Talk:The Internationale/Archives/2009

What about Billy Bragg's version?

I really like Billy Bragg's version of The Internationale.

Is his version in the public domain?

LeeMorresonWiki (talk) 07:57, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

No. After I emailed him to ask, his messenger answered giving some copyright permission limiting commercial reuse. A link to Canadian Wikilivres has been added for your convenience.--Jusjih (talk) 03:53, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, but surely it is inappropriate to include this version in the main text of this article. Bragg is of minimal significance compared to the global and historic importance of the Internationale and the movement which adopted it.

UK Labour Party

I've just removed the Categories link to Labour Party(UK). Anyone who knows anything about British politics will tell you that the British Labour party abandoned any pretensions of socialism decades ago, and had eliminated any real far-left movement within its ranks by the end of the 1980s. Most people now would consider it at the very least centrist, and probably significantly to the right of centre. In any case it never had the mighty Internationale as an official or semi-official song. So, I didn't think it was appropriate to have that link. Iosifvissarianovich (talk) 18:56, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

--- this is not true. The Internationale has been sung at Labour party conferences in recent years - I don't know whether it is an 'official' thing or not, but it is certainly traditional. I don't know about now, 2009, but it is referenced in Alistair Campbell's book The Downing Street Years. Where did you get your information and how are you so sure? 207.237.249.85 (talk) 01:53, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Appearances in Popular Culture

This song plays over the closing credits in Michael Moore's 2009 film "Capitalism: A Love Story".

(I'm a new contributor; I'm not sure where this fits into the article.) Shiryaakov (talk) 04:38, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

wtf?

WHY THE f**K IS THERE A SWASTIKA ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE OF THE LYRICS SHEET IN THE LAST LINE YOU HAVE TO ENLARGE IN ORDER TO SEE IT BETTER.IS THAT SOME KIND OF MUSICAL SIGN? A NAZI PLOT MAYBE? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.181.9.200 (talk) 22:10, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

That symbol looks like a segno, not a swastika, to me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Music-segno.png Shiryaakov (talk) 04:40, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Also, not all swastikas are symbols of evil. Most aren't, really. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.80.21.133 (talk) 10:28, 11 November 2009 (UTC)