Guest bluesxman Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 So apparently we are campaigning to have our own national anthem. Someone wrote in to the Sun yesterday and suggested the Bluebells' Young at Heart. Kill me now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_1903 Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 While im here I'll clear it up.'God save the queen' is the british national anthemThe english national song is 'land of hope and glory' (fuck knows why they sings god save queen at the footy)scottish national song is flower of scotlandno idea about n.ireland or wales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amy.arbroath Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 don't we have a national anthem allready? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluesxman Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 don't we have a national anthem allready?Flower of Scotland is kind of an unofficial national song originally adopted by the rugby mob then the football mob years later. God Save The Queen unfortunately is ours by default. We should adopt the Pistols version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tv tanned Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Alba by Runrig.Fucking A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Oi Polloi - Take back the LandTore the people from the landTorched their houses with bloodied handsThousands starved or died at seaA sickening toll of human miseryBroke the old clan system when land was there for allAnd once the people had their backs against the wallThe connivance of the church cleared them off the land"Remember it's God's will so don't try to make a stand"They made a desert wher trees once stoodSqueezing from the land every penny that they couldEthnic cleansing of the glens for farming sheep'Cos that way there's more profit for the rich scum to reap (rape)"Beautiful bleak moorland?"- I don't think soThis is a place where great forests used to growLaid waste by a rich man's greedReclaim the land and plant the seedYet still every year, seeking their rootsThey come from overseas to kiss the bootsOf the clan chief and lick the handOf the very people who threw their families off the landThis is nothing more than a sick farcepaying homage to the ruling classWho, without hesitation, do it all againThose who forget history to repeat it are condemned"Gee, Scotland-It's so quaintAll this scenery makes me feel quitefaintClan chief looks so good in his kiltWe never think of the blood his family spilt""I'm the clan chief o.k. yahI support Scotland when they play ruggerBut an independent country? there I'd draw the lineI own this land it's mine all mineFUCK YOU, You arrogant prickYou inbred rich bastard, YOU MAKE ME FUCKING SICKYou own fuck all-except in your headOne day the land will be ours-and you'll be deadI won't beg permission to walk the land they claim to "own"And I won't pay no fucker to gain access to THE STONESThe rich have stolen and buy and sell our earthBut it belongs to NO ONE-or to all by right of birthTAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LANDTAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LANDTAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LANDTAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LANDTAKE ITOi Polloi - GLFSlavishly conformTo the system's normsAnd if you know what's bestDon't stand out from the restSheeplike mentalityOppressing you and meBraindead foolsTaunted you at schoolBut gingerheads are good in bedAnd carrot tops know how to rockConformist system we must smashHear our rockin' readhead thrashThe abuse and ridicule of thoseOf different physical appearance is symptomaticOf a sick system bent on enforcingConformity and suppressing the individualNO!Ginger LiberationFor kids of all nationsOpen your eyes wideStrike a blow for redhead prideGINGE LIB NOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 I just wish we didn't have a anthem which boasted about winning a battle many centuries ago against the English only to be later colonised by them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tv tanned Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 or, there's always Cap in Hand by The Proclaimers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumpy Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 While im here I'll clear it up.scottish national song is flower of scotlandis not an official one thoughwe should have a runrig song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Fat Porn Star Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 So we go from a song written by a couple of folk singers to a song written by a shit pop band..... great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tranzmute Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 how about Cod Liver Oil And The Orange Juice * (Ron Clark / Carl McDougall) Oot o' the East there came a hard man Oh oh, a' the way frae Brigton Ah haw, glory hallelujah Cod liver oil and the orange juice He went intae a pub, an' he cam oot paralytic Oh oh, VP [or Lanliq] an' cider Ah haw, what a helluva mixture ... (Spoken: Sex rears its ugly head now ...) Does this bus go tae the Dennistoun Palais I'm looking for a lumber Ah haw, glory hallelujah ... (Eyes up the talent ... and lo and behold!) In the dancin' he met Hairy Mary Oh oh, the floo'er o' the Gorbals Ah haw, glory hallelujah ... (Chats her up ...) Oh noo Mary, are ye dancin' Naw, naw, it's jist the way ah'm stannin' Ah haw, glory hallelujah ... (Rebuffed ...) Oh Mary, yer wan in a million Oh oh, so's yer chances Ah haw, glory hallelujah ... (Rebuffed again!) Well then Mary, can ah run ye hame Oh oh, ah've got a pair o' sandshoes Ah haw, yer helluva funny ... (Never say die ... sways aboot nonchalantly, picks his nails wi' his bayonet - and hew knocks it off!) Doon through the back close an' intae the dunny It wasnae for the first time Ah haw, glory hallelujah ... Then oot cam her mammy, she's goin' tae the cludgie Oh oh, ah buggered off sharpish Ah haw, glory hallelujah ... Hairy Mary looking for her hard man Oh oh, he's jined the Foreign Legion Ah haw, Sahara an' ra camels ... Then Hairy Mary had a little baby Oh oh, its faither's in the Army Ah haw, glory hallelujah ... * (East - Glasgow's east end; Brigton - the Glasgow suburb of Bridgeton) (VP, Lanliq - cheap fortified wines) (Dennistoun Palais - dance hall in the east end suburb of Dennistoun) (Gorbals - former Glasgow inner-city slum district) (sandshoes - sneakers) (dunny - tenement passage or basement) (cludgie - shared toilet in tenement blocks) As sung by Hamish Imlachmy father likes to sing this from time to time when he inebriated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_1903 Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 heart hammer by runrig!!! or....all things or whatever its called.shame im english. But im also scottish.. i like to be both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tv tanned Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 So we go from a song written by a couple of folk singers to a song written by a shit pop band..... great. shit pop band? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodast Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 The Battle by Wolfstone! Or we could have Killiecrankie by the Corries, that might just be my favourite place in Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Caledonia by Frankie Miller, that's the one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 i hope the shit pop band comment wasn't directed at the proclaimers who are definitely not shit and might even struggle to be called pop on occasion. runrig are pretty dire though, they had their moments and i admit i was a fan in my youth but generally they're a bit guff. wolfstone are okay, my friends has some family who are in wolfstone. if we pick caledonia i'm leaving. it'll be flower of scotland. even if the whole country only knows one verse(though surely that's the making of a national anthem).i liked that oi polloi one though, don't fancy it's chances mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tv tanned Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 disagree with the Runrig thing, their songs are fucking fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-matthEw- Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Whats wrong with Caledonia by Dougie MacLean?? Its lovely, although I couldnt really care either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 ach, it's nothing wrong as such but it's just a bit oversentimental in a nationalist kinda way and that tennents advert was pish as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Temple Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 My suggestions:Freedom Come All Ye by Hamish Henderson. An anthem for all nations and peoples, but inspired by our own struggle for freedomOr "A Man's A Man". It's got a stronger melody than any pop song, so it wouldn't take long to catch on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 All together now...."Aaaannnndddddd.... I would walk 500 miles...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 we don't need a national anthem for scotland, we should just try and find a better one for Britain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 I think you Scottish people should be happy enough with God Save the Queen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neil ex Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 It should be Take me Out by FF.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 why must the National Anthem be anything by The Proclaimers or RunRig? This is a song that, potentially, could be around for the next few centuries & be a musical representation of our country. And you want to squander that on some pop band? There must be some Robert Burns song or poem out there that has a more timeless and relevant theme to it? I'm sorry but a couple of geeky Hibs fans or some crap Gaelic pub band (with a Canadian singer no less) hardly fit the bill as far as I'm concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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