Last Night Of The Proms

[NorthernLights24]

Hurry up and get off the TV so we can all watch Match of the Day. I'd imagine all the huns having a massive hard on watching this will all its Rule Britannia shite.

[Ke1t]

Hurry up and get off the TV so we can all watch Match of the Day. I'd imagine all the huns having a massive hard on watching this will all its Rule Britannia shite.

 

I agree with what this guy here said... the 'proms' should be renamed Outdated Wankery.

 

Last Night of the Outdated Wankery that has zero relevance to my interests and it can fuck off.

 

It can fuck off.

[The Oxford Don]

Ghastly. A really fucking grisly spectacle. "Rule Britannia" - look, that pish might have had some relevance when it was true and Britain had a fuck-off great empire which spanned half the globe. But now, when Britain has been reduced to a pointless, daft, bankrupt wee island in the north atlantic with zero international influence, it's just really, really embarrassing.

 

You'd like to think that the whole LNOTP nonsense would have been quietly put to bed now, but it somehow manages to drag its sorry carcass on and on into the 21st century. Clearly we still need a few retired colonels who earned their medals subjugating 'the brown people' to snuff it, and then hopefully we can remove this appalling blight from the summer schedule. And replace it with something which doesn't make everyone in Britain, even those of us actively campaigning NOT to be British, look like a bunch of dicks.

[little-lady-red]

weird set up

• GSTQ
  
• Butchers Aprons
  
• Tri-colours
  
• some fanny dressed with a chickens head on
  
• German Flags getting waved followed by some diddy throwing paper aeroplanes
  
• also You'l never walk alone
  

 

i swear they were all tripping on psychedelics

[360]

I never watched it.

 

Is it worth a watch?

[phoenix]

Ghastly. A really fucking grisly spectacle. "Rule Britannia" - look, that pish might have had some relevance when it was true and Britain had a fuck-off great empire which spanned half the globe. But now, when Britain has been reduced to a pointless, daft, bankrupt wee island in the north atlantic with zero international influence, it's just really, really embarrassing.

 

You'd like to think that the whole LNOTP nonsense would have been quietly put to bed now, but it somehow manages to drag its sorry carcass on and on into the 21st century. Clearly we still need a few retired colonels who earned their medals subjugating 'the brown people' to snuff it, and then hopefully we can remove this appalling blight from the summer schedule. And replace it with something which doesn't make everyone in Britain, even those of us actively campaigning NOT to be British, look like a bunch of dicks.

 

 

 

 

Try switching off or changing channels , it's an annual event that's not going to go away soon. This is apparent because it gets bigger and more popular( fashionable ) every year.

 

 

Most people are there for the music , not the politics , and most of the composers and some of the musicians will be remembered long after the current trendsetters have disappeared off the radar.

 

Henry Wood started it 147(?) years ago , days when there was no radio , tv or downloading to mp3 players. He brought music to the people at an affordable price , prising it away from the clutches of the elite...and it is still affordable today( tickets start at

[danger_mouse]

how can you not love it

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3sMZbsWLkA

 

[vanderark14]

agreed that its a pile of mince and also agree that you can just switch it off.

[amancalledbuck]

I fair enjoyed it.

 

Me and the missus sat and watched it.

 

I quite fancy getting in to some classical.

[CrazyBullSheep]

Fits wi the Auld lang sine bit at the end.

 

Couple o bits of Posh totty there too maybe a new gig for me n pipes to take Thunder Wizard to :drink: :drink: :drink:

[OddJob]

Always hated the thing and that will never change as long as it's still on. Fail to see the point in the whole thing tbh, what exactly does it bring?

[muttondressedaslamb]

I never saw it, but would love to go.

Quite like seeing classical music performed live.

[OddJob]

I never saw it, but would love to go.

Quite like seeing classical music performed live.

See that's the thing i like classical music too, well i have a very eclectic musical taste, but i just fail to see the point of the whole pageantry that surrounds this event. Was thinking it must cost a fair bit to setup the thing every year?

[muttondressedaslamb]

I suppose it's just the epitome of Britishness; tradition, pomp and ceremony. It must bring in a bit to the economy though in visitors and broadcasting rights.

[The Oxford Don]

Try switching off or changing channels , it's an annual event that's not going to go away soon. This is apparent because it gets bigger and more popular( fashionable ) every year.

 

 

Most people are there for the music , not the politics , and most of the composers and some of the musicians will be remembered long after the current trendsetters have disappeared off the radar.

 

Henry Wood started it 147(?) years ago , days when there was no radio , tv or downloading to mp3 players. He brought music to the people at an affordable price , prising it away from the clutches of the elite...and it is still affordable today( tickets start at

[Bebo]

I quite enjoyed the first Comedy Proms with Tim Minchin.

[Terrorfex]

weird set up

• 
   
  
• Butchers Aprons
  

 

Not difficult to see what side of the spectrum you're on, then.

[THE GRIM SHEEPER]

Try switching off or changing channels , it's an annual event that's not going to go away soon. This is apparent because it gets bigger and more popular( fashionable ) every year.

 

 

Most people are there for the music , not the politics , and most of the composers and some of the musicians will be remembered long after the current trendsetters have disappeared off the radar.

 

Henry Wood started it 147(?) years ago , days when there was no radio , tv or downloading to mp3 players. He brought music to the people at an affordable price , prising it away from the clutches of the elite...and it is still affordable today( tickets start at

[Terrorfex]

This

 

I have watched it since i was a small kid and have attended the last night at the albert hall on 2 occasions, if all you see is rule britannia, god save the queen and as some of you narrow minded fools have put "hunnery" you need to give yourselves a wake up call and crawl out of your "we are aberdeen and anyone with a union jack is a hun" tunnel vision holes

 

+10.

[phoenix]

I am both an avid listener and a performer of classical music, and if you had bothered to read my post, you will note that I made no mention of a dislike of the music itself (Rule Britannia and GSTQ I can live without, for reasons too obvious to require an explanation). My gripe is precisely about the politics of it, and I'm sorry but I'm not buying the 'people aren't there for the politics' angle at all. At the very least, simply by being there they are implicitly endorsing a nostalgic (anachronistic) view of Britain itself. And it's one that I can certainly live without.

 

Living just outside Edinburgh I have enjoyed much classical music throughout the recent festivals (feel free to send me a PM if you're interested, I'd be happy to detail some of the better concerts I went to). Tickets for all concerts cost around

[fatshaft]

agreed that its a pile of mince and also agree that you can just switch it off.