And the US national anthem should be played by Manowar. :thumbup:
Jimi Hendrix did it just fine, thankyou ! :tiphat:
And the US national anthem should be played by Manowar. :thumbup:
That's a great comparison!I know someone who described nationalism as "Stockholm Syndrome".
Mine has something to do with the Queen, I think!
I can hum the first 10 or so seconds of it, but I have no idea what the words are. We never did anything about it in school.
Nobody in Britain ever stands up to it, or puts their hand on their heart for it. It's just not done over here.
Terrible tune, bit of dirge.
I stopped for a different reason:
Now that I'm out of gradeschool, I never have the occasion to say the pledge. Is there anywhere that the pledge *is* performed routinely outside of schools?
It is no song for being sung at school in the morning, or for celebrating that the German Army bombed a few Talibans. It is also not suitable for any serious political event, where you should formally show your love of your country. It isn't such a song. It is meant for being sung in a happy atmosphere, together with your friends and one or two tubs of beer. It is a drinking song.
BTW, what is this with all these countries where children are instructed to sing the national anthem at school? It sort of freaks me out.
Mine has something to do with the Queen, I think!
I can hum the first 10 or so seconds of it, but I have no idea what the words are. We never did anything about it in school.
Nobody in Britain ever stands up to it, or puts their hand on their heart for it. It's just not done over here.
Same here.
It used to be played at the end of a cinema performance, and there was a mad scramble for the exits.
Terrible tune, bit of dirge. Wish we had something a bit cheery like the French, I think the Spanish one is a bit lively too?
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I've heard it said that the Deutschlandlied is a drinking song to the tune of a national anthem, and the Star Spangled Banner is a national anthem to the tune of a drinking song. (You need to be drunk to have the vocal range, or at least not to care that you don't).
There's actually a hymn in English to the same tune. My dad was shocked to find out that "Deutschland, Deutschland über Alles" and "Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken" have the same tune.
It is meant for being sung in a happy atmosphere, together with your friends and one or two tubs of beer. It is a drinking song.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoffmann_von_Fallersleben
Our flag colors are green for independence from Spain, white for Catholicism (so much for freedom of religion), and red for the union between mestizos, natives, and creoles. Then of course the shield, which represents Lake Texcoco, where the Aztecs settled Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City).
I think most Australians would know it.
YouTube- Zdravljica - slovenska himna
Official translation:
God's blessing on all nations,
who long and work for that bright day,
when over Earth's habitations,
no war, no strife shall hold it's sway;
Who long to see,
that all men free,
no more shall foes, but neighbours be.