[vyper]

Best song for your country?

For Scotland-  I'm trying to remember the name but it was played during the rugby adverts on TV. Will edit when I can recall.

The UK - Rule Britannia


What would you choose?

[Flipside]

I think the Thunderbirds theme for the UK, or the James Bond theme, just because it would be funny to watch the Olympic Team marching to it

Edit : Oh yes, and no singing

I suppose if I had to sing something, I'd be completely stuck to choose.

[Gank]

Flower of Scotland no?

Spose I'd pick the appropriatly named Song for Ireland

[Flipside]

Actually, I quite liked the 'Old Spice' tune, but I can't remember what it's called

[Gank]

Oh Fortuna from Carmin Burano(sp)?

[Taristin]

Which country would Alanis Morisette's B itch work for?

[Clave]

I can't sing at all, but there are some good anthems:

Flower of Scotland
Rule Brittania
La Marseillaise
Star Spangled Banner

But I'd probably choose 'God save the Queen' - by The Sex Pistols.....

[Taristin]

I think a certain song by the DiVinyls would be good for a large portion of America.

[Clave]

Old Spice tune is: Carmina Burana by Carl Orff.

[Taristin]

Originally posted by Clave
Carl Orff.

What a freaky coincidence of names...

Carl the Shivan nearly destroyed the Orff!

[Flipside]

O Fortuna (Chorus) O Fortune

O Fortuna                -             O Fortune,
velut luna                  -          like the moon
statu variabilis,           -          you are changeable,
semper crescis          -              ever waxing
aut decrescis;            -            and waning;
vita detestabilis         -            hateful life
nunc obdurat               -           first oppresses
et tunc curat               -          and then soothes
ludo mentis aciem,       -             as fancy takes it;
egestatem,                  -          poverty
potestatem                  -          and power
dissolvit ut glaciem.       -          it melts them like ice.

Sors immanis             -             Fate - monstrous
et inanis,                     -       and empty,
rota tu volubilis,         -           you whirling wheel,
status malus,                -         you are malevolent,
vana salus                  -          well-being is vain
semper dissolubilis,       -           and always fades to nothing,
obumbrata                    -         shadowed
et velata                 -            and veiled
michi quoque niteris;          -       you plague me too;
nunc per ludum               -         now through the game
dorsum nudum                -          I bring my bare back
fero tui sceleris.          -           to your villainy.

Sors salutis                -          Fate is against me
et virtutis                     -      in health
michi nunc contraria,       -          and virtue,
est affectus                    -      driven on
et defectus                     -      and weighted down,
semper in angaria.            -        always enslaved.
Hac in hora                     -      So at this hour
sine mora                        -     without delay
corde pulsum tangite;         -        pluck the vibrating strings;
quod per sortem                -       since Fate
sternit fortem,                    -   strikes down the string man,
mecum omnes plangite!        -         everyone weep with me!

Yep, the tonal beat is right, so I think this is it

[Taristin]

Wow. What an upbeat, happy song!  

[Gank]

Iirc its about temperance, ie drinking non alcoholic beverages, so wouldnt really be suitable for england.

[vyper]

Originally posted by Gank
Flower of Scotland no?

No I know that pretty darn well.

[Flipside]

Lifts me out of those darker moments.... hehehehe

[Ghostavo]

A Portuguesa
God save the Queen (surprisingly, but with some alterations to the words to suit)
Star Spangled Banner
Filhos da Nação by Quinta do Bill
Beethoven's Ode to Joy

 

[vyper]

I couldn't resist:

STANZA 1:
When Britain first at Heav'n's command, Arose from out the azure main;
This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sang this strain;

CHORUS:
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never shall be slaves.

STANZA 2:
The nations not so blest as thee, Shall in their turns to tyrants fall;
While thou shalt flourish great and free, The dread and envy of them all.

CHORUS:
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never shall be slaves.

STANZA 3:
Still mor majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful from each foreign stroke;
As the loud blast that tears the skies, Serves but to root thy native oak.

CHORUS:
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never shall be slaves.

STANZA 4:
Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame, All their attempts to bend thee down;
Will but arouse thy generous flame, But work their woe, and thy renown.

CHORUS:
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never shall be slaves.

STANZA 5:
To thee belongs the rural reign, They cities shall with commerce shine;
All thine shall be the subject main, And every shore it circles thine.

CHORUS:
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never shall be slaves.

STANZA 6:
The Muses, still with freedom found, Shall to thy happy coast repair;
Blest Isle! With matchless beauty crowned, And manly hearts to guide the fair.

CHORUS:
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never shall be slaves.

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And I'll be damned if I can find that song for Scotland. I'm well pissed...

[Grey Wolf]

First to suggest "I'm Proud to be an American" by Lee Greenwood for the United States dies. That song was bad enough before they decided to play it every day for a year....

[Taristin]

I second that.

[Nuke]

for the usa:


Blessings upon The Throne of Tyranny

Infected by invalid behaviour
While capturing the stench of divine putrefaction
Confess to slavery for the world saviour
Give praise and inhale the corruption

The Enfeebled provides the fool
The Disabled provides the tool
The Apathetic demands the affection
To those suffering from their own satisfaction

Devour in self-deceit, conjure the righteous plague
Testify today´s contradiction, glorify tomorrows deed
Inconceivable moral priest, hide in preferable dress
Invite to another pleasure feast, the concealment of joyful laughter

The decrepit innocence of your correctness and well-chosen
Elicits the source of the need for immediate forgiveness
Submit to no grace but the spiteful of your disease
Apply to join the unlimited disgrace and a settlement in the skies
And turn the confusion among your children into self-stimulation
The incarnation of your prostitution, the true Evil in disguise

With the ignorance from your cross as the witness
The truth of your tragedy make you justice
In your mirror the high spirit of kindness
Looks like malice

Condemnation of life by the living dead
What a premature judgement, contradiction to the core
How unfortunate I am, cursed to spend time on a battle already won
The shame that will be guarding your grave says it all
Retreat to the crypt and make it worthwhile
Recall my sins furthermore but still be watching yours with a smile