New UK national anthem

[rogerzilla]

Face it, the current one is dreary, no-one knows it all and it's quite militaristic.

What would you have as a replacement?

"Land Of Hope And Glory" is the obvious choice, but a bit colonial.

You can't have "Jerusalem" because it's specifically about England.

I nominate Billy Bragg's "Between The Wars" 

[Tom B]

'Reasons to Be Cheerful' by Ian Dury    (not my idea originally; Nick Hornby suggested it, IIRC)

[border-rider]

I nominate Billy Bragg's "Between The Wars" 

Or the Skint video version

"I was a miner
I was a docker
I was a railway man
Between the wars

I raised a family
In times of austerity
Yes I was fuckin' busy
Between the wars"

[eck]

rum te tum te tum te tum
rum te tum te tum tum
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZwsUWcK-PzY&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/ZwsUWcK-PzY&rel=1</a>

 

[border-rider]

The theme to University Challenge

That's a cheery one

Or "Time flies by when you're the driver of a train"

Half man version, of course

[Fixedwheelnut]

 'The Engineers Song'   

[border-rider]

Sex Pistols' God Save the Queen 

[Rob S]

It's GOT to be the theme tune of Sports Report!!!

dee do dee do dee do dee do dee diddly dum dee dooo, diddly dum dee dooo, diddly dum dee dooo .....and they should be the lyrics too!

[Julian]

The Hamster Song. 

[Bluebottle]

Or "Time flies by when you're the driver of a train"

Half man version, of course

'sfunny.  Having heard BoJo at the flag hand-over, I was thinking of Ping Pong Paintball's Coming Home.

[Thor]

The Archers theme.  Obviously.  "Time flies by..." is good too, but it has to be the Brian Cant version.

[Pingu]

The Archers theme.  Obviously.  "Time flies by..." is good too, but it has to be the Brian Cant version.

English, english, english...

[border-rider]

OK then, Manics: if you tolerate ths then your children will be next 

Or anything by Gorky's zygotic mynci

[Charlotte]

Sounds like we're having "Whole Lotta Love" if the closing ceremony's anything to go by.

Me;  I'd have Billy Bragg as well... "New England"  

[Wowbagger]

The Hippopotamus Song.

[Pingu]

Me;  I'd have Billy Bragg as well... "New England"  

Yebbut, it's about as much to with a UK identity as the Milkman of Human Kindness 

[Basil]

I think we should have the pips as our national anthem.  No extras, just the pips.

Peep peep peep peep peep peeeep

[dkahn400]

I think we should have the pips as our national anthem.  No extras, just the pips.

Peep peep peep peep peep peeeep

Sailing by.

[Mrs Pingu]

P'raps we should just have the theme tune to Little Britain, complete with Tom Baker babblings. It would be short!

Or go the whole hog, slap our partners round the chops with a wet fish and make it "Finland, Finland, Finland"....

[border-rider]

The The's Heartland ?

Although that's possibly a bit too depressing to sing on the Olympic Podium

[citoyen]

Although that's possibly a bit too depressing to sing on the Olympic Podium

No more depressing than God Save The Queen.

d.

[border-rider]

Although that's possibly a bit too depressing to sing on the Olympic Podium

No more depressing than God Save The Queen.

Fair point

[microphonie]

The current one just needs amending:

"God save our cycling team"

"Send us Victoria..."

[PeteB99]

Oysterband - Native Son

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/JFvesGil3qg&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/JFvesGil3qg&rel=1</a>

First verse in Welsh - you could translate some of the other verses into Gaelic, Cornish and Manx

Probably not Norfolk or Geordie though - no one would understand it

[bikenerd]

Underworld : Born Slippy