We were watching the final wrap up of the Olympic skating extravaganza a couple of nights ago, and as Gold medal winner Sarah Hughes was doing her bit accompanied by an Operatic version of "You'll Never Walk Alone", I sensed my good wife's visible discomfort. Now generally when she rolls her eyes in that matter, I think she's just reacting to a bit of "over the topness" (after all, the Scots can be a subtle people)......but NO, not so... her outrage was that they'd "lifted" the song from it's rightful owners, Gerry and The Pacemakers! (she IS a bit young)

Yup, she reminded me that as far as Liverpool football fans are concerned, it's THEIR song...and Gerry's THEIR guy!

Adding a bit of fuel to her rather odd patriotism (since when do Scots get teary eyed about ENGLISH football?) I blatantly LIED and said "You know that "Flower of Scotland" is the theme song for the NHL's Anaheim Mighty Ducks? (I know it doesn't make sense, but I was in a giddy mood)

She turned so quickly, I almost expected a "Linda Blair incident"...her eyes narrowed..."If that's a joke it's not funny"!

I can think of several other pop songs that have taken on "Anthem status"..."We are the champions", Lee Greenwood's "American" song, and what's that other one that goes "Nah, nah, nah, nah....etc". Just curious whether the artists who sing these songs are granted equally exalted status.

I seem to remember as a kid that "You'll never walk alone" was recorded longgg before Gerry and the... Wasn't it from a Broadway show?

Rick