Klarinet Archive - Posting 000071.txt from 2004/07

From: John Dablin <jdablin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Lilliburlero
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 13:34:14 -0400

On Friday 02 Jul 2004 15:17, Ormondtoby Montoya wrote:

> When searching the Internet, I found hints that someone in the BBC
> organization choose Lilliburlero for precisely this reason. Allegedly
> he (or she) wanted to throw the Irish tune right back into the Irish
> population's collective face with a "We're boss, and we're doing this
> just because we can" label attached to it.
>
> Also, Lilliburlero commemorated (in some histories) a battle, and WW II
> was certainly a battle, and this added to the "appropriateness" of the
> choice.

But it's surprising that the World Service is *still* using it as a station
jingle in this politically correct age (or perhaps it isn't, it's a few years
since I heard it last?) Just curious.

John Dablin
Aylesbury UK

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