The English national anthem is crap.
First disagreement, the English dont have one, we use the British one😁
I didn’t know there was one?
Sigh.
If it's good enough for Lichtenstein, it's good enough for me.
German isn't it?
Used to like the Soviet one.
The British national anthem sounds fine to me same goes to other national anthems.
They are not pop music you know.
It was up against some pretty stiff competition there, La Marseillaise is one of the best.
As a Scot I hate FoS with a passion.
It’s about somewhere in the Middle East
There are few good ones. England rugby should stop using GSTQ. I would vote for Jerusalem
The same tune from GSTQ is used in the national anthem of several other countries 😮
It is a dreadful royalist dirge though the way we do it.
And did those feet
I like the tunes of most anthems, I can say I listen to the words particularly, much like pop songs 🙂
GSTQ and happy birthday both need speeding up when sung otherwise both sound too funereal, maybe due a change when it becomes GSTK?
maybe due a change
i nominate the theme tune from The Flumps
God Save the Queen is definitely an English anthem not a British one.
The words are a give away.
"And did those feet.....".
No.
No they didn't.
Bloody stupid song.🙃
I Vow to Thee My Country is my fave...
I would vote for Jerusalem
Christ no.
Do you mean the tune or the lyrics?
It was up against some pretty stiff competition there, La Marseillaise is one of the best.
The Italian gets my vote. The German a close second.
My reasons for Jerusalem
its fairly well known, it speaks to all of england and only england, it can ( like they do with anthems) be edited down to something fairly short, and with a rousing finish.
i agree its nonsense if you really listen to the content but I think it would make a good anthem
i nominate the theme tune from The Flumps
I second this
I was thinking more Trumpton.
i nominate the theme tune from The Flumps
The theme tune to the Benny hill show is probably more appropriate given our current leader.
The English national anthem is crap.
I've always quite liked swing low sweet chariot
I’ve always quite liked swing low sweet chariot
Only if you do the actions...
Gotta go for Oops Upside Your Head, mainly because it's a great song with a unifying message on which we really can all agree (Oops upside your head, I said oops upside your head), bonus being that you don't have to stand up for it.
I’d vote for Groove Armada “At the beach”
Good old sentimental piffle.
How about Thomas the Tank Engine theme, but replace the character names with the names of the royal family? Just need to figure who is the cheeky one, and who is vain but lots of fun.
I was thinking more Trumpton.
Only if it’s the Urban Hype version.
‘The fascist regime...’
Isn't there a later, now discarded, verse about spanking the rebellious Scots?
I’ve always quite liked swing low sweet chariot
Think theres already enough remnants historically linking the UK to the slave trade without sticking that on the end.
Hmmm,
How about....
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v-vg5bXb--0
Something rousing....
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E16AZfFLF-I
.....or something cheerful....
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ9MZtq0cWs
You have to agree it's pretty dated now, and they'll have to come up with something if it goes from queen to king.
Personally I can't compare any of those words to Charles. More likely something about alternative medicine and saving the planet.
Ah, Charlie.
Something nice about adultery?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1it7BP5PckI
Our anthem is a bit of a dirge, I quite like 'Oh Canada' but that's only cos I'm a bit of a Canadaphile.
+ 1 for Jerusalem.
They take the national anthem very seriously in Thailand and play it in public places every day at 8am and 6pm, or at least they did twenty years ago, and everyone stops and stands for the duration.
At the local station one morning, the policeman next to me turns to me afterwards and asks "Do you know what that is?". My Thai at this stage wasn't great (it never got much better to be honest) but I tried to say something like "Yes, it's for the King, he's a very accomplished man", which he was, but I must have got the critical tone wrong because the cop asks me to repeat myself. I do. He's suddenly really angry and takes out his handcuffs. "Say that again". What have I said? Frantically try to think of a different word but my mind's gone blank. "Good! " I finally blurt. "Good man!". The cop relaxes and puts the cuffs away. Later I thought he might have been messing with me, but I don't think he was.
Anyway I've learned to be careful when it comes to anthems, but GSTK is definitely questionable.
I don't get the love for Jerusalem.
Honest question, what's so great about it?
I can see it from an Anarchist perspective, a hark to simpler, less industrialised times, but it's as blunt and nostalgic as a Daily Mail headline, failing to grasp the reality of human nature.
If returning to Thailand and this comes up again, stick with a shake of the head and a maybe shrug of the shoulders 😕
i nominate the theme tune from The Flumps
Thirded.
Henry the illegitimate Engine.
Phillip the racist engine.
Andrew the paedo engine.
Lizzy the half fat-German controller.
I’d (not really) go with this, you don’t need to know many of the words to sing along
Nothing wrong with God Save The Queen.
Tourists are money, after all.
+1 for Yakkity Sax
Would make medal ceremonies much more fun.
