National Anthems, Patriotism, etc

monster · 09-26-2010, 09:22 PM

They play the star spangled banner before many of my kids' swim meets. Lots of hands on hearts. means nothing to me. Sometimes it's sung live. That's pretty cool. At the hockey games, Oh Canada and Star Spangled Banner are sung live. Goosebumps. I sort of get it.

But not when your national Anthem is God Save the Queen. It's like a funeral dirge. We Brits/English need to pick something that does the goosebump thing. Like this (although i wish they hadn't done that knee-bob thing, that's sort of burned on my memory in an unpleasant way.)

or this.

not my favorte -as an atheist- but I love Parry and given there is a national religion there, it's not unreasonable to expect god in the national anthem.....

please, sir/ma'am, can we have a new anthem?

09-26-2010, 09:22 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	National Anthems, Patriotism, etc They play the star spangled banner before many of my kids' swim meets. Lots of hands on hearts. means nothing to me. Sometimes it's sung live. That's pretty cool. At the hockey games, Oh Canada and Star Spangled Banner are sung live. Goosebumps. I sort of get it. But not when your national Anthem is God Save the Queen. It's like a funeral dirge. We Brits/English need to pick something that does the goosebump thing. Like this (although i wish they hadn't done that knee-bob thing, that's sort of burned on my memory in an unpleasant way.) or this. not my favorte -as an atheist- but I love Parry and given there is a national religion there, it's not unreasonable to expect god in the national anthem..... please, sir/ma'am, can we have a new anthem? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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