Hands down the US national anthem is the most beautiful. Admittedly I'm drunk right now but this brings tears to my eyes, and I'm not even American!

http://videosift.com/video/RADIOHEAD-The-National-Anthem-Live-on-Colbert

>> ^Issykitty:

quality this mofo


tanx putty tat!

Meow!

Interesting You know, your visit could well have coincided with the time frame I was talking about listening to "And the band played..." in music class. I'm not entirely sure why the band played Waltzing Matilda (but that link might have some clues). In 1918 the real Australian anthem was "God save the King", our current one wasn't chosen until 1974, but I think Matilda has always been popular. The link to Gallipoli is interesting too. After the war, Mustafa Kemal, who had been commander of the Turkish forces on the day of the invasion wrote a tribute to the Australian troops quoted at the Australian war memorial's web site, http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/ataturk.asp

"Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side now here in this country of ours... you, the mothers, who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land. They have become our sons as well."

P.S. I got side tracked and forgot that I meant to send you a link to "I was only 19", another sad Australian ballad about returned soldiers.
In reply to this comment by AdrianBlack:
I've known it was sort of the un-official national anthem for Australia since I was little (I was there when I was 9yrs old), so I guess I've always heard it in an Australian voice.
I also had a music box as a child that had Waltzing Matilda as it's song.

How well known it is to others, I don't know. I always seem to be the one that collects odd little facts.

Lol, nice accent, btw.

Cheerio!

I've known it was sort of the un-official national anthem for Australia since I was little (I was there when I was 9yrs old), so I guess I've always heard it in an Australian voice.
I also had a music box as a child that had Waltzing Matilda as it's song.

How well known it is to others, I don't know. I always seem to be the one that collects odd little facts.

Lol, nice accent, btw.

Cheerio!

In reply to this comment by oritteropo:
(clears throat, puts on posh British accent) Oh, how embarrasing! I've been caught commiting an Australianism!

How well known is that ballad in your parts? I remember listening to it in primary school music class, many moons ago :, so it hadn't really crossed my mind that it might've had much exposure outside Australia... and yet here's an Irish cover and you seem more familiar with another version.
In reply to this comment by AdrianBlack:
I have always loved story songs/ballads. That was fun to hear in an Irish accent!

Thank you, btw! Tis what I do. *grins*

sunnies....cute.

The Queen doesn't give a fuck clearly, how many times must she have heard the world's worst national anthem now, poor old cow

>> ^campionidelmondo:

>> ^NetRunner:
Wanted to embed this, but couldn't figure out how to get it to embed properly.

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Thanks.

>> ^NetRunner:

Wanted to embed this, but couldn't figure out how to get it to embed properly.


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Wanted to embed this, but couldn't figure out how to get it to embed properly.

Here's a video of him live, the quality is terrible, but should prove that the female voice is actually him:

Nick Pitera - National Anthem - live

>> ^robbersdog49:

Isn't this a perfect example of the difference between China and America? You're allowed your own opinions in America, and your right to express them is protected in law. Isn't this a massive win for Obama? He stood true to the principals of free speech. That's not a fail in my book.
We are so used to mocking those in power here in the west, it's hard to imagine a place where this isn't allowed. Where saying the wrong thing about someone in power could get you in very serious trouble, even if you're just stating the obvious truth. The fact that this guy can come over to America and say what he likes is a good thing, not a bad one.


>> ^Hive13:

How is this any different than play our national anthem in front of the British?


Q. F. -Fucking- T.

How is this any different than playing our national anthem in front of the British?

Really? The world wants to be like America? Have you ever travelled?>> ^raverman:

This is awesome. This is the Real America the world wants to believe in and be like.

Yeah, and that tech doesn't have feelings, so who cares?>> ^Payback:

...to be fair, I doubt the lady was laughing AT the girl, probably at the tech who screwed up. Some people just react wrong to sudden, unexpected situations. It's obviously not anything the girl did.
That was pure class from the audience. Well done!