Best and Worst National Anthems
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Best and Worst National Anthems
What do you think? I think most are pretty awful, but the UK's God Save the Queen is right up there in terms of terribleness. Really dreary.
As for others, there's a part of the Dutch national anthem where the tune sounds too much like "And a partridge in a peartree" for it to be taken seriously. But of the ones you're likely to hear fairly often, definitely think the French one is better than most.
As for others, there's a part of the Dutch national anthem where the tune sounds too much like "And a partridge in a peartree" for it to be taken seriously. But of the ones you're likely to hear fairly often, definitely think the French one is better than most.
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France is definitely top tier when it comes to national anthems. Britain's is a dirge, agreed. Monaco's is pretty fun as it sounds a bit like the ShinRa March from Final Fantasy VII. And South Africa's is very beautiful in its multiple languages.
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South Africa - so good they've got two
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Italy is best, then Germany. Still didn't make up for the Schumacher Ferrari era being tedious as fuck though.
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UK's is easily the worst. I hate Ireland's Call, the compromise anthem the Irish rugby team uses because the actual Irish anthem is considered "inappropriate".
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Jimmi Hendrix version of Star Spangled Banner is great.
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Brazil is good but I have to go for Russia
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This is quite a good YouTube channel by the way. Interestingly I went to the Monaco one and in the comments they were talking about Charles Leclerc. Fair enough, there aren't many famous people from Monaco. Then I go to Russia and they're talking about Daniil Kvyat! Everyone's obsessed with Formula One!
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Liechtenstein is great as it is totally unique, never heard a melody like that in my life! The lyrics on the other hand seem rather familiar...
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The best one is Italy. The UK isn't too bad - it's a lot better than the snoozefest that is Austria.
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The instrumental version of the UK national anthem is a lot better than the one with LyricsRhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 11:43 pm The best one is Italy. The UK isn't too bad - it's a lot better than the snoozefest that is Austria.
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