Favourite National Anthem - Page 2

Pothas · 01-12-2011, 06:06 PM

French by a mile, is everything that Gods Save the Queen is not.

German and Italian are also pretty good but ruined by Michael Schumacher.

Pothas · 01-12-2011, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spikey

they all suck balls can we just get rid of them already

Australian one is bloody dire to be fair, rivals ours.

_Ed_ · 01-12-2011, 06:56 PM

France.

Also quite like Argentina's.

Top_Cat · 01-12-2011, 07:33 PM

Who can choose?

Prince EWS · 01-12-2011, 07:41 PM

Genuinely like the American one. Shoot me.

Turbinator · 01-12-2011, 08:16 PM

Justin Bieber - O Canada

Daemon · 01-12-2011, 10:17 PM

This should be made into a national anthem tbh

Bob Marley- Three Little Birds

jan · 02-12-2011, 01:33 AM

National anthems just dont get better than this.

Bloody Russian/Soviet one.

KiWiNiNjA · 02-12-2011, 01:58 AM

South African
Welsh
Japanese
Argentinian
New Zealand (Maori version)

8ankitj · 02-12-2011, 08:02 AM

My favourite anthem

Agent Nationaux · 02-12-2011, 09:42 AM

Why this Kolaveri anthem?

Faisal1985 · 02-12-2011, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fusion

Although I like the rhythm and feel of it, I always thought it was a poor choice as an Anthem. It’s not in Urdu, or any other language that the vast majority of the population understands. Yeah I know that everyone is taught the meaning of the words, but you shouldn’t have to open a dictionary to understand your own national anthem IMO.

Actually I have met quite a few Pakistanis who know Persian very well and also Urdu language was mainly derived from Persian itself. Even Allama Iqbal's great chunk of poetry is in Persian.

The music of the anthem was composed by Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla, with lyrics written by Abu-Al-Asar Hafeez Jullundhri. The three stanza composition was officially adopted in 1954. However, the music for the anthem had been composed in 1950 and had been used on several occasions before official adoption.

The music composed by Chagla reflects his background in both eastern and western music. The lyrics are written in a highly Persian form of Urdu. Every word in the entire anthem is a loanword from Persian except the word "ka" ( کا, "of" ). The anthem lasts for 1 minute and 20 seconds, and uses twenty one musical instruments and thirty eight different tones.

As far as I am concerned Pak Sar Zameen is my favorite Anthem.....O Canada comes next...

andruid · 02-12-2011, 11:06 PM

I'm gonna shamelessly plug the Kenyan National anthem aside from that one I quite like the South African one as well, they use it in Zambia and Tanzania as well.

01-12-2011, 07:33 PM	#19 (permalink)
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Pothas Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Surbiton, UK Posts: 8,457	French by a mile, is everything that Gods Save the Queen is not. German and Italian are also pretty good but ruined by Michael Schumacher.

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_Ed_ Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Auckland, Aotearoa Posts: 19,107	France. Also quite like Argentina's.

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