rocky wrote:solidarity wrote:Normally I don't mind the band but tonight their choice of song was dreadful. A farewell lament in the middle of the match? Catch yerselves on.
Not only a farewell lament but it was "Now is the hour" which, as anyone with any rugby knowledge knows is an old Maori melody, played at the end of tours in Kiwiland.
Feck all to do with South Africa!
Before seeing this I have tried to educate those of lesser knowledge Rocky, that means more or less everyone but you & I, however in the race to be top dog, I'll tell you, yes it has bugger all to do with South Africa, but given the populace are expecting Ruan to return to live out his dotage in Norn Iron, it was the line, "when you return you'll find me waiting here" that was absolutely apposite.
My congratulations to the band for throwing it in, however as usual anything of significance is utterly wasted on the human detritus that inhabit this appalling little statelet. Many of you should know better.
For your edjumicashun, I give you the crystal clear lyric as enunciated by Forces Sweetheart, Dame Vera Lynn. It is a wistful song of farewell, love and remembrance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-jz54Mf1Ok, much beloved of the armed forces of many Commonwealth countries as well as who Rocky points out, the Maori rugby fraternity.
It's not a toe tapper I'll vouchsafe but anyone who knows a thing or two about rugby should be more than familiar with it. Perhaps some of you dunces may like to post your apology for your ignorance to the band using the medium of this forum. A valiant effort, though almost certainly doomed from the conception of their idea, I hate uninformed ignorance.
I, on the other hand, am off to pen a pompous letter of some portent, to the editor of the Times of London on an entirely unrelated matter.