A few weeks ago, I inexplicably had the Soviet national anthem stuck in my head for several days.
Yesterday, I clicked on a historical clip on YouTube, and guess what tune crawled in my ear and doesn't want to leave?
Right. The Horst Wessel Lied.
Do. Not. Hum. In. Public.
...Wait. How many people would even recognize it, anyway? Well, apart from the sort I like to hang out with, and some of those I cross paths with on morning walkies (German schoolteachers, elderly veterans).
So: evil thought. Pick some, not to get specific or anything, aimless generic mass movement made up of the angry and ignorant, and write for it a nice anthem. Recycling an old tune that kind of sticks in the head and won't leave without a fight. And see if anyone notices where the tune came from.
Fannies high, Brownshirts!
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