1812 overture

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2003-02-22 11:30am

NF_Utvol wrote:I resent the phrase 'Yankee', seeing that it is used as a derogatory term in my region of the country

Tenn, well, Tenn wasn't much in 1812, was it?

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-02-22 11:30am

NF_Utvol wrote:I resent the phrase 'Yankee', seeing that it is used as a derogatory term in my region of the country

Quiet you redneck!

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-02-22 11:33am

Someone please explain to me how talking about a simple piece of music turned into a fucking rant against americans again? PLEASE STOP!

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-02-22 11:35am

Kelly Antilles wrote:Someone please explain to me how talking about a simple piece of music turned into a fucking rant against americans again? PLEASE STOP!

It's like asking a cow to stop eating grass, Kelly.

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2003-02-22 11:36am

Kelly Antilles wrote:Someone please explain to me how talking about a simple piece of music turned into a fucking rant against americans again? PLEASE STOP!

It is NOT a rant against Americans.

It is a discussion on the causes of the war of 1812.

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-02-22 11:37am

To get things on topic, who's heard the Georgian War March (Ippolitov-Ivanov)? It's fantastic. Also on Hearts of Iron.

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-02-22 11:51am

Ted wrote:
verilon wrote:Try Amer's.
True, but I've grown up basiucally calling them yanks.

Understandable.

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2003-02-22 11:57am

Vympel wrote:To get things on topic, who's heard the Georgian War March (Ippolitov-Ivanov)? It's fantastic. Also on Hearts of Iron.

Well then, I've definately heard that.

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-02-22 01:43pm

Ted wrote:OK, now, the majority of the sailsors the British took off the american ships were deserters, approx. 75-80%.

Even if that figure is correct, you're still talking about 20-25% of them being unwilling kidnapees.

Another reason, was that the British considered all those born in the 13 colonies before 1783 were British subjects, and as such, viable targets for impressment. The Royal Navy was only allowed by law to impress British subjects.

Which is why Americans got so pissed off, Ted. They broke away from Britain and no longer considered themselves members of the Empire. What the British considered to be acceptable kidnapping targets is irrelevant.

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-02-22 10:51pm

Ted wrote: Well then, I've definately heard that.

Check the HoI 'Music' folder. They're all in MP3 format.

Post by **AdmiralKanos** » 2003-02-22 10:56pm

NF_Utvol wrote:I resent the phrase 'Yankee', seeing that it is used as a derogatory term in my region of the country

So? The South lost, remember? The Yanks won. Ergo, America is a Yankee nation. It's technically less ambiguous than America in some ways, since the entire Northern and Southern American continents are often referred to as the "Americas".

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-02-22 11:08pm

Frank Hipper wrote:
Kelly Antilles wrote:Someone please explain to me how talking about a simple piece of music turned into a fucking rant against americans again? PLEASE STOP!
It's like asking a cow to stop eating grass, Kelly.

LMAO! Some people never learn...

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2003-02-22 11:20pm

AdmiralKanos wrote:
NF_Utvol wrote:I resent the phrase 'Yankee', seeing that it is used as a derogatory term in my region of the country
So? The South lost, remember? The Yanks won. Ergo, America is a Yankee nation. It's technically less ambiguous than America in some ways, since the entire Northern and Southern American continents are often referred to as the "Americas".

I think he was joking...

On-topic, hell yeah. The 1812 Overture is one of the finest pieces of music ever composed. And who cares if it's not American? Star Wars isn't even patriotic and they still play it at 4th of July fireworks shows. Who cares? Music is music.

I'd like to hear this Georgian War March, but I haven't had much luck finding it on Kazaa.