“Sometimes I Wish I Was Born In A Foreign Country”
The sentiment, “Sometimes I wish I was born in a foreign country” is one that I can easily identify with. Although I love my native Canada, I have long carried this particular sentiment for Great Britain dating back to when I was a child. I vividly recall being 8 or 9 years old when the Queen and Prince Phillip were in the news and on television during what must have been a visit to Canada. Somehow, I got it into my head that during their visit, they stopped by our house and had tea with my mum while I was at school. I told everyone about it and was over the moon that she, the Queen had visited our house to share tea with my mother. Naturally, this only ever happened inside my head and I was devastated when the sad reality finally sank in. Still, for some inexplicable reason at the tender age of 8 or 9, I held a candle for dear old England, which I invariably carry with me to this very day.
As fate would have it I am not alone in this sentiment, for I have been contacted by the best britpop band France has to offer (self proclaimed) “Music Is Not Fun“. It seems these lads have it bad for things English as they’ve actually dedicated one of their songs to the Sauce entitled “HP (Please)”.
Sporting adidas wear, mop haircuts, and French accents reminiscent of Blur,
Music Is Not Fun is complete Brit.
More information on the band along with streaming audio of the song HP (Please) can be found at the Music Is Not Fun myspace page.
Sometimes I wish
I was born in a foreign country
make something crazy
they call it HPOooh oooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh-oooooh HP!
Thank-you to Music Is Not Fun for letting know about this effort!
March 2nd, 2007 15:40
Mad. But funny. But VERY strange…….