"Migrants applying for a British passport will soon have to be able to recite the first verse of God Save the Queen, under an overhaul of the UK citizenship test this autumn.

They could also be tested on their knowledge of Winston Churchill, Lord Byron, Florence Nightingale and William Shakespeare, as well as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, before they can qualify to become a British citizen."

[www.guardian.co.uk]


"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"

Quiz show style?

I'll take "The Rolling Stones" for $1000 please

you gotta be a citizen to live there? thank god we don't care who lives here in the good ol' us of a....

Haha, very funny StonesTod.

Those of us who were born here can be as pig-ignorant as we damn well please.

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Silly rules that have no positive out come or usefulness for living here.

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I wonder if they'll use "You Gotta Move" ?

know what open G tuning is or get the hell out

I hope the Stones apply this sort of criteria for their future audiences.

It might keep out the rock show's equivalent of the rif-raff, such as Z-list celebrities, bimbos with their cellphones, box tickers who just want to see these old guys once before they drop dead and the idiots who are there on a corporate junket and who spend the evening yakking to whoever's in the next seat in between countless trips to the bar during the numerous songs they dont recognise.



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I hope the Stones apply this sort of criteria for their future audiences.

It might keep out the rock show's equivalent of the rif-raff, such as Z-list celebrities, bimbos with their cellphones, box tickers who just want to see these old guys once before they drop dead and the idiots who are there on a corporate junket and who spend the evening yakking to whoever's in the next seat in between countless trips to the bar during the numerous songs they dont recognise.

The Rolling Stones
Made in England
1962

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I hope the Stones apply this sort of criteria for their future audiences.

It might keep out the rock show's equivalent of the rif-raff, such as Z-list celebrities, bimbos with their cellphones, box tickers who just want to see these old guys once before they drop dead and the idiots who are there on a corporate junket and who spend the evening yakking to whoever's in the next seat in between countless trips to the bar during the numerous songs they dont recognise.

Just ask them to name the drummer and you probably lose 5% of the audience before you've started

This test by now is an exam I would not pass, but if I applied for a British passport I would get me some information and learn it. I would not like to live in a country without knowing anything about its culture.

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This test by now is an exam I would not pass, but if I applied for a British passport I would get me some information and learn it. I would not like to live in a country without knowing anything about its culture.

And manners............. I mean habits

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I hope the Stones apply this sort of criteria for their future audiences.

It might keep out the rock show's equivalent of the rif-raff, such as Z-list celebrities, bimbos with their cellphones, box tickers who just want to see these old guys once before they drop dead and the idiots who are there on a corporate junket and who spend the evening yakking to whoever's in the next seat in between countless trips to the bar during the numerous songs they dont recognise.

Just ask them to name the drummer and you probably lose 5% of the audience before you've started

I think you're being cautious with that estimate, to be honest.

Remember how the Dead used to have zones of the stadiums roped off for tapers?

The Stones should have something similar for non-fans. Well, I suppose they do already - as we all know to our cost - but in this case it should be the shittiest seats, with the worst sightlines and where the sound is at it's most muffled.

They probably wouldn't notice or care as long as there were a few peanuts, bottled water and souvenir laminates provided to make them feel 'special'.



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Is it ok to choose the Sex Pistols version of 'God Save The Queen'?

Er,I think the stones made it clear about the type of fan they want in the front rows...........................see Shine A Light !

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I hope the Stones apply this sort of criteria for their future audiences.

It might keep out the rock show's equivalent of the rif-raff, such as Z-list celebrities, bimbos with their cellphones, box tickers who just want to see these old guys once before they drop dead and the idiots who are there on a corporate junket and who spend the evening yakking to whoever's in the next seat in between countless trips to the bar during the numerous songs they dont recognise.

Just ask them to name the drummer and you probably lose 5% of the audience before you've started

I think you're being cautious with that estimate, to be honest.

Remember how the Dead used to have zones of the stadiums roped off for tapers?

The Stones should have something similar for non-fans. Well, I suppose they do already - as we all know to our cost - but in this case it should be the shittiest seats, with the worst sightlines and where the sound is at it's most muffled.

They probably wouldn't notice or care as long as there were a few peanuts, bottled water and souvenir laminates provided to make them feel 'special'.

I know, sad isn't it. It would be nice to think that at least a decent percentage of the people that go to the shows know the first thing about them though.

You're right, stick them in the gods!


On a similar note, i know Queen probably split opinion around here but i do wonder whether the people that fill out We Will Rock You every night know anything about them at all. Ask them to name one song not on the Greatest Hits. The theatre would be pretty much empty every night!

.......ya just gotta be able to pronounce "Mate" to get in down here .....



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Er,I think the stones made it clear about the type of fan they want in the front rows...........................see Shine A Light !

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Keef just before You Got The Silver: Hey, baby in blue!

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.......ya just gotta be able to pronounce "Mate" to get in down here .....

Right O Terry! I'm on my way!

"Who´s missing on the package ? "

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you gotta be a citizen to live there? thank god we don't care who lives here in the good ol' us of a....

yup! just sneak across, and you are in!

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StonesTod
you gotta be a citizen to live there? thank god we don't care who lives here in the good ol' us of a....

yup! just sneak across, and you are in!

we shouldn't even make them sneak. but we should make them pay a premium at taco bell. better yet, force them to eat there.

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Is it ok to choose the Sex Pistols version of 'God Save The Queen'?

You mean there's another? peace

These citizen tests are political cosmetics. Very popular for political parties to suggest right before elections. It's a way of collecting on public discontentment with the immigration politics without coming across as too political incorrect. It's very naive though to think that economical refugees from the Middle East or North Africa cares that much about the country they are fleeing to. They just want to better their economical situation. And what kind of test would you put forward to, let's say, illiterate Somalis (a quite big immigration group in Sweden)?

Sorry. I don't want to "come" and "live" in the UK. Y'all can keep that to yerselves!

I don't know all of "God Save The Queen."

Would it be all right if I also recited some lyrics from another British song--
"Satisfaction"?

Please...Sir.

Here you go:

God save the Queen
Her fascist regime
It made you a moron
Potential H-bomb
God save the Queen
She ain't no human being
There is no future in England's dreaming
Don't be told what you want
Don't be told what you need
There's no future, no future, no future for you!