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unfamiliar national anthems - apologies in advance
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 ex hibitionist  Hastings 18 Jul 23 12.57pm |
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Star spangled banner, uber alles, Marsellaise all fine, and land of my fathers, and the scots have gone for flower of Scotland over Scotland the brave lately, but lots of countries have utterly obscure unmemorable anthems so I thought I'd start a pathetic thread on alternative tunes for these countries, bit like when Billy Connolly said UK should play the Archers theme. Netherlands - Van der Valk theme Denmark - Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen (preferably Harry Secombe's version) Spain - Eh viva Espana Greece - Zorba If anybody has suggestions for Belgium, Canada, Sweden, New Zealand or elsewhere that would be nice. And I'd probably replace Advance Australia Fair with the theme from 'Skippy'.
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ASCPFC  Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 18 Jul 23 1.20pm |
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Sweden just needs an ABBA song - I don't know - Waterloo, SuperTrooper?
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| Palace Old Geezer Midhurst 18 Jul 23 1.40pm |
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I'm happy to go with Al Murray's explanations.
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PalazioVecchio  south pole 18 Jul 23 4.18pm |
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in Ireland, practically nobody understands the words of our National Anthem. My own level of the language is pretty good....and i will confess to being totally stumped.... By my reckoning, we are the only team in the World Cup that doesnt really get the meaning of our national anthem. In the manner that you sing..... Sinne Fianna Fáil, ------------------------------------------ google reported to me that the most famous foreign song to English schoolkids is Frere Jacques.....you sing it, and havent really a clue what its all about
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Teddy Eagle  18 Jul 23 5.40pm |
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| YT Oxford 18 Jul 23 9.20pm |
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Originally posted by ASCPFC
Sweden just needs an ABBA song - I don't know - Waterloo, SuperTrooper? It's Trouper, not Trooper. Super Trouper is a registered trademark for a range of lights designed to follow a performer or other entity on a stage, in an arena, in a racetrack etc, whereas a trooper is a soldier
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 becky over the moon 19 Jul 23 6.08am |
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The Italian one, Fratelli d'Italia, has to be one of the most random ones out there - you cannot tell when the lyrics are supposed to start, then they suddenly stop for several bars, then off it goes like a marching song again. Stick to 'Just One Cornetto'
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mr. apollo  Somewhere in Switzerland 19 Jul 23 8.21am |
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Lichtenstein same as ours, Switzerland's was too.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 19 Jul 23 8.54am |
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Originally posted by becky
The Italian one, Fratelli d'Italia, has to be one of the most random ones out there - you cannot tell when the lyrics are supposed to start, then they suddenly stop for several bars, then off it goes like a marching song again. Stick to 'Just One Cornetto' Considering Italy invented opera and has produced some fantastic musicians and arias you'd think they'd come up with a decent NA.
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| mezzer Main Stand, Block F, Row 20 seat 1... 19 Jul 23 10.42am |
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| ex hibitionist Hastings 20 Jul 23 1.56pm |
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Originally posted by YT
It's Trouper, not Trooper. Super Trouper is a registered trademark for a range of lights designed to follow a performer or other entity on a stage, in an arena, in a racetrack etc, whereas a trooper is a soldier some super duper suggestions - the Irish one is strangely tricky though there is a song which goes: "mi name is Seamus, I'm awful famous ..." which is better than anything by Dana, the Nolans or their irritating jig music.
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Cannonball  High in the Ozarks. 22 Jul 23 9.11am |
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France- White flag by Dido
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