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Would you support changing the national anthem? |
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Yes, but only if a really compelling alternative presented itself |
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No |
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stui magpie
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
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Edit, resdponding to whatsisname/
If I was going to change, that would be it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjkrjYitgeA _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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Skids
Quitting drinking will be one of the best choices you make in your life.
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Why is there always a call to change something? Seriously, just leave it the way it is... you know, like black n white stripes on a jumper! _________________ Don't count the days, make the days count. |
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David
to wish impossible things
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What'sinaname wrote: | yep....change it to True Blue |
This had better be a joke or instant red card. _________________ "Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
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Pies4shaw
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That's unkind, David. As a kid, I was very fond of John Williamson.
"He can't fly but I'm telling you, he can run the pants off a kangaroo".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZLx4Os8TBs
Now there's an appropriately Australian-sounding refrain, given that the chorus of "My Boomerang Won't Come Back" is no longer politically acceptable.
(On reflection, it's not just the refrain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp0C61PbrLk ) |
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think positive
Side By Side
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Pies4shaw wrote: | Is there a problem with a medley/remix of Solid Rock and Waltzing Matilda? | im not getting that song out of my head today am I! I still remember a brilliant night at dome pub on the beach in Frankston with Goanna or what ever they were called belting this out! It was magnificent! Don’t know all the words I confess, but what a beat! _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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KenH
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Yep I would be happy to change it to "I am you are Australian" _________________ Cheers big ears |
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stui magpie
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Pies4shaw wrote: | That's unkind, David. As a kid, I was very fond of John Williamson.
"He can't fly but I'm telling you, he can run the pants off a kangaroo".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZLx4Os8TBs
Now there's an appropriately Australian-sounding refrain, given that the chorus of "My Boomerang Won't Come Back" is no longer politically acceptable.
(On reflection, it's not just the refrain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp0C61PbrLk ) |
Ummm yeah, not gonna advance reconciliation with that one. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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ronrat
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My Grandad bought me the single of My boomerang won't come back when I was about 10. Wish I had it now in pristine conditions. Charlie Drake was from a long line of British comedians who today would be in jail for entertainment crimes against the PC brigades.
Just to pissoff The Donald I would propose US forces. _________________ Annoying opposition supporters since 1967. |
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Pies4shaw
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/20/florida-boy-arrested-refused-pledge-of-allegiance-school
That's just a little note on the dark side of becoming too excited about one's "country".
It's all very well to have an anthem (mine is "Crossroads": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF5fQXVZGug ) and, I suppose, even to want to stand for it yourself (my political stance on this is that I always stand when Ginger drums) - it's when you demand that others stand that such an abstract concept becomes truly dangerous.
Anyway, how anyone could get excited by the rubbish piece of music that presently passes itself off as Australia's "national" anthem is beyond me - it only modulates very predictably to the dominant and back twice and has no interesting harmonic movement at all. The only decent thing about the chords is that, with a little rearrangement and a Martin D-35 in hand, you can turn them into "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-Y3KfJs6T0 Now there's a truly great song. That's, of course, because it's a mildly detached, humorous paean to regret and cynicism, containing no patriotic bilge.
And don't tell me that a national anthem's "just a song to sing together" - so was Haydn's "God Save Emperor Francis" when he wrote it in 1797 but, despite being a beautiful tune, it got set with some words that were a little too patriotic for liberal tastes for a few years. Dangerous little things, anthems, once they start to become extroverted. |
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stui magpie
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
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Dark Beanie
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Looks good to me. _________________ If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but just grumble with the rest. - Jerome K Jerome |
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David
to wish impossible things
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Yep, sounds good to me. Easy solution that pretty much everyone should be able to get on board with.
By the way, I had my own little incident with the national anthem on Friday night – trying to get to our seats way up on the top of level 4 before the opening bounce, I actually got stopped by the MCG security guard on the way who insisted that I had to stand for the National Anthem. FMD, is that a requirement now? I strongly doubt it.
I followed his orders and waited, but made a sarcastic comment to Lola about patriotism just loud enough for him to hear. I have no issue with those who choose to stand for the anthem out of respect, but I strongly dislike being obliged to do so against my will. _________________ "Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
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Wokko
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David wrote: | Yep, sounds good to me. Easy solution that pretty much everyone should be able to get on board with.
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Considering the poll results I'd say you're wrong. |
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think positive
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I love these emoticons! _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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David
to wish impossible things
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Wokko wrote: | David wrote: | Yep, sounds good to me. Easy solution that pretty much everyone should be able to get on board with.
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Considering the poll results I'd say you're wrong. |
Big sample size, that one.
(But even if it were statistically meaningful, I think it's fair to presume that at least some of the people who voted 'no' interpreted 'changing' the anthem to mean replacing the current one with an entirely new song – indeed, that was the precise context in which I started this thread!) _________________ "Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
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