What's your favourite national anthem?

This morning, a Saturday, I woke up early to take a visit to London. The family had tickets to see some of the most determined human beings, the paralympians.

It was a beautiful day in the capital, actually a little too hot, but I might just be being British and complaining about the weather.

Our seats in the stadium were right at the top, row 70 of 75, however the view was good and our stratospheric altitude did not affect the atmosphere.

To be fair there was not much home interest but that didn't stop the crowd getting behind the remarkable performances.

By favourite parts of the morning were the numerous victory ceremonies. Many smaller countries had won gold so we were able to stand and celebrate some national anthems unfamiliar to my ears including the anthems of Tunisia, Algeria and Iran. Of course some more common tunes were also heard: Germany, USA, Brazil and Australia. Moreover the Australian anthem was accompanied by a talented operatic voice in Row 75.

By far my favourite anthem played in the stadium this morning was the tune of Azerbaijan. Two triple jumpers took both gold and silver with only a centimetre between them. This national ditty sounds like something out of a dramatic science fiction film score. Rising to a crescendo as though some spacecraft is breaking up as it crosses the event horizon and gets crushed by the infinite gravity of the singularity.

It has the excitement and passion that is able to motivate and stir pride, passion and loyalty.

Have a listen if you don't believe me..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Mi0Vt3l44

 

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    Certainly very stirring, but to me it conjures up images of thousands of soldiers marching in perfect goose stepping symmetry, interspersed with missile carriers, tanks and BMPs. Perhaps I'm just paranoid!

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    Have to say the the very best national anthem is the French one - very stirring and full of revolutionary zeal. Love the words to the star spangled banner too!

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