[Football] Time for a new, modern National Anthem?

[METALMICKY]

Land of Hope and Glory for me.

Irrespective of what music is used for our National Anthem we'll still have the poor attitude of some of our players. Over the years you'll watch them line up and split into two camps. Those who really make the effort to belt it out and signify their national pride in representing our country or those just a little too overpaid and arrogant who think it's a little bit uncool. And most of the latter aren't bright enough to argue they're anti royal hence little or no effort to sing.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Recently, you say? Repeatedly I would say.

I was being nice

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Land of Hope and Glory for me.

Irrespective of what music is used for our National Anthem we'll still have the poor attitude of some of our players. Over the years you'll watch them line up and split into two camps. Those who really make the effort to belt it out and signify their national pride in representing our country or those just a little too overpaid and arrogant who think it's a little bit uncool. And most of the latter aren't bright enough to argue they're anti royal hence little or no effort to sing.

Trouble is it’ll take years to remember the words for most of the players

 

[LamieRobertson]

Is this a National Anthem for England or for the UK? If the former "England Arise" as I suggested on another thread. If the latter, then perhaps something newly composed.

You mean there’s another thread on this subject…..was it recent?

 

[A1X]

Ode To Joy

 

[Cotton Socks]

Might need to cut out some of 'instrumental' breaks, it's already fast enough for everyone to sing. Lyrics of people being nice to each other might be waaaaay too 'woke' for some though tbf!

 

[METALMICKY]

Trouble is it’ll take years to remember the words for most of the players

Watch this Saturday and note the marked difference in effort between Rice and Saka.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Watch this Saturday and note the marked difference in effort between Rice and Saka.

Noticed it last time out….
Didn’t impact on either performance though, they were both crap!

 

[BN9 BHA]

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I’ve got some lyrics:
“Booooo!,
Booooo!,
Booooo!”

I’ll work out the chorus later.

 

[hart's shirt]

I’ve got some lyrics:
“Booooo!,
Booooo!,
Booooo!”

Now let me hear you say way-ooh (way-ooh)

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Lets drive those heathen republicans into the sea from whence they came!
Pitchforks! Pitchforks!
For KING and country!
Rule Britannia etc.
You can't replace the classics

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Land of Hope and Glory for me.

Irrespective of what music is used for our National Anthem we'll still have the poor attitude of some of our players. Over the years you'll watch them line up and split into two camps. Those who really make the effort to belt it out and signify their national pride in representing our country or those just a little too overpaid and arrogant who think it's a little bit uncool. And most of the latter aren't bright enough to argue they're anti royal hence little or no effort to sing.

No. It is a shit song. I know my songs. You can't belt it out. Fact.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I was being nice

We shall see whether it was appreciated. My money is on not appreciated

 

[NorthstandRacoon]

Jerusalem - THE ONE. No questions asked!

 

[Eeyore]

Land of Hope and Glory for me.

Irrespective of what music is used for our National Anthem we'll still have the poor attitude of some of our players. Over the years you'll watch them line up and split into two camps. Those who really make the effort to belt it out and signify their national pride in representing our country or those just a little too overpaid and arrogant who think it's a little bit uncool. And most of the latter aren't bright enough to argue they're anti royal hence little or no effort to sing.

LOHG is an outdated song about Empire glories: 'Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set'

It's a song that is very catchy but is a symbolism of a bye-gone era long gone and utterly irrelevant to the modern day. National anthems should be about pride in your own nation, not the conquest and feigned superiority over others. That's not patriotism, if anything it's a sign of weakness and insecurity. Like playground bullies.

 

[METALMICKY]

LOHG is an outdated song about Empire glories: 'Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set'

It's a song that is very catchy but is a symbolism of a bye-gone era long gone and utterly irrelevant to the modern day. National anthems should be about pride in your own nation, not the conquest and feigned superiority over others. That's not patriotism, if anything it's a sign of weakness and insecurity.

And there you have it " very catchy " as opposed to a droning dirge. Your mistake was over analysis of the song meaning. Also missing the main point of my post in that a large number of players can't be arsed to sing anything.


But as you've taken me what's your suggestion?

 

[Eeyore]

And there you have it " very catchy " as opposed to a droning dirge. Your mistake was over analysis of the song meaning. Also missing the main point of my post in that a large number of players can't be arsed to sing anything.


But as you've taken me what's your suggestion?

That a new one is written. Why do we need to keep looking back ?

Tradition is just dead people telling you what to do.

 

[jcdenton08]

My issue is the tune, it’s a dirge. Compare to the certified bangers from the US, Italy, Germany, France… ours is just a shit song

 

[dsr-burnley]

Rule, Britannia! would be OK for modern society because it is explicitly anti-slavery and the exhortation to "rule the waves", when it came true later in the 18th century and into the 19th, was the reason the UK was able to impose the abolition of the slave trade onto the kicking and screaming world.

But sadly, it refers to the whole of Britain, not just England, so it has one of the same objections to "God Save the King".