We Can Rule You Wholesale - Revision history

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	* In Roundworld, the anthem was written for the BBC Radio 3 programme ''The Music Machine'' by Pratchett (words) and Carl Davis (music), and performed by Clare Rutter, a soprano, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. It was also performed at that year's Proms by the Prommers' Orchestra and Chorus.		* In Roundworld, the anthem was written for the BBC Radio 3 programme ''The Music Machine'' by Pratchett (words) and Carl Davis (music), and performed by Clare Rutter, a soprano, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. It was also performed at that year's Proms by the Prommers' Orchestra and Chorus.
	* The song title might be a reference to the Philip K Dick short story "[[wikipedia:We Can Remember It For You Wholesale\|We Can Remember It For You Wholesale]]", best remembered now as the basis for the film ''[[wikipedia:Total Recall\|Total Recall]]''.		* The song title might be a reference to the Philip K Dick short story "[[wikipedia:We Can Remember It For You Wholesale\|We Can Remember It For You Wholesale]]", best remembered now as the basis for the film ''[[wikipedia:Total Recall (1990 film)\|Total Recall]]''.
	* It might possibly be approximately sung to the Roundworld tunes ''O Tannenbaum'', ''O Christmas Tree'', or ''The Red Flag''. Note that these are, in fact, all sung to the ''same'' tune. (As a minor note: ''The Red Flag'' was originally intended to be sung to something completely different.)		* It might possibly be approximately sung to the Roundworld tunes ''O Tannenbaum'', ''O Christmas Tree'', or ''The Red Flag''. Note that these are, in fact, all sung to the ''same'' tune. (As a minor note: ''The Red Flag'' was originally intended to be sung to something completely different.)

Guybrush: /* Annotations */ Reorganised annotations, added external links section (though see Talk page)

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Annotations: Reorganised annotations, added external links section (though see Talk page)

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	==Annotations==		==Annotations==
	It might possibly be approximately sung to the Roundworld tunes ''O Tannenbaum'', ''O Christmas Tree'', or ''The Red Flag''. Note that these are, in fact, all sung to the ''same'' tune. (As a minor note: ''The Red Flag'' was originally intended to be sung to something completely different.)		* In Roundworld, the anthem was written for the BBC Radio 3 programme ''The Music Machine'' by Pratchett (words) and Carl Davis (music), and performed by Clare Rutter, a soprano, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. It was also performed at that year's Proms by the Prommers' Orchestra and Chorus.
			* The song title might be a reference to the Philip K Dick short story "[[wikipedia:We Can Remember It For You Wholesale\|We Can Remember It For You Wholesale]]", best remembered now as the basis for the film ''[[wikipedia:Total Recall\|Total Recall]]''.
	The song title might be a reference to the Philip K Dick [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_For_You_Wholesale We Can Remember It For You Wholesale]. In Roundworld it was written for the BBC Radio 3 programme ''The Music Machine'' by Pratchett (words) and Carl Davis (music) and performed by Clare Rutter, a soprano, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAqCbOJc6RU Link] It was also performed at that year's Proms by the Prommers' Orchestra and Chorus.		* It might possibly be approximately sung to the Roundworld tunes ''O Tannenbaum'', ''O Christmas Tree'', or ''The Red Flag''. Note that these are, in fact, all sung to the ''same'' tune. (As a minor note: ''The Red Flag'' was originally intended to be sung to something completely different.)





			==External link==
			* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAqCbOJc6RU YouTube clip] of the original performance

	[[Category: Discworld culture]]		[[Category: Discworld culture]]

Fslvyyasulubtz: Raised info on Roundworld tune approximations, and slightly extended. I believe these deserve slightly higher priority, for this is a song that should be sung. Note that the priority increase is only very slight.

2023-09-29T10:38:41Z

Raised info on Roundworld tune approximations, and slightly extended. I believe these deserve slightly higher priority, for this is a song that should be sung. Note that the priority increase is only very **slight**.

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			It might possibly be approximately sung to the Roundworld tunes ''O Tannenbaum'', ''O Christmas Tree'', or ''The Red Flag''. Note that these are, in fact, all sung to the ''same'' tune. (As a minor note: ''The Red Flag'' was originally intended to be sung to something completely different.)

	The song title might be a reference to the Philip K Dick [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_For_You_Wholesale We Can Remember It For You Wholesale]. In Roundworld it was written for the BBC Radio 3 programme ''The Music Machine'' by Pratchett (words) and Carl Davis (music) and performed by Clare Rutter, a soprano, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAqCbOJc6RU Link] It was also performed at that year's Proms by the Prommers' Orchestra and Chorus.		The song title might be a reference to the Philip K Dick [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_For_You_Wholesale We Can Remember It For You Wholesale]. In Roundworld it was written for the BBC Radio 3 programme ''The Music Machine'' by Pratchett (words) and Carl Davis (music) and performed by Clare Rutter, a soprano, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAqCbOJc6RU Link] It was also performed at that year's Proms by the Prommers' Orchestra and Chorus.

	~~It might possibly be approximately sung to the Roundworld tunes ''Tannenbaum'' or ''The Red Flag''~~

Old Dickens: remove duplication, blithering

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remove duplication, blithering

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	==Annotations==		==Annotations==
	The song title might be a reference to the Philip K Dick [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_For_You_Wholesale We Can Remember It For You Wholesale]. In Roundworld it was written for the BBC Radio 3 programme ''The Music Machine'' by Pratchett (words) and Carl Davis (music) and performed by Clare Rutter, a soprano, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.		The song title might be a reference to the Philip K Dick [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Remember_It_For_You_Wholesale We Can Remember It For You Wholesale]. In Roundworld it was written for the BBC Radio 3 programme ''The Music Machine'' by Pratchett (words) and Carl Davis (music) and performed by Clare Rutter, a soprano, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAqCbOJc6RU Link] It was also performed at that year's Proms by the Prommers' Orchestra and Chorus.

	It might possibly be approximately sung to the Roundworld tunes ''Tannenbaum'' or ''The Red Flag''		It might possibly be approximately sung to the Roundworld tunes ''Tannenbaum'' or ''The Red Flag''

	Note: Wholesale really is another name for trade, but it doesn't just mean to trade something. When you buy something in a shop 'trade' you expect to buy it at a lower price, likewise if you sell wholesale you expect to sell it for a higher price than retailers. In other words, retailers keep the customer's price high and the stock price low. This is probably why wholesale appeals to Ankh-Morpork.

	The Anthem was performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the soprano was Claire Rutter in 1999. It was also performed at that year's Proms by the Prommers' Orchestra and Chorus. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAqCbOJc6RU Link]

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AnnieBudgie at 06:07, 14 July 2016

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	Mentioned in {{MP}}, this song is [[Ankh-Morpork]]'s "national" (civic) anthem. It was written by a widely travelled vampire who noticed that in every country, all patriots know only the first verse of the national anthem and then mumble along and sing the bits they do remember very loudly to give the illusion they know it all. Thus inspired he decided to cut out the middleman, as it were, and write the version that would be sung by patriots regardless of the officially sanctioned version. During the revolution of the [[Glorious Revolution\|Glorious 25th of May]] (documented in {{NW}}), the singing of this anthem by [[Reg Shoe]] was considered evidence of rebel activity. In {{UA}} the anthem was sung, as is traditional, before the start of the [[Football\|Foot-the-Ball]] match at [[The Hippo]]. It was also recorded in the book ~~[[A Blink of the Screen]]~~, along with some information about it.		Mentioned in {{MP}}, this song is [[Ankh-Morpork]]'s "national" (civic) anthem. It was written by a widely travelled vampire who noticed that in every country, all patriots know only the first verse of the national anthem and then mumble along and sing the bits they do remember very loudly to give the illusion they know it all. Thus inspired he decided to cut out the middleman, as it were, and write the version that would be sung by patriots regardless of the officially sanctioned version. During the revolution of the [[Glorious Revolution\|Glorious 25th of May]] (documented in {{NW}}), the singing of this anthem by [[Reg Shoe]] was considered evidence of rebel activity. In {{UA}} the anthem was sung, as is traditional, before the start of the [[Football\|Foot-the-Ball]] match at [[The Hippo]]. It was also recorded in the book {{BS}}, along with some information about it.

	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==

AnnieBudgie at 06:06, 14 July 2016

2016-07-14T06:06:25Z

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	Mentioned in {{MP}}, this song is [[Ankh-Morpork]]'s "national" (civic) anthem. It was written by a widely travelled vampire who noticed that in every country, all patriots know only the first verse of the national anthem and then mumble along and sing the bits they do remember very loudly to give the illusion they know it all. Thus inspired he decided to cut out the middleman, as it were, and write the version that would be sung by patriots regardless of the officially sanctioned version. During the revolution of the [[Glorious Revolution\|Glorious 25th of May]] (documented in {{NW}}), the singing of this anthem by [[Reg Shoe]] was considered evidence of rebel activity. In {{UA}} the anthem was sung, as is traditional, before the start of the [[Football\|Foot-the-Ball]] match at [[The Hippo]].		Mentioned in {{MP}}, this song is [[Ankh-Morpork]]'s "national" (civic) anthem. It was written by a widely travelled vampire who noticed that in every country, all patriots know only the first verse of the national anthem and then mumble along and sing the bits they do remember very loudly to give the illusion they know it all. Thus inspired he decided to cut out the middleman, as it were, and write the version that would be sung by patriots regardless of the officially sanctioned version. During the revolution of the [[Glorious Revolution\|Glorious 25th of May]] (documented in {{NW}}), the singing of this anthem by [[Reg Shoe]] was considered evidence of rebel activity. In {{UA}} the anthem was sung, as is traditional, before the start of the [[Football\|Foot-the-Ball]] match at [[The Hippo]]. It was also recorded in the book [[A Blink of the Screen]], along with some information about it.

	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==

Jagra: Jagra moved page Short Story:We Can Rule You Wholesale to We Can Rule You Wholesale over redirect: revert

2015-09-11T14:22:31Z

Jagra moved page Short Story:We Can Rule You Wholesale to We Can Rule You Wholesale over redirect: revert

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Jagra at 11:16, 10 September 2015

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	Note: Wholesale really is another name for trade, but it doesn't just mean to trade something. When you buy something in a shop 'trade' you expect to buy it at a lower price, likewise if you sell wholesale you expect to sell it for a higher price than retailers. In other words, retailers keep the customer's price high and the stock price low. This is probably why wholesale appeals to Ankh-Morpork.		Note: Wholesale really is another name for trade, but it doesn't just mean to trade something. When you buy something in a shop 'trade' you expect to buy it at a lower price, likewise if you sell wholesale you expect to sell it for a higher price than retailers. In other words, retailers keep the customer's price high and the stock price low. This is probably why wholesale appeals to Ankh-Morpork.

	The Anthem was performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the soprano was Claire Rutter in 1999. It was also performed at that year's Proms by the Prommers' Orchestra and Chorus. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAqCbOJc6RU]		The Anthem was performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the soprano was Claire Rutter in 1999. It was also performed at that year's Proms by the Prommers' Orchestra and Chorus. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAqCbOJc6RU Link]

	[[Category: Discworld culture]]		[[Category: Discworld culture]]

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