The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #123555   Message #2722168
Posted By: MGM·Lion
12-Sep-09 - 06:23 AM
Thread Name: Why do we sing unaccompanied?
Subject: RE: Why do we sing unaccompanied?
Except that, increasingly, esp at internationals, the British Anthem, as well as its initial playing as part of the opening ceremony, gets belted out as part of the crowd's general singalong. Not long ago such a manifestation would have been headshaken & tut-tutted out of existence; but nobody seems particularly bothered nowadays. Is this part of an overall national degeneracy & decay, or a sign of a freer, less hidebound society, I wonder?