He didn't write the song in a fit of patriotic creativity. His marketing/management people did. Because why? Because Afrikaners are suckers for nostalgia, and they'll pay good money for it. If you stand on a stage and say you don't associate with the old flag, good for you, but how in hell can you then go play a gig in Orania? If someone can logically explain that to me I would be grateful. Call me a cynic but show me an ounce of integrity in the local-is-lekker Afrikaans music industry and I'll show you a Christine-shaped hole in the wall.
He didn't write the song in
He didn't write the song in a fit of patriotic creativity. His marketing/management people did. Because why? Because Afrikaners are suckers for nostalgia, and they'll pay good money for it. If you stand on a stage and say you don't associate with the old flag, good for you, but how in hell can you then go play a gig in Orania? If someone can logically explain that to me I would be grateful. Call me a cynic but show me an ounce of integrity in the local-is-lekker Afrikaans music industry and I'll show you a Christine-shaped hole in the wall.