We swear by the lightning that destroys,
By the streams of generous blood being shed,
By the bright flags that wave,
Flying proudly on the high mountains,
That we have risen up, and whether we live or die,
We are resolved that Algeria shall live -
So be our witness -be our witness - be our witness!
We are soldiers in revolt for truth
And we have fought for our independence.
When we spoke, none listened to us,
So we have taken the noise of gunpowder as our rhythm
And the sound of machine guns as our melody,
We are resolved that Algeria shall live -
So be our witness -be our witness -be our witness!
O France, the time of reproof is over
And we have ended it as a book is ended;
O France, this is the day of reckoning
So prepare to receive from us our answer!
In our revolution is the end of empty talk;
We are resolved that Algeria shall live -
So be our witness -be our witness -be our witness!
From our heroes we shall make an army come to being,
From our dead we shall build up a glory,
Our spirits shall ascend to immortality
And on our shoulders we shall raise the standard.
To the nation's Liberation Front we have sworn an oath,
We are resolved that Algeria shall live -
So be our witness -be our witness -be our witness!
The cry of the Fatherland sounds from the battlefields.
Listen to it and answer the call!
Let it be written with the blood of martyrs
And be read to future generations.
Oh, Glory, we have held out our hand to you,
We are resolved that Algeria shall live -
So be our witness -be our witness -be our witness!
Armies of Vietnam, forward!
With one single determination to save our Fatherland,
Our hurried steps resound on the long and arduous road.
Our flag, red with the blood of victory, bears the spirit of the country.
The distant rumbling of the guns mingles with our marching song.
The path to glory is built by the bodies of our foes.
Overcoming all hardships, together we build our resistance bases.
Ceaselessly for the People's cause let us struggle,
Let us hasten to the battlefield!
Onward! All together advancing!
For one eternal Vietnam.
Soldiers of Vietnam, forward!
The gold star afluttering
Leading the people of our native land out of misery and suffering.
Let us join our efforts in the fight to build a new life.
Arise and break these chains.
For too long have we swallowed our hatred.
Be ready for all sacrifices and life will be radiant.
Ceaselessly for the People's cause, let us struggle,
Let us hasten to the battlefield!
Onward! All together advancing!
For one eternal Vietnam.
Castle stood, now a heap of stones
Happiness and joy fluttered,
Groans of death, weeping
Now sound in their place.
And Ah! Freedom does not bloom
From the blood of the dead,
Torturous slavery's tears fall
From the burning eyes of the orphans!
Pity, O Lord, the Hungarians
Who are tossed by waves of danger
Extend over it your guarding arm
On the sea of its misery
Long torn by ill fate
Bring upon it a time of relief
They who have suffered for all sins
Of the past and of the future!
But we didn't even win in the war the National Anthem was written during.
A. We won that battle.
B. The War of 1812 is largely regarded as a tie leaning towards a win by the US, and a mild win by Canada. Or so I've been told.
But we didn't even win in the war the National Anthem was written during.
A. We won that battle.
B. The War of 1812 is largely regarded as a tie leaning towards a win by the US, and a mild win by Canada. Or so I've been told.
We won the battle and a nameless U.S. sniper took out the best general the British had.
I don't think there is a yes/no answer to winning the War of 1812.
Also, Ankh-Morpork anthem:
When dragons belch and hippos flee
My thoughts, Ankh-Morpork, are of thee
Let others boast of martial dash
For we have boldly fought with cash
We own all your helmets, we own all your shoes.
We own all your generals - touch us and you'll lose.
Morporkia! Morporkia!
Morporkia owns the day!
We can rule you wholesale
Touch us and you'll pay.
We bankrupt all invaders,
We sell them souvenirs,
We ner ner ner ner ner ner by the ears,
Er ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner,
Ner ner ner ner ner ner, ner ner ner ner ner,
Ner your gleaming swords, we mortgaged to the hilt.
Morporkia! Morporkia!
Ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner
We can rule you wholesale
Credit where it's due.
Kipling on
3DS Friends: 1693-1781-7023
0
Options
Der Waffle MousBlame this on the misfortune of your birth.New Yark, New Yark.Registered Userregular
edited September 2010
It seems that most foreign national anthems read like Manowar lyrics.
White House and Capitol Building burnt down WOOOOO!
Payback for burning and looting Canadian legislative assembly buildings in York.
Between 28 April and 30 April, American troops carried out many acts of plunder. Some of them set fire to the buildings of the Legislative Assembly. It was alleged that the American troops had found a scalp there,[19] though folklore had it that the "scalp" was actually the Speaker's wig. The Printing Office, used for publishing official documents as well as newspapers, was vandalised and the printing press was smashed. Other Americans looted empty houses on the pretext that their absent owners were militia who had not given their parole as required by the articles of capitulation. The homes of Canadians connected with the Indians, including that of James Givins, were also looted regardless of their owners' status.[20] Dearborn emphatically denied giving orders for any buildings to be destroyed and deplored the worst of the atrocities in his letters, but he was nonetheless unable or unwilling to rein in his soldiers. Chauncey later returned some looted property, including books from the public library. Sheaffe was later to allege that local settlers had unlawfully come into possession of Government owned farming tools or other stores looted and discarded by the Americans, and demanded that they be handed back.[21]
Historians assert that the attack was in retaliation for the American burning and looting of York (now Toronto) during the Battle of York in 1813, and the burning down of the buildings of the Legislative Assembly there. The British Army commanders said they chose to attack Washington "on account of the greater political effect likely to result".[4]
Governor-General Sir George Prevost of Canada wrote to the Admirals in Bermuda calling for a retaliation for the American sacking of York and requested their permission and support in the form of provision of naval resources. At the time, it was considered against the civilized laws of war to burn a non-military facility and the Americans had not only burned the Parliament but also looted and burned the Governor's mansion, private homes and warehouses.[5]
I don't think the US prints their coat of arms on military uniforms either.
And when you think about it, it wasn't terribly effective. The Soviets did that and gave every republic its own coat of arms, and the rest of the world (okay, really just the west) still called them "the Russians". Never mind that that the emblem basically screams, "YO, HONKIES, OTHER PEOPLE LIVE HERE!"
Well, at least you didn't think Hell March was the anthem. I know people who thought 'Korobeiniki' (i.e. the Tetris song) was the Soviet anthem. You admitted it, and you're a better man for it. And to be fair, the version in The Hunt for Red October is horrible, horribly sung. Just imagine a dozen Japanese people only fluent in their own language singing the US anthem, and you're basically there.
Apparently, the average American can't really sing a song in Russia if has a lot of lyrics. Whodathunk.
Once I was on Youtube and I found some version of the Soviet national anthem. It was the most over-the-top version I've ever heard, obviously sang by some military choir, and the whole thing was played over these insane vintage propaganda tapes showing multitudes of smiling, identically clad agricultural/factory workers and ecstatic parades and sweeping vistas of communo-realist architecture. I could almost feel myself growing bigger than a crowd of marching dudes while red-and-yellow block-face cyrillic letters materialized out of nowhere and I had to fight back the urge to strike a pose pointing out to something (a bright new future? capitalist pigs?).
I never have found it again. I kind of wish I could.
Once I was on Youtube and I found some version of the Soviet national anthem. It was the most over-the-top version I've ever heard, obviously sang by some military choir, and the whole thing was played over these insane vintage propaganda tapes showing multitudes of smiling, identically clad agricultural/factory workers and ecstatic parades and sweeping vistas of communo-realist architecture. I could almost feel myself growing bigger than a crowd of marching dudes while red-and-yellow block-face cyrillic letters materialized out of nowhere and I had to fight back the urge to strike a pose pointing out to something (a bright new future? capitalist pigs?).
I never have found it again. I kind of wish I could.
That's nothing. I have a version released by a Soviet tourism promotional company (probably one of the bigger ones). It was a music video, sung by a cop, a factory worker, a doctor (a woman, of course, this is the USSR here), and I think a generic musician (with a guitar). Cut to various clips of tractors in fields, fireworks, soldiers returning from mobilization, big squares, children playing at school, etc.
But you don't want subtle on flags, I guess it defeats a point. I mean, what would be a subtle flag? That African nation who's flag is a simple green rectangle?
Castle stood, now a heap of stones
Happiness and joy fluttered,
Groans of death, weeping
Now sound in their place.
And Ah! Freedom does not bloom
From the blood of the dead,
Torturous slavery's tears fall
From the burning eyes of the orphans!
Pity, O Lord, the Hungarians
Who are tossed by waves of danger
Extend over it your guarding arm
On the sea of its misery
Long torn by ill fate
Bring upon it a time of relief
They who have suffered for all sins
Of the past and of the future!
This sounds like a Blind Guardian song more than anybody's national anthem. Just substitute Gondorians for Hungarians and it's one of the tracks from Nightfall on Middle Earth.
But you don't want subtle on flags, I guess it defeats a point. I mean, what would be a subtle flag? That African nation who's flag is a simple green rectangle?
This sounds like a Blind Guardian song more than anybody's national anthem. Just substitute Gondorians for Hungarians and it's one of the tracks from Nightfall on Middle Earth.
Ukraine has not yet perished, nor her glory, nor her freedom,
Upon us, fellow Ukrainians, fate shall smile once more.
Our enemies will vanish like dew in the sun,
And we too shall rule, brothers, in a free land of our own.
CHORUS
We'll lay down our souls and bodies to attain our freedom,
And we'll show that we, brothers, are of the Cossack nation.
We'll stand, brothers, in bloody battle, from the Syan to the Don,
We will not allow others to rule in our motherland.
The Black Sea will smile and grandfather Dnipro will rejoice,
For in our own Ukraine fortune shall flourish again.
CHORUS
Our persistence and our sincere toils will be rewarded,
And freedom's song will resound throughout all of Ukraine.
Echoing off the Carpathians, and rumbling across the steppes,
Ukraine's fame and glory will be known among all nations.
CHORUS
Albania
United around the flag,
With one desire and one goal,
Let us pledge our word of honour
To fight for our salvation
Only he who is a born traitor
Averts from the struggle.
He who is brave is not daunted,
But falls - a martyr to the cause.
With arms in hand we shall remain,
To guard our fatherland round about.
Our rights we will not bequeath,
Enemies have no place here.
For the Lord Himself has said,
That nations vanish from the earth,
But Albania shall live on,
Because for her, it is for her that we fight.
EDIT: Ukraine's new anthem is....interesting. "Cossack nation", eh? Well, it's a lot more dramatic than the old one from the Ukrainian SSR. It's better than Taiwan's though.
Three Principles of the People,
The foundation of our party.
Using this, we establish the Republic;
Using this, we advance into a state of total peace.
Oh, you, warriors,
For the people, be the vanguard.
Without resting day or night,
Follow the Principles.
Swear to be diligent; swear to be courageous.
Obliged to be trustworthy; obliged to be loyal.
With one heart and one virtue,
We carry through until the very end.
Prior to 1861, Alabama did not have an official state flag. On January 11, 1861, the Alabama Secession Convention passed a resolution designating an official flag. Designed by several women from Montgomery, final touches were made by Francis Corra of that city.[1] One side of the flag displayed the "Goddess of Liberty" holding an unsheathed sword in her right hand; in her left she held a small blue flag with one gold star. Above the gold star appears the text "Alabama" in all capital letters. In an arch above this figure were the words "Independent Now and Forever".[2] The reverse side of the flag had a cotton plant with a coiled rattlesnake. The text "Noli Me Tangere", ("Touch Me Not" in Latin), was placed below the cotton plant.
Why do all these flags look like they were made in MS Paint? Not necessarily stylistically but like with the lettering and stuff it all looks very 1993.
But you don't want subtle on flags, I guess it defeats a point. I mean, what would be a subtle flag? That African nation who's flag is a simple green rectangle?
What I meant was, that soviet symbolism/propaganda is about as subtle as a hammer to the face.
Not that the hammer was a particularly unsubtle image. Sorry about that.
I actually think the hammer and sickle is kinda classy as far as political symbols go. Definitely very recognizable and the meaning is understandable to anybody (unlike most heraldic symbols).
The Vermont state flag—as adopted on 01 May 1804—was a 17 stars-and-stripes U.S. flag with “VERMONT” embroidered along the top. The colours are from the U.S. flag; White, Old Glory Blue (Pantone 281, #002664), and Old Glory Red (Pantone 193, #BB133E).
Note: Vermont expected a change in the U.S. flag from 15 to 17 stars-and-stripes with the addition of Tennessee and Ohio to the Union. (Much as it changed from 13 to 15 stars-and-stripes with the addition of Vermont and Kentucky) The U.S. flag did not actually change until 1818 (20 stars and 13 stripes), and so this Vermont state flag had more stripes than the official U.S. flag.
But you don't want subtle on flags, I guess it defeats a point. I mean, what would be a subtle flag? That African nation who's flag is a simple green rectangle?
What I meant was, that soviet symbolism/propaganda is about as subtle as a hammer to the face.
Not that the hammer was a particularly unsubtle image. Sorry about that.
I actually think the hammer and sickle is kinda classy as far as political symbols go. Definitely very recognizable and the meaning is understandable to anybody (unlike most heraldic symbols).
Perhaps. A star, for example, is more subtle (though not very subtle, especially if you have fifty of them), since it's a more commonly used symbol, than a hammer and sickle, which is specific and rarer.
Which is an interesting point--most people associate the hammer and sickle with the Soviet state, but in the actual USSR, the red star is by far a much more common symbol, and probably more important. The military and civil service both used it much more often. But the red star is a pretty generic symbol in many respects. China and Yugoslavia used it as well. A lot of portrayals of the Soviet flag in American media actually forget the yellow star....though I'd bet Soviet media got the wrong number of stars on the US flag wrong more than a few times.
The hammer and sickle is about as non-subtle as the American eagle (which, on the other hand, is not on the American flag).
The Vermont state flag—as adopted on 01 May 1804—was a 17 stars-and-stripes U.S. flag with “VERMONT” embroidered along the top. The colours are from the U.S. flag; White, Old Glory Blue (Pantone 281, #002664), and Old Glory Red (Pantone 193, #BB133E).
Maybe it's like what they did with the Soviet Republic flags? They're all pretty close (except for Georgia's--freakin' Georgians, breaking the pattern....). Though those might be the product of laziness too (all the work went into really artistic coats of arms, none left over for flag design, which is kind of stupid, since the flags would be much more common...
Belorussians really love their flowers.
Synthesis on
0
Options
Muse Among MenSuburban Bunny Princess?Its time for a new shtick Registered Userregular
edited September 2010
I like our flag, even if it closely resembles the flags of other nations. I do think the Soviet flag and Canadian flag are nicer though.
Our anthem? Too hard to sing! Few people sound good singing it. I'd prefer America the Beautiful, it is just much easier to sing by comparison.
Can we move on to national personifications?
Uncle Sam (kinda big?)
The final image is that of 'Columbia', who apparantly fell out of favor by the 1920's.
Speaking of which, this is my favorite recruiting poster of all time.
On the Annapolis the junior officers photoshopped the XO's face onto this and hung on the wardroom passageway bulletin board. the XO, an asian man, was widely considered to be rather pretty. Take that as you will.
Posts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kassaman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ti%E1%BA%BFn_Qu%C3%A2n_Ca
Then there are the plain depressing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himnusz
B. The War of 1812 is largely regarded as a tie leaning towards a win by the US, and a mild win by Canada. Or so I've been told.
We won the battle and a nameless U.S. sniper took out the best general the British had.
We pretty much invented spawn camping.
In other words, we didn't win it. It was a stupid and divisive war that most people thought was going to be an easy victory.
Also, Ankh-Morpork anthem:
When dragons belch and hippos flee
My thoughts, Ankh-Morpork, are of thee
Let others boast of martial dash
For we have boldly fought with cash
We own all your helmets, we own all your shoes.
We own all your generals - touch us and you'll lose.
Morporkia! Morporkia!
Morporkia owns the day!
We can rule you wholesale
Touch us and you'll pay.
We bankrupt all invaders,
We sell them souvenirs,
We ner ner ner ner ner ner by the ears,
Er ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner,
Ner ner ner ner ner ner, ner ner ner ner ner,
Ner your gleaming swords, we mortgaged to the hilt.
Morporkia! Morporkia!
Ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner
We can rule you wholesale
Credit where it's due.
Payback for burning and looting Canadian legislative assembly buildings in York.
screw subtle symbolism
kpop appreciation station i also like to tweet some
Maybe that's why the Soviets went bankrupt.
And when you think about it, it wasn't terribly effective. The Soviets did that and gave every republic its own coat of arms, and the rest of the world (okay, really just the west) still called them "the Russians". Never mind that that the emblem basically screams, "YO, HONKIES, OTHER PEOPLE LIVE HERE!"
We could have pretended that they do, for the sake of the joke. But nooooo, you had to come and ruin it!
'S what I do, man.
Side note, the Soviet Republics had some pretty cool looking coat of arms as well. Some of my favorites:
They're not earth-shattering, but they're pretty artistic, I'd say.
Well, at least you didn't think Hell March was the anthem. I know people who thought 'Korobeiniki' (i.e. the Tetris song) was the Soviet anthem. You admitted it, and you're a better man for it. And to be fair, the version in The Hunt for Red October is horrible, horribly sung. Just imagine a dozen Japanese people only fluent in their own language singing the US anthem, and you're basically there.
Apparently, the average American can't really sing a song in Russia if has a lot of lyrics. Whodathunk.
listen to it, it sounds like i could be a national anthem
this is hell march
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb-gI_pFog0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WqwFhX6Cqg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D3zMir92UA
i might be an idiot, but i know a metal song when i hear one lol
but yeah, the soviets pretty much had some of the best iconography
i think itd be awesome if some country ever did make Hell march their anthem
I never have found it again. I kind of wish I could.
But none of them had rock-and-roll riffs.
That's nothing. I have a version released by a Soviet tourism promotional company (probably one of the bigger ones). It was a music video, sung by a cop, a factory worker, a doctor (a woman, of course, this is the USSR here), and I think a generic musician (with a guitar). Cut to various clips of tractors in fields, fireworks, soldiers returning from mobilization, big squares, children playing at school, etc.
Very cheery-fuzzy.
I mean, fifty stars isn't subtle either.
But you don't want subtle on flags, I guess it defeats a point. I mean, what would be a subtle flag? That African nation who's flag is a simple green rectangle?
This sounds like a Blind Guardian song more than anybody's national anthem. Just substitute Gondorians for Hungarians and it's one of the tracks from Nightfall on Middle Earth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Alabama
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Flag I demand they fight to the death for use of that design.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shche_ne_vmerla_Ukraina
Albania
EDIT: Ukraine's new anthem is....interesting. "Cossack nation", eh? Well, it's a lot more dramatic than the old one from the Ukrainian SSR. It's better than Taiwan's though.
This became hilarious about four years later.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alabama_1861_Reverse.svg
Smug snake is smug.
see, this is hilarious because it is a flag that depicts someone holding a much better flag that did not get used
Horrible flags.
Not that the hammer was a particularly unsubtle image. Sorry about that.
I actually think the hammer and sickle is kinda classy as far as political symbols go. Definitely very recognizable and the meaning is understandable to anybody (unlike most heraldic symbols).
In Confederate Lousiana, flag solutes you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VT_flag_1804-05-01.svg Way to fuck up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Florida_Provisional_1861.svg
"Eh, fuck it. Just put one star instead of a number of stars equal to the number of states."
Perhaps. A star, for example, is more subtle (though not very subtle, especially if you have fifty of them), since it's a more commonly used symbol, than a hammer and sickle, which is specific and rarer.
Which is an interesting point--most people associate the hammer and sickle with the Soviet state, but in the actual USSR, the red star is by far a much more common symbol, and probably more important. The military and civil service both used it much more often. But the red star is a pretty generic symbol in many respects. China and Yugoslavia used it as well. A lot of portrayals of the Soviet flag in American media actually forget the yellow star....though I'd bet Soviet media got the wrong number of stars on the US flag wrong more than a few times.
The hammer and sickle is about as non-subtle as the American eagle (which, on the other hand, is not on the American flag).
Maybe it's like what they did with the Soviet Republic flags? They're all pretty close (except for Georgia's--freakin' Georgians, breaking the pattern....). Though those might be the product of laziness too (all the work went into really artistic coats of arms, none left over for flag design, which is kind of stupid, since the flags would be much more common...
Belorussians really love their flowers.
Our anthem? Too hard to sing! Few people sound good singing it. I'd prefer America the Beautiful, it is just much easier to sing by comparison.
Can we move on to national personifications?
Uncle Sam (kinda big?)
The final image is that of 'Columbia', who apparantly fell out of favor by the 1920's.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/CanadianAmericaRelationsCartoon1886.gif
I wish Uncle Sam wasn't so creepy looking. He needs the Queer Eye guys to give him a makeover.
We have the smoking marine now.
On the Annapolis the junior officers photoshopped the XO's face onto this and hung on the wardroom passageway bulletin board. the XO, an asian man, was widely considered to be rather pretty. Take that as you will.