TrogL
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Fri Nov-07-03 11:28 AM
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My mother's maid was from Austria and would get me to play it sometimes. She would promptly burst into tears.
I didn't know my playing was that bad.
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| -What are the best national anthems? |
WillyBrandt |
Nov-07-03 01:03 AM |
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Australia - by a Mile! |
rucky |
Nov-07-03 01:04 AM |
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I think our national anthem sucks. n/t |
rooboy |
Nov-07-03 01:06 AM |
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Purple Mountain Majesties |
dreissig |
Nov-07-03 01:13 AM |
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The National Anthem os Australia is not "Waltzing Matilda"...it is... |
A HERETIC I AM |
Nov-07-03 01:25 AM |
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For a while, it was unofficially... |
caledoni |
Nov-08-03 08:54 AM |
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God yes! |
tedoll78 |
Nov-07-03 01:27 AM |
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I like Canada's anthem. |
Paul Hood |
Nov-07-03 01:05 AM |
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the best, most beautiful and easy to sing too |
kodi |
Nov-07-03 11:32 AM |
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Yes, if you know "O Tannenbaum", you know "O Canada" |
CanuckAmok |
Nov-07-03 02:38 PM |
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Wales, USA, France. n/t |
rooboy |
Nov-07-03 01:07 AM |
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I'd have to go with your choices...... I am a little partial to the USA's |
Cheswick |
Nov-07-03 01:07 AM |
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Glad you can, I can't and I'm a trained singer |
TrogL |
Nov-07-03 10:31 AM |
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So am I, and I can sing it...... |
Snow |
Nov-07-03 03:10 PM |
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Too French |
dreissig |
Nov-07-03 01:11 AM |
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Portugal |
George_Bonanza |
Nov-07-03 01:11 AM |
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Stars and Stripes forever is Great! |
WillyBrandt |
Nov-07-03 01:13 AM |
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Parse That Sentence |
dreissig |
Nov-07-03 01:19 AM |
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i'll try and parse a tad |
A HERETIC I AM |
Nov-07-03 01:42 AM |
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Three out of four. "WE" were standing ... |
recidivist |
Nov-07-03 08:50 AM |
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sorry i wasnt specific enough...Yes, the Ramparts were aboard a ship |
A HERETIC I AM |
Nov-08-03 02:51 AM |
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My top 3 |
everythingsxen |
Nov-07-03 01:17 AM |
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I'm partial to The Internationale, but it's an anti-national anthem... |
CanuckAmok |
Nov-07-03 01:24 AM |
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USSR's later Russia's |
ironflange |
Nov-07-03 01:24 AM |
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Definately |
everythingsxen |
Nov-07-03 01:26 AM |
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great song |
whirlygigspin |
Nov-07-03 01:49 AM |
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Try a sing along, bwaaah |
whirlygigspin |
Nov-08-03 10:46 AM |
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Ohhhhhh Canadaaaaaa.... |
devilgrrl |
Nov-07-03 01:42 AM |
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Hey! Go Bills! |
July |
Nov-07-03 08:52 AM |
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Don't diss Canada's! |
LeftPeopleFinishFirst |
Nov-07-03 06:33 AM |
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The Internationale (USSR) |
Zuni |
Nov-07-03 06:52 AM |
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Definitely the Internationale... |
SiobhanClancy |
Nov-07-03 08:11 AM |
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The tune comes from |
Zuni |
Nov-07-03 08:27 AM |
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. |
JVS |
Nov-07-03 09:26 AM |
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It was replaced with "The hymn of the Soviet Union" in 1943 |
JVS |
Nov-07-03 09:23 AM |
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That is the one i thought of |
Zuni |
Nov-07-03 01:41 PM |
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and the new lyrics added in 2001 |
whirlygigspin |
Nov-08-03 12:56 PM |
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The Polish one is much quoted for its opening first line, much |
emad aisat sana |
Nov-07-03 06:56 AM |
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Have to say USSR's one |
Kamika |
Nov-07-03 07:02 AM |
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No one's mentioned South Africa?? |
phaseolus |
Nov-07-03 07:43 AM |
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Isn't it sung in three languages? |
MaineDem |
Nov-07-03 08:42 AM |
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Mel Brooks as the 2000 Year Old Man: |
mac56 |
Nov-07-03 07:47 AM |
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Ha ha! "Hold the Mayo" n/t |
CanuckAmok |
Nov-07-03 09:57 AM |
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I don't think I know that one. |
mac56 |
Nov-07-03 10:20 AM |
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yes, when the interviewer mentions the 2000yo man's |
CanuckAmok |
Nov-07-03 12:35 PM |
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got it! |
mac56 |
Nov-07-03 12:36 PM |
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Aaah, you beat me to it. |
SpikeTrees |
Nov-08-03 12:59 PM |
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Italy, Brazil, USSR, France, in that order. |
trigz |
Nov-07-03 07:56 AM |
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New Zealand, Russia, Ireland |
MaineDem |
Nov-07-03 08:10 AM |
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Germany's was written by Ludwig Van Beethoven |
Flaming Meaux |
Nov-07-03 08:15 AM |
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Haydn, actually. |
recidivist |
Nov-07-03 08:45 AM |
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Austria |
libertad |
Nov-07-03 08:53 AM |
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San Francisco! |
ronnykmarshall |
Nov-07-03 08:29 AM |
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Italy |
WorstPresidentEver |
Nov-07-03 08:36 AM |
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I had forgotten about Italy's |
MaineDem |
Nov-07-03 08:41 AM |
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yup |
WorstPresidentEver |
Nov-07-03 08:49 AM |
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Absolutely the most cheerful |
Twillig |
Nov-08-03 09:57 AM |
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I Object! |
youngred |
Nov-07-03 08:52 AM |
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I still think the best version was done by Jimi Hendrix |
TrogL |
Nov-07-03 11:21 AM |
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French by a mile... |
Zolok |
Nov-07-03 09:15 AM |
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The Marseillaise rocks! That's an anthem to decapitate rich people to! |
Screaming Lord Byron |
Nov-07-03 09:20 AM |
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That scene in "Casablanca" |
Bridget Burke |
Nov-07-03 09:28 AM |
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I like "O Canada" better than the US anthem |
noonwitch |
Nov-07-03 09:32 AM |
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I used Oh Canada |
jfetoe |
Nov-07-03 09:35 AM |
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You cant beat the German one, Internationale second. |
Endangered Specie |
Nov-07-03 09:39 AM |
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Have you ever heard the Turkish national anthem? |
zanana |
Nov-07-03 09:37 AM |
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It doesn't sound anything like "Jingle Bells". |
northwest |
Nov-07-03 02:41 PM |
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interesting note |
whirlygigspin |
Nov-08-03 10:14 AM |
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Le Quebec song, in English! Sacre Bleu! |
whirlygigspin |
Nov-08-03 12:02 PM |
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O Canada is far superior to The Star Spangled Banner |
Bertha Venation |
Nov-07-03 09:37 AM |
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Speaking of rivating movie scenes |
Endangered Specie |
Nov-07-03 09:51 AM |
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"At least the US national anthem isnt God Bless America" - Amen! |
Bertha Venation |
Nov-07-03 10:22 AM |
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Why couldn't we adopt "America the Beautiful" as the national anthem? |
terrya |
Nov-07-03 11:25 AM |
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not a battle cry |
Zuni |
Nov-07-03 01:25 PM |
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FINLANDIA by Edvard Greig in a walkaway steal. |
Tyler Durden |
Nov-07-03 10:16 AM |
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That was Sibelius. Grieg was Norwegian. |
JVS |
Nov-07-03 02:13 PM |
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Canada's isn't all that bad |
TrogL |
Nov-07-03 10:25 AM |
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No talk of violence, pretty inclusivist. Not bad. |
Screaming Lord Byron |
Nov-07-03 10:27 AM |
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When I was a child..... |
Darth_Kitten |
Nov-08-03 08:37 AM |
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Another O Canada story |
TrogL |
Nov-07-03 10:28 AM |
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Agreed. "O Canada" sounds fine to my ears. |
rezmutt |
Nov-08-03 05:25 AM |
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Austria's is nice |
TrogL |
Nov-07-03 11:28 AM |
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Turkish national anthem. Also, "O Canada". |
northwest |
Nov-07-03 02:35 PM |
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I have always loved.... |
Cottonball |
Nov-07-03 02:45 PM |
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Alan Sherman wrote the best one for the French |
Buns_of_Fire |
Nov-08-03 08:32 AM |
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Canada's is BEAUTIFUL..... |
Darth_Kitten |
Nov-08-03 08:33 AM |
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Deutschland, Deutschland Uber Alles |
solinvictus |
Nov-08-03 09:13 AM |
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It's called "Unity and Right and Freedom" now |
Kellanved |
Nov-08-03 10:55 AM |
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well, not national.... |
Dookus |
Nov-08-03 09:24 AM |
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I love the Republic of China's anthem (Taiwan) |
whirlygigspin |
Nov-08-03 10:44 AM |
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