'Star Spangled Banner' or 'God Save the Queen'?

[Great Malema]

So basically, you're saying you're ignorant?


I'll drink to that.

I'm drinking to that.

And am thus superior.

And thus God Save the Queen > Star Spangled Banner.

=p

Really?

I don't mean to country-bash here, but God Save the Queen sounds like something that should be played at a funeral parlor, the tune of it is so monotonous and depressing.

[Demen 2]

I'm drinking to that.

And am thus superior.

And thus God Save the Queen > Star Spangled Banner.

=p

Really?

I don't mean to country-bash here, but God Save the Queen sounds like something that should be played at a funeral parlor, the tune of it is so monotonous and depressing.

To be fair, so is most English history.

[-St George]

I'm drinking to that.

And am thus superior.

And thus God Save the Queen > Star Spangled Banner.

=p

Really?

I don't mean to country-bash here, but God Save the Queen sounds like something that should be played at a funeral parlor, the tune of it is so monotonous and depressing.

I was being only half serious.

I like God Save the Queen, easy to remember, easy to sing, great to hear 90,000 of your fellow Brits belting it out at Wembley or Twickenham. Suitably patriotic.

[Serrland]

Really?

I don't mean to country-bash here, but God Save the Queen sounds like something that should be played at a funeral parlor, the tune of it is so monotonous and depressing.

I was being only half serious.

I like God Save the Queen, easy to remember, easy to sing, great to hear 90,000 of your fellow Brits belting it out at Wembley or Twickenham. Suitably patriotic.

I think Flower of Scotland is the best of the British anthems when it comes to stadium songs. God Save the Queen is better overall, though, I think - more regal and, well, classy.

[Oterro]

To be fair, so is most English history.

Especially when we got involved with the Americans.

Bleghhhhh.

I was being only half serious.

I like God Save the Queen, easy to remember, easy to sing, great to hear 90,000 of your fellow Brits belting it out at Wembley or Twickenham. Suitably patriotic.

Or frightening.

[Great Malema]

Really?

I don't mean to country-bash here, but God Save the Queen sounds like something that should be played at a funeral parlor, the tune of it is so monotonous and depressing.

I was being only half serious.

I like God Save the Queen, easy to remember, easy to sing, great to hear 90,000 of your fellow Brits belting it out at Wembley or Twickenham. Suitably patriotic.

True that. It probably is one of the easiest anthems to sing. Unlike the South African anthem - Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika which is so damn confusing. It's sung in five different languages and although I can sing all of it, I can only understand the parts that are in Afrikaans, Zulu and English. I prefer our old anthem, Die Stem van Suid Afrika.

[-St George]

To be fair, so is most English history.

Especially when we got involved with the Americans.

Bleghhhhh.

Heh Oterro is English =p

I was being only half serious.

I like God Save the Queen, easy to remember, easy to sing, great to hear 90,000 of your fellow Brits belting it out at Wembley or Twickenham. Suitably patriotic.

Or frightening.

pfft

[Tmutarakhan]

I still say Canada has the worst one. Its just "Oh Canada" over and over again with a few other lines thrown in.

Oh Canada... Hockey pucks, and beer... Oh Canada we sort-of like... it... here... ey?

[Norstal]

As an American...

God Save the Queeeeeen!

[Oterro]

Heh Oterro is English =p

As near as makes no difference, the entire Scottish/English thing is fucking ridiculous :/

[-St George]

As an American...

God Save the Queeeeeen!

I like you.

Fancy Governship of California when we take over again?

[-St George]

Heh Oterro is English =p

As near as makes no difference, the entire Scottish/English thing is fucking ridiculous :/

trudat (`_`) /

[Norstal]

As an American...

God Save the Queeeeeen!

I like you.

Fancy Governship of California when we take over again?

Yes, sire.

[-St George]

I like you.

Fancy Governship of California when we take over again?

Yes, sire.

Huzzah and Huzzah and all that.

[Darknovae]

Star Spangled Banner, just because it's to the tune of an old drinking song everyone's forgotten about now.

Also, it's beautiful when it's only done instrumentally.

[-St George]

Star Spangled Banner, just because it's to the tune of an old drinking song everyone's forgotten about now.

Also, it's beautiful when it's only done instrumentally.

National anthems are meant to be sung.

[Oterro]

Star Spangled Banner, just because it's to the tune of an old drinking song everyone's forgotten about now.

Also, it's beautiful when it's only done instrumentally.

National anthems are meant to be sung.

Tell that to the Spaniards.

[Serrland]

Star Spangled Banner, just because it's to the tune of an old drinking song everyone's forgotten about now.

Also, it's beautiful when it's only done instrumentally.

But national anthems are really only for stadiums...

[-St George]

National anthems are meant to be sung.

Tell that to the Spaniards.

Pfft. The Spaniards haven't relevant since the 1700s.

[Norvenia]

America the Beautiful. It's got three verses: one about nature, one about wartime struggle, and one about patriotic idealism - something for everyone, there. It is far, far easier to sing than the Star Spangled Banner, and I personally find its lyrics much more emotionally powerful: "Thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears. America, America, God shed His grace on thee! Confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law." Fabulous lyrics, music that anyone can sing, and a political message that spans partisan divides - in my view, America the Beautiful is a perfect national anthem.

[Euronion]

I like "Star Spangled Banner" because "God save the Queen" seems really slow and not really inspirational, while the American National Anthem's second verse is really inspirational, almost as inspirational as the first verse.

[Euronion]

Tell that to the Spaniards.

Pfft. The Spaniards haven't relevant since the 1700s.

not true, they fought Napoleon in the early 1800s, but then after that things pretty much tank for Spain

[Soviet Haaregrad]

No future. No future. No future for you.

[Oterro]

Pfft. The Spaniards haven't relevant since the 1700s.

That'll be why we launched an liberation of their country in the 19th century then eh :v

No future. No future. No future for you.

Sneeeeeerrrrrrrrrr

Always preferred this though.

[Soviet Haaregrad]

Sneeeeeerrrrrrrrrr

Always preferred this though.

I can't check YouTube from work, what is it?