The line is, that honouring an old hero is fine whoever you are. If you want to sing about the old general then do.
Seeing it as a call to arms is past that line.
How can he justify writing a song about Afrikaaner history and then not go and play it in a place that claims to have been established to protect afrikaaner history and culture?
Going to a place that will be the most passionatte about the song and taking responsibilty by telling the people who may have misinterpretted it the worst, how the song should be interpreted and where the passion should be directed, Shows the line.
On the other point, how is it in a different league to Leeuloop?
He is obviously and unashamedly playing on sentimentality while Leeuloop is obviously and unashamedly playing on the fact that people like songs that are a bit rude, making sure that it is only sentimentality creates a bigger buzz by sparking debates.
Mass sentimenatlity obviously is harder to manage than a bunch of dudes with their balls between their legs Knowing that you need to manage that volatility and not just ride it out makes it a calculated decision. Which implies that boundaries have been set on the milking and some responsibilty taken.
But now I'm just argueing for the sake of it and getting into territoy that I'm not qualified to speak about; not being afrikaans, a friend of Bok's, a fan of the song or about to visit Orania to see what it's really like.
I don't like the state of the popular music industry worldwide, one guy taking some responsibilty for stirring stuff up(intentionally or not), when others aren't, I think is cool.
"Candy, Is dandy
But liquor, Is quicker."
Ogden Nash (1902-1971)
Fresh out of R0.02's
The line is, that honouring an old hero is fine whoever you are. If you want to sing about the old general then do.
Seeing it as a call to arms is past that line.
How can he justify writing a song about Afrikaaner history and then not go and play it in a place that claims to have been established to protect afrikaaner history and culture?
Going to a place that will be the most passionatte about the song and taking responsibilty by telling the people who may have misinterpretted it the worst, how the song should be interpreted and where the passion should be directed, Shows the line.
On the other point, how is it in a different league to Leeuloop?
He is obviously and unashamedly playing on sentimentality while Leeuloop is obviously and unashamedly playing on the fact that people like songs that are a bit rude, making sure that it is only sentimentality creates a bigger buzz by sparking debates.
Mass sentimenatlity obviously is harder to manage than a bunch of dudes with their balls between their legs Knowing that you need to manage that volatility and not just ride it out makes it a calculated decision. Which implies that boundaries have been set on the milking and some responsibilty taken.
But now I'm just argueing for the sake of it and getting into territoy that I'm not qualified to speak about; not being afrikaans, a friend of Bok's, a fan of the song or about to visit Orania to see what it's really like.
I don't like the state of the popular music industry worldwide, one guy taking some responsibilty for stirring stuff up(intentionally or not), when others aren't, I think is cool.
"Candy, Is dandy
But liquor, Is quicker."
Ogden Nash (1902-1971)