Best National Anthem

anportmorforjfc · May 05, 2009, 03:27:33 PM

besides our own

Italy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwVSTXn5ghw

Scotland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5gxAEXaiAI

armaghniac · May 05, 2009, 03:30:55 PM

There is only one answer. France.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iYbEPZVVIA

Onlooker · May 05, 2009, 03:32:04 PM

IMO, it has to be Wales.

The GAA · May 05, 2009, 03:33:44 PM

Definitely wales.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NMDagftkvw

The land of my fathers, the land of my choice,
The land in which poets and minstrels rejoice;
The land whose stern warriors were true to the core,
While bleeding for freedom of yore.

Chorus
Wales! Wales! fav'rite land of Wales!
While sea her wall, may naught befall
To mar the old language of Wales.

Old mountainous Cambria, the Eden of bards,
Each hill and each valley, excite my regards;
To the ears of her patriots how charming still seems
The music that flows in her streams.

My country tho' crushed by a hostile array,
The language of Cambria lives out to this day;
The muse has eluded the traitors' foul knives,
The harp of my country survives.

Doogie Browser · May 05, 2009, 03:37:08 PM

Quote from: armaghniac on May 05, 2009, 03:30:55 PM
There is only one answer. France.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iYbEPZVVIA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7frOs1pQkQ

Rossfan · May 05, 2009, 03:44:32 PM

Hen wlad fy'n hadiau .. Wales

Puckoon · May 05, 2009, 03:46:18 PM

France, Scotland, and the USA by a country mile.

Flower of scotland just gets the blood going.

screenexile · May 05, 2009, 03:46:37 PM

Have to agree with all these Wales, France and Scotland the best for me. Ours is a bit tripe and God Save the Queen is monotone uninspiring drivel!

bingobus · May 05, 2009, 03:54:44 PM

France just shades it from Wales and Scotland for me.

Irelands Call has to be the worst at this stage, how we managed to win a grand slam after listening to that was an achievement in itself.

Square Ball · May 05, 2009, 03:57:29 PM

go with the majority here boys, Scotland, Wales and the French

Rossfan · May 05, 2009, 04:02:01 PM

Quote from: bingobus on May 05, 2009, 03:54:44 PM

Irelands Call has to be the worst

Ireland's Call is NOT a National Anthem...it is simply a rugby song.

mylestheslasher · May 05, 2009, 04:04:18 PM

I love all the eastern european ones - they all sound like backing music from hammer horror films!

Puckoon · May 05, 2009, 04:04:33 PM

Quote from: bingobus on May 05, 2009, 03:54:44 PM
France just shades it from Wales and Scotland for me.

Irelands Call has to be the worst at this stage, how we managed to win a grand slam after listening to that was an achievement in itself.

Your auld balls! Its a cracker!

irunthev · May 05, 2009, 04:08:48 PM

Quote from: armaghniac on May 05, 2009, 03:30:55 PM
There is only one answer. France.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iYbEPZVVIA

Totally agree

FL/MAYO · May 05, 2009, 04:18:49 PM

South Africa have a great anthem