Last Night of the Proms

[Frank Hovis 29,257]

I love this.

 

Went to a local version yesterday and have it on steam radio now.

 

This is the best broadcast programme of the year for me; I even went to the RAH for it once and it was great.

[Hopeful 13,687]

Watching it at a friends and can't stick all the cutaways to the second rate park events. RAH is OK as usual

[Frank Hovis 29,257]

3 minutes ago, Hopeful said:

Watching it at a friends and can't stick all the cutaways to the second rate park events. RAH is OK as usual

The pictures are better on the radio.

[The Masked Tulip 33,048]

We have the Proms here in Swansea. I used to enjoy it in the local park just a mile from my home. But several years back BBC Wales turned it into some Welsh language nationalist thing and now I avoid it.

[spygirl 19,865]

Really?

Most be be Northerness - I fine the whole lot really cringeworthy. I dont do flags and over excited minor public school music teachers.

[Frank Hovis 29,257]

1 hour ago, spygirl said:

Really?

Most be be Northerness - I fine the whole lot really cringeworthy. I dont do flags and over excited minor public school music teachers.

There's no requirement to like it and that it is entirely classical music will mean it's only going to have a minority appeal in the first place.

I have zero interest in the Olympics but I know a lot of people who are really into it and I will politely listen to their enthusing about the latest athlete, swimmer, cyclist of whom I haven't heard.

[Panther 3,573]

Once saw it on tv and there was some 'bobbing up and down' thing going on and I though that was the most ridiculous thing I had ever seen

Edited September 10, 2017 by Panther

[Uptherebels 429]

4 minutes ago, Panther said:

Once saw it on tv and there was some 'bobbing up and down' thing going on and I though that was the most ridiculous thing I had ever seen

Was it like this? 

 

[swiss_democracy_for_all 12,056]

14 hours ago, spygirl said:

Really?

Most be be Northerness - I fine the whole lot really cringeworthy. I dont do flags and over excited minor public school music teachers.

Not a Northern thing as it always seems a bit crap to me, and I sometimes like classical music so it's not for that. I even like some of the silly empire music by Elgar. However I find the crowd of folk bobbing and waving Union Jacks, many of whom will have voted for Gordon Brown or Blair or the slightly lesser traitor Cameron, completely odd. They love the UK, ok, but what exactly?

[Frank Hovis 29,257]

1 minute ago, swissy_fit said:

Not a Northern thing as it always seems a bit crap to me, and I sometimes like classical music so it's not for that. I even like some of the silly empire music by Elgar. However I find the crowd of folk bobbing and waving Union Jacks, many of whom will have voted for Gordon Brown or Blair or the slightly lesser traitor Cameron, completely odd. They love the UK, ok, but what exactly?

It's nationalistic of course but it's not remotely political, unless your politics requires the destruction of the nation state like Soros, Merkel, Mandelson, Juncker etc.

I would not make any assumptions upon people's voting from their being up for the LNOTP.

[Panther 3,573]

17 minutes ago, Uptherebels said:

Was it like this? 

 

Not watched it, but I just know it wasn't like that

[Van Lady 10,890]

1 minute ago, Frank Hovis said:

It's nationalistic of course but it's not remotely political, unless your politics requires the destruction of the nation state like Soros, Merkel, Mandelson, Juncker etc.

I would not make any assumptions upon people's voting from their being up for the LNOTP.

A favourite of mine from LNOTP and anytime! Wish I could hear this live at such an event.

I've been lucky that I have heard many classical favourites played at concerts. Just an appreciation of great music for me. If I attended LNOTP I would never wave a flag because I just don't do that type of thing! It would be amazing though to hear personal favourites in the energy of a big live event.

 

[Uptherebels 429]

Love the last night. Don't remember missing one on TV. Would love to be there one day. 

I'll achieve part of the ambition next month, which is to just attend anything at the Albert Hall. 

[hapax legomenon 2,289]

11 hours ago, Uptherebels said:

Was it like this? 

 

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