well spotted
although, I was thinking of the national anthem of a very powerful superpower http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Hf7j4mj9U
Inspirational Patriotic Songs
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although, I was thinking of the national anthem of a very powerful superpower http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Hf7j4mj9U
philippe
FYI, I chase trains.
Enclave radio station: 24/7 of blazing patriotism in a capital wasteland.
Verbose
Deity
Anyone else here use to catch the Last Night of the Proms the Brits are generous enough to televise?
Always a nice medley of British patriotic singing in the traditional part of the repertoire. "Jerusalem" being the personal favourite. (Not particularily original of me
)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ0oCmDXrVk
Sometime I've spent a little time figuring out what the devil the Swedes would be singing, if they tried copying the format. Some of the following would certainly go in:
"Sverige" ("Sweden"):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YGrIvYAsOA
Music by Vilhelm Stenhammar, words by Werner von Heidenstam, Nobel Prize laureate for literature in 1916.
"Now the water of the wells are playing, where once armies stood lit by fire,/and deeds turned into Sagas; but hand by hand, your people, as of old, still take the ancient oaths of allegiance..."
It's the runner up for the competition as national anthem. Bloody brilliant song, but probably wisely came second as it's damn near unsingable for a crowd of ordinary humans bawling with more feeling than skill. Oh, and all the pretty pictures of flowers and landscapes in the clip; very Swedish.
"Land du välsignade" ("Thou Blessed Land")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw7bWah8Rsg
1923, music by Ragnar Althén, words by Elisabet Björklund.
"Thou blessed land, take my work!/To you I bequeath all my striving!/Hallow my thought and strengthen my arm,/ to make me stand among the foremost/so that when time on this earth is completed,/and I have descended into the shadows/it will be remembered, with pride, that I was Swedish"... etc.
And thinking about Swedish patriotic songs, they all kind of have this quality of wistful longing. They're not really martial, or at least the marches of this that and the other thing don't resonate with popular sentiments as much.
Finding the martial nuggets there are though, one also finds that strictly speaking they tend to involve people other than Swedes, the Finns, as a testament to how the Finns from the POV of Swedish martial history function quite a bit like the Irish, Welsh and Scots do in British military history; bunch of crazy bastards possible to unleash on an unsuspecting enemy, "and all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad".
"Finska rytteriets marsch" ("March of the Finnish Cavalry")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nlXgeiZ1UU&feature=relatedMusic by can't be dated and composer not identified since it's traditional from the 30 Years War, words by Zachris Topelius in 1872. "The snowy North is our fatherland..." As one can surmise from the title, this is one of instances when Sweden's martial history is so intertwined with Finland's separation is pretty damn impossible. These days it's the regimental march of simulatneously the Norbotten Regiment (Sweden) and the Tavastland Regiment (Finland). Iirc it's been picked up one or more German regiments as well.
"Björneborgarnas marsch" ("March of the Björneborg Regiment")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw4xuoP8eZ4
Unknown 18th composer, words by 19th c. poet Johan Ludwig Runeberg:
"A storm is loose! The fire's free, as the thunder of the fieldguns roll ahead: Forwards, forwards, rank by rank!" etc.
Very traditional, these days the signature song of the President of Finland, played on the occasion of his presence.
Always a nice medley of British patriotic singing in the traditional part of the repertoire. "Jerusalem" being the personal favourite. (Not particularily original of me
)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ0oCmDXrVk
Sometime I've spent a little time figuring out what the devil the Swedes would be singing, if they tried copying the format. Some of the following would certainly go in:
"Sverige" ("Sweden"):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YGrIvYAsOA
Music by Vilhelm Stenhammar, words by Werner von Heidenstam, Nobel Prize laureate for literature in 1916.
"Now the water of the wells are playing, where once armies stood lit by fire,/and deeds turned into Sagas; but hand by hand, your people, as of old, still take the ancient oaths of allegiance..."
It's the runner up for the competition as national anthem. Bloody brilliant song, but probably wisely came second as it's damn near unsingable for a crowd of ordinary humans bawling with more feeling than skill. Oh, and all the pretty pictures of flowers and landscapes in the clip; very Swedish.
"Land du välsignade" ("Thou Blessed Land")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw7bWah8Rsg
1923, music by Ragnar Althén, words by Elisabet Björklund.
"Thou blessed land, take my work!/To you I bequeath all my striving!/Hallow my thought and strengthen my arm,/ to make me stand among the foremost/so that when time on this earth is completed,/and I have descended into the shadows/it will be remembered, with pride, that I was Swedish"... etc.
And thinking about Swedish patriotic songs, they all kind of have this quality of wistful longing. They're not really martial, or at least the marches of this that and the other thing don't resonate with popular sentiments as much.
Finding the martial nuggets there are though, one also finds that strictly speaking they tend to involve people other than Swedes, the Finns, as a testament to how the Finns from the POV of Swedish martial history function quite a bit like the Irish, Welsh and Scots do in British military history; bunch of crazy bastards possible to unleash on an unsuspecting enemy, "and all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad".
"Finska rytteriets marsch" ("March of the Finnish Cavalry")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nlXgeiZ1UU&feature=relatedMusic by can't be dated and composer not identified since it's traditional from the 30 Years War, words by Zachris Topelius in 1872. "The snowy North is our fatherland..." As one can surmise from the title, this is one of instances when Sweden's martial history is so intertwined with Finland's separation is pretty damn impossible. These days it's the regimental march of simulatneously the Norbotten Regiment (Sweden) and the Tavastland Regiment (Finland). Iirc it's been picked up one or more German regiments as well.
"Björneborgarnas marsch" ("March of the Björneborg Regiment")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw4xuoP8eZ4
Unknown 18th composer, words by 19th c. poet Johan Ludwig Runeberg:
"A storm is loose! The fire's free, as the thunder of the fieldguns roll ahead: Forwards, forwards, rank by rank!" etc.
Very traditional, these days the signature song of the President of Finland, played on the occasion of his presence.
holy king
Deity
Konstantin Wecker: Vaterland
Vata
is des wirklich wahr
warst du wirklich a Sozi in die
dreißiger Jahr ?
Warst du wirklich damals im Widerstand
hast gekämpft gegns eigene Vaterland ?
Vata
i muass mi schama
i möcht an andern Nama
in der Schul'
du glaubst ned
wie peinlich des is
da heissen's di an Kommunist.
Und der Bua träumt von
Recht und Ordnung
von an gsunden
graden Tritt
und im Geist
da hört ers marschieren
und im Geist
da marschiert er scho mit.
Und der Vata woass ned aus no ein
so weit is scho kumma mit der Duckerei
mit Kommunistenhatz und Berufsverbot
und Wirtschaftswunder und Arbeitsnot.
Da wehrst di dei Lebn lang
gegen all den Schutt
und dann machas dafür dein Sohn kaputt.
Und der Vata nimmt si a Nacht lang Zeit
und verzählt dem Buam von
der Unmenschlichkeit
von Kriag
von KZ
von Feigheit der Leit
und er plärrt
paß auf
die macha si bald wieder breit !
Dann packt der Bua seine Sachen
sagt: Vata
da muass i doch lachen
du kannst es doch überall lesen
des is doch ganz anders geweswn.
Und dann träumt er von hohen Stiefeln
und von Männern aus Stahl und Granit
und im Geist
da hört er Trompeten
und im Geist
da marschiert er schon mit.
Und der Vata woass ned aus no ein
so weit is scho kumma mit der Duckerei
mit Kommunistenhatz und Berufsverbot
und Wirtschaftswunder und Arbeitsnot.
Da wehrst di dei Lebn lang
gegen all den Schutt
und dann machas dafür dein Sohn kaputt.
Und a paar Wocha später
steht der Bua vor der
Tür
und zittert und flüster:
i ko nix dafür
die macha Ernst
die basteln Granaten
die redn von Volkssturm und Attentaten.
Vata
i muass mi schama
i möcht an andern Nama
wir ham - i trau mirs gor ned sagn
gestern Nacht im Streit an Mann erschlagn.
Und der Vata denkt an früher
hört die grausamen Stiefel marschieren
und im Geist
da marschieren di noch immer
und schon morgen ko des wieder passieren.
Und wie so viele andere kriagt er an Zorn
was is bloß wieder aus
Deutschland worn ?
Mit Kommunistenhatz und Berufsverbot
mit Wirtschaftswunder und Arbeitsnot.
Da wehrst di dei Lebn lang
gegen all den Schutt
da machas dafür deine Kinder kaputt.
Rossiya
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Rule, Britannia
When Britain first, at heaven's command,
Aro-o-o-ose from out the a-a-a-zure main,
Arose, arose, arose from out the a-azure main,
This was the charter, the charter of the land,
And guardian A-a-angels sang this strain:
Rule Britannia!
Britannia rule the waves
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.
Rule Britannia!
Britannia rule the waves.
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.
The nations, no-o-o-o-ot so blest as thee,
Must i-i-i-i-in their turn, to ty-y--yrants fall,
Must in, must in, must in their turn, to ty-y-rants fall,
While thou shalt flourish, shalt flourish great and free,
The dread and e-e-e-e-nvy of them all.
Rule Britannia!
Britannia rule the waves.
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.
Rule Britannia!
Britannia rule the waves.
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.
And did those feet in ancient time
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among those dark Satanic mills?
Bring me my bow of burning gold:
Bring me my arrows of desire:
Bring me my spear: O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land.
When Britain first, at heaven's command,
Aro-o-o-ose from out the a-a-a-zure main,
Arose, arose, arose from out the a-azure main,
This was the charter, the charter of the land,
And guardian A-a-angels sang this strain:
Rule Britannia!
Britannia rule the waves
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.
Rule Britannia!
Britannia rule the waves.
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.
The nations, no-o-o-o-ot so blest as thee,
Must i-i-i-i-in their turn, to ty-y--yrants fall,
Must in, must in, must in their turn, to ty-y-rants fall,
While thou shalt flourish, shalt flourish great and free,
The dread and e-e-e-e-nvy of them all.
Rule Britannia!
Britannia rule the waves.
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.
Rule Britannia!
Britannia rule the waves.
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.
And did those feet in ancient time
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among those dark Satanic mills?
Bring me my bow of burning gold:
Bring me my arrows of desire:
Bring me my spear: O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land.
holy king
Deity
speaking of vaterland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID4lstARK0w
Shekwan
Kim Chi Quaffing Celt
Seriously, how has no-one yet mentioned the Soviet national anthem?! Now that is an inspiring anthem, puts 'god save the queen' to shame.
PS. Enclave radio is awful. Get the frequency of the old woman who plays violin, that's much better capital wasteland music. Even Three Dog's station plays better music that Enclave if you can put up with his repetitive sayings and annoying voice.
PS. Enclave radio is awful. Get the frequency of the old woman who plays violin, that's much better capital wasteland music. Even Three Dog's station plays better music that Enclave if you can put up with his repetitive sayings and annoying voice.
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Do Austrians call Austria the Fatherland?
jessiecat
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me autem minui
I always thought the Ottoman Empire's national anthem was pretty cool.
Carnaval em Veneza (Carnaval in Venice) was the song that brazilian pilots fighting in Italy during WW2 came up with, and it has become the official hymn of the brazilian air force. It's probably the weirdest official hymn in existence.
Carnaval em Veneza said:
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holy king
Deity
no. to tainted a term. it's "heimatland".
Shylock
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Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
You don't mean this Carnival of Venice do you? If so, then the Brazilian Air Force is my new favorite branch of any military, probably ever.
The name was probably inspired by that song, but most importantly because they thought of the lyrics while celebrating in a bar in Pisa a succesful bombing mission in Venice in the carnival of 1945. The song is a joke about partying during carnival in Venice with "firecrackers from home". That's why I find it so amusing that it is an official anthem of a branch of the armed forces.
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