The British / English national anthem.

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AB22 Easy Tiger said:
Should be Land of Hope & Glory.

I'm not sure why anyone who understands the lyrics to Jerusalem would want it as the national anthem.
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Reading & listening to them, it sounds a song full of praise for a England and suggesting it's gods country. But in don't have any context on it other than the proms where people seem happy to indulge it, so I assume there is no negative stereotypes.

What angle are you coming from? (Seriously..I don't know much about it so keen to know the other angle)
 
HellsBells said:
Why would anyone want to build Jerusalem here?
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Because they have no land, so we will give them the land of the sovereign state of.. oh wait it isn't 1948.

daveydavey said:
It makes sense as a standalone statement, but it doesn't relate to what I was asking. And your comments since about not liking the royal family or establishment, made in an aggressive way, don't correlate with me saying that the national anthem shouldn't be god save the queen...


I know, that's why I brought every country in the union having their own anthem
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How can pixels on a screen be said in a 'aggressive way', if your screen is talking to you you really should go to the doctors? Unless he said "I am saying this in an aggressive way", there no way to know them pixels are angry.
 
England definitely needs a national anthem. I despise God save the queen. Even when it's played at sporting events though they cut it short!
 
I don't mind the tune but would rather get the Royals out of the lyrics.

Why not base it on our fantastic cheeses? Nodody doesn't like cheese.

God Save our Wensleydale
Cheshire and Allerdale
God Save our cheese

etc
 
Love hearing god save the queen when a British driver has won a grand prix. National anthem blasting out and the union jack being hoisted as the rest of the world looks on, proud to be British.
 
ReidysLeftLug said:
Because they have no land, so we will give them the land of the sovereign state of.. oh wait it isn't 1948.



How can pixels on a screen be said in a 'aggressive way', if your screen is talking to you you really should go to the doctors? Unless he said "I am saying this in an aggressive way", there no way to know them pixels are angry.
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Are you suggesting there can be no context to writing??
 
dcl0sc said:
Germany's national anthem is the most passionate anthem going for me like! Ours is class though!
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The French one is the best I'm afraid - bring tears to my eyes at the end of escape to victory
 
As we fund the lavish lifestyle of the Royal Family for doing nowt AND each government is always out to make as much money for their politicians as possible, there is only one fitting national anthem:

The Who ~ We won't get fooled again.

It sums up British life imo, quote from the last verse,"meet the new boss, same as the old boss ....."

The way it is now, is very likely the way it always will be, so the song above is extremely apt imo.
 
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