SPOILER ALERT: DO NOT READ THIS POST IF YOU”VE DVR’D TODAY’S GAMES.
With today’s results, the US find themselves atop Group C, with England in second, while Germany find themselves atop Group D, with Ghana in second. Critically, this means we are set up for England-Germany in the Round of 16, as well as the Freddy Adu nightmare match of US-Ghana. As one who for better or worse has a certain amount of appreciation for hooliganism, the prospects of an England-Germany meeting, and in particular the prospects of hearing the world’s most brilliant-but-incredibly-inflammatory soccer song, warm the cockles of my heart. Alas, the prospects of hearing that song are precisely why FIFA will find it absolutely essential to ensure that the infamous vuvuzelas continue to poison our ear drums.
I understand that German hooligans have taken to singing “Deutchland, Deutchland, Uber Alles” at soccer games.
I honestly don’t know how I feel about that.Report
Jaybird,
How do you feel about Germans singing the German national anthem?Report
@Dog’s New Clothes, not the third verse.
They’re singing the first verse.Report
@Jaybird, even the first verse isn’t so bad, as far as national anthems go.Report
@lukas, The Meuse is in France/Belgium, the Memel in Lithuania, the Adige in Italy, and “den Belt” in Denmark. The first verse considers them all “Deutschland.” This would have made sense of course when the song was first written, but since the song’s been the German national anthem after WWI….it has a bit of a different context.Report
Well that is a bit unfortunate. But there has been a push in Germany recently to officially recognize all three stanzas.Report
“But whatever you do, don’t mention the war!”Report