The Internationale vs. Hymn of the soviet union

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clearly, the internationale is more defensible lyrically and ideologically but what about musically?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8EMx7Y16Vo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sxTbfeYdO0

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944-1991)	6
The Internationale (1922-1944)	5

― Treeship, Monday, 26 January 2015 03:45 (nine years ago) link

Looks good on sheet music, but just doesn't work during performance.

― how's life, Monday, 26 January 2015 12:52 (nine years ago) link

Good shout, my two favourite anthems. Probably go with the USSR, it's rousing enough to make you temporarily become an ardent Stalinist.

― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 26 January 2015 13:52 (nine years ago) link

Ha, I totally mis-parsed this as La Marseillaise vs Hymn of the Soviet Union.

― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 26 January 2015 13:54 (nine years ago) link

The Hymn Of The Soviet Union, particularly as performed by the Red Army Choir, is probably the greatest ever national anthem. The Internationale isn't a patch on it.

― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Monday, 26 January 2015 14:18 (nine years ago) link

yea, the trumpet on that recording on "hymn of the soviet union" is tremendous.

― Treeship™ (Treeship), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 01:41 (nine years ago) link

Yeah USSR's is the best; I made this thread to see who agreed.

― ghetto phablet (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 02:04 (nine years ago) link

well, they were both the anthem of the ussr at different times

― Treeship™ (Treeship), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 02:07 (nine years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Saturday, 31 January 2015 00:01 (nine years ago) link

The Hymn Of The Soviet Union, particularly as performed by the Red Army Choir, is probably the greatest ever national anthem.

― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Monday, 26 January 2015 14:18 (5 days ago)

the brazilian national anthem is the best one i am aware of

― the prefects of the spirit world (nakhchivan), Saturday, 31 January 2015 00:12 (nine years ago) link

I can recall reading that amongst the peasant classes during the revolution, some of them from the most backward regions thought The Internationale was some kind of physical being/deity rather than an anthem.

― xelab, Saturday, 31 January 2015 00:23 (nine years ago) link

the world revolution had a theological character to it, especially among those who felt it was going to save russia's own fledgling revolution

― Treeship, Saturday, 31 January 2015 00:59 (nine years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Sunday, 1 February 2015 00:01 (nine years ago) link

three months pass...

happy international workers' day everybody

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK-Eee_RkJQ

― cis-het shitlord (Merdeyeux), Friday, 1 May 2015 12:42 (eight years ago) link

six months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlWeWLzX7fE

― Tuomas, Saturday, 21 November 2015 22:59 (eight years ago) link

Though this Agit Prop tune from the 70s is my most favourite communist tune of them all:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C7JebZVgRo

― Tuomas, Saturday, 21 November 2015 23:03 (eight years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI9KBLb_8ro

― denies the existence of dark matter (difficult listening hour), Sunday, 22 November 2015 03:01 (eight years ago) link

been meaning to check this out for ages...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZL4J3vImWI

percuphone sadly nowhere to be heard!

― no lime tangier, Sunday, 22 November 2015 03:15 (eight years ago) link

two years pass...

the hymn of the soviet union reminds me of when i read to the finland station and thought lenin seemed like a cool guy.

― New Jersey (treeship 2), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 03:27 (six years ago) link

i sort of felt that way after reading OCTOBER too, another fun text about 1917. i know better now, but still.

― New Jersey (treeship 2), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 03:28 (six years ago) link

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