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National anthems
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01/24/06 04:52 AM
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Aside from your own country's, which national anthem do you like? I think that my fav one is La Marseillaise, the French anthem. I'm sure the "Casablanca" movie fans here agree! But I like the USA, the Germany and the GB ones too. I also loved the anthems of the former USSR and DDR. JM, I think I never listened to the Russia anthem!! A good site is here
I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth (Blanche/A streetcar named desire)
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Re: National anthems
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01/24/06 06:15 AM
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Lovely! But they've got the one of ours which has not been used for over 10 years or so. The one we use right now is here: http://www.jfkaemper.de/flaghym/Iran.mid
"Fire cannot kill a dragon." -Daenerys Targaryen, Game of Thrones
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Re: National anthems
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01/24/06 05:25 PM
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Oh, Canada is pretty sweet. I love to sing it at the hockey games (with drunken Canadians next to me, of course). But in my neoconservative patriotic right-wing racist opinion, nothing beats Francis Scott Key's Star-Spangled Banner, though as far as patriotic songs are concerned, I love John Philip Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever, always the standard on the 4th of July.
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Re: National anthems
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01/24/06 08:15 PM
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Don Jasani
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I don't know too many national anthems, but other than the Canadian national anthem (O Canada) I would say that I really like the American national anthem (The Star Spangled Banner), The French national anthem (La Marseillaise), although I absolutely despise the "royal" family the British national anthem (God Save The Queen) is nice too. Again, I don't know too much about the national anthems of the world so I guess I'm the wrong person to ask. I do like the American national hymns or songs or whatever. God Bless America is nice, but America The Beautiful has almost brought me to tears at times and I'm not even American!
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Re: National anthems
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01/25/06 12:01 AM
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Originally posted by MaryCas: Does the Jamaican anthem have a reggae beat? I think that would be cool. ....No, Woman No Cry.... I couldn't hear it on the site, but I bet it does. I like the Russian one as well, I think it's beautiful. So is Israel's, which I hear occasionally at various places. The one they've got for Canada on that site has a funky beat... very late 80's I-just-bought-a-synth kind of thing. I thought ours was "My Way" though... it's not? Like Frank said, "We will now do the national anthem, but you needn't rise!" By the way, my favorite scene featuring the French anthem is not in Casablanca, but on the Martin & Lewis Comedy Hour, when Dean and Jerry are working a soda fountain. A man comes in and orders French ice cream, and these two turn to each other and start singing the French national anthem at the top of their lungs. I still laugh when I think of it.
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Re: National anthems
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01/28/06 01:24 PM
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Music Mexicanos, al grito de Guerra El acero, aprestad y el bridón, y retiemble en sus centros la tierra. Al sonoro rugir del cañón. Ciña ¡Oh patria tus sienes de oliva! De la paz el arcángel divino, Que en el cielo tu eterno destino Por el dedo de Dios escribió. Más si osare un extraño enemigo Profanar con su planta tu suelo Pienso ¡Oh patria querida! Que el cielo Un soldado en cada hijo te dio. Coro Mexicanos, al grito de Guerra El acero, aprestad y el bridón, y retiemble en sus centros la tierra. Al sonoro rugir del cañón. II ¡Guerra, guerra sin tregua al que intente De la patria manchar los blasones! ¡Guerra, guerra! Los patrios pendones, En las olas de sangre empapad. ¡Guerra, guerra! En el monte, en el valle Los cañones horrísonos truenen, Y los ecos sonoros resuenen Con las voces de ¡Unión! ¡Libertad! Mexicanos, al grito de Guerra El acero, aprestad y el bridón, y retiemble en sus centros la tierra. Al sonoro rugir del cañón. III Antes, patria, que inermes tu hijos Bajo el yugo su cuello dobleguen Tus campiñas con sangre se rieguen Sobre la sangre se estampe su pie. Y tus templos, palacios y torres Se derrumben con hórrido estruendo, Y sus ruinas existan diciendo: De mil héroes la patria aquí fué. Mexicanos, al grito de Guerra El acero, aprestad y el bridón, y retiemble en sus centros la tierra. Al sonoro rugir del cañón. IV ¡Patria! ¡Patria! Tus hijos te juran Exhalar en tus aras su aliento, Si el clarín con su bélico acento Los convoca a lidiar con valor. ¡Para ti las guirnaldas de oliva! ¡Un recuerdo para ellos de gloria! ¡Un laurel para tí de victoria! ¡Un sepulcro para ellos de honor! Mexicanos, al grito de Guerra El acero, aprestad y el bridón, y retiemble en sus centros la tierra. Al sonoro rugir del cañón.
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Re: National anthems
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01/30/06 03:55 AM
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Originally posted by dontomasso: The worst is the Italian one that goes on forever. goes on forever? what do you mean? You mean it is repetitive?
I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth (Blanche/A streetcar named desire)
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