Poland = Star Wars land, take two

[winter]

Today's Mary-of-the-Herbs, but also the Polish Army Day, so there was a grand parade and ceremony, with the President and all that jazz. And a drill demonstration among other things. While the soldiers drilled, which always reminds me of Broadway-style dancing, the marching band played a medley of soldierly songs. First Brigade to Poppies of Monte Cassino to Warsaw Song to- Wait a minute.

The Imperial March. By the Polish Army marching band. During a national fete, on national television.

^_^

In other news, yes, I'm back. My mail program's on the fritz, so mail-answering might be short. And tomorrow I need to go back to work :/

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[neotoma.livejournal.com]

The Imperial March. By the Polish Army marching band. During a national fete, on national television.

While I understand that it's a nifty march and the poor fellows must get bored of playing the same things all the time, did NO ONE think of the connotations of having your military march to the bad guys' theme music?

[winter]

It's probably telling that in the SW clubs I've seen in Poland, most people wanted to be Imperials.

Come to think of it, when John Paul II died, there were lots of montages on tv. One of these featured JPII getting out of a plane... to the Imperial March.

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

One of these featured JPII getting out of a plane... to the Imperial March.

Uhm, really? Good lord, what is with the people picking the music?

[winter]

Beats me. To our defense, in these days everyone was walking around in a daze. Including the city.