Justin Hawkins, the frontman of The Darkness and, as a solo artist, known as British Whale, has released an England World Cup song mentioning World War II with a chorus based on the tune of the German national anthem.
He's fed up with the typical political correctness that's rife in Britain which led to England's official World Cup song, by Yorkshire band Embrace, not making one reference to England whatsoever and a minister even having the audacity to tell England's fans at the World Cup to sing in GERMAN during matches.
With the World Cup not even started yet, prepare for loads more British/German rivalry in the few months ahead.
Justin mentions the war
JUSTIN HAWKINS is up for a fight – releasing a World Cup song that dares to mention the war.
THE DARKNESS frontman is horrified that England’s quest for glory is being undermined by political correctness.
He believes there is a conspiracy of silence with the official anthem ignoring our 1945 victory for fear of offending the hosts.
So he has written his own song, called England, with a chorus based on the tune of the Germany national anthem.
Justin told me: “The whole point of an England World Cup song is to assert our national identity and talk about the achievements of a great nation.
“Why can’t we commemorate all those men who gave their lives in the name of freedom in the war? And, of course, in this case — to bash The Hun? It’s a national sport.”
England will be his second single as a solo artist under the name BRITISH WHALE.
I’ve put the song on a phone line so you can hear it yourselves.
The lyrics include Justin singing: “We fought them on the beaches now we’ll play them on the field. Once again the world will surely yield.”
Justin said: “I’ve based the chorus, which is just the word England, on the German anthem. I might write a World Cup song every four years and base it on the anthem of the home country.”
Justin dedicated the song to the memory of his granddad Ernest Longhurst.
He explained: “My grandfather was a London fireman. He worked on a famous fire boat called The Massey Shaw. He was involved in the evacuation from Dunkirk in May 1940. He did three voyages to bring people back.”
No doubt Justin was a lot happier with The Sun’s World Cup Anthem competition winner, Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Jurgen Klinsmann? which is based on the Dad’s Army theme tune (Dad's Army is a 1970s BBC comedy series about Britain's Home Guard of World War II.) After all, he’s no stupid boy.
But what do you think about Justin’s controversial stance?
Is it OK to indulge in a bit of German-bashing in memory of our victory over the Nazis? Or is it best left alone?
Let me know what you think.
thesun.co.uk
He's fed up with the typical political correctness that's rife in Britain which led to England's official World Cup song, by Yorkshire band Embrace, not making one reference to England whatsoever and a minister even having the audacity to tell England's fans at the World Cup to sing in GERMAN during matches.
With the World Cup not even started yet, prepare for loads more British/German rivalry in the few months ahead.
Justin mentions the war
JUSTIN HAWKINS is up for a fight – releasing a World Cup song that dares to mention the war.
THE DARKNESS frontman is horrified that England’s quest for glory is being undermined by political correctness.
He believes there is a conspiracy of silence with the official anthem ignoring our 1945 victory for fear of offending the hosts.
So he has written his own song, called England, with a chorus based on the tune of the Germany national anthem.
Justin told me: “The whole point of an England World Cup song is to assert our national identity and talk about the achievements of a great nation.
“Why can’t we commemorate all those men who gave their lives in the name of freedom in the war? And, of course, in this case — to bash The Hun? It’s a national sport.”
England will be his second single as a solo artist under the name BRITISH WHALE.
I’ve put the song on a phone line so you can hear it yourselves.
The lyrics include Justin singing: “We fought them on the beaches now we’ll play them on the field. Once again the world will surely yield.”
Justin said: “I’ve based the chorus, which is just the word England, on the German anthem. I might write a World Cup song every four years and base it on the anthem of the home country.”
Justin dedicated the song to the memory of his granddad Ernest Longhurst.
He explained: “My grandfather was a London fireman. He worked on a famous fire boat called The Massey Shaw. He was involved in the evacuation from Dunkirk in May 1940. He did three voyages to bring people back.”
No doubt Justin was a lot happier with The Sun’s World Cup Anthem competition winner, Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Jurgen Klinsmann? which is based on the Dad’s Army theme tune (Dad's Army is a 1970s BBC comedy series about Britain's Home Guard of World War II.) After all, he’s no stupid boy.
But what do you think about Justin’s controversial stance?
Is it OK to indulge in a bit of German-bashing in memory of our victory over the Nazis? Or is it best left alone?
Let me know what you think.
thesun.co.uk
There isn't enough Security to keep the fans off of him!