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Thursday, July 14. 2011

Best national anthem ever?

 For the Quatorze Juillet:


Posted by Bird Dog at 05:16 | Comments (10) | Trackbacks (0)

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How paradoxical is that? It's gotta be one of the best. Good tempo, stirs the emotions, uplifting. Except......
#1 Woodrow P Dingus on 2011-07-14 06:50 (Reply)
Sorry, can't help thinking she sounds a bit like one of the Chipmunks. I will take the Star Spangled Banner any day, thank you.
#2 Alex G on 2011-07-14 07:01 (Reply)
That brought back memories of my 1959 High School French class. We used to sing that everyday.
#3 GoneWithTheWind on 2011-07-14 10:44 (Reply)
WOW! I keep thinking of this when I hear her sing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Le_bas_relief_de_la_marseillaise.jpg
#4 Slamfire on 2011-07-14 11:06 (Reply)
Zut Alores! I shall join the Foreign Legion!
#5 buddy larsen on 2011-07-14 16:14 (Reply)
If I were to pick a foreign anthem, it would definitely be Lyndon Slewidge doing Oh Canada.
#6 forest on 2011-07-14 16:17 (Reply)
Too much vibrato. As for anthems in general, Israel's Hatikva is one of my favorites.
#7 Daniel K Day on 2011-07-14 16:17 (Reply)
Yes, La Marseillaise, is quite stirring. Think of the scene from Casablanca where Victor Lazlo demands that the orchestra plays it. Every time I watch it, it brings tears to my eyes.

Another favorite of mine is the Polish Anthem, "March, March Dobrowski"
#8 Clark Cooper on 2011-07-14 18:34 (Reply)
I just got the translation on the French anthem:

"When the enemy appears,
Run away,
And live to surrender
Another day."
#9 Big___Al on 2011-07-14 18:41 (Reply)
The way things are going over there, I'm surprised they haven't changed over to the Internationale sung in Arabic.
#10 fiftyville on 2011-07-16 23:23 (Reply)

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