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tygerprints@kbin.social 8 months ago
So why, ya see - why when we visited china, did they sing "Take me home, country roads" on the little boat down the Yangtze river? Our tour guide started singing and everyone joined in, and we're going down this little river into the deep jungle on both sides and I'm not even sure they knew what the words meant.
Why that particular song? I have no idea. It was kind of surreal. And there were no toads involved but I did see some weird looking insects.
bstix@feddit.dk 8 months ago
That song has it’s own life. It’s an offline meme at this point.
It began in Germany I believe, but it’s a worldwide phenomena.
The explanation is that it’s sa song that lends itself very well to yelling out loud, and it’s played a lot at football games and in pubs. It’s a great song and all, and while it may be specific state patriotic song in he USA, it has become a common drinking song in most of world.
It’s the OG jock rock.