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.
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
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.
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.
How dare he... 🤣 (Of course Waltzing Matilda should be our national anthem). And of course if Al had realised\mentioned Advance Australia Fair was written buy a Scot (Jock) that would have added a whole new level to his show.
i am just glad he didnt have a go at the welsh or scottish national anthems... but being welsh i still think our's is far superior to the english one...lol.
It was God save our king for hundreds of years before it was God save our queen. You only have 250 years of history so it’s difficult to understand that we have over a thousand years of history.
Danish national anthem is all about our beautiful country...not a mention of our flag ...which is the oldest flag in the world! Because we are a country, not a flag!
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 ❤️
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.😂
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 RU-vid, and your presentation is fun and refreshing, Yep, I have subscribed.
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 ) ..
as a brit i hate our national anthem, its boring, like a funeral march and its not about the country. my three favourite anthems in terms of the music and how rousing they are is the french, the italian and the brazilian.
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.
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.''
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
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.
Good to see you geta kick out of this. Each of the three nations in the UK other than England have their own Anthem, used when only that nation is being represented. As a Scot I can say they one we use, Flower of Scotland has never really appealed to me. I find it a bit of a dirge and it's anti-English stance always seems very narrow minded and disappointing. I much preferred the one we used to use, Scotland the Brave. God Save the King was originally written just after the 1745 Jacobite rebellion and as such, one of it's many verses is quite anti-Scots, though this has been dropped and is never sung these days. There is one more very good video of Al out there which I hope you get round to doing, Al Murray - Secretary.
The American national anthem is rather pathetic. It is a celebration that a fort didn't surrender overnight. That's a pretty low bar for a nation to set for a national celebration.
That’s a rather harsh thing to say. I would never make fun of any other national anthem without it being tongue and cheek. It’s more than a story about a fort. Even AM understands it’s about the flag, the symbol of freedom. That through all of the conflicts and crap thrown at us that the flag will still be there and America will still be standing. I think it’s pretty awesome.
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 "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.
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.
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.
Yes, it's now God save the King. However I hate the it and much prefer the unofficial national anthem, 3 lions. It get sang everywhere all over the world. In fact, The Germans loved it so much that they have their own version of 3 lions.
As a Brit I hate ours. Scotland & Wales have their own National anthem. Not ‘God Save the King/Queen’. We English do not. We can only express our Britishness. That is why at key sports events involving rugby and cricket we English, with no disrespect intended to the Scots or Welsh friends, we sing ‘Swing Low Sweet Chariot’ at rugby matches. But at Test cricket matches the official English anthem is the rousing ‘Jerusalem’ by Sir Hubert Parry. I’m not nationalist. But in sport each of us needs our identity. I think that’s important. So whilst I love the Pub Landlord, he’s got this all wrong.
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 👍🇬🇧🏴🇺🇸
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 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.
You really don't need to feel you have to explain or get defensive about the Star Spangled Banner. One of the quirks of British humour is being able to laugh at ourselves. Al Murray's Pub Landlord is a parody of an aspect of British life which really isn't there to be taken seriously and is packed with irony - we thrive on irony. I can see you're struggling to get the humour and that's fair enough - irony isn't usually a big part of American stand up. We often don't get your humour either 🙂
Yep it's god save the King. And dates back to King George III. Every Americans favourite King as they often slander him with unfounded accusations of tyranny.
Yes it becomes God Save The King, just as lawyers appointed to represent the Crown (State) in court were QCs (Queen’s Counsel) are now KCs because we have a male monarch. These changes just happen automatically
Sorry to burst your bubble but there is a rather insidious reason why the US national anthem is about the flag. It is derived from the flag of the East India Company which still effectively owns the corporation commonly known as the USA. Your country was owned by a bunch of British and European oligarchs and it still is owned by them.
Banter. The British love to insult to see if they can get a "rise" out of you. More importantly, can you give a suitable riposte?, which will be highly regarded if you can.
im British the anthem does change so its god save the KING now. I dont like the anthem though. US anthem is a revised version of the song of anacreon. :)
thinking that making fun of the Maori language is somehow funny as it was the British that tried to eliminate the Maori when they invaded nz but were unable to so that is why Maori is one of the official languages of nz - making fun of it makes him sound like a 12 year old especially as he doesn't know what the anthem is actually saying yet so pompous about his own national anthem about being subservient to a family who thinks they are better than anyone else
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. 👍
To be fair most Countries (our land) are not surrounded by sea as they share a land border(s) with other Countries. The joke works because it sounds correct until you think about it.
