Following a couple recent threads on here, I was thinking of cover versions of music that I liked. ELP's 'Jerusalem' was the first "progressive rock music" track that appealed to me as a young teenager raised on mostly crappy 'Top of The Pops' chart pop music. I didn't realise it was originally a hymn (although it isn't technically speaking a hymn, apparently) set to a poem by William Blake (my brother pointed that out to me) - I just found the overall sound and melody infinitely preferable to the pop music I'd heard before (this was years before I heard Be Bop Deluxe, etc - I was comparing it to the likes of Suzi Quatro!).
Anyway, I read that the current national anthem was recently booed at a football match, and I'd probably boo it myself - not out of any viewpoint on the monarchy/politics, but because I find the music lame and oppressive. I'd heard before that, for many people, 'Jerusalem' would be a preferred alternative. This goes back at least to King George V, who preferred 'Jerusalem' to "God Save The King".
And, of course, the official national anthem would have to be a 1970s progressive rock version, since that is what most appeals to my sense of humour! 😁👑⛪️
To go from "God Save The Queen" to "Fanfare For The Common Man", we'd have to be a republic 😉 Bring it on!
Although Copland wrote the original in response to the US entering WW2. So that would probably rule it out for most countries other than the US. Tricky business, isn't it?
Yes, I see what you mean about problems with lyrics. But I have a solution...
It's all about England, and wouldn't be acceptable to the other three home nations. Unless of course you were thinking only of England!
And someone once said that the appropriate responses to it - read the lyrics - are "No. No. No. No. Get them yourself!". 😄
Or maybe this version. More suited to football stadiums 😉