Posted on 01/22/2011 3:00:25 PM PST by twjoylife
One of the highlights of the state dinner was a performance by Lang Lang, a Chinese pianist who has been a sensation in music circles. Mr. Lang played a duet with the American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, then a haunting traditional Chinese melody called “My Motherland.” In China, it turns out, “My Motherland” is better known as the theme from the film “Battle on Shangganling Mountain,” a 1956 Chinese classic about a Korean War battle in which a vastly outnumbered band of Chinese soldiers held off American and United Nations forces for 42 days. If, in retrospect, “My Motherland” might seem to be a regrettable choice for a state dinner, it clearly was unintentional. Mr. Lang, an American-trained pianist who divides his time between the United States and China, is an artist who melds American and Chinese cultures.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f12NAaLX3B4&hd=1
Like hell it was.
It’s okay.
We’re starting to get used to people who hate America and flipping off patriots while they laugh and smile. :(
Obama probably whistles “The East is Red” in the shower.
The actual title does not include the non-word “boold”.
You have to use the actual title of the article as the title of the thread.
May 27, 2008
Communist band opens for Obama
'How many of 75,000 came to hear music?'
A hip rock band that features the Soviet national anthem and communist-inspired lyrics was on stage to open for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama at his record-breaking Portland, Ore., rally that attracted 75,000.
The Decemberists, a Portland-based group with a large local following, also closed the May 18 event.
The Decemberists typically begin their concerts with a Russian-language recording of the USSR's national anthem.
A YouTube video shows the Decemberists beginning an April 31, 2007, concert at Messiah College in Grantham, Pa., with the anthem.
"Decemberists" refers to an uprising at Senate Square in St. Petersburg Dec. 14, 1825, when a group of Russian army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in protest as Nicholas I assumed the throne, after Czar Alexander died without an heir.
The Decemberists have posed for publicity photos in period Russian costumes with the red flag of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 waving behind them.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/?pageId=65510
_________________________________________________________
The Soviet National Anthem / Гимн СССР
English translation (of the 1977 version)
Unbreakable Union of freeborn Republics,
Great Russia has welded forever to stand.
Created in struggle by will of the people,
United and mighty, our Soviet land!
Sing to the Motherland, home of the free,
Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong.
O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people,
To Communism's triumph lead us on!
Through tempests the sunrays of freedom have cheered us,
Along the new path where great Lenin did lead.
To a righteous cause he raised up the peoples,
Inspired them to labour and valourous deed.
Sing to the Motherland, home of the free,
Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong.
O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people,
To Communism's triumph lead us on!
In the victory of Communism's immortal ideal,
We see the future of our dear land.
And to her fluttering scarlet banner,
Selflessly true we always shall stand!
Sing to the Motherland, home of the free,
Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong.
O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people,
To Communism's triumph lead us on!
http://www.marxists.org/history/ussr/sounds/lyrics/anthem.htm
From the Decemberists' website:
See May 16, 2008, "Decemberists to play Obama rally in Portland"
http://www.decemberists.com/news.aspx
YouTube video of Decemberists concert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCCTe87IxfU
Middle English
1.bold (striking) [quotations ▲]
14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue:
"Boold was hir face, and fair, and reed of hewe."
Disgusting if true. We bring in someone to perform a Chicom song that celebrates a Chinese/North Korean battle against our nation?
In the White House?
Well, there’s that...
I listened for 2 mil Sec after the screech singing started. Thought my sound card had blown up. Typical COMMIE propaganda film with amateur NO talent COMMIE actors!
I'm sure "Our Dear Leader" listens to "My motherland" every night.
And call that bunch in our whitey house a bunch of monkeys.
Quite ballsy actually.
Comrade Obama reportedly wore a red tie to greet the ChiCom leader. I suppose that too was an “unintentional” signal. But wait...didn’t he just recently say ‘we’ welcome the rise of China?
Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my Viking Kitty/ZOT ping list!. . . don't be shy.
The Chinese weren't outnumbered. It was 50,000 Chinese troops vs about 20,000 UN troops.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.