The English National Anthem, What should it be replaced with?

Currently the English (and British) National Anthem is God Save the Queen, and it sucks balls to be quite honest. So then what should it be replaced with, something contemporary? or something classical? post your suggestions.

I suggest This Is England by The Clash because its how England really is, and its a nice little song

lyrics:

I hear a gang fire on a human factory farm
Are they howling out or doing somebody harm
On a catwalk jungle somebody grabbed my arm
A voice spoke so cold it matched the weapon in her palm

This is England
This knife of Sheffield steel
This is England
This is how we feel

Time on his hands freezing in those clothes
He won't go for the carrot
They beat him by the pole
Some sunny day confronted by his soul
He's out at sea, too far off, he can't go home

This is England
What we're supposed to die for
This is England
And we're never gonna cry no more

Black shadow of the Vincent
Falls on a Triumph line
I got my motorcycle jacket
But I'm walking all the time
South Atlantic wind blows
Ice from a dying creed
I see no glory
When will we be free

This is England
We can chain you to the rail
This is England
We can kill you in a jail

The British boots go kick them
Got 'em in the head
Police ain't watchin'
The newspapers been read
Who cares to protest
A (???) in the eye like a flare
Out came the batons and
The British warned themselves

This is England
The land of (il)legal dances
This is England
Land of a thousand stances
This is England
This knife of Sheffield steel
This is England
This is how we feel
This is England
This is England

enjoy!

I'm not sure old Queenie would approve.

Originally Posted by Tweety

I'm not sure old Queenie would approve.

Why? Wales and Scotland have there own national anthems that don't say anything about that old hag.

Here you go.

Scotland and Ireland have slightly less.. modern... lyrics, and old Queenie is a sucker for the old days.
Do we need the Queen's permission to change it anyway? heck no!
I think anything's better than our funeral march of a national anthem, personally.

Or am I just cynical....

Land of Hope and Glory for England. Rule Britannia for the UK. God save the Queen as the Royal Anthem like other Commonwealth realms.

Ya'll need to follow French tradition and behead you're Queen.

Does it change to "God save the King" when a king is the head?

Ya'll need to follow French tradition and behead you're Queen.

Y'all need to do a revolution the right way (like us Yanks did) and not listen to Frenchies who screwed up their revolution and then had an age of terror followed by an emperor.

Bad Frenchies. That not how you start a revolution.

We can't have a song off 'Cut the Crap', that album is a ****-stain upon music

why not God save the queen?..

This is the greatest anthem ever - if Britain adopts it i'm going there! Punk's not dead....

Isn't there some music that deals with football hooligans?

I mean, that's what the majority of the world seems to think of when they think of Britons, so why not?

No offense meant guys..

On a serious note, I've always rather liked 'Jerusalem'.. Isn't that considered to be the unofficial anthem of England?

In fact, somebody seems to have made a YouTube video with the exact same idea in mind:



Here's a much more festive version:

In all honesty, I don't care for national anthem's. The bitter taint of our current one has completely turned me off the idea for good.

Umma, how dare you try and use COventry's anthem for the whole of England!

Originally Posted by Gary88

Umma, how dare you try and use COventry's anthem for the whole of England!

I thought the lyrical content was a bit more accurate than 'Land of Hope and Glory'...

You have one of the best if not the best anthem in the world, why would you want to change it is beyond me, really.

Great Britain has a great national anthem. God Save the Queen (King) is a great anthem, with a truly uplifting sound. And it sounds more patriotic. Think about it: GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! not Oh Canada, or Oh... Canada or Oooooh Canada. I LOVE my country, I LOVE Canada... but our anthem sucks compared to the British one.

Y'all need to do a revolution the right way (like us Yanks did) and not listen to Frenchies who screwed up their revolution and then had an age of terror followed by an emperor.

Bad Frenchies. That not how you start a revolution

Oh yes, because we all know that democracy has been going SWIMMINGLY for you with Georgie Apeface in the Oval Office. Like my signature says, better to Stand under the Crown than Bow under the Flag. And let's just compare and constrast Her Majesty the Queen with the current President:




Oh yes, revolution has worked out SO well for you, hasn't it?

Ya'll need to follow French tradition and behead you're Queen.

YEAH! THAT'S A GREAT IDEA! Let's copy the dude that let his country bleed white in two decades of bloody conflict due to his ambition. He was SOOO smart anyways! How about we decapitatethe innocent woman who's been leading our country competently and successfully for over five decades. I mean, why not? It's not like she forms the basis for our constitutional system at all.

Does it change to "God save the King" when a king is the head?

Given that we've had more male monarchs than female monarchs, I should think you should rephrase your question. 'Does it change to 'God Save The Queen' when a Queen is the head?'. The answer is yes, yes it does. The British were smart enough to think about that.

As for the OP, I don't recall there being an 'English National Anthem'. Perhaps you're getting confused.