Off Topic English Anthem

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What Should The English National Anthem Be?

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Get a grip on yourself by the Stranglers:

What all Englishmen should be singing

Didn't have the money round to buy a Morry Thou
Been around and seen a lot to shake me anyhow
Begged and borrowed sometimes, I admit I even stole
The worse crime that I ever did was playing rock 'n roll.

But the money's no good
Just get a grip on yourself
But the money's no good
Just get a grip on yourself

Suffering convictions on a two-way stretch inside
The air in here is pretty thin, I think I'll go outside
Committed for insanity and crimes against the soul
The worst crime that I ever did was play some rock 'n roll.

But the money's no good
Just get a grip on yourself
But the money's no good
Just get a grip on yourself

And you should know

Now I find from week to week the sentence sticking fast
Turn the corner, rub my eyes and hope the world will last
Stranger from another planet welcome to our hole
Just strap on your guitar and we'll play some rock 'n roll

But the money's no good
Just get a grip on yourself
But the money's no good
Just get a grip on yourself

And you should know
 
For its representation of the whole country Irelands' Call is not a bad effort, I know it has its detractors but it is more inclusive than the National Anthem of Ireland that only represents 26 counties......maybe Phil Coulter could write something appropriate for England?........maybe not.

Not sure how Swing Low Sweet Chariot was adopted by the Twickenham crowd........
 
Tramore Ranger said:
For its representation of the whole country Irelands' Call is not a bad effort, I know it has its detractors but it is more inclusive than the National Anthem of Ireland that only represents 26 counties......maybe Phil Coulter could write something appropriate for England?........maybe not.

Not sure how Swing Low Sweet Chariot was adopted by the Twickenham crowd........
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There's a lot of myth around that, many claim that a bunch of schoolboys started singing it at an England match in 1988 against Ireland when Chris Oti was playing. But I know for a fact the rugger buggers at my Uni were singing it in 1979, with accompanying homoerotic hand gestures (I think they were unaware of this), and before moving on to Sloop John B.
 
sb_73 said:
There's a lot of myth around that, many claim that a bunch of schoolboys started singing it at an England match in 1988 against Ireland when Chris Oti was playing. But I know for a fact the rugger buggers at my Uni were singing it in 1979, with accompanying homoerotic hand gestures (I think they were unaware of this), and before moving on to Sloop John B.
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Ah yes the hand gestures i remember those....Sloop John B was also part of our singing reportoire as was a Beetles medley......the vocals got worse the later into the night it went, especially in the depths of winter when matches kick off at 1:30 and you were back in the bar for 4 o'clock.......
 
Tramore Ranger said:
Ah yes the hand gestures i remember those....Sloop John B was also part of our singing reportoire as was a Beetles medley......the vocals got worse the later into the night it went, especially in the depths of winter when matches kick off at 1:30 and you were back in the bar for 4 o'clock.......
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There was an item on Radio 5 a few weeks ago about Belgian (football) fans in Cardiff for their game against Wales. Whilst they were interviewing one fella in a bar, the rest could be plainly heard singing Sloop John B (in English), complete with 'barooba' backing.
 
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Stroller said:
There was an item on Radio 5 a few weeks ago about Belgian (football) fans in Cardiff for their game against Wales. Whilst they were interviewing one fella, the rest could be plainly heard singing Sloop John B (in English), complete with 'barooba' backing.
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That's all the French, British and Irish bureaucrats spending their weekends in Brussels teaching them how to play rugby!
 
qprbeth said:
Ok a few factets for you all............. GSTQ is not the English National anthem...it is the anthem of the United Kingdom...so wholly inappropriate.

Jerusalem...is based on a very old folk-tale/myth/legend....that Joseph of Armithea bought the body of Christ to England, to his cave on the side of Glastonbury Tor, where he bought it back to life. (I have read stories of poisioning with tetrotoxin, to feign death...so Christ was never dead at all)...and Jesus lived a long and happy life in the south of England with Mary Magdalena...where they had children .....for more of that read "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" and stories of Rennes-le -Chateau, of their blood line that exists to day.
Blake new of these stories and is said to have been in on the conspiracy to maintain the blood line of Christ.

Jerusalem is probably therefore the most heretical of all "sacred songs"...which is good enough for me
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I read that, Beth - fanciful stuff, but fascinating all the same. Didn't Dan Brown rip it off in The Da Vinci Code?
 
sb_73 said:
There's a lot of myth around that, many claim that a bunch of schoolboys started singing it at an England match in 1988 against Ireland when Chris Oti was playing. But I know for a fact the rugger buggers at my Uni were singing it in 1979, with accompanying homoerotic hand gestures (I think they were unaware of this), and before moving on to Sloop John B.
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As much as I like a good old ****** work song, I'd like the theme from Where Eagles Dare. No lyrics needed IMO, regardless of whether Gary Lineker and Brother Corbyn don't sing.

In fact anything from Ron Goodwin would do, has to be a fix bayonets and at em rather than a dirge.
 
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