right up there with the French nat'l anthem.

[TheZoo]

26. Oh Canada!

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!

From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

And, I do disagree with someone's thought about the German National Anthem. It does NOT sound like a "polka song"

[Endangered Specie]

27. Depends on how its played....

It can sound one of many ways, thats what is so great about it.
(I have about 15 different versions)

Deutschland, Deutschland über alles,
über alles in der Welt,
wenn es stets zu Schutz und Trutze
brüderlich zusammen hält.
Von der Maas bis an die Memel, von der
Etsch bis an den Belt.
Deutschland, Deutschland über alles,
über alles in der Welt.

Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue,
deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang,
sollen in der Welt behalten ihren alten
schönen Klang.
Uns zu edler Tat begeistern unser ganzes
Leben lang.
Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue,
deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang.

Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit für
das deutsche Vaterland,
danach laßt uns alle streben brüderlich mit
Herz und Hand.
Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit sind
des Glückes Unterpfand.
Blüh' im Glanze dieses Glückes, blühe
deutsches Vaterland!

Ive seen it as a ringtone, now that is blaspheme.

[LibInternationalist]

28. for some reason, I much prefer an instrumental Star Spangled Banner

my favorite rendition was by the New York Philharmonic after 9/11 -- the first time I was moved to tears by our anthem, just sobbing -- if anyone knows where a recording of that concert (Brahms German Requiem) can be found, please please let me know

[mitchum]

29. Sweet Janestan

[WillyBrandt]

30. Israel--HANDS DOWN

It has a sheer beauty that none of the others come close to approaching.

Others are passionate, or majestic, or pompous, or sweet--but Israel's is really a work of art.

[mobuto]

33. Well, Israel's Hatikva is stolen from Bedrich Smetana's "Ma Vlast"

an homage to an independent Czech Republic which has... jack shit... to do with Jews, Zionism or Israel.

But I don't particularly care, since our national anthem used to be an English drinking song, and Germany's was written by Haydn to be the national anthem of goddamn Austria. So national anthem purveyors are all a bunch of dishonest thieves.

And speaking of Russia, which national anthem do they have this week? They're always either changing the words or alternating between the Ode to the Czar and the Commie Hymn.

[PittPoliSci]

32. Soviet Union

I know its the same as Russia, it just seems to mean more as the Soviet Union that's all. a matter of taste...

[newyawker99]

34. France n/t

[Spider Jerusalem]

35. Can't beat the Marseillaise...(n/t)

[bif]

37. Star Spangled Banner is the worst.

Extremely hard to sing and all about war. "America the Beautiful" should be our national anthem. "Oh Canada" is one of the best. Easy to sing and easy to remember.