Post your national anthem and grade the above!

[awesomeClaw]

Rules are simple: Post your national anthem, while at the same time rating the anthem above you!

Ex: Poster A posts song.
Poster B grades above song and posts own.
Repeat.

I´ll start!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ4rpH4wLMQ

 

[scw55]

Sounds like the Fairy Tale of New York meets the "Generic peaceful village music" in a jRPG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNtybd7kTqo


(I don't consider the 'British' national anthem my national anthem.)

 

[Mariner]

It sounds more like a country music than a national anthem to be honest and sounds peaceful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_b8VRACjzU

EDIT: Ok the guy immediately above: Sounds like something that would be heard in a large 50-story cathedral

 

[Count Igor]

Hmm... I like the singer! And the fact that it sounds so different to English.
I'd say 7.5/10

 

[Lance Arrow]

Tea 'n crumpets.

But really, I like it well enough. 6/10

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

 

[Lopsided Weener]

Rules are simple: Post your national anthem, while at the same time rating the anthem above you!

Ex: Poster A posts song.
Poster B grades above song and posts own.
Repeat.

I´ll start!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ4rpH4wLMQ

Seems a very calm theme, reminds me a lot of some other Scandinavian music. Reflects the calm culture I suppose, though it doesn't appear very passionate to me, which, to me, is an important factor for a National Anthem.

6/10

My turn:

 

[Spacewolf]

Well most people know the British national anthem so ill post the closest thing england has to one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKaJ4b0XYmI

i quite likw the swedish one it sounds abit celtic for a nordic country i thought though

 

[scw55]

I can't help but notice most of these sound like Christmas Carols or songs from musicals.

 

[awesomeClaw]

I can't help but notice most of these sound like Christmas Carols or songs from musicals.

They´re national anthems. They have to sound happy.

Would you rather have national anthem sound like the writer´s dog had just died? And play it when your nation wins anything? Yeah.

 

[DefunctTheory]

USA!

Spoiler: American Anthem

EDIT:

No one rated it so Russian 8/10
Its good, but the soviet anthem sounded better.

Eh. Kind of stuffy.

 

[awesomeClaw]

No one rated it so Russian 8/10
Its good, but the soviet anthem sounded better.

I like the melody, and it sounds suitably epic, so a 8/10 is in order. Now if only i understood a word...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ4rpH4wLMQ

 

[Mister Chernobyl]

6/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBcGKrU78kI&feature=related

 

[scw55]

I can't help but notice most of these sound like Christmas Carols or songs from musicals.

They´re national anthems. They have to sound happy.

Would you rather have national anthem sound like the writer´s dog had just died? And play it when your nation wins anything? Yeah.

There are some very beautiful folk songs that aren't 'happy' but still sound good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLR1CaGlnmw

(reminds me of Nightmare Before Christmas)

 

[BENZOOKA]

That Welsh anthem was interesting. I haven't heard that often, if ever before. You sure do love them consonants. 8/10

For Puerto Rico. That's such a light-hearted and cheerful hymn. Perhaps a bit too light, but I still liked it. 7/10

This is our national anthem:

But this is what we would want it to be:

 

[IamQ]

I can't help but notice most of these sound like Christmas Carols or songs from musicals.

They´re national anthems. They have to sound happy.

Would you rather have national anthem sound like the writer´s dog had just died? And play it when your nation wins anything? Yeah.

There are some very beautiful folk songs that aren't 'happy' but still sound good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLR1CaGlnmw

(reminds me of Nightmare Before Christmas)

A little too happy for a National Anthem, but it's certainly russian, I'll give you that. 7/10

 

[GeorgW]

I can't help but notice most of these sound like Christmas Carols or songs from musicals.

They´re national anthems. They have to sound happy.

Would you rather have national anthem sound like the writer´s dog had just died? And play it when your nation wins anything? Yeah.

There are some very beautiful folk songs that aren't 'happy' but still sound good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLR1CaGlnmw

(reminds me of Nightmare Before Christmas)

A little too happy for a National Anthem, but it's certainly russian, I'll give you that. 7/10

It sucks!
Now for mine:
See what I did thar?

 

[El Poncho]

[Swedish Anthem] Nice and peaceful 7/10.

 

[Zap Happy]

@ Scotland: It's not my tastes. It's a little too soft and folk for me. I like the classic loud, orchestra style anthems. Especially if the song has such proud lyrics.

Here's my state's anthem:
Yeah, really sounds like it was written in puritan Massachusetts, doesn't it?

Unfortunately it's not this: