The tune for the American national anthem based from an English drinking song that was sung in British Pubs in the 18th Century called, “To Anacreon in Heaven.
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Yes, it’s already changed. That’s British take the Mick out of each other, so everyone else is fair game. Nobody does sarcasm like us British we are trained as children. I trained my son We were loading rubbish into his car to take to the tip, A neighbour said are you taking that to the tip my son said no we’re taking it for a walk. I was so proud, and I knew then I trained him right😂😂
@@Idubb307 I heard that saying from my father, when I was a young boy and I’m in my 50s ok I might lie about my age May start with a 6 but hey, the truth can sometimes not be what it’s cracked up to be My mental age is in its 20s unfortunately, sometimes my body doesn’t agree
Yes our national anthem changed the moment our late Queen died…there is a video of a classical music concert in London when The Queens death was announced. The audience stood & sang God save The King for the first time in their lives, many close to tears.
I think we all have pride in our country. You guys are great at having a laugh at jokes about America, hopefully you realise we Brits do love Americans. Your'e our allies and friends, love from the UK.
Bear in mind that Al Murray is an intelligent individual who has made some insightful documentaries. The pub landlord is an act - he is playing a character. By the way, the lyrics of the national anthem have changed from queen to king.
Al Murray's comedy is mostly based around sarcasm & irony which many of us in the UK excel at & frequently use in daily conversation, usually it's meant to be amusing & funny but it can so easily be employed to be ruthlessly cutting & deliberately hurtful too. Finding the right moment to use it to amuse can be a bit tricky sometimes, but when you do get all the balance of exact moment & situation just right the result can often be hilarious, even to the recipient of it.
As J C mentioned, the Star Spangled Banner was written to the tune of a British 18th Century drinking song. Usually sung in Gentlemen`s Club`s that catered to the Upper Classes. It was said, that the tune chosen by General G.A. Custer for the 7th Cavalry, was an Irish drinking song. Also, the Royal Navy`s Hearts Of Oak was used as the Liberty Song.
Let's not forget that the american traitors in the 1770s (BTW Washington was a British army officer before he committed treason....I seem to recall) stole the tune of God Save the King and put their own words to it. Pretty common behaviour for revolutionaries allowing them to think seditious words while standing for the national anthem. However, every American I've met thinks that this is some form of coincidence. Critical thinking may not be dead, but it needs some oxygen when it comes to most Americans and anything outside America. :)
the Gary Owen sung by 7th Cavalry was originally sung by British cavalry i think .. perhaps one of the Irish Hussar regiments of the 19th century ( there used to be loads of them ) ..
Mind you, we brits gave you the tune to the Star Spangled Banner. Al Murray is tremendous live, and he performs regularly here in south east England. Just found you guys on UA-cam, and your presentation is fun and refreshing, Yep, I have subscribed.
As other people have already mentioned The Star Spangled Banner, your national anthem is British, actually English. The music was taken from an English drinking song which was written in England and played in pubs and clubs around England, it was written in the 18th century. The lyrics of Star Spangled Banner were written by an American but the music is English.
OblivionGate the music for our national anthem could have come from other pieces of music and our national anthem is British, it does not matter in which part of our nation it came from
The joke he made about the Australian anthem reminds me of the scene in the Jaws movie when Hooper says to Chief Brody, ''It doesn't make sense for a guy who hates water to live on an island.'' And the Chief replies, ''It's only an island if you look at it from the water.''
The tune for the American National Anthem is actually a British Gentleman's Club song. The poem was set to the tune of a popular British song written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a men's social club in London. "To Anacreon in Heaven" (or "The Anacreontic Song"), with various lyrics.
As a welshman can I please remind the English people reading these comments that England does not have a national anthem,yes they sang something at the last commonwealth games,in Birmingham,either Jerusalem or land of hope and glory,one day at a football,rugby or cricket International just maybe the English team will sing not sing God save the king.
@@adrianhowell968 Er yes we do It is called God Save the King. What we do not have is the individual country song e.g. Land of My Fathers' for Wales etc. Although nominally Jerusalem stands for England.
I like the Italian national anthem. They really know how to get their money's worth out of every Gold medal they win at the Olympics or in the Formula 1 Grand Prix. It starts off like a Bavarian drinking song, then just at the point that other national anthems would stop and let you get back to whatever you're doing it abruptly switches into something resembling the charge of the light brigade.
I’m British and a royalist but I’d prefer if the national anthem was “I Vow To Thee My Country”, check it out. It’s so much more rousing and patriotic.
Yes, the national anthem has changed from queen to king and her to him(where necessary) it changed the second the queen passed. Anything official containing queen has changed, such as the queens guard are kings guard now, and anything starting with HM in it has changed from her majesty to his majesty such as HMRC(basicly who collects our tax) and HMS (the letters before the name of any royal navy ship). The next 2 monarchs will also be kings if nothing happens to them, so it will be king for the foreseeable future.
Best national anthem is the Welsh anthem, listen to the Welsh sing in the 2013 six nations v england, it'll put the hairs up on the back of your neck 110% ....
America is always trying to extend the musical rights, perhaps they could extend their national anthem, the music was written by the British. We could be being paid every time you sing it.😂
Yes the words do change to God save the King. Also all the names of things like ships or prisons that were HMS (Her majestys service) now are His majestys service.
"His Majesty's Ship", but yes. And prisons (plus HMRC and HM Treasury) are just "HM" (His Majesty's). Also worth pointing out that lawyers who were previously QC ("Queen's Counsel") are now all KC.
The national anthem's words change back to "God Save The King". This week the Yeoman Warders of the Tower of London changed their uniforms which now have King Charles's cipher on them. All items that had the Queen's cipher on them will eventually change to the new King's cipher. Not all at once due to the horrendous cost.
The American national anthem, words by an American to the tune of an English Georgian drinking song about a flag singed by English naval cannon fire burning down the place it was flying over. It's all about us really not you, weirdly.
The National Anthem is God Save the King.The British National Anthem originated in a patriotic song first performed in 1745. It became known as the National Anthem from the beginning of the nineteenth century.
If you want to hear his American accent (West and East coast): Al Murray - How Global Finance Really Works is hilarious and probably closer to reality than one would imagine. Just have your bleeper button ready for the New York stock exchange section.
Haha. NZ does, believe it or not, have an airforce. Its logo is a flightless bird with a target drawn around it, doesn't exactly strike fear into the hearts of the competition. I guess in a pinch, we could dust off a couple of old planes that are hanging from wires in a museum
It does, but it's weird!!!I'm 61 and I can't get used to it! The queen was my favourite royal. An incredible person. King Charles... He's got a lot to do to measure up to his mom.....
The hosts were pissing themselves with laughter until it was the American anthem's turn. Then they took it seriously and talked about not being 'too' offended. Their faces said it all.
They use God Save the Queen AND God Save the King at the same time until the Queen is buried, once she has been buried, one of the first things that was done was Officially play God Save the King for the first time.
It's a shame you didn't get to hear all the joke at the end. With reference to if the National Anthem will change to God Save Our Gracious King. yes it will. Also all military and civil uniforms which have the Queens crown will have to change to the Kings crown, this will also be evident with commonwealth countries, like Canada, NZ and Australia. However, in good military order, the Kings crown will be phased in slowly. The first to change is the Royal Yeomanry (also known as the Beefeaters) at the Tower of London, who have already shown off their new uniform, and will be followed by the Guards division and Household division as they are all on public display daily and will be front and centre at the Coronation. The London Metropolitan Police and the various regional police forces throughout the country will also slowly change over to the Kings crown.
your national anthem, while the words were wrote by frances C scot, the 13 stripes are the 13 british colonies, i could be corrected and it might be 12, also the tune, is a english pub drinking tune,
Americans do generally venerate their flag way more than almost any other nation in the world to the point of fetish, so it does make total sense that the national anthem is about it 🤷🏼♂️
The words of King / Queen automatically change at the appropriate time. (A new ruler of a different sex from the previous King or Queen) No-one has to wait for a music publisher to distribute new musical scores.
Just found your channel ,you still look as you have a hat on lol...Al Murray is actually a very intelligent man i think he specialises in history...Same anthem change 1 word...Watch his sketch on how the uk saved / ruled the world
And despite him saying we dont get earthquakes in the UK a few years ago, several after Al said that, we did get an earthquake in Kent, the SE of the UK. It was Very mild compared to others around the world. TBH I didn't even realise it was an earthquake. I thought our cat had gotten up on the bookcase behind me, and was having a really good scratch, causing the bookcase to bang on the wall! Lol. As for the NI, no doubt when it was written, and then adopted as the NI, about 1745, it was written for a different UK to whst we have now. The sentiment of God Save the King/Queen is fine, it's just the slow drone of the melody that I don't go much on. Do I wish it could change to an alternative for things that don't involve the monach, like sporting events, yes. By all means keep God Save the King for when the Royals are in attendance. But for other events, they should have an alternative, something like I Vow To Thee My Country, that is a Hymn that gets a lot of people singing at the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall every year. It's a Beautiful song. Ok, I am biased as it was one of my late Mum's favourites, and I grew up listening to it, but it is good.
The tune of the American Anthem is an 18th Century British drinking song. The earliest image of the Stars and Stripes was carved on the wall of a church in Washington North England in the 13th century. This was then taken as the coat of arms of the Washington family and so on to America. In the Medieval Language of Arms, Stars represent Spurs and Horizontal Red Stripes represent rivers of blood. Any medieval soldier seeing that would probably decide that he needs to be elsewhere! Whilst Americans like to pretend that you are foreigners, we all know that you are in fact British!
Not only is the song the star spangled banner sung to an English tune but the flag itself is copied from the British East India company flag. The liberty bell was also cast in Britain. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
8:53 Yes the lyrics do change, and so do other 'things' (The Queens Guard ---> The Kings Guard). it's not all that difficult, it's just a change of gender. But it's necessary, because apparently gender is important.
@@Jodi_BoringReviews No worries, 'it' might not have had anything to do with this content, but the more this nonsense goes on I feel I have to say 'it' all the more in any arena.Go, go, go Kellie-Jay Keen. 👍
history wise, the 75% of american flag is mainly the old english / british east india company flag, which the first american flag, the grand union flag, was based in in 1775!
It’s easy too explain as an English man. We have a dry sarcastic humour. We take the piss out of everybody but especially ourselves. There’s no offence intended . Especially with with you our favourite cousins 👍🇬🇧🏴🇺🇸
The "intolerant" attitudes that he expresses are part of the CHARACTER that he is playing. He is playing an affable, nationalist, bigot, know-all. The kind which you find in pubs across the UK, surrounded by fellow drinkers who learn everything that they know from their mates in the pub; and from tabloid news papers. He displays all of the attitudes and prejudices of that type of self-serving person; which you find different variants of around the world! The jokes are NOT homophobic, racist, xenophobic, abusive, bigoted or intended to harm. The character is Al Murray's observation of THAT TYPE OF PERSON! In tandem with that, he explores some of the subjects that people in the audience might find difficult. He tackles the subjects in robust irreverent terms; creating a frame, from which others can explore the subject without feeling shame, anger, fear or hate. *You see?* *He is bringing people together. Confident together. Comfortable together. Happy together.* Seeing your occasional frowns or disapprovals is *PRECISELY THE REASON* why cancel culture needs to be *CANCELLED!* Otherwise there will be no room for robust debate, conversation, comment or discussion *ANYWHERE!* The entire aim of Cancel Culture is to *BEAT* opponents into compliance. Isn't that what tyrants do?
@@MrPercy112 Cancel Culture creeps banning debate, diversity and difference is over-egging the pudding! *THIS* is how you bring people *TOGETHER!* These days he might have been "cancelled" because Cancel Culture creeps don't understand what he is doing! Debate, diversity, discussion and argument lead to the truth. Dictating what is "acceptable" is the act of every dictator, from Mao Zedong; to Hitler; to Putin; to Stalin; to Idi Amin; to Mussolini; to Franco; to Pol Pot; to Ceaușescu and beyond. One group *DICTATING* what other groups are allowed to think, say or do *IS STRAIGHT FROM THE PAGES OF GEORGE ORWELL'S 1984!* So am I over-egging the pudding? No, I'm not.
England doesnt have its own National Athem. it is God save the Queen, which was the Nat Anth for Aus until 1984 !! now obviously back to God save the King. I think England should take a new anthem. my suggestions would be "land of hope and glory" or "Jeruselem". and btw the QC (Queens council) turned overnight into KC (Kings council)
Yes your right England doesn't have a national anthem, they've never had a national anthem, I think Irelands 2 anthems and Scolands now anthem are quite recent,Scotland I think shared the British anthem.
He wasn't really trying to do an american accent.He actually does a very good american just like Hugh Laurie who played House and americans thought he was american till he appeared on Letterman.
I love the American national anthem only because the music is British
I think the lyrics were taken from a drinking song from Gloucester
@@MikeSmith-ye9ho it was the music composed by John Stafford Smith who was born in Gloucester that was used
The tune for the American national anthem based from an English drinking song that was sung in British Pubs in the 18th Century called, “To Anacreon in Heaven.
@MikeSmith-ye9ho The tune not the lyrics.
Then there's the American patriotic sang "America (My Country, ’Tis of Thee)" sung to the tune of "God save the King"
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He is actually the best History Teacher ever , if mine was like him I’d have learned a lot! His comedy makes you listen and engage, he’s a pure genius , love this channel ❤️
Yes, it’s already changed. That’s British take the Mick out of each other, so everyone else is fair game. Nobody does sarcasm like us British we are trained as children. I trained my son
We were loading rubbish into his car to take to the tip, A neighbour said are you taking that to the tip my son said no we’re taking it for a walk. I was so proud, and I knew then I trained him right😂😂
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Dad, do you know the piano's on my foot? You hum it son and I'll play it!🤣😅😎
@@Idubb307 I heard that saying from my father, when I was a young boy and I’m in my 50s ok I might lie about my age May start with a 6 but hey, the truth can sometimes not be what it’s cracked up to be My mental age is in its 20s unfortunately, sometimes my body doesn’t agree
British means English.
Yeah and you're not getting the hedge trimmer back matey.
(I'm a Brit by the way).
Off to see him on Monday. Looking forward to seeing where he goes with the show this time.
Yes our national anthem changed the moment our late Queen died…there is a video of a classical music concert in London when The Queens death was announced. The audience stood & sang God save The King for the first time in their lives, many close to tears.
A sense of humour is a wonderful feeling to be able to see the funny side of practically everthing in life. I much prefer that to a gloomy outlook.
The National Anthem has RETURNED to :
👑 God save the King 👑
Did it?
@@monkeyfunk8371 Yes, the original hymn is God save the King, and is printed as such. We just change the lyrics to Queen during the rule of a Queen.
@@stephenkenworthy1881 i care as much as i did when i left my original comment
@@monkeyfunk8371 then why even reply?
@@freezie4511 free will
I think we all have pride in our country. You guys are great at having a laugh at jokes about America, hopefully you realise we Brits do love Americans. Your'e our allies and friends, love from the UK.
We don't like trump though, a one man crime wave and he still walks free.
The best comedion to follow is The late Sean lock.. Especially him doing carott in A box. Also Dara O Briain is top of his class. Look him up.
Bear in mind that Al Murray is an intelligent individual who has made some insightful documentaries. The pub landlord is an act - he is playing a character. By the way, the lyrics of the national anthem have changed from queen to king.
Al Murray's comedy is mostly based around sarcasm & irony which many of us in the UK excel at & frequently use in daily conversation, usually it's meant to be amusing & funny but it can so easily be employed to be ruthlessly cutting & deliberately hurtful too. Finding the right moment to use it to amuse can be a bit tricky sometimes, but when you do get all the balance of exact moment & situation just right the result can often be hilarious, even to the recipient of it.
Well done, you chaps, you’re beginning to get the hang of British humour. 👍 Time now to try the likes of ‘The League of Gentlemen’ - I can’t wait! 😂
Thats Crap.
Bit advanced for these innocent yanks 😅
They're improving! As an Aussie I love his jokes, everyone here hates the anthem, you can tell it was written by a school teacher. From England.
No… they’re not ready for that 😅
We do get some ‘tornadoes’ in Britain; basically, freak high winds throw the a few bins about in the street once in a while.
Hi N&J, Love your reactions and it's good to able to laugh at ourselves 🤭🇬🇧🇺🇸
As J C mentioned, the Star Spangled Banner was written to the tune of a British 18th Century drinking song. Usually sung in Gentlemen`s Club`s that catered to the Upper Classes. It was said, that the tune chosen by General G.A. Custer for the 7th Cavalry, was an Irish drinking song. Also, the Royal Navy`s Hearts Of Oak was used as the Liberty Song.
Let's not forget that the american traitors in the 1770s (BTW Washington was a British army officer before he committed treason....I seem to recall) stole the tune of God Save the King and put their own words to it. Pretty common behaviour for revolutionaries allowing them to think seditious words while standing for the national anthem. However, every American I've met thinks that this is some form of coincidence. Critical thinking may not be dead, but it needs some oxygen when it comes to most Americans and anything outside America. :)
the Gary Owen sung by 7th Cavalry was originally sung by British cavalry i think .. perhaps one of the Irish Hussar regiments of the 19th century ( there used to be loads of them ) ..
Mind you, we brits gave you the tune to the Star Spangled Banner. Al Murray is tremendous live, and he performs regularly here in south east England. Just found you guys on UA-cam, and your presentation is fun and refreshing, Yep, I have subscribed.
Thank you!!
The melody to the US national anthem came from a melody To Anacreon in Heaven.” Written around 1775 by John Stafford Smith and is a tribute to wine.
As other people have already mentioned The Star Spangled Banner, your national anthem is British, actually English. The music was taken from an English drinking song which was written in England and played in pubs and clubs around England, it was written in the 18th century. The lyrics of Star Spangled Banner were written by an American but the music is English.
Lyrics written aboard a British ship during the bombardment of Fort McHenry during the war of 1812
Thought that the lyrics were writen by a French guy?
OblivionGate the music for our national anthem could have come from other pieces of music and our national anthem is British, it does not matter in which part of our nation it came from
Sorry lady england is not surrounded by sea
The joke he made about the Australian anthem reminds me of the scene in the Jaws movie when Hooper says to Chief Brody, ''It doesn't make sense for a guy who hates water to live on an island.''
And the Chief replies, ''It's only an island if you look at it from the water.''
Yes and we always forget and suddenly say Gid save our gracious Quing.
England is not surrounded by sea, Great Britain is!
No one seams to have checked out Green Wing yet, might be worth giving it a go, its soooo funny ...
The star spangled banner is an old English pub song a song to be sang when drunk 😂
The tune for the American National Anthem is actually a British Gentleman's Club song. The poem was set to the tune of a popular British song written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a men's social club in London. "To Anacreon in Heaven" (or "The Anacreontic Song"), with various lyrics.
That lady needs to look the history of why the song is about the flag. There is a wonderful rendition of the history of the flag on UA-cam.
As a welshman can I please remind the English people reading these comments that England does not have a national anthem,yes they sang something at the last commonwealth games,in Birmingham,either Jerusalem or land of hope and glory,one day at a football,rugby or cricket International just maybe the English team will sing not sing God save the king.
@@adrianhowell968 Er yes we do It is called God Save the King. What we do not have is the individual country song e.g. Land of My Fathers' for Wales etc. Although nominally Jerusalem stands for England.
I like the Italian national anthem. They really know how to get their money's worth out of every Gold medal they win at the Olympics or in the Formula 1 Grand Prix. It starts off like a Bavarian drinking song, then just at the point that other national anthems would stop and let you get back to whatever you're doing it abruptly switches into something resembling the charge of the light brigade.
Basically they wake up half way through and go for a party!
The beginning of the French National anthem is terrific.
I’m British and a royalist but I’d prefer if the national anthem was “I Vow To Thee My Country”, check it out. It’s so much more rousing and patriotic.
Yes, the national anthem has changed from queen to king and her to him(where necessary) it changed the second the queen passed. Anything official containing queen has changed, such as the queens guard are kings guard now, and anything starting with HM in it has changed from her majesty to his majesty such as HMRC(basicly who collects our tax) and HMS (the letters before the name of any royal navy ship). The next 2 monarchs will also be kings if nothing happens to them, so it will be king for the foreseeable future.
Good to know! Thanks!!
I wonder if the next change will be to “God save the monarch” and “send them victorious” so as not to offend the non-binary sensibilities? 😂
Just watched Al Murray live in Canterbury his a Legend
I didn’t know that Al Murray lived in Canterbury…..
I’ll get my coat.
@@tompurcell1499 he was doing a gig there
It's originally an old English drinking song!
Al Murray - Secretary is a funny audience interaction
You got that right about his interactions with his audience not shown on these clips.
Best national anthem is the Welsh anthem, listen to the Welsh sing in the 2013 six nations v england, it'll put the hairs up on the back of your neck 110% ....
Yes, it changes to King when we have a king and Queen when we have a queen. However, saying that, the Welsh anthem is clearly the best.
America is always trying to extend the musical rights, perhaps they could extend their national anthem, the music was written by the British. We could be being paid every time you sing it.😂
Yes the words do change to God save the King. Also all the names of things like ships or prisons that were HMS (Her majestys service) now are His majestys service.
"His Majesty's Ship", but yes. And prisons (plus HMRC and HM Treasury) are just "HM" (His Majesty's). Also worth pointing out that lawyers who were previously QC ("Queen's Counsel") are now all KC.
The national anthem's words change back to "God Save The King".
This week the Yeoman Warders of the Tower of London changed their uniforms which now have King Charles's cipher on them.
All items that had the Queen's cipher on them will eventually change to the new King's cipher. Not all at once due to the horrendous cost.
The American national anthem, words by an American to the tune of an English Georgian drinking song about a flag singed by English naval cannon fire burning down the place it was flying over. It's all about us really not you, weirdly.
It isn't just the words, have a look at the "Grand Union Flag" or the "Continental Colours", the first national flag of the United States of America.
The strained look proves that irony simply passes them by......
The fact he has a brilliant brain First class degree in History...filmed several History documentaries.
The US national anthem tune was an old English drinking song.
Loved watching their faces
The story behind the flag is amazing and heart-felt a they have great anthem 🇲🇰
Yep - changes to now God save the King. Also we think ahead - all royal naval ships are always HMS xxxx - Her / His Majesty’s Ship xxxx
God Save the King was sang towards the end of Her Majasty the Queen's funeral service.
The National Anthem is God Save the King.The British National Anthem originated in a patriotic song first performed in 1745. It became known as the National Anthem from the beginning of the nineteenth century.
If you want to hear his American accent (West and East coast): Al Murray - How Global Finance Really Works is hilarious and probably closer to reality than one would imagine. Just have your bleeper button ready for the New York stock exchange section.
Haha. NZ does, believe it or not, have an airforce. Its logo is a flightless bird with a target drawn around it, doesn't exactly strike fear into the hearts of the competition. I guess in a pinch, we could dust off a couple of old planes that are hanging from wires in a museum
I love this reaction,,,,,,,You still dont understand why you lauged at why Austrailia is free because of England ...
Yeah they change the word ,queen to king
It does, but it's weird!!!I'm 61 and I can't get used to it! The queen was my favourite royal. An incredible person. King Charles... He's got a lot to do to measure up
to his mom.....
The hosts were pissing themselves with laughter until it was the American anthem's turn. Then they took it seriously and talked about not being 'too' offended. Their faces said it all.
yes they have had to change the word now to the english national anthem from queen to king
Yes the anthem does change based on who is sitting on the throne.
They use God Save the Queen AND God Save the King at the same time until the Queen is buried, once she has been buried, one of the first things that was done was Officially play God Save the King for the first time.
Actually the American national anthem is a very old British pub drinking song 😂😂
To answer your question about the national anthem now there is a king... Yes, it will now be god save the king.
It's a shame you didn't get to hear all the joke at the end. With reference to if the National Anthem will change to God Save Our Gracious King. yes it will. Also all military and civil uniforms which have the Queens crown will have to change to the Kings crown, this will also be evident with commonwealth countries, like Canada, NZ and Australia. However, in good military order, the Kings crown will be phased in slowly. The first to change is the Royal Yeomanry (also known as the Beefeaters) at the Tower of London, who have already shown off their new uniform, and will be followed by the Guards division and Household division as they are all on public display daily and will be front and centre at the Coronation. The London Metropolitan Police and the various regional police forces throughout the country will also slowly change over to the Kings crown.
your national anthem, while the words were wrote by frances C scot, the 13 stripes are the 13 british colonies, i could be corrected and it might be 12, also the tune, is a english pub drinking tune,
Swing low sweet chariot is actual a black slaves song,really not very nice.
Americans do generally venerate their flag way more than almost any other nation in the world to the point of fetish, so it does make total sense that the national anthem is about it 🤷🏼♂️
If you get made fun of... it's a compliment... it means we like you
She's right from a Scot's 🏴 his Surname was Moray 👍🏻
All Royal Navy ships stay as HMS but if now stands for His Majesty’s Ship, not Her Majesty’s etc
It change to King before she was even cold😬
The words of King / Queen automatically change at the appropriate time. (A new ruler of a different sex from the previous King or Queen)
No-one has to wait for a music publisher to distribute new musical scores.
Just found your channel ,you still look as you have a hat on lol...Al Murray is actually a very intelligent man i think he specialises in history...Same anthem change 1 word...Watch his sketch on how the uk saved / ruled the world
set to the tune of a popular English song at the time (“The Anacreontic Song”),
And despite him saying we dont get earthquakes in the UK a few years ago, several after Al said that, we did get an earthquake in Kent, the SE of the UK.
It was Very mild compared to others around the world. TBH I didn't even realise it was an earthquake. I thought our cat had gotten up on the bookcase behind me, and was having a really good scratch, causing the bookcase to bang on the wall! Lol.
As for the NI, no doubt when it was written, and then adopted as the NI, about 1745, it was written for a different UK to whst we have now.
The sentiment of God Save the King/Queen is fine, it's just the slow drone of the melody that I don't go much on.
Do I wish it could change to an alternative for things that don't involve the monach, like sporting events, yes. By all means keep God Save the King for when the Royals are in attendance. But for other events, they should have an alternative, something like I Vow To Thee My Country, that is a Hymn that gets a lot of people singing at the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall every year. It's a Beautiful song. Ok, I am biased as it was one of my late Mum's favourites, and I grew up listening to it, but it is good.
They do indeed. It is now God save our King.
The tune of the American Anthem is an 18th Century British drinking song.
The earliest image of the Stars and Stripes was carved on the wall of a church in Washington North England in the 13th century. This was then taken as the coat of arms of the Washington family and so on to America. In the Medieval Language of Arms, Stars represent Spurs and Horizontal Red Stripes represent rivers of blood. Any medieval soldier seeing that would probably decide that he needs to be elsewhere!
Whilst Americans like to pretend that you are foreigners, we all know that you are in fact British!
Our anthem is too xxxxx short. Hardly gets enough air time at the Olympics etc. We should reinstate all the remaining verses, especially the second.
Listen to the welsh national anthem 2013 wales v England guys . The best anthem..❤
The national anthem has changed.
Not only is the song the star spangled banner sung to an English tune but the flag itself is copied from the British East India company flag. The liberty bell was also cast in Britain. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
8:53 Yes the lyrics do change, and so do other 'things' (The Queens Guard ---> The Kings Guard). it's not all that difficult, it's just a change of gender. But it's necessary, because apparently gender is important.
Thank you!
@@Jodi_BoringReviews No worries, 'it' might not have had anything to do with this content, but the more this nonsense goes on I feel I have to say 'it' all the more in any arena.Go, go, go Kellie-Jay Keen. 👍
8:57 'King of _England_ ?!!🙄
history wise, the 75% of american flag is mainly the old english / british east india company flag, which the first american flag, the grand union flag, was based in in 1775!
Uh yes we're not going to be singing God save the Queen when we have a King on the throne
Obviously the national anthem has changed to god save the King! 🤯
It’s easy too explain as an English man. We have a dry sarcastic humour. We take the piss out of everybody but especially ourselves. There’s no offence intended . Especially with with you our favourite cousins 👍🇬🇧🏴🇺🇸
The "intolerant" attitudes that he expresses are part of the CHARACTER that he is playing.
He is playing an affable, nationalist, bigot, know-all.
The kind which you find in pubs across the UK, surrounded by fellow drinkers who learn everything that they know from their mates in the pub; and from tabloid news papers.
He displays all of the attitudes and prejudices of that type of self-serving person; which you find different variants of around the world!
The jokes are NOT homophobic, racist, xenophobic, abusive, bigoted or intended to harm.
The character is Al Murray's observation of THAT TYPE OF PERSON!
In tandem with that, he explores some of the subjects that people in the audience might find difficult. He tackles the subjects in robust irreverent terms; creating a frame, from which others can explore the subject without feeling shame, anger, fear or hate.
*You see?*
*He is bringing people together. Confident together. Comfortable together. Happy together.*
Seeing your occasional frowns or disapprovals is *PRECISELY THE REASON* why cancel culture needs to be *CANCELLED!*
Otherwise there will be no room for robust debate, conversation, comment or discussion *ANYWHERE!*
The entire aim of Cancel Culture is to *BEAT* opponents into compliance.
Isn't that what tyrants do?
Over-egging the pudding a tad?
@@MrPercy112 Cancel Culture creeps banning debate, diversity and difference is over-egging the pudding!
*THIS* is how you bring people *TOGETHER!*
These days he might have been "cancelled" because Cancel Culture creeps don't understand what he is doing!
Debate, diversity, discussion and argument lead to the truth.
Dictating what is "acceptable" is the act of every dictator, from Mao Zedong; to Hitler; to Putin; to Stalin; to Idi Amin; to Mussolini; to Franco; to Pol Pot; to Ceaușescu and beyond.
One group *DICTATING* what other groups are allowed to think, say or do *IS STRAIGHT FROM THE PAGES OF GEORGE ORWELL'S 1984!*
So am I over-egging the pudding?
No, I'm not.
It's still land even if there is no sea
The Queen id Regina & the King is Rix. That's the only Royal difference.
Yeah the national anthem changed more or less the same day of her passing so now it’s god save the king
Yes it's now king
Al Murry
The music of the US anthem comes from an old British pub song
England doesnt have its own National Athem. it is God save the Queen, which was the Nat Anth for Aus until 1984 !! now obviously back to God save the King. I think England should take a new anthem. my suggestions would be "land of hope and glory" or "Jeruselem". and btw the QC (Queens council) turned overnight into KC (Kings council)
Why not all three? Plus ‘Greensleeves’ for our folk anthem - I mean, any association with ‘ice cream’ has to be good, right? 😉
Yes your right England doesn't have a national anthem, they've never had a national anthem, I think Irelands 2 anthems and Scolands now anthem are quite recent,Scotland I think shared the British anthem.
Originally a British tune, just like the 13 colonies were and all in it.
They change the British Anthem, money, postage, ect to reflect that Briton now has a King.
Not immediately. Just as old stuff wears out.
Listen to the Welsh national anthem 2013 Wales v England amazing xx
Id say start a petition to make America the beautiful the national anthem.
If you want American accents…watch his “How global finance works” ….his best ever
He wasn't really trying to do an american accent.He actually does a very good american just like Hugh Laurie who played House and americans thought he was american till he appeared on Letterman.
i love the America National Anthem it is a great English drinking music
Yes the National Anthem is now God Save the King.
It’s now God save the king he’s been given another go after his slip up with the queen .
Yes..God save the King.....as it was before Elizabeth.
you do realise the tune for the the u.s national anthem is british called the anacreontic song
The national anthem was originally written for a king in the 1700's and was originally God Save the King