National Anthems?

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
06/06/2020 at 16:54 • Filed to: None

M y family is having a discussion about the ongoing protests in the US, and with Drew Brees dragging the anthem controversy back into the spotlight, discussion has turned to that as well. But this is not a post about that. My question is: Do other countries play their national anthem before every single sporting event, from pee wee T-ball up through professional sports? Or are we the only ones?

DISCUSSION (50)

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > ttyymmnn
06/06/2020 at 17:04

its pretty much you

maybe some other crackpot dictatorships....but they dont get a lot of tv time here

ttyymmnn > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
06/06/2020 at 17:05

That was my thought.

CB > ttyymmnn
06/06/2020 at 17:05

Canada does the national anthem at major sporting events, but not little league stuff.

We also played the national anthem every morning when I was in school. Probably still going on.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn
06/06/2020 at 17:06

That moment you remember the US is patriotic to its core.

ttyymmnn > CB
06/06/2020 at 17:07

Here in TX, they do the Pledge of Allegiance and the Pledge of Allegiance to the Texas Flag, which is kind of creepy.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
06/06/2020 at 17:09

is the us core english french dutch spanish or native tho?

shit i probably left a few out there

CB > ttyymmnn
06/06/2020 at 17:10

Your national anthem also has explosions, blood, and war in it, so realistically, it’s not much of a surprise.

Cé hé sin > ttyymmnn
06/06/2020 at 17:11

National anthems are played here for international sporting events and for some major national ones. Otherwise, no.

There was a time when the anthem was played before television shut down for the night, but those days are long gone.

Just Jeepin' > ttyymmnn
06/06/2020 at 17:11

I remember in grade school starting to ask questions of my teacher about the pledge. She couldn’t tell me why the pledge said “republic” when we were a democracy.

Having kids pledge allegiance blindly, using words even their teachers may not understand, ain’t patriotism. But I’ll stop my rant t here because what’s the point?

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
06/06/2020 at 17:12

Yeah Canada certainly doesn’t. I’m not a sports guy but I’ve never heard it played outside of a Stadium/School. Although the stadium national anthem was before a provincial league hockey game (one below NHL).

Also this:

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn
06/06/2020 at 17:18

Outside of the most major events, I believe we’re one of the few that do. I’d have to dig around to find some peer reviewer sources, but as I generally recall the anthem being a thing at sporting events and gatherings here is a relatively recent thing in our history. Before WW2, it was generally only commonly played on patriotic holidays and occasions. I recall something about the first time being known to have been played at a sporting event was during WW1. It became a thing that that really started during WW2 as part of the effort to stoke patriotism in support of rationing and folks buying war bonds. For some reason, it stuck around after.

S ometimes being a history major comes in handy.

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > Cé hé sin
06/06/2020 at 17:20

the anthem was played before television shut down for the night

That was done in some US TV markets as well , and not just in the earliest days of broadcasting. I remember it in the ‘70s, before every channel was 24-7.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick)
06/06/2020 at 17:22

man...i thought in canadia the big thing to play before a game was this

also....i couldnt remember what it was called...so i typed in microwave 2000

and it fucking worked!

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn
06/06/2020 at 17:24

Also on the subject, I wonder how many folks know there are three more verses of the song. In the spirit of no half measures, if we’re going to it I’ve always we thought we ought to do the whole thing.

Somewhat ironically, I imagine the folks that are probably the biggest into doing the anthem and most bothered by protests during it also don’t know about the unofficial fifth verse that became a popular addition during the civil war and aftermath that starts of f with “down, down with the traitor from within...”

PyramidHat > ttyymmnn
06/06/2020 at 17:26

I pledge to blindly follow orders and do as told so help me god. Amen.

PyramidHat > ttyymmnn
06/06/2020 at 17:29

If it weren’t for hockey we wouldn’t know the Canadian national anthem. We’d be singing:

Oh Canada

You’re to the north of us

And we are to the south of you

But north of Mexico.

Oh Canada.

Your beaches are.....not warm

La da da dee dee da da daaaa

And north of Mexico

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
06/06/2020 at 17:29

Irish and German are the two most common

ttyymmnn > CB
06/06/2020 at 17:37

It’s a song about flag in an obscure battle in a mostly forgotten war. It says nothing about the country itself, its ideals, its virtues, its resources. I’d much rather have “My Country Tis Of Thee” for the anthem. Not does it tick most of those boxes, it’s just better music.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > ttyymmnn
06/06/2020 at 17:40

E39, K5. Whatever it takes. > PyramidHat
06/06/2020 at 17:42

Massive spit take on this! Lived in Montreal for 5 years and being originally from California, that is about the lyrics I sang at sporting events.