bloody international dateline!

Tony in Mass. · Apr 25, 2013

So let me be the LAST to wish Kiwis and Strines a great ANZAC day... and hope the hangover goes away soon...

Tom Bowman · Apr 25, 2013

I totally missed it, Tony.

I highly recommend listening to "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" by Eric Bogle...

Tony in Mass. · Apr 25, 2013

Yeah, that's haunting isn't it? written about his old neighbor 40 years ago about a war 100 years ago now? Yet could be re written about all the poor kids coming back from Afghanistan eh?
When he gets to 'the armless, the legless, the blind and insane'... that always gave me the creeps... and Gallipoli only lasted a few months!

Tom Bowman · Apr 25, 2013

Tony, I first heard that song in about 1986 when I was riding in a tour bus up the east coast of Australia, when the tour guide put on a cassette (!) of some authentic Australian music.

It is indeed a powerful piece of music.

bloody international dateline!

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