Anthem for the English ?

The topic is "Anthem for the English".......

And the suggestion is that it should be more "rousing" - with examples given.

Can't see why you think that is somehow off-topic?

Can't see why you think that England would adopt a foreign anthem as their own. 

Tha OP didn't suggest a rousing anthem , that suggestion was in the last three posts. These sort of posts tend to lead to silly comments which in turn take a post off topic.....

Can't see why you think that England would adopt a foreign anthem as their own. 

Tha OP didn't suggest a rousing anthem , that suggestion was in the last three posts. These sort of posts tend to lead to silly comments which in turn take a post off topic.....

No-one suggested adopting a foreign anthem. Examples were quoted of foreign anthems which are "rousing" simply for illustration purposes.

As for the rest of your post above - interesting view you have there, but my experience has been that "silly comments" seldom require a catalyst other than the people making them and a few chums..

Anyway - back to the topic in hand. Personally, I'm not keen on any of the "usual suspects" being suggested as possible anthems. I would like to see consideration of a brand new tune which would have the benefit of having no historical or organisational links.

Bugs

Doesn't have to be new music for me, just something that truly raises the spirits. Someone somewhere will be gifted enough to add new words of an appropriate nature to a decent tune. (In the past, lots of hymns were conceived and changed in this way.) Don't think it should be a hymn though, needs to be more up to date. Most of the use will be at sporting events, so something a good crowd can belt out would be best.

Something like Heart of Oak is rousing but the Navy have got in there first..

You want something that makes the hair on you neck stand up which is why "Land of Hope and Glory" has my endorsement and for the avoidance of doubt is the equal of "Austria" ( Never quite understood why it's the German anthem)

Good  Idea  CY  but  I  don't  like  the  hair  on  MY  neck  standing  up  ==>  that  could  strangle  me 'cos  it's  another  6  weeks  til  hair  cut  time   

I have the BBC news app on my iPad when glancing through a few days ago there was a brilliant article regarding the anthem for England   It gave an excellent insight on all the songs that have been mentioned on here and why they would not be right.

they explain in detail the meaning of each verse ect in each of the short listed song / hymns and why it could offend and so on besides them having no longer any real meaning to England as it is now not a century ago, for these reasons it seems that it may be best for a new song / hymn anthem be composed 

I agree Ruby.

I think we need a fresh start with a tune that is more representative of the UK as it is now.

Bugs

I'm sorry but far too many Brave men and women have made the ultimate sacrifice in its, and our Countries defence, for us to just to dismiss our National Anthem as irrelavent. So I for one will never accept any replacement for our National Anthem.

I regret but I regard any such proposal as nothing less than treachery to the memory of such brave souls, be they English Welsh or Scottish or serving under any of the flags of our Commonwealth Nations. I am ashamed that such a proposal might have been made,, and discussed with such levity!

God save the Queen!

TF