On Saturday we had a choir under the Menin Gate singing 'My heart will go on' from the film Titanic, absolutely horrendous, do these people have no taste/respect?
I was there on Thursday night and they sang "Abide with me". Not sure at how i would have reacted to "My Heart Will Go On". It would have certainly been a discussion point over the Croque Monsieurs and coffees later on. Soren, Hello. I spent a lot of time with Brian Frost last week. We did walk past your stall but we were in a rush otherwise I would have said hello to you.
Could have been worse - What about Bett Midler's "The wind beneath my wings" .....(Please kill me) But Seriously, Who organises the last post etc?? - It is the Fire Service or someone else? Surely they should be in a position to do some vetting and stop the cringeworthy crap. Total respect MUST be retained and taught to others.
Sounds like a simple ceremony has become a circus , has it not? Few other choirs at Menin Gate. YouTube - menin gate choir
I do not object to choirs, it does seem that everyone wants their 15 minutes of fame recently, I've seen choirs give free performances at the English Church here, & guess what? no one came, at the gate however they have an audience of 250-600 on any night
I shouldn't worry too much Soren, it's just another example of the modern habit of focussing on one line of a pop song or picking anything that sounds a bit weepy and deciding that it is a suitable piece for any solemn occasion. Most of the chaps commemorated there would have been happier in the music hall than a concert hall, just as most modern squaddies would be better able to whistle along to 'Titanic' than Mahler.
Hello Rich, I have been thinking about the song, it has been sung quite often recently, I can only think that the, 'Near far, wherever you are' somehow in their certinous minds relates to the gate? Some of the school choirs on further inspection have been on a round northern Europe tour doing gigs each night so the Menin Gate just happens to be the first stop
We have two choirs on Wednesday, perhaps they will do 'things can only get better' Miss Widdicombe really wouldn't approve of that - perhaps you should write her a letter and invite her over.
Maybe a line of can-can dancers one night then? When I'm dead and buried, I wouldn't mind can-can dancers dancing on my grave. Any chance of a periscope ?
In the UK religion and popular culture have become intertwined. Pop songs played at funerals and weddings always grate on my nerves. They were not written as songs of praise but to to make money from a population with a throw away attitude to life. Words fail me , so I will leave it at that.
In the UK religion and popular culture have become intertwined. Pop songs played at funerals and weddings always grate on my nerves. They were not written as songs of praise but to to make money from a population with a throw away attitude to life.. ...as was sheet music. ...many of the best 19th century hymn tunes were pinched from folk songs. One of my favourites is 'He who would valiant be' but the tune 'Monks Gate' originally accompanied a song about an unfaithful blacksmith. I know what you mean though.
