best national anthems

[YPrrrr]

I actually thought Tec posted the USSR anthem in the first post and didn't notice until now lol

[Kalahari Inkantation]

Lol I do like the Czech anthem in its natural state:

[spoiler][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2fjr95Jtiw[/youtube][/spoiler]

It is a rather somber anthem. It was written while the Czechs were part of the Hapsburg empire (Kde Domov Muj means where is my home?) and has continued to hold relevance as the Czechs were continually harassed and conquered by neighbors throughout the 20th century. I used to be able to sing it pretty well but sadly my Czech isn't great anymore

it's p. great

also lol

(Kde Domov Muj means where is my home?)

it's funny just how intelligible this would be to someone to knows russian (probably true of any slavic language though tbh)

a literal translation of the same sentence would be rendered as "Ð"де дом мой?/Gde dom moj?", which looks and sounds almost exactly the same (or well it would look almost the same if not for cyrillic)

[Kalahari Inkantation]

I actually thought Tec posted the USSR anthem in the first post and didn't notice until now lol

everyone knows that one already so posted something a little more obscure

soviet azerbaijan had such a cool anthem :'(

[Kalahari Inkantation]

[youtube]1uzcZD1IJgc[/youtube]

[Kalahari Inkantation]

My favorite defunct anthem:

[spoiler][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1CyPjQQTAM[/youtube][/spoiler]

I despise East Germany but those Commies sure have a way with anthems.

this is a great one

fun fact: they lyrics and melody of this and deutschlandlied are 100% fully interchangeable with one another lol

[YPrrrr]

[youtube]1uzcZD1IJgc[/youtube]

Yea it's very good and powerful.

Even the Irish sing it when they'd play the French in sports  (just the the tune not the words but still).

[Kalahari Inkantation]

those Commies sure have a way with anthems.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZiFeKQIr1U[/youtube]

They do an infinitely better job at this than we do.

[strongbad]

i heard the thai national anthem about a billion times while i was over there because they have a boner for their country
it was ok

[Kalahari Inkantation]

i heard the thai national anthem about a billion times while i was over there because they have a boner for their country

Do they miss Yingluck Shinawatra as much as I do?

[spoiler][/spoiler]

Jesus Christ.

[strongbad]

idk who that is lol

[Kalahari Inkantation]

impeached convicted former prime minister whose removal from office launched the country into a military dictatorship lol

[silvertone]

usa has a good national anthem because its a bar song

[Kalahari Inkantation]

usa has a good national anthem because its a bar song

it's also just good outright

at least, when it isn't being ruined by some poptard who forgets the lyrics or otherwise hideously bastardizes it

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GuoHqL-0F0[/youtube]

[Mando Pandango]

usa has a good national anthem because its a bar song

it's also just good outright

at least, when it isn't being ruined by some poptard who forgets the lyrics or otherwise hideously bastardizes it

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GuoHqL-0F0[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8itum6etNcM[/youtube]

[Kalahari Inkantation]

[spoiler][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8itum6etNcM[/youtube][/spoiler]

you know, i don't necessarily mind unique covers of the anthem

his improv was just extremely excessive

that performance would have been way better if not for that