THE Proclaimers have suggested Flower of
Scotland should be dropped as a national anthem because
it is too "militaristic".
Charlie and Craig Reid said many
people were now put off by the song, which is regularly
performed before Scottish football and rugby internationals.
Speaking
on the first programme of a BBC Scotland TV series Scotland's
Music, Charlie said a new anthem should celebrate "how
great we are", rather than "how terrible they are".
He said
that a new anthem for Scotland should "reflect
the modern state of your nation and a modern country",
but also suggested Robert Burns's Such a Parcel of Rogues
in a Nation would be a perfect choice.
On the programme,
due to be broadcast on 3 November, Charlie says: "I think
if you write a song I suppose you'd want to reflect the
modern state of your nation, a modern country. People get
a bit put off with the 'trampling your enemy's blood into
the dust' kind of thing.
"You want to get something that
celebrates your country, but does it in a loving way rather
than an aggressive way. Not in a militaristic way."
Burns wrote Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation in 1791.
The "rogues" in the song were the 31 Scottish commissioners
who signed the Act of Union of 1707.
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