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Favourite National Anthems for Pre-Football
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henrywilliams58
14-06-2014
With the England game coming up and the worst national anthem of the 32 about the be played and sung which is your favourite National Anthem of the 32?

For me the most dire is "England's" GSTQ.

Chile has the best,

http://youtu.be/hzMKeN6y-1M
Peter Venkman
14-06-2014
Always loved the German one.
jeffiner1892
14-06-2014
I did a "World Cup" of these on another forum during SA. The winner by a single vote was France.

Narrowly beating Italy.
celesti
14-06-2014
Italy without a doubt for me. I do like some of these jaunty South American anthems though.
Pat_Smith
14-06-2014
Originally Posted by henrywilliams58:
“For me the most dire is "England's" GSTQ.”


Indeed. Both words and music are shyte. An embarrassment.

There are many great National Anthems:

Russia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOAtz8xWM0w

Greece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VkPRU6C-JQ

Brazil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyyOahYXhUQ

Many more.
henrywilliams58
14-06-2014
Interesting how many of the jaunty ones start with an instrumental bit. I thought that the Uruguayan one sounded very much like the Chilean one.

This will do for England [even if it is as British as GSTQ and not English ]

http://youtu.be/PXQHpO4eEgk

http://youtu.be/WkxW0Dbf5qA
big bro geek
14-06-2014
If only Russia had qualified!!
henrywilliams58
14-06-2014
Originally Posted by big bro geek:
“If only Russia had qualified!!”

We wouldn't have to see Capello's grin ... but wait ...
gemma-the-husky
14-06-2014
Brazil, USA, Russia, Italy, France are top anthems.
Pat_Smith
15-06-2014
Yeah, USA and France also very good.
batdude_uk1
15-06-2014
Originally Posted by big bro geek:
“If only Russia had qualified!!”

Yes!! I love that anthem! It was great hearing it so much at the Winter Olympics and Paralympics!

From the ones here, I loved the Italian one, very uplifting.
jeffiner1892
15-06-2014
Just a pity Buffon wasn't llaying tonight, missed him belting out the anthem completely off key!
TheWireRules
15-06-2014
France
USA
Italy
Xela M
15-06-2014
The Italian national anthem is divine
O'Neill
15-06-2014
Italy and France.
big mac
15-06-2014
Uruguay's national anthem is a good one, in fact most South American ones tend to be up-tempo and lively.
henrywilliams58
15-06-2014
Bosnia's may be worse than England's
panixs
16-06-2014
I cant hear the French without starting to sing this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-pFAFsTFTI&feature=kp
henrywilliams58
16-06-2014
Here is a great fans' rendition of the Italian anthem singing the names of all 24 players from Italian national team for World Cup 2014 using the music of Fratelli d'Italia.

http://youtu.be/ekNGNs-Pqgg

Here is the list to singalong to the tune.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_n...#Current_squad
Pat_Smith
16-06-2014
Originally Posted by henrywilliams58:
“Bosnia's may be worse than England's”


I'd say Argentina's scores heavily in that department. Horrendous.
Ænima
16-06-2014
I would say the English, French, US and Spanish anthems are all good. Not sure if they are older, but all of them are instantly recognisable to me, unlike a lot of the other anthems which, are a bit meh
Layzeegoat
16-06-2014
Originally Posted by henrywilliams58:
“For me the most dire is "England's" GSTQ.
http://youtu.be/hzMKeN6y-1M”

It's dire in no small part because it's the British National Anthem (I'm guessing that's why you've put England's in inverted commas). England should have its own, e.g. 'Land of Hope and Glory'. It would also mean that the other countries in the UK could take more pride in our shared anthem (even though it's not the best).

My favourite is Russia, followed by France, USA and Germany. Italy and Spain are also good.
FMKK
16-06-2014
Russia, France and Italy are the best in that order for me. That Argentina anthem sounded really good tonight too.
mashamoto79
16-06-2014
Question for people, for the ones you are nominating, have you read the lyrics of them? Especially France.
Ænima
16-06-2014
Originally Posted by mashamoto79:
“Question for people, for the ones you are nominating, have you read the lyrics of them? Especially France.”

Yes. What do you think needs to be considered about the lyrics? Your post is pretty vague.
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