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Old February 5, 2002, 22:03   #1
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Russian National Anthem?
Hello, just a very very short question.

President Putin has reinstated the old national anthem for Russia, but obvious the lyrics have to be changed for the new nation. My question is, does anybody know if the revised lyrics have been released yet? Whenever I sing the old lyrics my Russian friends always give me funny looks.
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Old February 5, 2002, 22:10   #2
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I won't ask why you are singing the Russian national anthem

That could have got you into a bit of trouble a few years ago
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Re: Russian National Anthem?
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My question is, does anybody know if the revised lyrics have been released yet? Whenever I sing the old lyrics my Russian friends always give me funny looks.
Yes, the new lyrics have been available for some time; I can´t help thinking they sound a bit silly, though. (Perhaps they are not so bad in Russian.)
http://www.thenationalanthems.com/country/russia.htm
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Oooooh Canaaadaaa, oh Canada, oh Canada...

I don't know any of the words except for Oh Canada, so I just sing it like Ernest (warning, reference to Ernest Saves Christmas).
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Funny, I used to have the soviet national anthem as a ring tune in my cell phone ...no, don't ask.
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Hello, Alinestra :)
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Originally posted by Ade
Funny, I used to have the soviet national anthem as a ring tune in my cell phone ...no, don't ask.
I'm still looking for the Italian national anthem as my ring tone.
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I don't know any of the words except for Oh Canada
You know what? I don't think I do, either.... not since I escaped elementary school, where I was forced to sing it.
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Ahhh, but I'm American. Noone expects us to know anything about anyone else's country. Just the fact that I know what Canada's National Anthem sounds like, plus know the first two words makes me an abberration.
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I learned the Canadian anthem before I learned the American one.

Of course, I watched a LOT of Hockey Night In Canada back when I was a wee little thing... one of the greatest benefits of living near the border. Go CBC!
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I know the first verse of the Australian National Anthem, and some of the second verse... That makes me above agerage for an Australian

Or just weird...
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Erk. I just looked at them and yes, Comrade Tribune, I think I'd probably have to agree with you. The song just doesn't seem to support such a "hug and share" attitude.

And unless I'm mistaken, in this song, Russia's gender appears to have changed from male to female... is this right? In the old version there's a line

"Mi vidim gryadutschee nashe strani" (verse 3 line 2)

(We see the future of our dearest land)

And in the new version it has different case endings

"Rossiya lyubimaya nasha strana" (verse 1 line 2)

(Russia our dearest land)

Am I missing something or has the nation gone from being a fatherland to a motherland?

(By the way this is not meant to be seen as an insult to Russia. I am well aware that Russia is larger than I am - 5'7" - and would in all likelihood kick my butt in a fight.)

I'm also an American and I also know the lyrics to the UK and Chinese national anthems! Freak.
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I always loved the melody. That was the sojus something stuff, right ?

But I also have always loved one line in our anthem:

"Land of hammers" - thinking about industry. Just that "hammer" also got to mean "idiot" in the meantime, so we have "land of idiots" in our anthem, to be sung proudly at all inappropriate times...
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Soviet anthem, a great piece of music. I think it is by far the best piece of music as a nat. anthem. Don't know about the lyrics though

'Oooo Canada'...? I thought it was 'Blame Canda, Blame Canada...'
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Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
And unless I'm mistaken, in this song, Russia's gender appears to have changed from male to female... is this right? In the old version there's a line

"Mi vidim gryadutschee nashe strani" (verse 3 line 2)

(We see the future of our dearest land)

And in the new version it has different case endings

"Rossiya lyubimaya nasha strana" (verse 1 line 2)

(Russia our dearest land)

Am I missing something or has the nation gone from being a fatherland to a motherland?
"Strana"(country) is feminine in both cases. "nasha"("nashe") means "ours" when the word it talks about is feminine.
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See, Russian has suffixes instead of saying "of"
So when you say "of out land" it's "Nashey Strani", and when you just say "our land" it's "Nasha Strana".

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Thanks for clearing that up. Yes, the Russian (formerly Soviet) National Anthem really is a beautiful piece of music, but I still think the tune isn't really suited to the words in their latest incarnation. The tune reminds me of mountains and valleys and oceans, whereas the words remind me of a freshly baked and fragrant but by no means epic blueberry pie.

See? No relation. None whatsoever.
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I want a new anthem for Greece too.

The one about liberty, freedom, mighty swords and proud vision and sacred hellenic bones is getting old.

I propose this:

Metal Command

your gathered here tonight
to heed our metal. cry
obeying all. our wills
all others you defy
a wall of sonic sound
with amps turned up to ten
our legions are advancing
to battle once again

fists are in the air. banging everywhere
thrashing to the sound faces melting down
it s time to fight for metal tonight
bangers take your stand and obey
our metal command

we go from town to town
and leave a trail of death
and if you don't surrender

you'll breathe you final breath
there will be no survivors
no prisoners of war
join our ranks or perish

we'll slice you to the core

fists are in the air thrashing everywhere
banging to the sound, faces melting down
it s time to fight for metal tonight
bangers take your stand and obey
our metal command

our legions show no mercy
the final hour nears
sonic blast deafening
it's ripping through your ears
there is no retribution
for those who do not dare
there's only execution
your dead without a prayer
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Am I missing something or has the nation gone from being a fatherland to a motherland?
I thought it was always Mother Russia?

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I thought the anthem is long and boring. Anyway, I often sing the first few lines to friends to annoy them
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Well at least it is better than the american anthem, star spangled garbage.

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I've always wanted to know the words to "Deutschland über Alles"
Or, even better, download the song!

(BTW, I know thats Germany's Nat'l Anthem, not Russia, but its a thread on Nat'l Anthems, so...)
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I like the Russian Anthem, it's got a pretty good beat/speed to it. Both the Dutch and English anthems are dull, dull, dull.

I remember from the World Cup, that the Mexican anthem was pretty upbeat as well.
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I still have the soviet anthem as my mobile ringing tone.

and the new words don't work anywhere near as well as the old ones.
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I've always wanted to know the words to "Deutschland über Alles"
Or, even better, download the song!

(BTW, I know thats Germany's Nat'l Anthem, not Russia, but its a thread on Nat'l Anthems, so...)
You can get it off Audiogalaxy. First lines are "Deutschland, Deutschland, Uber alles, Uber alles in der Welt". And IIRC it was toned down a bit as well after WW2.
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Yeah, after re-unification (remember, there were two germanys, and the russian onw didn't get any slack), they brought back the old anthem but changed the words so that they don't have as much to do with nationalism. I guess in Germany, it's still looked down upon to take a lot of pride in the German State, but, I haven't been there to know.
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You know what? I don't think I do, either.... not since I escaped elementary school, where I was forced to sing it.
I know it in English and French! Not out of choice.

It's really not that great of an anthem. The tune is bad, the words in English are meaningless, and the words in French are so Catholic.

The Russian anthem is great. The words were changed earlier by Khruschev: before 1953 they referred to Stalin, but afterwords, the anthem was "destalinized". So, in fact, there are 3 different sets of words to the anthem.
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Yeah, after re-unification (remember, there were two germanys, and the russian onw didn't get any slack), they brought back the old anthem but changed the words so that they don't have as much to do with nationalism.
East germany: "Auferstanden aus Ruinen..."
West germany: Been the 3rd verse of the Deutschlandlied (1st one is the "über alles") since 1952. The 3rd verse is the liberal rather than the nationalist tradition: "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit..." (Unity, Justice and Liberty...)

Other parts may be a bit outdated or strange as well...

"Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue,
Deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang"

"German women, german trust,
german wine and german song..."

And the melody belongs to our KAISER!
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I think that some of the censored verses of present day anthems are quite amusing. It's rather embarrassing when social values change since the days of penning the lyrics to an anthem. (Which may explain why so many anthems are just instrumentally performed today, with no words.)

Take for example the omitted verses from anthems of two countries that pride themselves on racial diversity and libertarianism:

1.

O, thus be it ever when free men shall stand
Between their loved homes, and the war's desolation,
Blessed with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made, and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, if our reason is just,
And this be our motto "In God Is Our Trust".
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

2.

O Lord, our God, arise,
Scatter thine enemies,
And make them fall:
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On thee our hopes we fix:
God save us all.

Can you guess which two nations these might be? I'm sure it's not too tricky
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1 is US??

2 I am not sure, UK?

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