New Australian National Anthem

[Mr Bigglesworth]

Well, I was inspired by this thread (http://forum.zgeek.com/showthread.php?t=42922) and was thinking of alternatives to the current anthem that we have that is as boring and meaningless as batshit.

Take a pick.

[JumpinJez]

keep the current, the other choices are all sucky like.

[TheMightyPhill]

Advance Australia Fair kicks arse.
We don't have enough history to start fucking around with it.
Besides if we change it, in a hundred years or so those fucking kids will start whinging about it.

[That Bloke]

Locomotion was actually a cover of a 60s song(american I believe) in a style similar to the the MoTown style(Although unsure if the original male singer was black).

[Happy Camper]

How about the full National Anthem, all 5 verses

[d3kst3r]

David Hasselhoff - My heart is yours

[Seeker]

Advance Australia Fair kicks arse.
We don't have enough history to start fucking around with it.
Besides if we change it, in a hundred years or so those fucking kids will start whinging about it.

Werd.

[Goat Boy]

Please rise.
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie. Oi. Oi. Oi.
Aussie. Oi.
Aussie. Oi.
Aussie. Oi.
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie. Oi. Oi. Oi.
Thank you, you may be seated.


I once worked with a Cambodian fella who had been here for yeeeeeears and had always thought it was "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie. Oink. Oink. Oink."

[Uther Pendragon]

I cannot believe you don't have barnsey khe sanh on that poll. :fag:

[sagit]

Use the song that Roy & HJ use for the national anthem during Festival of the Boot.

[bronco]

Locomotion was actually a cover of a 60s song(american I believe) in a style similar to the the MoTown style(Although unsure if the original male singer was black).I think it was Little Vicky or Little someone anyway. She was previously the baby sitter for Carol King who wrote the song for her.

I can't believe how much crap my brain retains, yet I can't remember what I had for breakfast... Go figure.

Anyway, as for my choice I think Waltzing Matilda cause it's pretty cool or Advance Aussie Fair to the tune of Working Class Man. When they get right into it that's pretty bloody cool.

[Sodapop]

This poll is dum.

If we go changing our flag, our anthem etc etc what little national identy and history will be destroyed. IF IT AINT BROKE DONT FIX IT.

[GeeWhiz]

Maybe it could be sold off to a corporation in exchange for money. Privatisation is good. Womens privates are even better

[Up_All_Night]

Grinspoon - Violent and Lazy

[Boobmeister]

How about the full National Anthem, all 5 verses


Australians all let us rejoice,
For we are young and free;
We've golden soil and wealth for toil,
Our home is girt by sea;
Our land abounds in Nature's gifts
Of beauty rich and rare;
In history's page, let every stage
Advance Australia fair!
In joyful strains then let us sing,
"Advance Australia fair!"
When gallant Cook from Albion sail'd,
To trace wide oceans o'er,
True British courage bore him on,
Till he landed on our shore.
Then here he raised Old England's flag,
The standard of the brave;
With all her faults we love her still,
"Brittannia rules the wave!"
In joyful strains then let us sing
"Advance Australia fair!"

Beneath our radiant southern Cross,
We'll toil with hearts and hands;
To make this Commonwealth of ours
Renowned of all the lands;
For those who've come across the seas
We've boundless plains to share;
With courage let us all combine
To advance Australia fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing
"Advance Australia fair!"

While other nations of the globe
Behold us from afar,
We'll rise to high renown and shine
Like our glorious southern star;
From England, Scotia, Erin's Isle,
Who come our lot to share,
Let all combine with heart and hand
To advance Australia fair!
In joyful strains then let us sing
"Advance Australia fair!"

Shou'd foreign foe e'er sight our coast,
Or dare a foot to land,
We'll rouse to arms like sires of yore
To guard our native strand;
Brittannia then shall surely know,
Beyond wide ocean's roll,
Her sons in fair Australia's land
Still keep a British soul.
In joyful strains the let us sing
"Advance Australia fair!"


Advance Australia Fair kicks arse.
We don't have enough history to start fucking around with it.
Besides if we change it, in a hundred years or so those fucking kids will start whinging about it.

Advance Australia Fair has only been our anthem for 20 odd years ... so there isnt much history to it anyway

I voted to keep it though

[hazza]

COME ON BABY DO THE LOCOMOTION


woooo

[shytilwet]

Yeah. dirty deeds. Or "Up there, Cazaley".

[Icky]

AC/DC

do you need to say anymore

[MasterFarter]

I would vote for 'You shit me to tears' by the Tenants.

[Xythan]

The Hymn of the Soviet Union
(http://mia.marxists.org/history/ussr/sounds/mp3/soviet-anthem.mp3)

Unbreakable Union of freeborn Republics,
Great Russia has welded forever to stand.
Created in struggle by will of the people,
United and mighty, our Soviet land!

Sing to the Motherland, home of the free,
Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong.
O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people,
To Communism's triumph lead us on!

Through tempests the sunrays of freedom have cheered us,
Along the new path where great Lenin did lead.
To a righteous cause he raised up the peoples,
Inspired them to labor and valorous deed.

[Or, the old way:
Be true to the people, thus Stalin has reared us,
Inspire us to labor and valorous deed!]

Sing to the Motherland, home of the free,
Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong.
O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people,
To Communism's triumph lead us on!

In the vict'ry of Communism's deathless ideal,
We see the future of our dear land.
And to her fluttering scarlet banner,
Selflessly true we always shall stand!

United forever in friendship and labour,
Our mighty republics will ever endure.
The Great Soviet Union will live through the ages.
The dream of a people their fortress secure.

Long live our Soviet motherland,
Built by the people's mighty hand.
Long live our people, united and free.
Strong in our friendship tried by fire.
Long may our crimson flag inspire,
Shining in glory for all men to see.

Through days dark and stormy where Great Lenin lead us
Our eyes saw the bright sun of freedom above
And Stalin our leader with faith in the people,
Inspired us to build up the land that we love.

Long live our Soviet motherland,
Built by the people's mighty hand.
Long live our people, united and free.
Strong in our friendship tried by fire.
Long may our crimson flag inspire,
Shining in glory for all men to see.

We fought for the future, destroyed the invaders,
And brought to our homeland the laurels of fame.
Our glory will live in the memory of nations
And all generations will honour her name.

Long live our Soviet motherland,
Built by the people's mighty hand.
Long live our people, united and free.
Strong in our friendship tried by fire.
Long may our crimson flag inspire,
Shining in glory for all men to see.

[LauraleeBug]

I woulda voted for anything by Peter Garrett but there was no choice for Midnite Oil...

I'd suggest "Dead Heart"

".... We carry in our hearts the true country
And that cannot be broken,
We follow in the steps of our ancestry,
And that cannot be stolen..."

But, I'll just vote for him for Prime Minister when the time comes :)

[dwarfthrower]

You have citizenship now? Congrats.

[locust]

They let people become citizens without learning the basics of our government's structure and how elections work? :/

[EvilMuppet]

All those choices are as sucky as the currant sucky one. Godamn out anthem is embarrasing :(

[HAL9000]

I fucking hate "Waltzing Matilda" why the fuck does some stupid cunt have to sing it at every international rugby game?

[Mr Bigglesworth]

Is Australia a Motherland or a Fatherland?

[AntZ]

I second Men at Work!

Traveling in a fried-out combie
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie
I met a strange lady, she made me nervous
She took me in and gave me breakfast
And she said,

"Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."

Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six foot four and full of muscles
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
And he said,

"I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."

Lying in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw, and not much to say
I said to the man, "Are you trying to tempt me
Because I come from the land of plenty?"
And he said,

"Oh! Do you come from a land down under? (oh yeah yeah)
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."

I mean how can you pass by any song that mentions beer and chundering?

[nrejones]

more beer, more beer, more beer, more beer, more beer,more beer, more beer, mooore beeeeer!

[Dr_B]

Yes men at work would be kewl .

BUT I AM SO GLAD Shannon fuckhead Noll got 0 votes !!! :mdr:

u suck shannon ( just in case he reads this )

[Harold]

I dont know what your anthem sounds like, because I dont watch the Olympics, however what about a version of "O Canada" that is neutered for Australian audiences.

Would serial murderers, kangaroos, beer and boomerangs feature in such an anthem?

[Afta Image]

The sound of one hand Fapping


Fixed....

[That Bloke]

The sound of one hand Fapping

Fixed....

Just one hand?

[pinchy]

Keep it. I'm proud to be in a country that doesn't know their national anthem. Patriotism sucks.