Last Night Of The Proms 2004 - God Save The Queen

[billybxox]

64wulf... There's nothing wrong with National Pride/Patriotism!

[324wilson]

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!!!

[SireMcDeath]

God shave the Queen :)

[sgexpat]

Get a life you foreign jealous morons! Its beautiful and you all wish you had it too. Pathetic comments ppl, just enjoy, and if I hear you singing Deutschland Deutschland out of tune I will let you know!

[Rotebuehl1]

Oh my God Almighty, have mercy upon us all! Why do we have to listen to those voices of someone who obviously cannot intonate properly, let alone has a good voice! Pity! Fortunately he didn't know all the lines, so he ended shutting up! Nevertheless this marvellous anthem is indistructable!

G s t Q E II !

[BlueAndWhiteZebra]

@Rotebuehl1 really? Are you serious? So, you clearly believe only those people who can sing to a standard acceptable to you should be allowed to sing at a concert where the audience are encouraged to sing? Okay, I don't know the words to the second verse. I imagine 95% of the population don't either. Even in the Hall, the second verse is clearly quieter than the first. But to actually take the time to tell everyboby that you find that annoying...... you must be a very lonely person.

[Rotebuehl1]

@BlueAndWhiteZebra Sweety, it took me no time at all! No, I don't believe "only-people-who-can-sing-acce­ptably-should-be-allowed-to-si­ng-at-concert-where-one-is-enc­ouraged-to-sing" and you know it! I mocked the dreadful singing RECORDED! It's horrid, terrible & most funny! That's all! I wonder how you would feel with someone singing like that next to you! Now, getting so enraged because of my sarcastic comment also throws some light on...

...never mind! Cheers love, all's well, that ends well!

[BlueAndWhiteZebra]

@Rotebuehl1 Actually, the guy dressed in pink next to me was much worse. ANd the guy to the very right is my dad. Now he does know both verses sung (all three verses in fact) but can sing no better than me. So was my crime then to sing, or to record it? (Although in fairness my intention, as such, was not to record my singing, but the concert itself. Youtube wasn't around then.) And had I not recorded, over 111,000 people wouldn't have clicked on this link and many thousands actually enjoyed it!

[Rotebuehl1]

@BlueAndWhiteZebra

I think we should leave this futile discussion, don't you think? It's getting way too serious and heavy, which i find inadequate for such a matter! Great you recorded it, thanks for that! I made fun of that singing, which, in my opinion, "destroyed" a bit the music! But know what? It's not an existential problem! It's fun! All the best and thanks for posting and answering! Bless

[15671643]

@BlueAndWhiteZebra I don't hear a voice out of tune, I listen to a heart in good tune. nice video!

[BlueAndWhiteZebra]

@15671643 you are very kind. And by now nearly an eigth of a million people have clicked on this!! Wow. Anyway, many thanks.

[15671643]

@BlueAndWhiteZebra The first time I saw this video I was moved.your father sings with great warmth, I am very envious of this, in my country we get a result like that just only for the World Cup....and not always

[KoopaTroopax1]

Oh, I love being British :)

[Ticket4Me]

AH! I wish I were British on moments like this. :D

[64wulf]

Are you trapped to wave a flag on command hearing say a national anthem, look at fireworks and feel nostalgic feelings of colonialism and world domination, like a dog?

[steveleadbeater]

The Diagonal Red Cross using the White background I believe is St Davids Cross.

[BlueAndWhiteZebra]

@steveleadbeater Er.....St David's cross is a yellow cross on a black background. The diagonal red cross on the Union Flag is the cross of St Patrick representing Northern Ireland. The current Union Flag comprises the flags of St Andrew (Scotland) St Patrick (Northern Ireland) and of course St George (England) The welsh are not involved...

[steveleadbeater]

Davey656,Get YOUR facts right, Wales is represented on the Union Flag by ST.DAVIDS Cross !!

[BlueAndWhiteZebra]

@steveleadbeater

By St David's Cross? This should be good......which of the crosses on the Union Flag is St David's cross? St Andrew I see.......St Patrick and St George too........St David? Hmmmm.........? No, sorry........which one is that?

[324wilson]

LONG LIVE OUR QUEEN!!!

[abubakrdesigns]

Fuck You.

[Himno88]

Long live the United Kingdom!

Long live the European monarchies!

Lots of love from Sweden.

[TheWhitehall]

@Himno88 Thank you. We need all the "Good Wishes" going. The United Kingdom is struggling and it is the "true" honest and hard working Britons who are suffering the most. Good luck to Sweden.

[88888888BBBBBBBB]

It doesn't matter who or what you are, but be proud of who or what you are. God save the Queen.

[sebastianwitte]

god damn right!!!

[BobbytheCanadiankid]

Hey rctsos , are you in South Korea or in Canada ?

[BobbytheCanadiankid]

I am proud to be a Chinese Canadian !

[BobbytheCanadiankid]

Thank you Rctsos ! Please don't mess wiht Canada and its hockey , ok ?

[BobbytheCanadiankid]

Hey Rctso ! Hey , my parents are originally from Hong Kong ! I was born in Canada and raised in USA ! Yes, Hong Kong was a British colony until 1997 ! I left Hong Kong back in 1975 !

[chanchi62]

Greetings from Germany to Britain !!! I love your country, the people and - of course and over all - THE QUEEN and all members of the Royal Family.

In my next life I'll be born in G. B. ;-)

[magranstroem]

The Royal family? Do you know them?

The country is another matter! Or at least London, which is as far as I have got. Love the city, love the people, but want to explore the rest of England. And will do. Soon. Can't wait!!!

[charlyinthespace91]

Long live Great Britain and the British people ! Your Queen is the link with your past take care of her ! Best regards and love from your old enemy France.

[gary587]

The Queen rocks. No question.

[BobbytheCanadiankid]

God bless England and it Queen ! I am a Chinese Canadian !

[Friedsieger]

From the music, I prefer Elgar Nimrod from Enigma, God save the Queen and Holsts Jupiter from Planets: The biggest gifts for the world. God bless Britannia!

[BobbytheCanadiankid]

God bless England and it Queen ! I am a Chinese Canadian !

[Friedsieger]

Boring german haters. I'm german, I love (a probably romantic idea of) England and Britain, I love a lot of british music culture (RVW, Elgar, Purcell)... And the biggest pleasure is watching the Proms, esp. last night. Be proud of what you have!

[324wilson]

I am proud to be British-Canadian...

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!!

[TravisDrago]

I love this song I had to sing it when I pledged my allegiance to Queen and Country when I got aniciated in the Royal Canadian Legion

[crazymatthew53]

I heard it when I was thinking about New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, Boston, Massachusetts, etc.

[doctormatthew1740]

This song reminds me of places I like are New Jersey, New York, and New Hampshire.

[doctormatthew1740]

I love to sing this anthem of England.

[CaptainSnapcock]

It, actually the anthem of The United Kingdom,Scotland & Wales too.

[Baltorocks123]

Incorrect, it's the National anthem of the UK, and England, Scotland Wales and Northern ireland have there own.

[BlueAndWhiteZebra]

Sorry Baltorocks, you are also incorrect. Just type in National Anthem Of Scotland into wikidedia.

[Baltorocks123]

I found that out AFTER I made that comment Lol. Becuase Scotland sing something different in Rugby, I assumed that was there National anthem.

I stand corrected.

[BlueAndWhiteZebra]

Fair play. It is very confusing. For example, why does the UK take part as one nation at the olympics, and use GSZQ as the National Anthem, yet in most other sports perfonrm as seperate countries. And, at the Olympics, how do the Welsh feel, seeing the Union Flag raised, which in itself has no reference to the Welsh flag in it. All jolly confusing, and shouldn't be taken too seriously!

[Davey656]

get your facts right mate ! wales isn't a kingdom, they don't have a real flag, they don't have a law system and they never had a king ! they are a annex of England! get a grip. wales IS represented in the Union Flag ... by the St Georges Cross ! :D

[BlueAndWhiteZebra]

I never maintained that Wales is a kingdom. It is part of the United Kingdom. It is, however, a country in it's own right. It is not, as is often wrongly believed, a principality. As to your claim that Wales has never had a King.......who was Gruffydd ap Llywelyn if not the King of Wales?? Furthermore, the flag of Wales is a red dragon on a green and white background. And this is not on the Union Flag! St Georges ' Cross represents England. After all....he killed a dragon!

[sheep21]

he was the last independent Prince of Wales. Wales has never had a King... except in the form of an English\British monarch!

[BlueAndWhiteZebra]

Gruffydd was King of Wales from 1039 to 1055.

[BNPYorkshire]

@sheep21 the Tudors were welsh the colours in the welsh flag the top white and bottom green are the colours of the Tudors thought you might have known that

[69Bluntsmoka420]

Canadian here. God save the Queen. Also, fuck da NDP and da Bloc Quebecois. Buncha wannabe communists, and as for quebec...hahahah, socialist basketcase that relies on English Canada for handhouts to keep it afloat. Hey Quebec, do you think you could have $5 a day daycare without Albertan oil money funding it? Yeah, that's what I thought. British Empire and English language supremacy.

[Elta3E]

Die brauchen es halt...

[fathairyarab]

shes fuckin german.

[ArsenalStormTrooper]

Yea course she is...

[Baltorocks123]

And becaus she's PART German, does that suddenly mean we have to chop the thrown off her head? If anyone was to ask her if she liked her German heritage, she would probably say no.

God Save the Queen!

[fathairyarab]

bloody germans 2 world wars and 1 world cup. england till i die.

[Baltorocks123]

And i'll assume the Queen would say the same, just because she is part German, does NOT make her any lower then us.

[89murph]

You do know this anthem is from Germany. You are probably going to give a poorly constructed response, so I don't know why I bother telling you this.

If you want to respond to me, try and make the sentence coherent!

[Baltorocks123]

And? Does that suddenly make the National Anthem illegal?

[BenAliGtor]

"God Save the Queen" is as English as is Her Majesty and Prince Philip: its tune was most likely taken from the Scots "Remember O Thou Man". The Windsors are as "English" as saurbraten, being descended from Hanoverian George I, (though, as noted, the Queen Mum was British) and Philip is Greek.

Still and all, she's a remarkable lady, and this tune is dignified and befitting.

[s2adam]

I Just Wonder Will The Anthem Change When We Have A King ..

[debrazzz]

It will be God Save the King.

[16dan90]

Yes, it will change to God Save The King...it's not a difficult change is it?

GSTQ!

[ussis]

dnt put to much passion in mate!!

[MattMystrieo]

There is nothing wrong with God save the Queen as the anthem, its a British tradition and its not like the Royal Family have any power.

[cdtricketts]

you un-patriotic dipstick

[hjfhjgf]

great

[concorde216]

nope it will stay the same as it is presently. Just replaceing the Queen with King and where ever it says her/she replaced with him/his

[Queyssel]

Jerusalem. totally. want it. Mainly cos charles is a dick.

[tomjune1983]

The Queen isnt of any descent shes just got foreign relatives. God Save The Queen

[Knappa22]

Well she is descended from the German Hanoverians through Queen Victoria, and from the German house of Saxe-Coburg Gotha through Prince Albert.

However her mother's family (Queen Mum) is British through and through.

[PatThesarcastic]

I wish there was something (ie: The Last Night of The Proms) this fantastic in the US.

[ragnarokmph]

When Elizabeth II dies, will the anthem change to "God Save the King?"

[BlueAndWhiteZebra]

Yes.

[bogen1050]

Yes because you can't have a male queen! dumb ass

[rulebritannia1]

theirs loads in brighton lol

[godzilla74114]

thats debatable.

[167570]

this is singing with your hart gr from holland

[guysee]

i am totally fed up of people saying that the british are 'over partriotic' this is the only night of the year where we are allowed to show our true patriotism, the rest of the year we are busiliy accepting people from other countries across our boarder to live here. we are only allowed to raise the union jack 18 days of the year BY LAW.

[KateyMsmith]

Yes and breaking the law because knowing nobody will do anything about it is why our country is losing its "Great" part more and more each day.

God Bless the Queen & Britain.

[mykle77]

You sing with passion and enjoyment. Very good. This is the way anthems are meant to be sung!

[162ALAN162]

What wnderfull voices you have!

[Gilbrit63]

My comment was intended for Englandinnz, sorry for any unintentional offence caused.

[sdcrdc]

The singing could be better, a bit off pitch. However, it is forgiven due to the vigour and obvious pride with which you sing the National Anthem. Her Majesty may be getting on in years, but I thank God that I was priviledged to have been born Her subject. May She reign for many more!

[poshpott]

god save the queen! she is a wounderful lady who has given up her life for the uk and common wealth.

[yggdrasil89]

I guess...

[mattywatky]

No applause for desecrating this beautiful anthem with such appalling singing.

[bringonthelovin]

I beg your pardon...married to a Greek? Hardly...Prince Philip is as Danish/German as the rest of the family. A "Greek" is the Wog who owns a diner, not Prince Philip. And furthermore, it's "God Save The Queen", not "God Save OUR Queen"...someone is singing it wrong. I'm American and even I know that!

[BlueAndWhiteZebra]

Beg to differ. The title may be God Save THE Queen, but the opening line is "God Save our gracious Queen".

First verse:

God save our gracious Queen

Long live our noble Queen,

God save the Queen:

Send her victorious,

Happy and glorious,

Long to reign over us:

God save the Queen.

[BlueAndWhiteZebra]

Second verse:

O Lord, our God, arise,

Scatter thine enemies,

And make them fall:

Confound their politics,

Frustrate their knavish tricks,

On thee our hopes we fix:

God save us all.

[BlueAndWhiteZebra]

Third verse:

Thy choicest gifts in store,

On her be pleased to pour;

Long may she reign:

May she defend our laws,

And ever give us cause

To sing with heart and voice

God save the Queen.

Nobody is sing it wrong.

[bringonthelovin]

Precisely as I said. Third line: "God save the Queen". Many sing it "God save our Queen".

[englandinnz]

She is a rich woman who lives in a castle with a Greek and a dysfunctional family,and for centuries royality has screwed over the Common Man , it will be a cold day in hell before I sing about her or Prince Charles in the the future ,

Jerusalem or Land of Hope and Glory is a song about England not a rich cow who lives in a castle

[Gilbrit63]

Shame on you. Think about why.

[armaxwell]

you have a glorious voice mister

[vladislavskalicky]

the royal lineage is truly europian uniting chromosomes of majority of royalty of europe.

Due to this she could become one day the most representative unifying symbol of EEC particularly since it is the longest uninterupted line in the history of europe and its best form of constitutional democracy .

[wehateceltic]

totally agree with BritishWatcher!

To Sing With Heart And Voice

God Save The Queen!

[joshuaarm]

Yes the Queen is part German, but her mother is both english and scottish.

[DavidTL]

The Queen isn't of any descent. She's Germanic by origin. But her family contains Germans, Russians, Greeks, Spanish and even French. She is actually related to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.

[bringonthelovin]

Correct me if I'm wrong David, but the Queen is not descended (note: descended) from any Spaniards as far as I know. Catherine of Aragon died without issue. And the Greeks in her family are Danish.

[BritishWatcher]

The Majority of people in Scotland voted for parties that support the union. The BNP couldnt win a majority at a time when Scotland and the rest of the UK were angry with Tony Blair over iraq. The SNP have peaked and its all down hill from now =)

Long live the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. God save the Queen.

[westsidestorycbs]

The tradition! salmond and his cronies in the snp and plaid need to wake up. if they leave the uk, they will bugger up the Monarchy, BBC and Union flag! Wake up UK, let's save our country from those who would divide us rather than unite us! God Save the Queen and the four glorious nations of her kingdom! :)

[tropby1]

Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit

Für das deutsche Vaterland!

Danach lasst uns alle streben

Brüderlich mit Herz und Hand!

Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit

Sind des Glückes Unterpfand --

|: Blüh im Glanze dieses Glückes,

Blühe, deutsches Vaterland! :|

[BlueAndWhiteZebra]

Alles klar.

[Twitchy07]

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!

[4godand4ulster]

God Save The Queen

[ralphspikyhair]

God Save The Queen!

[jamesringrose]

God save the Queen ! English and proud !

[FunkyDunkyTheMunky]

She is the Queen of Scotland too dear, and believe me some of us regard her as highly as you do... is she in your prayers at night?

Scottish and Proud! God Save the Queen!

[mouza1234]

he never said she wasnt queen of scotland! she aint in my prayers at night but im proud to be english.

[majoresteve2006]

The queen is actually Scottish decent. lol,

[fishtank39]

No. She is of German descent.

[bohuslen]

lenge leve dronningen long live the queen

[Durbs75]

she's your Queen too. And will be until you start paying for yourselves. Sponger.

[olipilley]

o shut up iam happy iam a scot

[britishroyalist]

God save the Queen!

[rulebritannia1]

good