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This morning, R-E-S-P-E-C-T during Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace: (Original Post) phylny Aug 2018 OP
awesome HipChick Aug 2018 #1
Outstanding. brush Aug 2018 #2
Great! Our British cousins almost always get it right... Glorfindel Aug 2018 #3
9/11 zipplewrath Aug 2018 #10
Agreed! kag Aug 2018 #29
I had to, and yes I cried again. Beautiful and classy. Hamlette Aug 2018 #36
That just made me cry. eom Control-Z Aug 2018 #49
From the Queen of England Haggis for Breakfast Aug 2018 #61
Fabulous! Love the Brits! redstatebluegirl Aug 2018 #4
So cool. cyndensco Aug 2018 #5
K&R-E-S-P-E-C-T nolabear Aug 2018 #6
Best music, best actors.....I love the Brits! walkingman Aug 2018 #7
We love you Brits! workinclasszero Aug 2018 #8
Utterly awesome... ADX Aug 2018 #9
. peekaloo Aug 2018 #11
Made me smile this morning! MontanaMama Aug 2018 #12
That really warms my heart! luvtheGWN Aug 2018 #13
Pretty good musicians. lpbk2713 Aug 2018 #14
I love this! Tipperary Aug 2018 #15
Wow. BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #16
So cool! lillypaddle Aug 2018 #17
What a great start to the morning Politicub Aug 2018 #18
That was very cool! 2naSalit Aug 2018 #19
That is wonderful MiniMe Aug 2018 #20
I suspect ChazInAz Aug 2018 #39
This is so awesome sdfernando Aug 2018 #21
Well played, good fellows. Well played. DinahMoeHum Aug 2018 #22
Well, I wasn't expecting that. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 #23
Tears! Thank you for sharing this! eom LittleGirl Aug 2018 #24
Bravo! gademocrat7 Aug 2018 #25
Respect in return, Brits. sarge43 Aug 2018 #26
civilization, respect barbtries Aug 2018 #27
... Catherine Vincent Aug 2018 #28
Oh, wow... spicysista Aug 2018 #30
K & R! Thanks! LAS14 Aug 2018 #31
That is so awesome! smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #32
Nice. Iggo Aug 2018 #33
From one Queen to another EffieBlack Aug 2018 #34
Makes my heart sing cp Aug 2018 #35
Thank you for this! Heartstrings Aug 2018 #37
Pure Class JuJuYoshida Aug 2018 #38
Bless 'em.... such a nice gift. A big smile today. Thank you! n/t TygrBright Aug 2018 #40
Awesome. dalton99a Aug 2018 #41
Too bad Monty Python is off the air. lindysalsagal Aug 2018 #42
K&R Scurrilous Aug 2018 #43
this is just so, so, cool. IcyPeas Aug 2018 #44
That was amazing! Nevilledog Aug 2018 #45
Oh this made me tear right up! BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2018 #46
AMAZING! How cool is that? Totally Tunsie Aug 2018 #47
That's pretty cool. underpants Aug 2018 #51
Out-fucking-standing! SergeStorms Aug 2018 #48
Thank you. eom Control-Z Aug 2018 #50
Power of music BeyondGeography Aug 2018 #52
Absolutely awesome. The U.S. should beg to be a commonwealth nation. VOX Aug 2018 #53
Ah, gee. Got through all coverage without crying, Hortensis Aug 2018 #54
I'm so moved. How "respectful" of Great Britain & the Guard to do that. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #55
PLEASE tell me that's not photoshopped or whatever. trof Aug 2018 #56
It's very real, indeed! Totally Tunsie Aug 2018 #57
They'll play the same tune for tRump... Totally Tunsie Aug 2018 #58
Outstanding! TomSlick Aug 2018 #59
What an honor! This came out (Hillaretha and the Democrettes) way too early: DFW Aug 2018 #60
NICE!!! Lithos Aug 2018 #62
What a tremendous honor! proglib217 Aug 2018 #63
That is the coolest thing........ demsocialist Aug 2018 #64
Amazing! peggysue2 Aug 2018 #65
Here's the whole thing... 2naSalit Aug 2018 #66
that's wonderful ! Aretha deserves every aaounce of respect davekriss Aug 2018 #67
:This is what an Ally looks like. Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #68
Oh.. how emotional! That is soooo Sweet! Cha Sep 2018 #69
I'm playing the whole performance at my Motown party honoring OUR Queen Aretha! Trueblue Texan Sep 2018 #70
Otis Redding tribute? oberliner Sep 2018 #71

Glorfindel

(9,701 posts)
3. Great! Our British cousins almost always get it right...
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 09:30 AM
Aug 2018

in this case, exactly right. Thanks for posting this, phylny.

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
10. 9/11
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 09:41 AM
Aug 2018

They so often get it right. After 9/11, they played the Star Spangled Banner. That's a heck of a gesture considering that the song is about the US winning a battle with the British. The British virtually define the concept of "class". And it draws such a contrast with the current Moron in Chief.

kag

(4,075 posts)
29. Agreed!
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 11:08 AM
Aug 2018

I remember that after 9/11. For weeks afterward, whenever I would watch that clip I would tear up.

MiniMe

(21,656 posts)
20. That is wonderful
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 10:15 AM
Aug 2018

But I did want them to break out in a little dance. I guess that wasn't the place for that.

ChazInAz

(2,528 posts)
39. I suspect
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 12:02 PM
Aug 2018

Anything more vigorous than a sedate waltz would be difficult while wearing one of those bearskin shakoes.

sdfernando

(4,892 posts)
21. This is so awesome
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 10:21 AM
Aug 2018

The Queen R E S P E C T S the Queen!

and kudos to the poster in the comments that used the term f*ckpickle for the White House occupant. That got a real chuckle out of me.

barbtries

(28,689 posts)
27. civilization, respect
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 10:51 AM
Aug 2018

and remembrance. we've lost so much.

VOTE GOTVVOTE GOTVVOTE GOTVVOTE GOTVVOTE GOTVVOTE GOTVVOTE GOTV

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
32. That is so awesome!
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 11:31 AM
Aug 2018

After the horrible way our president has treated them, they still have the graciousness to honor a great American artist. Well done England!

lindysalsagal

(20,318 posts)
42. Too bad Monty Python is off the air.
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 12:35 PM
Aug 2018

Because there's a year's worth of material in that military rendition of her song.

But, hey- good for them!

SergeStorms

(18,758 posts)
48. Out-fucking-standing!
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 03:26 PM
Aug 2018

Our Brit friends have far more R-E-S-P-E-C-T for our musical heroes than a certain orange-skinned moron with a mangy dead opossum on his head.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
53. Absolutely awesome. The U.S. should beg to be a commonwealth nation.
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 04:31 PM
Aug 2018

And ask for a pass on the American Revolution. Anything to class-up our swiftly sinking country.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
54. Ah, gee. Got through all coverage without crying,
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 04:32 PM
Aug 2018

but just got blindsided by this.

A lovely tribute.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
55. I'm so moved. How "respectful" of Great Britain & the Guard to do that.
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 04:40 PM
Aug 2018

And to think that Trump has been disrespectful to our allies. I'm glad they separate the American people from Trump.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
58. They'll play the same tune for tRump...
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 07:42 PM
Aug 2018

but change the title and words to:

A-S-S-H-O-L-E
That is what you'll always be.
A-S-S-H-O-L-E
You're gone, happily.
Always "me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me"
A yuuuge asshole, "me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me"

TomSlick

(11,013 posts)
59. Outstanding!
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 07:46 PM
Aug 2018

Good arrangement for a military band.

I couldn't tell from the video if it was a tuba or a bass trombone but somebody was nailing the bass line.

Out-stinking-standing!

peggysue2

(10,801 posts)
65. Amazing!
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 10:44 PM
Aug 2018

I've seen the Changing of the Guard. Would have loved to have been there this morning. What a wonderful tribute.

davekriss

(4,600 posts)
67. that's wonderful ! Aretha deserves every aaounce of respect
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 10:56 PM
Aug 2018

She has brought so much joy and verve into all of our lives, so much! I am so grateful to have heard her … often!

Trueblue Texan

(2,342 posts)
70. I'm playing the whole performance at my Motown party honoring OUR Queen Aretha!
Sat Sep 1, 2018, 08:03 AM
Sep 2018

That was fantastic! Thank you for posting!

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