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Commonwealth Games - English "National Anthem"
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Anyone know why our lot have "Jerusalem" played when they get the gold?
Don't get me wrong, cracking tune - but it's not the English National Anthem and none of them seem to know the words, which kinda makes it all a bit crap.
(Hopefully we can keep this on topic and not start getting all ..... you know.)
Don't get me wrong, cracking tune - but it's not the English National Anthem and none of them seem to know the words, which kinda makes it all a bit crap.
(Hopefully we can keep this on topic and not start getting all ..... you know.)
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I believe the team were given the choice of Jerusalem, God Save the Queen and Land of Hope and Glory and they chose Jerusalem0
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Team England put it to a public vote early in the year
(presumably the song they have sung for decades Land of Hope and Glory was a bit too Aint half hot mum ish)
Just over 1,000 people bothered to express an opinion and with a resounding mandate from the people of England, they changed it this year0 -
great anthem mind0
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So which was it, the team or the public who decided?
And does this mean we will be doing the same for other sporting events? Maybe the rugby team could sing "The Birdie Song" before big matches, or the football team could give a rousing rendition of "Smack my bitch up" at Wembley, perhaps?
And there was me thinking that the National Anthem was the National anthem.1 -
You will be saying the Union Jack is English next!0
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[cite]Posted By: Floyd Montana[/cite]You will be saying the Union Jack is English next!
ha ha, no - not quite.0 -
FM is right.
It was basically decided by a poll on a website that attracted just 1,896 entrants
Results –
1. Jerusalem: 52.5%
2. Land of Hope and Glory: 32.5%
3. God Save The Queen: 12%
Was laid up sick last week so saw a fair bit of the CL, and it was a bit embarrassing to be honest. Lovely hymn, but not an anthem, and the brass band version they play with two verses is at least twice as long as what is acceptable for people to be standing on a podium before they start to look embarrassed.
Fair to say it will be LoHaG in future0 -
They should just get up the podium and sing "ingerland, ingerland, ingerland" over and over for a bit...0
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Much better than lohag. I(s about England and striving for England so much better.
One verse is enough though.1 -
Much better than lohag. I(s about England and striving for England so much better.
One verse is enough though.0 -
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One post is enough though1
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I like it, but it does go on to long.0
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Basically God save the queen is the British national anthem not the Enlish one therefore they have to have a seperate anthem why they play it for England footy games I dont understand tho?!0
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Quite like Blakes Jerusalem, especially the visions of Jesus going to Glastonbury! But it's detractors say it's Marxist rubbish so, with tongue glued to cheek, I'll suggest -
The English - as sung by Flanders and Swan.
The rottenest bits of these islands of ours
We've left in the hands of three unfriendly powers
Examine the Irishman, Welshman or Scot
You'll find he's a stinker as likely as not
The English the English the English are best
I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest
The Scotsman is mean as we're all well aware
He's boney and blotchy and covered with hair
He eats salty porridge, he works all the day
And hasn't got bishops to show him the way
The English the English the English are best
wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest
The Irishman now our contempt is beneath
He sleeps in his boots and he lies through his teeth
He blows up policemen or so I have heard
And blames it on Cromwell and William the Third
The English are moral the English are good
And clever and modest and misunderstood
The Welshman's dishonest, he cheats when he can
He's little and dark more like monkey than man
He works underground with a lamp on his hat
And sings far too loud, far too often and flat
The English the English the English are best
I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest
And crossing the channel one cannot say much
For the French or the Spanish, the Danish or Dutch
The Germans are German, the Russians are red
And the Greeks and Italians eat garlic in bed
The English are noble, the English are nice
And worth any other at double the price
And all the world over each nation's the same
They've simply no notion of playing the game
They argue with umpires, they cheer when they've won
And they practice before hand which spoils all the fun
The English the English the English are best
I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest
It's not that they're wicked or naturally bad
It's just that they're foreign that makes them so mad
The English are all that a nation should be
And the pride of the English are Chipper and me
The English the English the English are best
I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest0 -
nice one stilladdicted0
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[cite]Posted By: stilladdicted[/cite]They argue with umpires, they cheer when they've won
And they practice before hand which spoils all the fun
Sums it up nicely!0 -
[cite]Posted By: SE10Addick[/cite]They should just get up the podium and sing "ingerland, ingerland, ingerland" over and over for a bit...
This.
The version played at the Commonwealth Games is too long. Unless you're Italian or French, one verse is enough.0 -
our national anthem is bloody awful and a dirge, I personally am glad they don't play it!%~{>0
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The bouncy should be the National Anthem0
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I hope it catches on - we should have it for the football team and other sports too. God save the queen should only be for the British anthem.1
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[cite]Posted By: mparsons1[/cite]Basically God save the queen is the British national anthem not the Enlish one therefore they have to have a seperate anthem why they play it for England footy games I dont understand tho?!
You and me both. Also, why do England fans take Union flags to matches ? Particuarly when you look at the footage of the '66 world cup final almost everyone had a jack and hardly any St Georges flags ?0 -
Question:
And did those feet in ancient time.
Walk upon Englands mountains green?
Answer:
No0 -
[quote][cite]Posted By: sillav nitram[/cite]our national anthem is bloody awful and a dirge, I personally am glad they don't play it!%~{>[/quote]
Agree.0 -
Baggy Trousers by Madness for me0
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its a nice tune we don't have to over analyse the lyrics.0
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Agadoo...that will get the crowd boucing!0
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GSTQ is not the English anthem which is why it's not played at the Commonwealth Games.
If someone could tell the English football and rugby teams that it would be most helpful.
Have to say I don't find Jerusalem particularly inspiring - Land of Hope and Glory any day for me...0 -
Stone Roses. 10 Story love song. Done.0
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RUM TE TUM, TE TUM, TE TUM, RUM TE TUM, TE TUM..... TUM........
Thank you Mr. Connolly1 -
Well, there you have it I guess.0
