Isn't this the point that God save the queen is a British song so they want something for England alone? I agree on land of H&G though.Think I am one of the only people thinking Jerusalem is a shit tune. Rule brittania is better, then land of hope and glory
Think I am one of the only people thinking Jerusalem is a shit tune. Rule brittania is better, then land of hope and glory
Land of Chavs and Tories?Not sure that land of hope and glory is suitable any more .
The way this Country is going am sure we can all come me up with a few more entertaining options?
Wow! Hadn't even considered that tune. Great call.I Vow to the my Country, from him.
Not Arf.
No you aren't - Jerusalem is nothing to do with modern England whatsoever...I think it has religious conotations for a start - so that counts that out!Think I am one of the only people thinking Jerusalem is a shit tune. Rule brittania is better, then land of hope and glory
Can see that if course, but it's called Jerusalem! A song for England called Jerusalem! How daft does that sound!"Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set" was all very well 150 years ago, but not now. So that rules out Land of Hope & Glory for me. And Brittania plainly doesn't rule the waves. Neither of those is any improvement over that dirge about a delusional old lady who thinks she's a queen.
Has to be Jerusalem. Never mind the pedants who can't see that it's an allegory, not about an actual place in Palestine or where Jesus ever visited or whatever.
nothing to do with the country it represents?
Do you need someone to explain to you what it means?
That is Exactly my point! Not saying I believe this BBC effort at explanation at all, but it shows the ambiguity here.Christ almighty. Literal-minded crap.
You know that thing you can do when you say one thing & use it to mean another? When someone says it's pissing down outside, do you think there's actual piss falling from the sky?
Same thing here.
every time anyone is told who is not in the know, an explanation is going to have to follow.
Indeed and no worries.Sorry, didn't mean to rip into you.
You're right about the explanation thing, and it's a great opportunity. You get to have a conversation about why we're singing a song about working together with our bows of burning gold etc to make our country a better place.
Right now, we ask children to stand up & sing a song about how they love to have some mad old bint in a big house in west London to be in charge. IMHO, that's the one that could do with some explaining.
It is quite stirring...a little dated though - & somehow I can't imagine a crowd of English supporters remembering the words beyond the actual title...it'd just hardly ever get sung. Just a musical interlude.
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