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    Britain's Shame

    I'm not a political person at all, but the current prime minister seems to have plumbed new depths. In an American tv show interview, Cameron does not even appear to know the most simple and basic things about history and music, not knowing what Magna Carta is, nor could he name the composer of Rule Britannia. What did he learn at Eton?
    I haven't voted for about 20 years and have no intention to.
    Where do we get these rejects form, is there a special shop where they are made, if so, can we return them.

    The previous prime minister you may recall, had a deep attachment to drug addicted pop musicians and virtually his first act on become prime minister in 1997 was to invite them to a session in no. 10.

    It is a great pity that political leaders nowadays do not even seem to have a liking, for classical music far less any understanding.
    The interesting point about classical music is that the people that like or play it are really people who like to learn and to become more accomplished in some way. That most certainly can't be said for politicians.

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    Last edited by Megan; 02-24-2013, 08:19 PM.
    ‘Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.’

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    I thought at first this was going to be about Amritsar as that has just recently been in the news - indeed that was a shameful episode. I think the real shame is that our politicians have left us all so cynical - I also lost interest in politics a long time ago myself when I finally woke up to the fact that they are all the same no matter what political party - self interested. The passion has gone and we are left with a uniform blandness with no real aspiration. I think this is true of most countries now though, just look at the Italian elections taking place today, mind you I bet all the candidates have heard of Verdi!!
    'Man know thyself'

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      #3
      I don't want to be too hard on Blighty, but the Italian soccer crowds chant and sing from Verdi and Puccini operas, ie, A.C. Milan and Rome, whereas we had better not comment on what football supporters in this country sing about.
      The person who is referred to in the media as being prime minister did infact make a trip to India recently, full of the usual foreign office tosh about apologizing to everyone and sundry except the people of his own country for the mess he and his political class are responsible for here.
      ‘Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.’

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        #4
        Originally posted by Megan View Post
        I don't want to be too hard on Blighty, but the Italian soccer crowds chant and sing from Verdi and Puccini operas, ie, A.C. Milan and Rome, whereas we had better not comment on what football supporters in this country sing about.
        The person who is referred to in the media as being prime minister did infact make a trip to India recently, full of the usual foreign office tosh about apologizing to everyone and sundry except the people of his own country for the mess he and his political class are responsible for here.
        Not being much of a footy fan I'm not sure what anyone chants really - I prefer Hildegard! As to the mess, well we musn't forget we've been there for a long time and we're far from alone - Italy again is a prime example. Eurozone is set for no growth this year which doesn't help.
        'Man know thyself'

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          #5
          Originally posted by Megan View Post
          I don't want to be too hard on Blighty, but the Italian soccer crowds chant and sing from Verdi and Puccini operas, ie, A.C. Milan and Rome, whereas we had better not comment on what football supporters in this country sing about. [...]
          Recent listenings of GB football fans 'chanting' reveal in fact that they 'intone' a truncated version of the main Allegro theme from Bruckner's 5th Symphony. I'm being serious.

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            #6
            I'm in the Black Forest (yes, another damned school holiday) with poor internet connection and no scanner, but when I get back home I'll post an article explaining the football fans' 'singing' of the main theme from Bruckner's 5th.
            So, not all bad in the GB, then.

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              #7
              I'm in the Black Forest (yes, another damned school holiday) with poor internet connection and no scanner, but when I get back home I'll post an article explaining the football fans' 'singing' of the main theme from Bruckner's 5th.
              So, not all bad in the UK, then.

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                #8
                I said I would get back to you about this. Please see the attached PDF about the football fans 'chanting' Bruckner. I had to cut and photocopy then scan the article as it was recto-verso.
                Article source : The Bruckner Journal (Vol. 17/I, March 2013)
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Quijote View Post
                  I said I would get back to you about this. Please see the attached PDF about the football fans 'chanting' Bruckner. I had to cut and photocopy then scan the article as it was recto-verso.
                  Article source : The Bruckner Journal (Vol. 17/I, March 2013)
                  Now, that's far out, man! Thanks for posting that; I think I am not going to be getting that theme out of my head for awhile, now.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Sorrano View Post
                    Now, that's far out, man! Thanks for posting that; I think I am not going to be getting that theme out of my head for awhile, now.
                    You mean this ->

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjuFwrl53UU

                    I'm sure that was David Cameron I spotted in the crowd at 3:01.




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                    ‘Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.’

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