Stephen Lewis Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Always preferred rule britania (sic) or land of hope and glory, absolutely hate god save the fascist I mean queen Lizard. Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcityman Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Or This Is England by The Clash. The not real Clash admittedly, but a bunch of Bristolians + Strummer. Only decent song on the final album. Actually any bloody song but turgid, cringeworthy, servile God Save The Queen, which ISN'T an English anthem. She's Queen of the UK, not just England. By singing it, we subsume and deny our national identity. It makes my skin crawl when I hear it at football. Hear hear. It's not just that for me though, I'm an aetheist so I won't be an hypocrit and sing, even got accused of not being patriotic because I wouldn't sing about some thing I don't believe in saving just one person because of their birth rite, not being religious doesn't mean I love my country less than any other person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS15_RED Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Why does everyone like Jerusalem? It's worse than GSTQ My favourite anthem is Ireland's Call. Ireland's call isn't a national anthem, it's a song for the Irish rugby team that represents all of Ireland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob k Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Ireland's call isn't a national anthem, it's a song for the Irish rugby team that represents all of Ireland. Yep true! Still prefer that to any other national anthem!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Having You Tube'd it. I'd go for 'vow to'. Can't get it out of my head now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moloch Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 I think we should have this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzWSJG93P8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miah Dennehy Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 The problem is that you can be proud to be English without being a royalist. I would much prefer if we sang about our country than the monarch and I don't even hold any ill feeling towards the royal family. I have an Irish/Scottish background but I was born and raised in England, and always support England, BUT I am not a royalist, and would love an anthem that I really could join in with (I do sing it btw, just feel a bit uncomfortable doing so!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midlands Robin Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 When the Commonwealth games were held in Manchester we were using Land of Hope and Glory so it seems like they can't even make their mind up which one to use. I'm not sure what we used in Delhi or Melbourne in the previous Commonwealth games. For me, it has to be Land of Hope and Glory. Which ever way you slice it though, God Save the Queen is awful for an English National Anthem. It hardly inspires the crowd with uplifting and motivational words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Yep true! Still prefer that to any other national anthem!!Yep true! Still prefer that to any other national anthem!! So, you would prefer an irish anthem to a proper English one?? Really?? Land of Hope and Glory is the one for me, sorry if it offends stalwarts like 'S.Bcity' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiz Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Rule brittania and god save the queen are British Anthems it is time we had our own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North London Red Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Change it to anything that the England band can't play. Thankfully they appear to have stopped going to England away matches (they weren't in either Miami or Brazil for England's last 5 games) but sadly we will still have to listen to them at Wembley games, starting with Norway in five weeks. As an aside, I got into a debate with a Welsh fan a few years ago about why the Welsh fans booed GSTQ when England played at the Millennium Stadium in 2005. His attempted 'moral high ground' explanation was that they object to other home nations using the national anthem of the United Kingdom, and that 'we should get our own anthem'. Unfortunately that argument fell down when it was pointed out to him that Wales played Northern Ireland in the same qualification campaign (for the world cup in Germany), that Northern Ireland also use GSTQ, and that the Wales fans didn't boo GSTQ when Northern Ireland played in Cardiff. Edit: a little trivia question. Which country's national anthem is sung to the same tune as God Save The Queen, but with words in a different language? A clue: England played them a few years back (and it was slightly bizarre hearing the same tune played twice). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTFiGO!?! Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 World in Motion with Prince Phillip and Charles doing the rap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Old Boy Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Change it to anything that the England band can't play. Thankfully they appear to have stopped going to England away matches (they weren't in either Miami or Brazil for England's last 5 games) but sadly we will still have to listen to them at Wembley games, starting with Norway in five weeks. As an aside, I got into a debate with a Welsh fan a few years ago about why the Welsh fans booed GSTQ when England played at the Millennium Stadium in 2005. His attempted 'moral high ground' explanation was that they object to other home nations using the national anthem of the United Kingdom, and that 'we should get our own anthem'. Unfortunately that argument fell down when it was pointed out to him that Wales played Northern Ireland in the same qualification campaign (for the world cup in Germany), that Northern Ireland also use GSTQ, and that the Wales fans didn't boo GSTQ when Northern Ireland played in Cardiff. Edit: a little trivia question. Which country's national anthem is sung to the same tune as God Save The Queen, but with words in a different language? A clue: England played them a few years back (and it was slightly bizarre hearing the same tune played twice). Liechtenstein? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North London Red Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Liechtenstein? Is the correct answer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWmDbMbDZKk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Net Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Excellent OP - Jerusalem would do for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 I vow to thee my country and Jerusalem are 2 of three hymns for my wedding next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 To Be a Pilgrim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Three lions. My apologies to David Baddiel but I would have his bit over-dubbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 At least Jerusalem has the word England in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Jerusalem all the way I love it at the test match and its really a good tune, I wouldn't mind land of hope and glory but only if we played the full version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfOfWestStreet Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Good luck teaching Jerusalem to the morons on the England team. They can't even learn the words to one of the easiest songs in the history of music. Imagine Rooney trying to sing "...countenance devine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahatma Coate Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 I'm a Land of Hope and Glory man myself, the trouble with Jerusalem is that is starts with four questions and the answer to each is "no" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Cloud Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 "Land of Hope & Glory" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 I've never liked Land of Hope and Glory, bit too Last Night of the Proms/ Ain't 'alf hot Mum (showing m age here!) so Jerusalem for me. Another that hasn't been mentioned but always brings a lump to my throat when sang at the FA cup, Abide With Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricardob59 Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Good luck teaching Jerusalem to the morons on the England team. They can't even learn the words to one of the easiest songs in the history of music. Imagine Rooney trying to sing "...countenance devine" Even worse imagine Woy Hodgson trying to sing it...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricardob59 Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Getting a fair bit of stick up here about identity.. And fact that not one medalist has been able to sing..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Litoris Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 I vow to thee my country and Jerusalem are 2 of three hymns for my wedding next week. Romantic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristolBEAT Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 God Save the Queen. Bland, boring, slow. Brazilian national anthem where the kids were proud and wanted to be the loudest heard was inspiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rob k Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 So, you would prefer an irish anthem to a proper English one?? Really?? Land of Hope and Glory is the one for me, sorry if it offends stalwarts like 'S.Bcity' I prefer the song, I would not want it as our anthem as it's Irish!! Why would I be offended by you preferring Land of hope and glory? Not my cup of tea but neither is Jeuruselum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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