Sunday, 29 September 2013

The East is Red

While in China, the only time I heard the national anthem, "The East is Red" was in a brief sampled version at the beginning of a piece of music playing on muzak.
Not that I expected to here it playing on every street corner, but I did sort of expect it at things like the acrobatic show we went to, but no.
I was surprised that the bit I did hear was in this brief sampled extract, but then I guess that the government isn't quite as hard line about somethings as it once was.
(I stress the somethings bit).
The version of "The East is Red" that I know best, is of course, Holger Czukay's version, the title track of his 1984 album, with brass band sampled over the top of Jaki Leibezeit's drumming.



1 comment:

  1. ...Unlike in Thailand where the national anthem is played in public spaces at 8am and 6pm every day, and the royal anthem (different) is played before performances in theatres & concert halls, even screenings at cinemas.

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