GeordieSaint Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I remember this has been debated before in the past, but it seems Parliament is to debate if England should have its own national anthem: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-35296296 Jerusalem front runner if it ever got to the stage of choosing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadera78 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Hope it happens. They'd have to come up with some pretty impressive alternative for me not to want Jerusalem. "Just as we had been Cathars, we were treizistes, men apart." Jean Roque, Calendrier-revue du Racing-Club Albigeois, 1958-1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmduck Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I remember this has been debated before in the past, but it seems Parliament is to debate if England should have its own national anthem: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-35296296 Jerusalem front runner if it ever got to the stage of choosing... Why would you have a national anthem named after a city in another country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I'm an atheist but Jerusalem for me "Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality" - Mikhail Bakunin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Jerusalem is the sound of a thousand public school boys playing soggy biscuit. I cringe when the England (and Wales) cricket team have it played. If we have to have a song to play before an England event, we've arguably got the best back catalogue of popular music in the world to pick from - let the crowd pick en masse from a juke box selection and blast out the tunes! It's not a question of coming down to earth, Mr Duxbury. Some of us, Mr Duxbury, belong in the stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluded pom? Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Land of Hope and Glory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Land of Hope and Glory. I'd much rather not "Wider still and wider, my thy bounds be set. God who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet" "Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality" - Mikhail Bakunin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Parry's music is exactly right. The lyrics very much open to interpretation. Tempo has to be right though. My vote really goes to Barwick Green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 My vote really goes to Barwick Green As the same subject comes up on here on a fairly regular basis, I'll just post this contender... again! Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolford6 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Parry's music is exactly right. The lyrics very much open to interpretation. Tempo has to be right though. My vote really goes to Barwick Green I'm Welsh and you'll never get an anthem as good as ours. However, the theme from Camberwick Green is a pretty good start. Under Scrutiny by the Right-On Thought Police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhuller Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Knees Up Mother Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldofclothofgold Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Marching on together? No sorry about that couldn't resist.Serious now other Anthems do seem more rousing than the British one. I go for Jerusalem too Soon we will be dancing the fandangoFROM 2004,TO DO WHAT THIS CLUB HAS DONE,IF THATS NOT GREATNESSTHEN i DONT KNOW WHAT IS.JAMIE PEACOCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Toppy Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I remember this has been debated before in the past, but it seems Parliament is to debate if England should have its own national anthem: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-35296296 Jerusalem front runner if it ever got to the stage of choosing... I'd go with Jerusalem. I can't be bothered to do all the checking but wasn't the song written based on a William Blake poem of the same name ? I've got some vague recollection that its based on Jesus supposedly coming to England and using the churches to create some sort of utopia (a heaven on earth) across Englands green & pleasent lands. Might be totally wrong, i'm sure there's some scolars on here to tell us the true derivative of the song. Even if its not Jerusalem I think its long overdue for us to get our own anthem. Wales, Scotland and N. Ireland are proud to have their own identities while England's is often lost and wrapped up as part of Great Britain. My guess is you'll also get a far greater take up of people singing our own anthem at sporting events than you do the national anthem. St.Helens - The Home of record breaking Rugby Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Toppy Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Just been voted on in parliament - English anthem here we come ! 2nd vote due in March http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-35296296 St.Helens - The Home of record breaking Rugby Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WearyRhino Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Reporter on BBC News concluded his report by mentioning that some have suggested that Bowie's Heroes could be an English National Anthem, signing off with "well, at least it will get us noticed at the Olympics" thereby completely missing the point and highlighting his own stupidity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Evans Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Oh how happy I'll be to ditch the current dirge. I have participated in that since I was 15 "I love our club, absolutely love it". (Overton, M 2007) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolford6 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 There are 6 million people in Yorkshire. Yorkshire should have its own anthem, and not bother about what the rest of England wants. Under Scrutiny by the Right-On Thought Police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Evans Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 There are 6 million people in Yorkshire. Yorkshire should have its own anthem, and not bother about what the rest of England wants. "I love our club, absolutely love it". (Overton, M 2007) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 There are 6 million people in Yorkshire. Yorkshire should have its own anthem, and not bother about what the rest of England wants. Agree entirely. And its own borders and passports outside Schengen. Then we could keep 'em out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Oh how happy I'll be to ditch the current dirge. I have participated in that since I was 15 It sure is a dirge, when played that way. However, a brisker tempo would help. Try speeding up the copy you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolford6 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I nominate Don't You Want Me by the Human league. Everyone can join in on that. Under Scrutiny by the Right-On Thought Police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 The theme from The Archers. You don't need to bother with words then. Rumpti-tumpti-tumpti-tump rumpti-tumpti-tuuumpt-tump and so on. Easy for the furriners to learn as well. "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Rhino Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 The theme from The Archers. You don't need to bother with words then. Rumpti-tumpti-tumpti-tump rumpti-tumpti-tuuumpt-tump and so on. Easy for the furriners to learn as well. ©Billy Connolly 2014 Challenged Cup Winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluded pom? Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 On Ilkley Moor baht 'at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I vow to thee my country Doubles up as "World in Union" Win win ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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