National Anthems

[phatomch]

wtf , Gstq when played well is awe inspiring and v moving.

[Rod Paradise]

wtf , Gstq when played well is awe inspiring and v moving.

Not to some, especially those old Wade was rushing to crush.

[ZZZZZZZROPE]

wtf , Gstq when played well is awe inspiring and v moving.

agree

[EvilPie]

wtf , Gstq when played well is awe inspiring and v moving.

+1

Unfortunately they often play it so slow the words just don't fit.

"Seeeeeennnnnnnddddddd herrrrrrrrrrr victooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrious. Haaaaaaaaappy and gloooooooooorious................"

It's just impossible to sync with the band.

Played well though and listened to properly it's a truly moving piece of work.

[kinboshi]

Why is it moving?  I don't care about the queen, don't agree with a monarchy ruling the country, and don't believe in god.

Why not a national anthem about the country and its people?

[thetank]

God save oor auntie Jean
She bides in A-berdeen
She makes ice cream

One cup a-tween the four of us
Thank god there isnae more of us
God save aunt Jean


cannae mind the line I missed out

[77dave]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_CaSu-fnGg

[ShatnerPants]

Why is it moving?  I don't care about the queen, don't agree with a monarchy ruling the country, and don't believe in god.

Why not a national anthem about the country and its people?

The queen doesn't rule the country, but the monarchy is a major part of our country's heritage.

Every other nation on the planet is allowed to be proud of their history, why shouldn't we ?

Just get our anthem, and get Fatboy Slim to do a D&B remix of it, with Mike Skinner rapping over the top.

[kinboshi]

Why is it moving?  I don't care about the queen, don't agree with a monarchy ruling the country, and don't believe in god.

Why not a national anthem about the country and its people?

The queen doesn't rule the country, but the monarchy is a major part of our country's heritage.

Every other nation on the planet is allowed to be proud of their history, why shouldn't we ?

Just get our anthem, and get Fatboy Slim to do a D&B remix of it, with Mike Skinner rapping over the top.

I am proud of my heritage.  Why do I need to be proud of a system of aristocracy that has ensured that those born of the correct lineage are provided with more privileges?

GSTQ celebrates this, the line "long to reign over us".  I don't want her reigning over me.

[phatomch]

Why is it moving?  I don't care about the queen, don't agree with a monarchy ruling the country, and don't believe in god.

Why not a national anthem about the country and its people?

The queen doesn't rule the country, but the monarchy is a major part of our country's heritage.

Every other nation on the planet is allowed to be proud of their history, why shouldn't we ?

Just get our anthem, and get Fatboy Slim to do a D&B remix of it, with Mike Skinner rapping over the top.

I am proud of my heritage.  Why do I need to be proud of a system of aristocracy that has ensured that those born of the correct lineage are provided with more privileges?

GSTQ celebrates this, the line "long to reign over us".  I don't want her reigning over me.

Better her and her family than the EU decided what our country has to do.

[ShatnerPants]

Why is it moving?  I don't care about the queen, don't agree with a monarchy ruling the country, and don't believe in god.

Why not a national anthem about the country and its people?

The queen doesn't rule the country, but the monarchy is a major part of our country's heritage.

Every other nation on the planet is allowed to be proud of their history, why shouldn't we ?

Just get our anthem, and get Fatboy Slim to do a D&B remix of it, with Mike Skinner rapping over the top.

I am proud of my heritage.  Why do I need to be proud of a system of aristocracy that has ensured that those born of the correct lineage are provided with more privileges?

GSTQ celebrates this, the line "long to reign over us".  I don't want her reigning over me.

Not trying to start an argument, but what do you consider to be your heritage ?

( And I promise not to make any gags about the Queen 'raining' over you  )

[kinboshi]

Why is it moving?  I don't care about the queen, don't agree with a monarchy ruling the country, and don't believe in god.

Why not a national anthem about the country and its people?

The queen doesn't rule the country, but the monarchy is a major part of our country's heritage.

Every other nation on the planet is allowed to be proud of their history, why shouldn't we ?

Just get our anthem, and get Fatboy Slim to do a D&B remix of it, with Mike Skinner rapping over the top.

I am proud of my heritage.  Why do I need to be proud of a system of aristocracy that has ensured that those born of the correct lineage are provided with more privileges?

GSTQ celebrates this, the line "long to reign over us".  I don't want her reigning over me.

Not trying to start an argument, but what do you consider to be your heritage ?

What my ancestors did - don't you?  Some of it I'm proud of, I bet there'd be some of it that is shameful as well.

( And I promise not to make any gags about the Queen 'raining' over you  )

Yes, I thought about that when I typed it.  Not a pretty image is it?

[phatomch]

Im proud of what our tiny island has done and our contribution to this world, I think Great Britain has made the most of a impact on the world than any other country

[ShatnerPants]

Why is it moving?  I don't care about the queen, don't agree with a monarchy ruling the country, and don't believe in god.

Why not a national anthem about the country and its people?

The queen doesn't rule the country, but the monarchy is a major part of our country's heritage.

Every other nation on the planet is allowed to be proud of their history, why shouldn't we ?

Just get our anthem, and get Fatboy Slim to do a D&B remix of it, with Mike Skinner rapping over the top.

I am proud of my heritage.  Why do I need to be proud of a system of aristocracy that has ensured that those born of the correct lineage are provided with more privileges?

GSTQ celebrates this, the line "long to reign over us".  I don't want her reigning over me.

Not trying to start an argument, but what do you consider to be your heritage ?

What my ancestors did - don't you?  Some of it I'm proud of, I bet there'd be some of it that is shameful as well.

( And I promise not to make any gags about the Queen 'raining' over you  )

Yes, I thought about that when I typed it.  Not a pretty image is it?

I'm pretty sure my immediate ancestors haven't done much.  I come from a long line of middling to decent achievers.  I'm sure if you go back far enough my ancestors would have been the ones working their nuts off to make sure their Knight's armour was nice and pretty when they went off into battle.

But instead of then getting their pitchfork, and rushing out to die in the cause, I'll bet they found their bunions playing up, so they had to go and have a lie down.

But the shape of this country ( Probably up until the 1st world war at a guess ) was shaped by our monarchic ancestry.  Historically our kings wandered 'round the world pillaging and murdering in the name of England.  Which is exactly what the leaders of the rest of the world wanted to do, only our guys were better at it. 

Of course colonisation is wrong.  But it wasn't considered to be wrong several hundred years ago.  I wasn't there, so I'll not judge on that score.

But Brittania did rule the waves.  Which must have been nice.

Of course the modern monarchy is outdated, outmoded, and full of useless timewasters.  But it's the best monachy in the world - powerless but good to look at.  I'd like to pay them less, but they are about the only thing giving this country it's USP today. 

As a nation, our individuality has been pretty much eroded.  Our choice seems to be between being the plaything of the Yanks, or the plaything of the French and Germans.

Queenie gives us just that one thing that they haven't got.  Without her we as a nation get swallowed up into nothingness.

( prelude to a free for all ? )

[kinboshi]

Abolish the monarchy and the House of Lords.  Ridiculous establishments for a modern, democratic nation.