Proggiest National Anthem?

Of the ones I know (I hope I'm not biased), I think Argentina's the proggiest. It is very long for a national anthem (four minutes) with a dynamic classical overture, tempo changes, an instrumental section in the middle and a bombastic finale. There's an instrumental version that sounds way better but I can't find it in youtube.

any other national anthems?

PS: I don't know in what forum to put this in, whether the lounge or 'just for fun'. Free free to move it.

The French one, of course......La Marseillaise

Original thread! Though there's not enough material to keep it alive for long.

Now I feel bad for knowing so few 
And the handful I do know are pretty much just pomp and arrogan....hey, wait, they're all prog!

This saturday in a sigur ros concert in mexico , in the middle a brass band played iceland national anthem, maybe it's not the proggiest but it is the most post-rocky

mellors wrote: The National Anthem by Radiohead ;)

The correct response

If "Stars and Stripes Forever" were our anthem which it kind of is in a way, that would be it!  (USA) If you listen to Chet Atkins play it it is all over the place with timing and key changes.

My country (South Africa) has a national anthem comprised of four parts, each sung in a different language (isiXhosa, isiZulu, Afrikaans and English) and with totally different melodies and time signatures and stuff. That's very prog. It's called "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika".

The T wrote: Original thread! Though there's not enough material to keep it alive for long. La Marseillaise is the best. As is Deutschland Uber Alles.

actually, now it's “einigkeit und recht und freiheit“ (unity, justice, liberty) – the one you
mentioned is from the nazi times (same melody though)

aprusso wrote: Deutsche Demokratik Republik

   

“auferstanden aus ruinen und der zukunft zugewandt“ (risen from the ruins
and headed for the future) – now THAT makes me laugh...

iguana wrote: actually, now it's “einigkeit und recht und freiheit“ (unity, justice, liberty) – the one you mentioned (Deutschland Uber Alles) is from the nazi times (same melody though)

You're both right and wrong. The German national anthem is the "Deutschlandlied". The lyrics were written by Hoffmann von Fallersleben in 1841. The first verse starts with the words "Deutschland, Deutschland uber alles", the third verse with "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit". During the time of the nazi-regime only the first verse was sung, nowadays the third verse is sung and was declared national anthem after the reunification. The melody, by the way, is "borrowed" from the "Kaiserhymne", which Joseph Haydn wrote for Austrian emperor Franz II.
"Auferstanden aus Ruinen" indeed was the national anthem of the former GDR. Interesting enough the lyrics of both of the national anthems can be sung to the melody of the other and vice versa.


Edited by Guzzman - June 11 2008 at 05:54