Comments on: Songs of celebration http://iangrey.org/2008/07/09/songs-of-celebration/ A riotous colour of life's rich tapestry Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:01:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Womble On Tour http://iangrey.org/2008/07/09/songs-of-celebration/#comment-3846 Womble On Tour Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:33:35 +0000 http://iangrey.org/?p=2217#comment-3846 I think you're right that what makes the Kirklees Anthem so embarassing is that it attempts to inspire loyalty to something - a local authority - that so palpably fails to command it. I can certainly think of some other lyrics that have the potential to be excruciating: "God save our gracious Queen / Long live our noble Queen" among them. Those words only work (for many) because they evoke images of an entity (a country) in which they have a sense of pride. Presumably some people think the Kirklees anthem's wonderful because they're proud of Kirklees council. I'm not one of them though. I think you’re right that what makes the Kirklees Anthem so embarassing is that it attempts to inspire loyalty to something - a local authority - that so palpably fails to command it. I can certainly think of some other lyrics that have the potential to be excruciating: “God save our gracious Queen / Long live our noble Queen” among them. Those words only work (for many) because they evoke images of an entity (a country) in which they have a sense of pride. Presumably some people think the Kirklees anthem’s wonderful because they’re proud of Kirklees council. I’m not one of them though.

]]> By: Shades http://iangrey.org/2008/07/09/songs-of-celebration/#comment-3843 Shades Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:17:45 +0000 http://iangrey.org/?p=2217#comment-3843 Well, if the phrase "People's Patio" was in common usage, then distorting it in parody is a time honoured tradition. I rarely read the YEP, Karen won't let it in the house. (It is the wrong shape for Gizmo's cage). Well, if the phrase “People’s Patio” was in common usage, then distorting it in parody is a time honoured tradition.

I rarely read the YEP, Karen won’t let it in the house. (It is the wrong shape for Gizmo’s cage).

]]> By: pj http://iangrey.org/2008/07/09/songs-of-celebration/#comment-3842 pj Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:07:34 +0000 http://iangrey.org/?p=2217#comment-3842 Re: Millennium square, I always thought the phrase "People's Patio" was coined by a respected YEP journalist. Surely Mr Finnigan would not have borrowed the phrase and changed it slightly. I wonder which party was in charge of Leeds when it was agreed to go ahead with the patio, and what year that was. It took an awful long time to construct, I recollect. Would be interesting to know the members of that party group at the time. Or maybe a few members had left in protest at the grotesque waste of public money. Mind you, it is a nice place to eat your sarnies on a sunny lunchtime. Re: Millennium square, I always thought the phrase “People’s Patio” was coined by a respected YEP journalist.

Surely Mr Finnigan would not have borrowed the phrase and changed it slightly.

I wonder which party was in charge of Leeds when it was agreed to go ahead with the patio, and what year that was. It took an awful long time to construct, I recollect.

Would be interesting to know the members of that party group at the time. Or maybe a few members had left in protest at the grotesque waste of public money.

Mind you, it is a nice place to eat your sarnies on a sunny lunchtime.

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