If you could choose a "national" anthem for RHP, what would it be and why?
I'd go with "One night in Bangkok".
Not only does it have one of the best intros ever heard (especially in the 80's), it's from the musical "Chess" and... it's about chess!
Not only is it about chess, it hints, sweats and touches on sex and dubious behaviour... Pat Pong rules!
Oh yeah. Great music, great lyrics, sex and chess... what more would one want in an anthem?
[THE AMERICAN]
Bangkok, Oriental setting
And the city don't know that the city is getting
The creme de la creme of the chess world in a
Show with everything but Yul Brynner
Time flies -- doesn't seem a minute
Since the Tirolean spa had the chess boys in it
All change -- don't you know that when you
Play at this level there's no ordinary venue
It's Iceland -- or the Philippines -- or Hastings -- or --
or this place!
[COMPANY]
One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster
The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free
You'll find a god in every golden cloister
And if you're lucky then the god's a she
I can feel an angel sliding up to me
[THE AMERICAN]
One town's very like another
When your head's down over your pieces, brother
[COMPANY]
It's a drag, it's a bore, it's really such a pity
To be looking at the board, not looking at the city
[THE AMERICAN]
Whaddya mean? Ya seen one crowded, polluted, stinking town --
[COMPANY]
Tea, girls, warm, sweet
Some are set up in the Somerset Maugham suite
[THE AMERICAN]
Get Thai'd! You're talking to a tourist
Whose every move's among the purest
I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine
[COMPANY]
One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful with your company
I can feel the devil walking next to me
[THE AMERICAN]
Siam's gonna be the witness
To the ultimate test of cerebral fitness
This grips me more than would a
Muddy old river or reclining Buddha
And thank God I'm only watching the game -- controlling it --
I don't see you guys rating
The kind of mate I'm contemplating
I'd let you watch, I would invite you
But the queens we use would not excite you
So you better go back to your bars, your temples, your massage
parlours --
[COMPANY]
One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster
The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free
You'll find a god in every golden cloister
A little flesh, a little history
I can feel an angel sliding up to me
One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful with your company
I can feel the devil walking next to me
Originally posted by Ice ColdOh. I beg to disagree.
Any song by ABBA.
Although ABBA is obviously the greatest rock and roll band ever to have blessed this fine Earth, they don't have a song which really touches RHP like the Murrey Head song.
Sorry.
And I'm not taking your answer into serious consideration, because you didn't mention a song and you didn't explain why. So you're answer is basically too cheap (spamming!) to be taken seriously.
Originally posted by shavixmirI disagree. Dancing Queen covers everthing at RHP quite nicely.
Oh. I beg to disagree.
Although ABBA is obviously the greatest rock and roll band ever to have blessed this fine Earth, they don't have a song which really touches RHP like the Murrey Head song.
Sorry.
And I'm not taking your answer into serious consideration, because you didn't mention a song and you didn't explain why. So you're answer is basically too cheap (spamming!) to be taken seriously.
We all stand together.
BOM BOM BOM,
BOM BOM BOM,
BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM.
WIN OR LOSE, SINK OR SWIM,
ONE THING IS CERTAIN, WE'LL NEVER GIVE IN.
SIDE BY SIDE, HAND IN HAND,
WE ALL STAND TOGETHER.
BOM BOM BOM - BY-I-YAH,
BOM BOM BOM - BY-I-YAH.
PLAY THE GAME, FIGHT THE FIGHT,
BUT WHAT'S THE POINT ON A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT?
ARM IN ARM, HAND IN HAND,
WE ALL STAND TOGETHER.
BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM.
LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA,
KEEPING US WARM IN THE NIGHT.
LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA,
WALK IN THE LIGHT, YOU'LL GET IT RIGHT.
DOO, DOO, DOO,
DOO, DOO, DOO,
DOO, DOO, DOO, DOO, DOO, DOO, DOO, DOO, DOO,
MEOW, MEOW, MEOW,
MEOW, MEOW, MEOW,
BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM.
LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA,
KEEPING US WARM IN THE NIGHT.
(BA-BA-BA-BA-BA BOM BOM)
LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA,
WALK IN THE LIGHT, YOU'LL GET IT RIGHT.
WIN OR LOSE, SINK OR SWIM,
ONE THING IS CERTAIN, WE'LL NEVER GIVE IN.
SIDE BY SIDE, HAND IN HAND,
WE ALL STAND TOGETHER.
BAM -
LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA,
LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA.
LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA,
LA-LA-LA-LA,
LA-LA-LA-LA.
WE ALL STAND TOGETHER!
Originally posted by WoodgieWhy?
We all stand together.
BOM BOM BOM,
BOM BOM BOM,
BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM.
WIN OR LOSE, SINK OR SWIM,
ONE THING IS CERTAIN, WE'LL NEVER GIVE IN.
SIDE BY SIDE, HAND IN HAND,
WE ALL STAND TOGETHER.
BOM BOM BOM - BY-I-YAH,
BOM BOM BOM - BY-I-YAH.
PLAY THE GAME, FIGHT THE FIGHT,
BUT WHAT'S THE POINT ON A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT?
ARM IN ARM, HAND IN HAND, ...[text shortened]... A-LA,
LA-LA-LA-LA.
WE ALL STAND TOGETHER!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRy318lhSAk
Originally posted by shavixmirIf you put the whole of RHP in a field with a pillow case of decent skunk, I bet I could get Grampy Bobby making some decent doughnuts in an old Ford Fiesta that Red Knight and Nordlys had just nicked.
Why?
We are all on the Titanic and the only thing separating us is the level of mental adjustment we all enjoy.
Originally posted by WoodgieExactly why on earth is that better than Chess and Sex?
If you put the whole of RHP in a field with a pillow case of decent skunk, I bet I could get Grampy Bobby making some decent doughnuts in an old Ford Fiesta that Red Knight and Nordlys had just nicked.
We are all on the Titanic and the only thing separating us is the level of mental adjustment we all enjoy.
