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  • @stephencread
    @stephencread Месяц назад +224

    Thank you for NOT interupting the music! far too many people think their comments are more important than the performance. RESPECT!!

    • @paulbriody297
      @paulbriody297 Месяц назад +5

      Agree 100%

    • @MrDunkycraig
      @MrDunkycraig Месяц назад +3

      Thats normally due to not getting a copyright claim!

    • @klausolekristiansen2960
      @klausolekristiansen2960 Месяц назад +2

      Why do you watch reactions if you don't want comments? Just watch the original video.

  • @LB-my1ej
    @LB-my1ej 3 месяца назад +315

    Brits are patriotic at the right time but we don’t shove it down other peoples throat.

    • @topmandog1
      @topmandog1 3 месяца назад +3

      Like them deciding to put America first for the new series of doctor who

    • @stuartbrittain7835
      @stuartbrittain7835 Месяц назад +3

      Oh, don't we - what planet do you live on???

    • @admiralbenbow5083
      @admiralbenbow5083 Месяц назад

      If you ask a Brit whether they are a patriot most of them dont answer the question. They just start moaning about immigration. If you ask a Frenchman or woman they just say yes.

    • @Shoomer1988
      @Shoomer1988 Месяц назад

      @@topmandog1 They didn't. When you take the time difference into consideration it premiered at exactly the same time. 5 Hours difference which put us into the next day on paper.
      7PM US Eastern 10 May = 12 midnight 11th May.
      Ok you can argue the US got the better time slot but they didn't get it first.

    • @topmandog1
      @topmandog1 Месяц назад +1

      @@Shoomer1988 I meant it in the sense you get it at 7pm a normal time we get at midnight

  • @timothyking2248
    @timothyking2248 Месяц назад +137

    To be born in these islands you have truly won the lottery of life .

    • @user-si5xu2hd2r
      @user-si5xu2hd2r 25 дней назад +4

      Amen brother

    • @dotregan1506
      @dotregan1506 19 дней назад +6

      Absolutely, and I for one wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

  • @bobhutton1409
    @bobhutton1409 Месяц назад +163

    No one does the pomp and the pageantry like us Brits.

  • @thetruthhurts7675
    @thetruthhurts7675 3 месяца назад +161

    Land of Hope and Glory should be the English anthem, it rocks.

    • @newton18311
      @newton18311 2 месяца назад +26

      Jerusalem is the best English Anthem.

    • @elizabethmcintyre8529
      @elizabethmcintyre8529 2 месяца назад +23

      This is for all of Britain not just England Jerusalem should be England's anthem

    • @user-nc2kz2mn5v
      @user-nc2kz2mn5v Месяц назад +4

      Absolutely. x

    • @adrianhughes8143
      @adrianhughes8143 Месяц назад +8

      I personally think I VOW TO THEE MY COUNTRY is the best and should be England's National anthem but keep GOD SAVE THE KING as the National Anthem of Great Britain and the UK. 💂‍♂️💂‍♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

    • @rayjennings3637
      @rayjennings3637 Месяц назад +2

      It should be the stand-by, after Jerusalem!

  • @user-bs4nr1wn2x
    @user-bs4nr1wn2x Месяц назад +112

    Wonderfully proud of this great country. 🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @maureenduffy8177
    @maureenduffy8177 Месяц назад +68

    Impressed that a young man can appreciate great music with the crowd participating. If you get the chance you need to watch all of the last night of the proms, it’s spectacular.

  • @lizhoward-k7627
    @lizhoward-k7627 Месяц назад +48

    I'm so very proud to be British...Land of hope and glory, Mother of the Free...

  • @HeyBugguLuggs
    @HeyBugguLuggs Месяц назад +86

    Dude if you were there in the flesh, you’d get goosebumps. If there’s one thing the British can do its pomp, ceremony and a damn fine chant 🇬🇧🙌♥️ God Save the King 👑

  • @Langstrath
    @Langstrath 3 месяца назад +90

    The bobbing up and down mimics the motion of sailors on deck as their ships traverse the waves. It's a reflection of the fact that the UK is a island nation with a strong maritime heritage. It starts earlier in the concert when British sea shanties ('Fantasia on British Sea Songs' by Sir Henry Wood) are played, particularly during the 'Jack's the Lad (Hornpipe)' section where the orchestra and audience playfully try to outdo each as the music gets faster and faster. It's now a long-standing tradition at this annual concert.

    • @Bryt25
      @Bryt25 3 месяца назад +3

      But there's no room to do any other dance in that space! :-) Wonderful place.

    • @Langstrath
      @Langstrath 3 месяца назад +4

      @@Bryt25
      Yes, very true! 🤣

    • @lesleyclaff3172
      @lesleyclaff3172 Месяц назад +4

      I never knew! Thanks so much for this information.

    • @cynthiastrawson3316
      @cynthiastrawson3316 Месяц назад +4

      LOVE IT!
      THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH LOVING YOUR COUNTRY!❤

  • @Home-lb7jr
    @Home-lb7jr Месяц назад +51

    This should be the national anthem.

  • @davewillcox5349
    @davewillcox5349 29 дней назад +11

    Its sung in multiple locations at the same time, so imagine how many people are singing at the same time....

  • @alisonkempster4229
    @alisonkempster4229 Месяц назад +32

    I love the fact that the last night of the Proms is so patriotic AND we welcome - and indeed love it - when other countries' visitors are there waving their flags, too! It's just a brilliant coming together and celebrating the Proms whilst also being one of those rare moments when us English and British allow ourselves to be openly patriotic. (We normally keep it under wraps; it's absolutely not the done thing to wave the flag, except at international sports events and a few other notable exceptions!)
    And I echo @stephencread 's comment: thank you for your respect and NOT interrupting the music! I love your take on this, and your welcoming, inclusive attitude. Please come and visit us again; there's a lot more to see than just London!

  • @mikeriley6073
    @mikeriley6073 Месяц назад +18

    I really like that YOU do not keep interrupting but instead leave your comments to the end.

  • @jacquibirrell2482
    @jacquibirrell2482 Месяц назад +35

    Proud to be British 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @royhardy407
    @royhardy407 Месяц назад +18

    As an Englishman, this song and others still bring a tear or two to my eyes. With all the rubbish happening in the world, these songs take me back to my younger days when the love of our wonderful islands was true and we as a United Kingdom were a powerful influential nation. To be born here, to live here to have your elders recall the deprivations of war, the solemn remembering of our fallen forebears, fills my heart and soul with pride to be a son of these islands. Inside my Passport , it reads BRITISH CITIZEN,

  • @richard7027
    @richard7027 Месяц назад +69

    Nothing can top the United Kingdom, best history best music best empire and gave the world so much.

  • @judyburgess3357
    @judyburgess3357 29 дней назад +10

    This is music that makes your heart swell fit to burst.

  • @adrianthomas6667
    @adrianthomas6667 Месяц назад +16

    Over 60yrs ago students camped out overnight to buy the cheapest tickets and had to stand in the pit the whole time. Someone started bobbing to the beat and it is now a tradition. Those same students are now those middle aged business men & women standing again in the pit today. And they have brought their friends from all over the world to join them.

  • @pauldryburgh6346
    @pauldryburgh6346 3 месяца назад +85

    Pride in The UK, the greatest group of nations to have existed so far and the inclusion of everyone else in togerthness.

    • @topmandog1
      @topmandog1 3 месяца назад +3

      We haven't been united much since the 2012 proms

    • @pauldryburgh6346
      @pauldryburgh6346 3 месяца назад +12

      @user-dk2tq4ny4b I have to disagree.
      I'm Scottish, myself and many friends are proud Scots and proud Brits.
      The majority of Scotland voted against Scottish independence in 2014, do you feel that is irrelevant?
      The sad passing of Her Majesty, do you think the country was without unity during that time, or the coronation of our King?
      Our armed forces, united.
      I could go on and on with projects, business, charities....
      There are challenges yes, which we will overcome as we always have.

    • @thetruthhurts7675
      @thetruthhurts7675 3 месяца назад +3

      @@topmandog1 Really why exactly? The UK is more united today than ever before.

    • @topmandog1
      @topmandog1 3 месяца назад

      @@thetruthhurts7675 well no, Scotland still want to leave, enough tho they haven't spoke about it since thingy left the SNP, Northern Ireland have a pro united Ireland government and Wales threaten to want to leave then so nothing, so we might lose Scotland or northern Ireland in the next decade , so no we aren't united at all

    • @thetruthhurts7675
      @thetruthhurts7675 3 месяца назад +8

      @@topmandog1 You obviously don't understand the tricky politics of Scotland, No part of Scotland outside of Galsgow really wants to be independent. In fact Aberdeen has tried to become a crown dependency, and has pulled out of the Scottish council's payments, they are paid direct from London. Scotland Will lose its fisheries, and oil industry because the Shetlands, and Orkneys have already declared that they want to become crown lands if Scotland gets independence. So Glasgow is sunk really, as the ONLY part of Scotland that truthfully wants independance. By the way that would mean the Bank of England can get rid of the £1billion note it has to prop up Scottish finance. Most of the borders region especially in the west do NOT want to be a part of an independent Scotland either. To be brutal here now that we are NOT a part of the EU Scottish independence will falter slowly as it has been doing for the last 15 years, but without Irish Immigration independence won't ever happen.
      Northern Ireland is NOT going to be independent in the next decade at all, they are quite happy recieving English money, just like Southern ireland did, until the Euro came along to be brutal here. Wales an independent country? Only in your dreams. The Welsh economy is so deeply entrenched in the English economy that they couldn't have any real form of independence ever.

  • @christinestromberg4057
    @christinestromberg4057 Месяц назад +35

    We don't make a big show of our patriotism often but when we do, we do. I guess the crowd bobbing up and down was just reacting to the music. People visiting are emcouraged to bring their own national flags if they want.

  • @janstowe9160
    @janstowe9160 3 месяца назад +73

    Think of it as a posh mosh pit. If you want goosebumps listen to Jerusalem from the last night.

  • @voodooacidman
    @voodooacidman Месяц назад +22

    every flag is welcome at the proms. as long as you are there to celebrate :D big love to all people

  • @kaywhy245
    @kaywhy245 Месяц назад +117

    To many people in authority are trying kill off the last night of the Proms.

    • @bjennings1067
      @bjennings1067 Месяц назад

      Who are these people they are definitely not patriotic why should we not sing and be proud of where we live if they were born here they should be ashamed of themselves if you can't stand the heat stay out of the kitchen in other words from a true born and bred patriotic brit pack your bags and go live somewhere else

    • @dotregan1506
      @dotregan1506 29 дней назад +2

      Are those people not aware of how many attend not only The Royal Albert Hall, but also how many thousands gather outside in Hyde Park, plus all the other places throughout the country where its broadcast live. It's a great night and that would be a travesty.

    • @tomburton8239
      @tomburton8239 26 дней назад

      Who are they? Any sources? Or is this just another baseless conspiracy theory?

    • @anthonynewey3821
      @anthonynewey3821 24 дня назад

      No they are not . Utter bollocks

    • @bjennings1067
      @bjennings1067 23 дня назад

      @@anthonynewey3821 I hope it is utter bollocks

  • @ozzyprogdomino8815
    @ozzyprogdomino8815 3 месяца назад +229

    The British are patriotic once a year at the proms. We sing a few songs, wave our flags, then put them away. We then return to moaning about the weather, pot holes and how everything is crap again 😊

    • @davidwatson8873
      @davidwatson8873 2 месяца назад +10

      Lol your so right

    • @mazmellem2773
      @mazmellem2773 2 месяца назад +51

      Because we're accused of being racist if we haul out the Union Jack and especially the St George's Cross at any other time, which is very sad. The only country not allowed to show pride in their flag.

    • @davidbeckett5962
      @davidbeckett5962 Месяц назад +19

      Then make it different, take a stand and be counted 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧

    • @dotregan1506
      @dotregan1506 Месяц назад +10

      Unless there's a Coronation or something similar, then see how many thousands throng The Mall and the front of the Palace.

    • @pauljones9061
      @pauljones9061 Месяц назад

      Totally correct

  • @NeilLitchfield
    @NeilLitchfield 2 месяца назад +141

    The world's mother country

    • @larainecurry4566
      @larainecurry4566 Месяц назад +11

      I am a proud 5 generation Australian but l am also proud of my British ancestry.

    • @NeilLitchfield
      @NeilLitchfield Месяц назад +1

      @@larainecurry4566 👍

    • @admiralbenbow5083
      @admiralbenbow5083 Месяц назад

      Whats it like living up your own -ss ??

    • @NeilLitchfield
      @NeilLitchfield Месяц назад +9

      @@admiralbenbow5083 alot better than yours

    • @admiralbenbow5083
      @admiralbenbow5083 Месяц назад

      @@NeilLitchfield I didnt know youd been up mine. Why did you go there?

  • @Mandsb69
    @Mandsb69 28 дней назад +9

    Damn yes this is my Country and I am so proud 👏 ❤🤍💙

    • @Elaine-zn5yw
      @Elaine-zn5yw 14 дней назад +1

      And. Mine we might have problems it is still a great country

  • @anitaherbert1037
    @anitaherbert1037 Месяц назад +9

    Another example of great crowd singing in Britain. THE GREENDAY CROWD SING BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY AT HYDE PARK.THE WHOLE SONG INCLUDING INSTRUMENTATION 65,000+ People bobbing keeps time and they stand for ages in the pits. We welcome people's flags. Our patriotism is about having fun, not about being exclusive..

  • @spacespace764
    @spacespace764 Месяц назад +21

    My bucket list .. to attend the Last Night of the Proms! The bopping up and down … it’s just ‘having a laugh!’ The Proms is just a joyous festival of mainly, not all, classical music.
    Last year it featured The Northern Soul prom which was absolutely magnificent!
    There WAS an American flag draped in the circles.

    • @robertwhite952
      @robertwhite952 Месяц назад +2

      No, it,s not just having a laugh. Proms is short for promenade. When it was thought that the ordinary people of Britain should be able to hear and appreciate this music it was taken out to seaside resorts and played in the open air for free. People taking a stroll along the promenade could listen to this music while they walked. The bobbing up and down represents people walking as there is no room to actually walk.

  • @5timesbaby2005
    @5timesbaby2005 Месяц назад +5

    Shivers and goosebumps every time.

  • @elizabethmiles8953
    @elizabethmiles8953 Месяц назад +15

    The Union Jack is obviously the dominant flag as it is a very British event. However, the other flags will represent all those that attend from elsewhere and probably are resident in London and they are very welcome to enjoy with the rest of us.

  • @JimsDen
    @JimsDen Месяц назад +8

    Land of Hope and Glory is the real National Anthem of the English People.

  • @missp5152
    @missp5152 29 дней назад +4

    Your reaction and appreciation is heartwarming - especially conducting with your eyebrows. Much love to you also 👏🇬🇧🇺🇸

  • @spacefanatic
    @spacefanatic 3 месяца назад +24

    You should also listen to 'Jerusalem' and 'Rule Britannia at the Proms and also watch the 'Remembrance service for 2022 with Luke Evans (the actor) singing 'I Vow To Thee My Country'.

    • @mpetersen6
      @mpetersen6 Месяц назад +1

      The best Rule Britannia has to be the one with the opera singer dressed like Nelson.

  • @davidrowlands441
    @davidrowlands441 Месяц назад +7

    I enjoyed that, especially you clapping at the end. All flags are welcomed.

  • @user-hb3qt5fr7k
    @user-hb3qt5fr7k Месяц назад +2

    Well done that man for allowing us to listen to the wonderful music, and I believe he also appreciated it. Thank-you

  • @HankD13
    @HankD13 2 месяца назад +18

    Always a decent gig at the Proms - and the Last Night is pretty spectacular. It is the unofficial anthem for Britain, or maybe Jerusalem for England. Cheers mate.

  • @StewartFrampton-bg2tv
    @StewartFrampton-bg2tv 2 месяца назад +15

    God blessed England !

  • @daveloboda1769
    @daveloboda1769 Месяц назад +12

    The Proms are a wonderful celebration of music each year and the last night is a great party when we let loose with patriotic and uplifting songs. "Land of Hope and Glory" is like an unofficial national anthem, love it. PS you missed the encore.

  • @suzyt9911
    @suzyt9911 29 дней назад +4

    Always gives me goosebumps!!

  • @anncain2432
    @anncain2432 Месяц назад +6

    Wow, I have no clue who you are but you certainly have great & sophisticated taste in music!

  • @frank9446
    @frank9446 Месяц назад +7

    The bobbing up and down thing goes back to the origins of the Proms concerts. They were created to make classical music accessible to everyone. Back then, regular folks, known as promenaders, could stand in the concert hall and enjoy the music. Unlike the usual sophisticated classical concert-goers, these promenaders treated it more like music hall entertainment, joining in by reveling, singing, and bobbing up and down since there wasn’t space to dance. This tradition has stuck around. The outdoor parts are basically the concert being broadcast live to various locations across the UK, allowing crowds to join in just like the original promenaders. Recently, you might notice some American flags in the concert hall. America’s influence is seen in Proms concerts dedicated to movie music and genres from Hollywood and Broadway. Some concerts even feature famous American conductors, ensuring America is part of the celebration."

  • @irenetaylopr8041
    @irenetaylopr8041 25 дней назад +1

    What I like about the last night of the Proms is that virtually every flag of Europe is represented, and there were a couple of stars and stripes present as well.

  • @Butterfly54684
    @Butterfly54684 Месяц назад +2

    The bobbing up and down is encouraged as is stamping whistling and shouting out, it`s the one time we don`t take that kind of music seriously. Brilliant and I loved your reaction to it, thank you.

  • @gingin51
    @gingin51 3 месяца назад +13

    Beautiful!!!

  • @cloudsparrow7729
    @cloudsparrow7729 16 дней назад +1

    Land of Hope and Glory is played at some College graduation in the US and Japan. Don't ask me why, except they know a banging tune when they hear it.

  • @crb1939
    @crb1939 2 месяца назад +9

    The people also watched on a screen in LONDON'S HYDE PARK.

  • @readMEinkbooks
    @readMEinkbooks 4 дня назад

    THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for as you put it 'respecting the music' and not interrupting it!

  • @JJ-of1ir
    @JJ-of1ir 3 месяца назад +17

    It was nice to see you react to this. Thank you. Another video you might like from this same concert is 'The Last Night of the Proms Jerusalem and God Save the Queen'. Yet another is 'The Last Night of the Proms 'Rule Britannia' from 2009. The Proms are eight weeks of concerts in London in the summer months organised by the BBC at the Royal Albert Hall. They have all sorts of music and it's World class. Some concerts are televised, some on radio for those who want to listen. The Last Night of the Proms (they began over a hundred years ago) is a sort of party night for the Brits, but EVERYONE is welcome to bring their own flag to celebrate with us. It's very much a night for the Brits to be patriotic though and it's kind of wonderful that so many people from other countries come and join us.
    The BBC put up big screens, like the ones you saw on this video, in Hyde Park, London. They also put them up in parks around the UK so people outside London can 'be there' on this night too. The Proms are broadcast around the World on TV and radio - so I suppose that's why people come from so many places, including America. Anyway, thanks for the reaction - Love from the UK.

  • @-liv7
    @-liv7 17 дней назад

    Fantastic! always proud of Land of Hope and Glory...Thankyou so much!

  • @trevorveail
    @trevorveail Месяц назад +7

    We the English are not allowed to be patriotic too often. Last night of theProm allows us to celebrate our patriotoc love of our contry. We do not celebrate a flag (as you Americans do) we celebrate our monarch. For 70 years that was our late Queen Elizabeth II, Now we have King Charles III, God save the King.

  • @Ann-fi6ep
    @Ann-fi6ep Месяц назад +7

    up and down goes back decades

  • @jaywalker3087
    @jaywalker3087 Месяц назад +7

    It's about Us !!!
    Not the Flag...
    You wouldn't understand....

  • @susanlynch1966
    @susanlynch1966 Месяц назад +3

    To put this into perspective, it was the year of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee; and everyone was being extra patriotic. Hence, the hundreds of people outside listening and joining in.

  • @stevepage5813
    @stevepage5813 3 месяца назад +8

    I saw The Stars And Stripes on at least two occasions, fairly central, about two balconies up. I sometimes wonder if these USA reacters are watching the same video clip as us. I also noticed the scarcity of The England flag, but then again we aren't supposed to flaunt it in our own country incase it upsets anyone.

  • @jamesbenstead1006
    @jamesbenstead1006 Месяц назад +12

    Flags of ALL nations are welcome here. No matter what some politicians say.

  • @lynwratten9857
    @lynwratten9857 Месяц назад +1

    45,000 people were in Hyde Park celebrating the last night of the proms, most of those were singing too. I attended Royal Albert Hall to hear fantasy soundtracks from film, tv and gaming it was brilliant, the atmosphere is incredible.

  • @staceyd7986
    @staceyd7986 13 дней назад

    Thank you for taking an interest in our countries culture! I also get teary eyed when I hear the Star spangled Banner 😂 much love from across the pond from Nottingham UK (Robin Hood country😬) 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧

  • @commonsense6702
    @commonsense6702 Месяц назад +4

    I'm a deaf girl and of course can't hear the music or the lyrics, my means of hearing is to place my hand on the speaker, every note has a definition of its own, and I also follow the lyrics. I watched your expressions during the lead in music - you added more to what I was feeling, you played the music with every expression, brilliant and thank you, makes you smile and fizz, aye. Touch really makes this and all other likened scores part of you, it flows through you. Today's music for me is intolerable, it seems to be all thumping base with no real substance, but I can still dance to it. Thank you also for your respect to this? anthem. 🎼🎵

  • @keithhealing1115
    @keithhealing1115 26 дней назад

    The Proms is a HUGE music festival that takes place over about two months. Over 90 concerts, mainly classical music, it was designed to allow "ordinary" people to experience the best music. The concerts are cheap or free and range now from folk to jazz to popular to heavy classics. The Last Night is the huge celebration that ends the festival and you cannot just buy tickets (if you want to be in the main hall). You have to attend a certain number of other concerts. The actual final concert lasts for about 4-5 hours and will include some popular and some new pieces. However, the ending segment is VERY traditional - Land of Hope and Glory, a set of sea folk songs, Rule Britannia, Jerusalem and God Save the King.

  • @papercup2517
    @papercup2517 Месяц назад +1

    I don't know if this is the exact reason for the bobbing, but the Proms (short for Promenade Concerts) are a longstanding institution, a summer series of concerts intended to give everyone, rich or poor, a chance to hear really great classical music performed live. (It now includes other genres too, I believe). Two areas of the concert hall were reserved for non-seated audience with tickets sold at a very cheap rate. The richer folk who got actual seats paid normal concert prices which helped subsidize the others. As a result, the place would be filled with music students and other poor people who loved music.
    The two areas where they could go were way up at the very top of all those galleries/circles you can see in the video, underneath the arches. The other was the whole front section of the auditorium right up in front of the stage, where it was standing room only. It would get so crowded there, there was barely room to move - and I think this may have been the origin of the strange on-the-spot bobbing up and down - it was all there was room for in the way of moving to the music. The music students must have been doing it there for years - I well remember it when I used to go back in the late 60s/ early 70s.
    I chose to go up in the 'gods' - that arched gallery section. Here things were very relaxed and you could do whatever you liked. It wasn't usually crowded at all, so you could stretch out on a blanket or sit on the floor and eat your sandwiches and drink coffee as many office workers did when they dropped in after work. Or you could stand and lean out over the balcony surveying the incredible scene before you. It's where I learnt to appreciate classical music, and all for a few shillings a show.
    The Last Night of the Proms became a chance to celebrate and let off steam with patriotic songs sung and streamers thrown and everyone generally having a good time. The fame of this exhilarating one-night-only event spread, and now tickets to it are raffled or auctioned(?) off at eye-watering prices, with people coming from all over the world to experience it.
    At the beginning of this Last Night video, the crowd are good-naturedly singing to and cheering the conductor, whose birthday it was that day, IIRC.

  • @richcyclo2933
    @richcyclo2933 Месяц назад +2

    Thank you. A great reaction.

  • @colinmelling6369
    @colinmelling6369 Месяц назад +10

    The USA Britains great friend.

    • @jhindle7883
      @jhindle7883 Месяц назад

      We don't think so - a friend not to be trusted.

    • @trevorfuller1078
      @trevorfuller1078 Месяц назад +3

      Countries don’t have friends per se, they have permanent national interests! However, if you mean that the British 🇬🇧 & American 🇺🇸 peoples are both in general, mutually well-disposed towards each other & also towards each other’s countries, then I’m inclined to agree with you wholeheartedly on that score! But I’d also like to add that a similar if not even greater or closer relationships still also exists with our Commonwealth Cousins in Australia 🇦🇺 Canada 🍁 & New Zealand 🇳🇿 too!

    • @user-tt6il2up4o
      @user-tt6il2up4o 4 дня назад

      @@jhindle7883unfortunately very true currently.

  • @janetkenny1735
    @janetkenny1735 23 дня назад

    It makes me so proud to be english. I am brought to tears every time i hear land of hope and glory or Jerusalem.

  • @colinmurray7928
    @colinmurray7928 Месяц назад +4

    8:46 that should be the British and commonwealth anthem, god save the king for royal events and the armed forces. each country have their own anthems . that's what I think.

  • @marilynmcgregor7810
    @marilynmcgregor7810 2 месяца назад +5

    Thought you would recognise the tune as it is played at American school graduations

  • @davidberesford7009
    @davidberesford7009 21 день назад

    Wikipedia: The BBC Proms is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in central London. Robert Newman founded The Proms in 1895. Since 1927, the BBC has organised and broadcast The Proms. Each season consists of concerts in the Royal Albert Hall, chamber music concerts at Cadogan Hall (or occasionally other venues), additional Proms in the Park events across the UK on the Last Night of the Proms, and associated educational and children's events. The season is a significant event in British culture and in classical music. Czech conductor Jiří Bělohlávek described the Proms as "the world's largest and most democratic musical festival". The last night is a knees up!

  • @gillsinclair6927
    @gillsinclair6927 Месяц назад +2

    If you like that, watch and listen to Elgar's Nimrod at the Cenotaph on Armistice day

  • @Badgersj
    @Badgersj Месяц назад +3

    I wish we could see more American flags among the many, many overseas flags being waved. I saw one American once, he was holding his flag in front of his face as if he thought people might be offended. No! Come on in and enjoy!

  • @sarahjaneheckscher6737
    @sarahjaneheckscher6737 Месяц назад +2

    You need to try Rule Britannia which is also a Last Night of the Proms.

  • @missp5152
    @missp5152 27 дней назад

    Bobbing up + down on the sea - the sea faring island singing their heart out. Yes ! flags + people from all nations welcome❣ Thank u for sharing your valued appreciation 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇮🇪

  • @alastairjameschambers3971
    @alastairjameschambers3971 8 дней назад

    I'm half English/Scottish and fully support Scottish independence. Despite what people might think I harbour no hate for England and absolutely not for the English people. I love to see pride in people's history manifested in song and music and English people can sing out the notes like no other . God bless our 2 nations .

  • @johng1216
    @johng1216 22 дня назад

    You need to review Men of Harlich, I know its a Welsh song but is as fine a rallying cry as you will ever hear. Now how beautiful is this rendition of a English classic, hair up on the neck again listening to this. The bobbing is the crowd getting jiggy with it.

  • @alexandrasmith4393
    @alexandrasmith4393 Месяц назад

    I think we look like we are riding when the crowd bobs up and down, like a pageant. Much of the Proms are broadcast around the large parks in London,as well as around the world. Over one hundred years.

  • @gosccc
    @gosccc Месяц назад +2

    A blessed land

  • @Insperato62
    @Insperato62 Месяц назад +1

    The Japanese are very interested in "classical music", so it is not surprising that they attend the Promenade Concerts.

  • @paulrb1969
    @paulrb1969 8 дней назад

    Last night at the proms is superb you've gotta watch Jerusalem at the proms too. Not many things choke me up but that does everytime..

  • @chrisg1234fly
    @chrisg1234fly Месяц назад +1

    The music is great, but its the patriotic part of this Last NIght of the Proms that only us Brits can get.

  • @woozelwoo6922
    @woozelwoo6922 8 дней назад

    The bobbing up and down? That's us Brits being exuberant.

  • @RobertSmith-vw9lg
    @RobertSmith-vw9lg 2 месяца назад +3

    Anyone can be British no creed no colour just hold our beliefs and yes my American family would love to know how many of you are my DNA 🧬 lots lol ❤

  • @petej3800
    @petej3800 Месяц назад +21

    And the woke brigade tried to get this banned, it symbolises the unity the majority of the British have for our country, the passion we have for our once great country, an experience i would love to go to but alas never will, this is what UK is all about. great reaction, and well done for listening to it all before talking. Stay safe PJ. in UK.

    • @keithhealing1115
      @keithhealing1115 26 дней назад

      Except they didn't. There were complaints from some that there were a lot of EU flags, however.

    • @petertyson1112
      @petertyson1112 10 дней назад +1

      The "woke brigade" whatever that means, did no such thing.

  • @janicejones9942
    @janicejones9942 Месяц назад +1

    Makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up wishthis was our Anthem I’m a Londoner

  • @gavinluckyfq3609
    @gavinluckyfq3609 Месяц назад +1

    Fantastic 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @RobertSmith-vw9lg
    @RobertSmith-vw9lg Месяц назад +5

    It’s not about colour or race all are welcome The Roman 9th legion is probably 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @borninjordan7448
    @borninjordan7448 Месяц назад +5

    In times like this, let us never forget we are British.

  • @jeanglendinning1860
    @jeanglendinning1860 Месяц назад +1

    yes there were American flags there, i saw them on the balcony

  • @ynys_mon6928
    @ynys_mon6928 8 дней назад

    This song celebrates the British contesting the slave trade. As the first country that banned slavery this was and is a particularly patriotic song.

  • @martinmayhew145
    @martinmayhew145 Месяц назад

    Fantastic

  • @thyra_UK
    @thyra_UK 27 дней назад

    Land of Hope and Glory
    Mother of the Free
    How shall we extol thee
    Who are born of thee?
    Wider still, and wider
    Shall thy bounds be set;
    God, who made thee mighty
    Make thee mightier yet!

  • @ethelmini
    @ethelmini Месяц назад +3

    They've been singing the exact same songs for the best part of a hundred years. I'd hope they'd got it together by now.

  • @user-en8rt8gz8r
    @user-en8rt8gz8r 9 дней назад

    Amazing and moving ...love great Britain even with all it's faults . No place like here

  • @dovestar395
    @dovestar395 16 дней назад

    They were just bobbing to the music for fun at that section of the song, it’s traditional to do it.

  • @sharonburns1100
    @sharonburns1100 Месяц назад +1

    Fantastic it should be the English national anthem 💯

  • @angelabushby1891
    @angelabushby1891 Месяц назад +1

    They come from all over the world world,we have seen the Amrican Flag's some years,nothing symbolic about thr bobbing up and down,just doing it to the music,the scened out side are concerts at rpthe same time as the proms,one is in Hyde Park London and the other is in Belfast ,Ireland.❤

  • @gordonsmith8899
    @gordonsmith8899 Месяц назад

    This music dates from the beginning of the 20th century. Britain had an empire that covered a fifth of the world's land-mass and a quarter of the world's population. The words reflect that period -"wider stlll and wider, shall thy bound be set." refers to the British Empire, (not an "English" empire) - the sentiments of the anthem today includes all of the nations that make up the United Kingdom - perhaps some talented wordsmith could come up with new words that would champion the unity of the British nation.

  • @tonyphipps7963
    @tonyphipps7963 Месяц назад

    Respect from the Black County

  • @FTFLCY
    @FTFLCY Месяц назад +1

    The bobbing up and down is just one of many daft customs on Last Night. You may have noticed various "cracks" and other noises in the background. This is from a group in the audience (known as the Prommers) who try their very best to distract the orchestra. Happens every year! No reason, just typical British daftness. As in Brexit.

  • @rolybellamy956
    @rolybellamy956 Месяц назад

    another last night at the proms traditional song is "RULE BRITANIA "

  • @maureen348
    @maureen348 Месяц назад

    The last night of the Proms is traditional fun

  • @DavidThompson-cg6hh
    @DavidThompson-cg6hh 29 дней назад

    It's just fun to do!