Every 2014 World Cup national anthem reviewed by a pop star! theguardian/football/2014/jun/09/2014-world-cup-national-anthem-review-pop-star Engelbert Humperdinck had No1s with Please Release Me and The Last Waltz in 1967 and represented Britain in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. The duets album Engelbert Calling is out now. engelbert The pomp, power and military bombast of La Marseillaise draws me into the history of France, and my own. The surname I was born with was French: D’Orsay; perhaps an ancestor was amongst those troops that marched to this evocative anthem for the first time as they entered Paris 200 years ago! I think also of my dear friend Charles Aznavour, he’s 90 now but we sang together on my latest album, Engelbert Calling. La Marseillaise sounds best ringing around a packed sports stadium. Its lyrics evoke revolution, conflict, taking up arms, preparing for the fight – everything my music does not! Even in our largely peaceful times it retains its rousing, martial air that gives it a power that hasn’t diminished. A great stirring, inspiring anthem to take the field to!
Posted on: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 21:19:35 +0000
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