Post your best actual/alternative national anthems here and how they describe your country better or worse.
who would sing about an imagined battle?
>africa
>about country
>>62258250
Finns probably would, since they have no history. I'm positive they'll change their anthem to "March of the Finnish Jedi brigade"
>>62258202
I'll start, I guess.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBN8YEp4ba8
This is the full version, with a Soprano and full orchestra and all the Stanzas, even though we only really use the first one. I like it because it's grandiose for a great past like most southern Europe, but it's much more melancholic than the other rather festive countries, which is very typically Portuguese. I really like the full blown crescendo to the chorus and the switch from major to minor key in the verse.
>>62258250
Some general concept of battle. Our anthem probably fits in that category since it was adapted from an old war song to a general war one.
>>62258250
Better than "friendship", kek.
>>62258259
Lyrics to "We're a Country in Africa"
"Our country, it has land
And on it we do stand
Some is flat, some is hilly
But it is never chilly
Because we're in Africa."
I'm sure you know the rest.
>>62258202
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RBmnMsO_B8
>>62259790
Are Eastern Europe anthems generally this serious and melancholic, or is it just you guys?
I like it.
>>62258202
Ours is a hybrid battle/flag anthem.
>>62260003
Ours is a hybrid battle/people anthem. It's just a general idea.
The Spanish one has no official lyrics, but the most common ones are for the country, I think. It's a rather nice-sounding one, if a bit too chirpy for my specific tastes. Catchy tune, though.
>>62258202
sLOVEnia
>>62259896
Well considering our liberation movement started because a priest wrote a book telling us WE WUZ TZARS N SHIET...
I dunno about others tho
>>62259790
No fuck you
https://youtu.be/1tFeT0F8SHA
>>62258202
>UK and NL the same kind of anthem
Don't associate me with UK.
Also
>U.S. and Somalia
>>62260531
>Don't associate me with UK.
I didn't make the picture, I just found it.
Russian empire athem best.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IptPXxtWrEQ
>>62260657
The USSR one was pretty based.
>>62260701
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qUFErfzIMc
>>62258202
>Slovenia
>About friendship
Kek, they are assblasted slavs who hate everybody, so that's a bit hypocritical
>>62261318
yeah, they are douchebags on 4chan, but irl they were the nicest people I've met tbqh
>>62258202
I don't mind the one we've got (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pusr0ftHYl0) but there's one part I think should be dropped
>For those who've come across the seas
>We've boundless plains to share;
Maybe if we still only accepted white europeans it'd be reasonable.
I'd prefer going back to God Save the Queen 2bh, it's pretty good
>>62258202
Actually, our anthem is about G*d raping us in the anus
>>62261439
No, they're unironically worse IRL
>>62258202
Our anthem is all right but could be way better.
Better choice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FKGvIyL3jk
Iceland is your country, and always you keep
Iceland in your mind, wherever you go.
Iceland is the country, which young you dream of,
Iceland in the light of hope that you see,
Iceland in the summers all green decoration,
Iceland with glittering northern lights fringe.
Iceland to the fathers accomplishments nursed,
Iceland is the land, that gave you the life.
Icelandic is the nation that keeps your heritage
Icelandic is your tongue, pure like gold.
Icelandic is the spring, which streams through your veins.
Icelandic is the hope, filled with optimism.
Icelandic is the night of spring, bright as day,
Icelandic is the temperament, with a man's courage.
Icelandic is the quatrain, the Icelandic tone.
Icelandic is the believe in freedom's spring.
Iceland is your country, that shall never be forgotten,
to Iceland you dedicate strength and work
Icelandic nation, you are destined to keep,
the Icelandic tongue, the most valuable heritage.
Iceland be blessed, throughout the centuries,
The Icelandic earth, that gave you life.
Iceland be yours, eternal father.
Iceland be free, while sun gilds the sea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdyo83o6VjE
It's more nationalistic than the current one.
Can't find the racist version though, in that version the second verse translates to "Free of foreign blemishes".
>>62262482
wtf is this lad, the wilhelmus is 100 times better than this shite.
Here is the the national anthem with the best lyrics in the world:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAas_7qGXMc
It's the story of the hero of our nation, he (and the dutch people) are conflicted about what they should do when injustice is happening around them, should they be loyal or should they do what is right? Ultimately he does what is right and he BTFO's Spain which at that time is the most powerful country in the world.
>Slovenia
>friendship
With who?
>spain can't afford lyrics
>>62265079
kek
>>62264222
With our slav bros, fuck off italian smell.
>>62265500
>slav bros
>Croatia
hmm
>>62258202
>Battletugal
can't craft this crap up
>>62258323
Pretty sure in a couple of years Sweden will change its anthem to "Salil Sawarim"
The jäger march isn't about a battle, it's about the army and the spirit of the people. Besides, it's better than "Our Land", written by a Fenno-Swede Finlandoboo fuck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeovGfNEEsk
some people petitioned to make this our anthem
but id rather have this one instead of our current one http://www.vilki.lv/Vilkudiski/Dzelondratis/_Media/2-02-par-latviju.mp3
>>62266033
Kek, what about it? We have a great military history and our anthem is a literal war march.
>>62258202
What do you mean by no lyric? Instrument only?
I'm surprised US anthem is not about battle, though.
>>62267322
Spain's anthem is only instrumental. They have some unofficial lyrics they sometimes sing just so they don't stand there with their hands on their dicks, I guess.
Don't know about Serbia or that containment zone in South Africa.
The US is about how their flag survived a battle or something.
but what is the best one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2GI-MSYO3Q
Should be the anthem of all Arabs, from West Sahara to Occupied Arab land in Iran.
>>62262447
I like it.
Kinda wish we had gone with a song about the country/loyalty to it, instead of being "hurr bloody but unbowed" flagfags.
Instrumentally our anthem is pretty based, though
>>62268009
It's a british drinking song, by the way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KcHg5ZOIgU
>>62258202
Dutch anthem is literally the best one out there.
Gives me shivers every time.
also dutch people that don't get shivers from hearing the wilhelmus should be deported.
>their anthem isn't about war and battles
haha, faggots
...wait, I support the king
The Russian anthem is fucking amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b270ka2eB_4
Our national anthem is called "Ýmnos is tin Eleftherían" or in english "hymn to liberty", a bit lengthy at 168 verses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKI2bLxOQGE
first two verses translated by Rudyard Kipling (1918)
We knew thee of old,
O, divinely restored,
By the lights of thine eyes,
And the light of thy Sword.
From the graves of our slain,
Shall thy valour prevail,
As we greet thee again,
Hail, Liberty! Hail!
>>62268281
I thought they changed it to something non-gommie when the USSR broke up. When did Putin change it back?
It is awesome though.
>>62268281
Better, though I don't believe it was ever official
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbsklflPTGQ
>>62268286
>Greece wins gold in Rio
>Entire stadium falls asleep waiting for end of anthem
>>62268686
They kept the tune but changed the lyrics.
Nobody in his right mind would change that tune 2bh
>>62258443
Those castles look sad ):
>>62258202
fucking yanks lmao
>>62258202
haha only slovenia sings about friendship
R A R E
Best anthem coming through
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K1q9Ntcr5g
>>62270145
>Quel'un sang impur
>Abreuve nos sillons
Jesus, that's the first time I've actually listened to the words. With an anthem like that, I'm surprised even a single kebab remains in votre pays desu
https://youtu.be/yPSL78YDyZY
Second best entering the thread
>>62270480
Actually when they say "Qu'un sang impur abreuve nos sillons" they are talking about themselves since it was written during the counter revolutions, when the people (impure blood) fought against the royalists (vendéens, chouans).
>slovenia
>>62270798
Oh, that makes sense. I thought it was a reference to slaughtering austrian mercenaries, or guillotining the aristocracy.
>>62258202
You can't not post the lyrics.
Heroes of the sea, noble people,
Valiant and immortal nation,
Raise once again today,
The splendor of Portugal!
Among the haze of memory,
Oh Fatherland, one feels the voice
Of your distinguished forefathers,
That shall lead you to victory!
To arms, to arms!
Over land, over sea,
To arms, to arms!
For the Fatherland, fight!
Against the cannons, march on, march on!
---- Cut here at sporting events ----
Hoist the undefeated Flag,
In the lively light of your sky!
May Europe cry out to the whole Earth:
Portugal has not perished
Kiss your merry ground
The Ocean, roaring with love,
And your victorious arm
Gave new worlds to the World!
Salute the Sun that rises
Over a gleeful future;
Let the echo of an offense
Be the sign for a comeback.
Rays of this strong dawn
Are like a mother's kisses,
That keep us, sustain us,
Against the injuries of fate.
Who the fuck makes an anthem for the language? What country would be so devoid of good qualities that they have to turn to that?
Poland has not yet perished,
So long as we still live.
What the alien force has taken from us,
We shall retrieve with a sabre.
We'll cross the Vistula and the Warta,
We shall be Polish.
Bonaparte has given us the example
Of how we should prevail.
The German nor the Muscovite will settle
When, with a backsword in hand,
"Concord" will be everybody's watchword
And so will be our fatherland.
>>62271487
Well ... Moldova
>>62271487
>They just sing a couple of verb conjugation tables
O Canada is okay but I would prefer The Maple Leaf Forever
https://youtu.be/vxdfeLA70qY?t=60
>>62271792
Best Canadian Anthem I've seen sugested in these threads.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVY8LoM47xI
>>62271962
classic
>>62269498
usually they sing the first 2 verses and skip the rest, i've never even heard the 3rd one being sung
inb4: t.lazy greek too lazy to sing his own anthem
>>62272061
Since New World countries don't have enough history to talk about ancient conquering battles or dead kings, you should've gone with the frontier campfire songs. Those sound great and distinct.
![maxresdefault[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/2h80IwJ.jpg "maxresdefault[1].jpg")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL2sViclu4A
Die Wacht am Rhein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL2sViclu4A
A song about keeping the French invaders away from the Rhineland. Just to counter that shitty argument, that Germany stole any French territory ever.
>>62272061
That would sound badass played by a brass band before a hockey game.
>>62272155
Columbia (already posted) had something like that. bretty gud new world anthem.
>>62272662
The US's kind of works under that theme, I think. More celebratory and less rugged/manly than >>62271962, but still bretty gud.
Slovenia anthem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbjIH5pvT5A
