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Originally Posted by Dodger;
No it will probably be re-written/ chose another anthem.
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Don't count on it. You're stuck with" God Save the King/Queen." Personally, I think it is quite nice, although I was shocked when I first heard it sung as God Save The Queen. In America, it is a very popular patriotic song, sometimes played at sporting events and often in schools, titled, "America!" aka, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee." I was absolutely taken aback when I found out it had anything at all to do with Brits or Queens, as next to the "Star-Spangled Banner," it is surely the most popular patriotic song in the US, and many people favor it over the SSB. We never sang the SSB in school, but sang 'America" quite frequently. SSB, and "America," form 2 parts of the trilogy of US patriotic songs that everybody knows, the 3rd one being "America, the Beautiful." There aren't any others that I know of, in fact.
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Originally Posted by Dodger;
I'm proud of my national anthem, nearly know the words,
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As well you should be!
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Originally Posted by Dodger;
but I think most people would be sort of proud of their national anthem because it has been played at some world sporting event recognising their countries success at that event.
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Not necessarily. As an instrumental, Star-Spangled Banner is a bit dreary and boring. Plus very few people can sing it properly, let alone know the words. It takes a very high-caliber vocalist to due it justice, and that is why we love to hear it sung before the start of every ball game, because they usually get a top-notch singer to do it. Even then, it is interesting to see if they can really do it well, and amusing, when some wannabe fails, if their voice cracks or they are forced to drop an octave on the last few notes. You will hear some boos then! Years ago, when the sitcom actress/comedienne Rosanne Barr, atttempted it at a Dodger's game, it caused a national uproar, and took her years to live it down.
SSB is just not for group singing. That is what we have "America"(easy, beginner's level) and "America the Beautiful,"(not too hard, not easy, either, intermediate level). But SSB is hard to sing, for advanced singers only!! And it is meant to be sung, not played by instruments(BORING!!). Nothing quite like a good a capella SSB!!!