Do you think it is appropriate that they play the national anthem of a night out?

gbee · 02-04-2011 01:29AM

I've often thought it a disgrace to play the NA at the end of a night, here I am boozed up and enjoying myslef and some ferker wants me to stand to attention ~

Reserve it for state official occasions and Presidential visits. All Ireland Final days but not every bleeding match.

Sinfonia · 02-04-2011 02:49AM

I don't particularly enjoy our National Anthem, on any level really, but if one wishes to preserve whatever dignity it may have and whatever meaning it may hold, I would think it wise to retain its use for moments and events that are consistent with a song of national pride. In my opinion, this does not include the 4am closing piece in a Harcourt Street petri dish.

Of course, as far as I remember, Copper Face Jack's either precedes or follows it with "Don't Stop Believin'", which might be worse.

Mike 1972 · 02-04-2011 09:27AM

Savage Tyrant wrote: »

Not true...Happens quite regularly in the north. Both anthems.

Cant saw Ive ever come across it. The (quite sensible) tendency at most venues seems to be to avoid playing either if the clientèle is anyways "mixed".

MitchKoobski · 02-04-2011 09:41AM

Played it one week and it went alright. Just confused people. Then they though theyd play it in english the next week. That pissed off nearly everyone so it was never attempted again.

Pace2008 · 02-04-2011 10:24AM

I shudder to think of the general quality of music and clientèle in a club that would end the night with the national anthem. I feel genuinely sorry for the level-headed people in Ireland's small towns who have to put up with this paddywhackery if they want a night out that doesn't involve driving 60 miles to get there.

Savage Tyrant · 02-04-2011 10:34AM

Mike 1972 wrote: »

Cant saw Ive ever come across it. The (quite sensible) tendency at most venues seems to be to avoid playing either if the clientèle is anyways "mixed".

Sorry, worded badly. I didn't mean both anthems played in any one venue. But I've been to plenty of "Do's" in both communities and it is quite regular for the anthem of either to be played at the end of the nigh, especially in smaller venues like a soccer/GAA/rugby club.
Personally I hate it myself. Cringeworthy. But it certainly happens quite regularly.

Azureus · 02-04-2011 10:39AM

Never heard this except the odd time on Paddys weekends etc.
And the Gaeltacht dishcos.
Bout it, lets keep it that way.

Mike 1972 · 02-04-2011 10:41AM

Savage Tyrant wrote: »

it is quite regular for the anthem of either to be played at the end of the nigh, especially in smaller venues like a soccer/GAA/rugby club.

And they say sport is not political ????

Savage Tyrant · 02-04-2011 10:45AM

Mike 1972 wrote: »

And they say sport is not political ????

They are idiots.

ottostreet · 02-04-2011 11:13AM

I've never played it at the end of a gig, apart from over Paddy's weekend.

You'd be shocked at the amount of people who ask for it though, or give out to ya after finishing up, because you didnt play it!

Son Of A Vidic · 02-04-2011 12:40PM

Why should it ever be appropriate to play the national anthem in a drink fueled, fcuk wit filled environment?

Mike 1972 · 02-04-2011 12:58PM

Do they still play it at the end of the night on RTE ?

Could never figure out which was more surreal. The somewhat stalinesque look-at-us-were-a-modern-country 1960's version on RTE where they round off a film intended to evoke patriotic sentiment with a scene of hundreds of people leaving the country or the BBC1 globe spinning to GSTQ as if the sun had never set on the empire.

By the time the country had become modern enough for colour Stalinism had gone out of fashion so they went for a more Bord Failte approach.

TanG411 · 02-04-2011 12:59PM

Its worse when they play it at weddings.

Savage Tyrant · 02-04-2011 06:04PM

TML91 wrote: »

Its worse when they play it at weddings.

Not at all. That's one of the few places that I'd find it quite acceptable. If the couple and family in question are that patriotic and feel they want to finish their night that way, then so be it.
Much more acceptable than forcing it on people who are just out for the night and who may or may not feel the same about the anthem being played.

the groutch · 02-04-2011 06:16PM

I think it's a great idea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8DMJ3SGlzk

Do you think it is appropriate that they play the national anthem of a night out?

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