Springboks fuming over 'joke' anthem

[pieter blackie]

Singer: It was beautiful

Toulouse - The reggae singer the Springboks accused of butchering the anthem before the 20-13 Test match defeat to France told AFP Saturday that he thought he had "sung beautifully



This just shows you how f..d some idiots in South Africa are

[tragic]

Maybe this can serve as a lesson for anyone asked to perform a national anthem:
Sing it straight. Don't try to perform an "interpretation". Really, no-one has turned up just to listen to YOU sing or is there primarily for the musical entertainment. Don't make it some R'n'B or reggae or operatic or country/western version - you won't make the song any better.

[Sheikh]

The signer is a South African.
The interesting thing is that he wasn't picked by the French, he was picked by the South African embassy.

[Darren]

The interesting thing is that he wasn't picked by the French, he was picked by the South African embassy.

South African or French staff?

[mudskipper]

HEADLINE SHOULD READ SPRINGBOKS HUMMING OVER JOKE ANTHEM

[Burgs]

Maybe this can serve as a lesson for anyone asked to perform a national anthem:
Sing it straight. Don't try to perform an "interpretation". Really, no-one has turned up just to listen to YOU sing or is there primarily for the musical entertainment. Don't make it some R'n'B or reggae or operatic or country/western version - you won't make the song any better.

Unless it is Advance Australia Fare to the tune of Working Class Man

[tragic]

Unless it is Advance Australia Fare to the tune of Working Class Man

.... And you're Adam Hills!

[Sheikh]

South African or French staff?

I'd have thought that a South African official would have at least OK'd the choice of a South African signing the South African anthem at a France-South Africa match.
Maybe I'm being optimistic about the amount of work embassy staff actually do.

[Burgs]

Just followed the link and read some of the comments, fair dinkum, what a lot of floggers!

[GIGS20]

Maybe I'm being optimistic about the amount of work embassy staff actually do.

They work for the government (Sorry Elf and Jargan) I can't imagine there's a whole lot of job presure on them!

[pieter blackie]

this is typical how the New South Africa operates

The dude in the job was employed by his brother's wife's sister He doesn't really know the job but seeing that he was part of the struggle against apartheid he got the job in France
he suggested the idiot that sang because he know the idiot's sister.

[palitu]

but it's all an excuse why they lost!

[Sheikh]

this is typical how the New South Africa operates

The dude in the job was employed by his brother's wife's sister He doesn't really know the job but seeing that he was part of the struggle against apartheid he got the job in France
he suggested the idiot that sang because he know the idiot's sister.

Not just South Africa!

[tdevil]

They didn't need this guy to f#@k up the anthem....it was f#@ked up before he started. How can you have an anthem in 5 languages, but the country have 11 official languages.
Also did anyone noticed that the flag was upside down as well.....a country in distress

[beige]

They didn't need this guy to f#@k up the anthem....it was f#@ked up before he started.

OK... we may have found something worse than singing the anthem off key...