#85

Yeah, I get you completely. Maybe there should be an option to sing hymns in a round with one group singing Jesus and the other singing the name of an elected non religious but admired person. Who should we elect?

#86

Onward Christian Soldiers

  • Banger
  • Shite
  • DKWYAM

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#87

Alison Hammond.

#88

Think it needs to have the same syllables as Jesus tbh

#89

Purple headed mountain

#90

(Sorry to go off on one here) but it’s one of the things that I’ve really, really missed since the pandemic: churches aren’t allowed to sing congregationally. There’s something really special about singing together - especially singing songs that have been passed down through decades and centuries, being part of something much bigger than yourself.

I had this hymn at my wedding (which is relatively modern, written in 1953 I believe) and I’ll probably have it at my funeral too:

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#92

Ditto. Absolute banger

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#93

Just Hammond then. Then some people could pretend they were singing about Richard Hammond as well if they like him.

#95

Amazing Grace is a dirge. Don’t tell anyone I said it

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#96

I cannot get enough of choirs. However I have to avoid them irl as I start crying from the first 2 seconds

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#97

Jerusalem

  • “Where’s ya fuckin poppy?!” (Shite)
  • Banger
  • DKWYAP
  • Good tune, shame about the UKIP lyrics

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#99

Distinctly remember singing blowin in the wind by Bob Dylan in assembly’s

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#100

These guys are so bloody joyful. Lovely stuff :heart_eyes:

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#101

Jingoism masquerading as a religious hymn

  • Bangers
  • Shite
  • Pretend it’s not a thing

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#102

would be a million times better than god save the queen as the english national anthem and william blake was an og dude don’t @ me.

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#104

Me too!

#105

White Winter Hymnal

  • Banger
  • Shite
  • Christmas songs don’t count

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#106

I remember me and three other Asian kids in junior school were given a detention and lines by a teacher who was a religious Christian who claims we weren’t singing to some hymns during an assembly.

As nine or ten year olds we had no recourse or comeback. We just had to take it. She can fuck off.

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#107

How many times must the cannonballs fly before they are forever banned

Also remember listening to Bob Dylan for the first time and hearing it and being really confused at why he was covering school hymns

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#108

You’re quite right wc, I was being a bit playful :wink:
It’s the co-opting that I find objectionable because the words are beautifully poetic. I just struggle to listen to it these days without thinking of the scumbags and charlatans who have hijacked it

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