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To my poor old ears the best TUNES are:
Russia, Brazil, Italy ... in no particular order. [I KNOW Italy aren't in this one].

Ours gets low points, because of dreariness, but at least you can shut it off at any given point.
Some of them, though; "You think it's all over, well it's not, for at least another 12 verses"

Why have God Save the Queen as your anthem anyway?

Apart from being a fucking dirge, just like Flower of Scotland I may say, it's the anthem for the UK as a whole, not it's constituent parts.
I think you'd be better having Jerusalem; pertains to England and is a fantastic tune / song.

JimmyDee wrote:To my poor old ears the best TUNES are:
Russia, Brazil, Italy ... in no particular order. [I KNOW Italy aren't in this one].

Ours gets low points, because of dreariness, but at least you can shut it off at any given point.
Some of them, though; "You think it's all over, well it's not, for at least another 12 verses"

The Portugal's pretty good as is the wordless symphony of the Spain one. Missing Holland and Italy at the tournament purely on the basis that we don't hear there's .

Not to mention The Star Spangled Banner, the second best anthem after La Marseillaise.

Shedboy wrote:Why have God Save the Queen as your anthem anyway?

Apart from being a fucking dirge, just like Flower of Scotland I may say, it's the anthem for the UK as a whole, not it's constituent parts.
I think you'd be better having Jerusalem; pertains to England and is a fantastic tune / song.

Agreed!

The problem with Jerusalem is it's called Jerusalem

The Ghost of Alex Higgins wrote:The problem with Jerusalem is it's called Jerusalem

Just about to post this.

We're not israel, and neither are we a jewish nation. Pity, because it is a cool song.

Didn't Gough and Durham condemn the Spanish team for not singing along with their national anthem?

subsub wrote:Didn't Gough and Durham condemn the Spanish team for not singing along with their national anthem?

That repellant, thick fat twat Moose did I think though it’s not beyond those pair of cunts to say the same thing.

What did they expect them to do, hum?

Vindaloo should be our anthem.

Eaststand wrote:

The Ghost of Alex Higgins wrote:The problem with Jerusalem is it's called Jerusalem

Just about to post this.

We're not israel, and neither are we a jewish nation. Pity, because it is a cool song.

But it's not about Israel. Many ponder it quite revolutionary and has had a long left wing following as well as other Christian metaphors. Plus it was called, 'And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time'.

It specifically mentions England, as well.

I like it in the Commonwealth games.

Billy Connolly, back when he was still funny, said that our anthem should be "The Archers Theme". That's a rousing tune, I have to admit.