Britain is really funny. It’s about the king or queen being in danger and needing god to save them. How is this supposed to inspire anyone lmao. Others anthems are singing about the history and achievements of the people, surviving war, fighting off invaders, and so on. And then the Brits are just like “OH MY GOD THE QUEEN IS BEING SIEGED!!!”
surviving war, fighting off invaders
what was that about "rebellious Scots to quell"? 1/4 of the constituent nations of the kingdom itself, if my math is correct
Check out this sporting event where the USSR, US, and Canada sing their anthems
It starts off the triumphant Soviet anthem
Then it transitions to some preppy acapella American anthem
Then it ends off with a bunch of old ladies singing the Canadian anthem with the church organ lol
Bonus: look at the comments for a lot of “back when sports weren’t political” ccomments
I like the French version cause it's about how Canada has a cool sword and is surrounded by flowers. Plus I can be an unbearable ass when they're singing the anthem by singing it in French with the worst possible accent mix of joual, Parisienne, and horrible Anglo.
Saying Canadian history is one of the most brilliant of exploits is literally true but not how they meant it as being a tale of epic grandeur. It's boring af. Dunno about being double dipped in Valor either. The French version is more boastful for sure.
Claims to be an opsecenjoyer.
Makes this site's only pro-Pearson comments from more than one account.
Canada's most important nation-building moment was when Louis Riel committed high treason, which ended up incorporating Manitoba and Saskatchewan into the confederation.
Clarification: this is not a pro-Canada comment. This was the start of my personal ancestors being genocided.
The US anthem alone is enough to justify renouncing citizenship. It's a shit melody and everyone sounds like shit singing it.
the Brazilian anthem is still the best, the only one I like more is the USSR anthem, but... :ussr-cry:
Brazil got some really nice anthems and marches.
East Germany had one of the best anthem ever.
Listen to the Swiss anthem, then you'll know what being bored to tears is like.
It's the same song but the lyrics are different. For official stuff it gets even weirder cause there's a both languages version that swaps with each verse.
The Bosnians, God bless'em, solved this problem by making their national anthem completely wordless.
they could not find a single Soul to proffer a Herzegovinian translation for them.
Oh, to live in a world where the UN can 'force' Canada to do stuff.
The language swapping one drives me crazy the lyrics aren't even similar :matt-jokerfied:
Yeah, cause Americans don't go insane over trying to pretend each of their 57 or whatever states they crammed into there are all somehow distinct. But yeah, the entire giant ass country above is just America Jr.
Being chauvinistic is part of the American identity
We also kinda are America Junior but you can't say that Vermont and Delaware are distinct at the same time.
It’s so funny to think back to my high school history class and how they just flatly said that every country east of the iron curtain was a puppet of the USSR, but never thought about Western Europe and Canada being puppets of the US
I used to mishear it in a way that omitted a word, and was impressed at how mundane the line "We stand on thee" was.
Canada (along with Scandinavia and Holland) are proof that when liberalism triumphs, and even when it's comfortable for many, it's still the lamest shit of all time, while being built on genocide to add insult to injury.
Can you change the title to not include (unintentionally, I'm sure) ableism (i.e. "lame" when referring to something negatively)
Meta comment: What would you recommend replacing it with? I'm trying to be better about this kinda thing myself, and I struggle to find a way to 1:1 replace words like this without completely reformatting the sentence. With the caveat that I don't want to sound like a big old nerd.
Thank you! This is why I'm a math guy, not a writing guy—I'm terrible at finding synonyms.
