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National anthem

  

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  1. 1. Which would be the best national anthem?

    • God Save the Queen
      27
    • Land of Hope & Glory
      24
    • Rule Britannia
      7


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Posted

i'd like to see the footballers do ice ice baby or pussycat dolls when i grow up i wanna be famous. before each game instead of gstq.

failing that i suggest wys. maybe then some of us would learn the fcuking words.

Posted

1 Land of Hope and Glory

2 Jerusalem

3 Rule Britannia ( maybe change the words a bit but the tune is brilliant)

Posted

Diplomacy gets a good kicking from me when I hear it played ;)

In truth I reckon most of us feel the same way :D

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it's good to see Meatloaf getting stuck into it in this vid too

Posted

In truth I reckon most of us feel the same way :D

edit;

it's good to see Meatloaf getting stuck into it in this vid too

I prefer Miranda Hart.

Where is the none option?

What would you choose, Ken?

Posted

I prefer Miranda Hart.

What would you choose, Ken?

probably a fookin haiku :D

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i reckon that blokes trousers are too tight for him !

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Posted

I'm not voting.. I've had enough of polls since mine were considered shite...

lol

The National Anthem should be 'A bitter sweet symphony' by the Verve.

Easy....

Posted

Do the people who say Jerusalem actually understand the poem from which it came?

There are that many question marks in the poem itself to suggest the answer to that can be manifold,

It seems that it's is actually meant to sort of esoteric or many faceted , or whatever the correct terminology is

A bit like David Bowie songs in the 70's

You seem to be posting on here a lot more often these days Mike, is the roof closed again? ( it is you that is one of the prominent roofers isn't it ?)

good to have you about anyway

Posted

I hate god save the queen for 2 reasons, the words and the tune apart from that it's fine.

The tune is dull and normally comes off as a bit of a drone, but they have jazzed it up a bit for the Olympics it is not such a dirge, but it is still the same as Liechtenstein's.

The other problem is the word's to an atheist republican (as in anti royal not US politics) it is very hard to sing along to.

"Dear fictitious made up deity, please protect the very emblem of everything I disagree with about elitism and privilege.

Please make sure she stays alive and drains our taxes for as long as possible.

Keep this undemocratic institution ruling this country without lifting a finger for a long time.

God save the queen"

I like Jerusalem as a tune, but the lyrical content is a bit too imaginary friend centric, rule Britannia is a bit too colonial and kind of irrelevant these days. So land of hope and glory gets my vote for now. But I would be happier with a new anthem...

...As long as it is not voted for by text votes and a judging panel of Simon Cowell, king Willy, David Cameron and Jeremy Kyle.

Posted

There are that many question marks in the poem itself to suggest the answer to that can be manifold,

It seems that it's is actually meant to sort of esoteric or many faceted , or whatever the correct terminology is

A bit like David Bowie songs in the 70's

You seem to be posting on here a lot more often these days Mike, is the roof closed again? ( it is you that is one of the prominent roofers isn't it ?)

good to have you about anyway

The man was a mentalist and the poem "And did those feet..." is not one I'd personally view as being either one of his best or particularly patriotic as essentially it's broken Britain put to song. The tune is a ****ing dirge too and I doubt Blake would have been too happy at it being used in the way it was during the great war.

I am in no way a prominent Roofer. As far as I am aware the Roof (both evil and fluffy) are in perfect working order.

Posted

how about "We hate scotland, we hate wales who the **** are the republic of ireland!" lol

No, because that doesn't scan.

Posted

I hate god save the queen for 2 reasons, the words and the tune apart from that it's fine.

The tune is dull and normally comes off as a bit of a drone, but they have jazzed it up a bit for the Olympics it is not such a dirge, but it is still the same as Liechtenstein's.

The other problem is the word's to an atheist republican (as in anti royal not US politics) it is very hard to sing along to.

"Dear fictitious made up deity, please protect the very emblem of everything I disagree with about elitism and privilege.

Please make sure she stays alive and drains our taxes for as long as possible.

Keep this undemocratic institution ruling this country without lifting a finger for a long time.

God save the queen"

I like Jerusalem as a tune, but the lyrical content is a bit too imaginary friend centric, rule Britannia is a bit too colonial and kind of irrelevant these days. So land of hope and glory gets my vote for now. But I would be happier with a new anthem...

...As long as it is not voted for by text votes and a judging panel of Simon Cowell, king Willy, David Cameron and Jeremy Kyle.

You forgot Andrew Lloyd Webber, he'd definitely be involved lol

Posted

I hate god save the queen for 2 reasons, the words and the tune apart from that it's fine.

The tune is dull and normally comes off as a bit of a drone, but they have jazzed it up a bit for the Olympics it is not such a dirge, but it is still the same as Liechtenstein's.

The other problem is the word's to an atheist republican (as in anti royal not US politics) it is very hard to sing along to.

"Dear fictitious made up deity, please protect the very emblem of everything I disagree with about elitism and privilege.

Please make sure she stays alive and drains our taxes for as long as possible.

Keep this undemocratic institution ruling this country without lifting a finger for a long time.

God save the queen"

I like Jerusalem as a tune, but the lyrical content is a bit too imaginary friend centric, rule Britannia is a bit too colonial and kind of irrelevant these days. So land of hope and glory gets my vote for now. But I would be happier with a new anthem...

...As long as it is not voted for by text votes and a judging panel of Simon Cowell, king Willy, David Cameron and Jeremy Kyle.

lol

you've probably never heard of Wally Bosworth ( a comedian that used to be a big draw in Leicester WMCs in the 60's ) but it's almost as if his spirit is still going .

in a nutshell , what you did there was his speciality :thumbup:

Posted

lol

you've probably never heard of Wally Bosworth ( a comedian that used to be a big draw in Leicester WMCs in the 60's ) but it's almost as if his spirit is still going .

in a nutshell , what you did there was his speciality :thumbup:

Did he die around 1981 by any chance? I could be the reincarnation of him.

Posted

Did he die around 1981 by any chance? I could be the reincarnation of him.

:D

I'm not sure when or if he's died ( but i would imagine he'd be around 110 years old if he were still around )

He played the violin too and had a similar dead pan humour as Jack Benny ( who probably doesn't mean much to you either)

Do you also share these traits ?

He also had a very pronounced limp and dressed like a geography teacher , but i doubt that this would be passed on either genetically or by any form of reincarnation.

Posted

:D

I'm not sure when or if he's died ( but i would imagine he'd be around 110 years old if he were still around )

He played the violin too and had a similar dead pan humour as Jack Benny ( who probably doesn't mean much to you either)

Do you also share these traits ?

He also had a very pronounced limp and dressed like a geography teacher , but i doubt that this would be passed on either genetically or by any form of reincarnation.

Yes that is pretty much me to a tee, except the age, I'm not 110.

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