London Calling
There were expected to be 50,000 protesters in London today marching in the streets against Trump. According to estimates, it appears that they number was five times large, around 250,000 -- protesting not just a foreign leader, but the foreign leader of the nation with whom the United Kingdom has a long, Special Relationship.
In honor and appreciation of the city, I thought I'd post this song from the 1969 movie musical, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, that starred Peter O'Toole and Petula Clarke. It's actually a pretty good movie, though the score by Leslie Bricusse ranges between enjoyable and mediocre. This is one of my favorite numbers from it -- a bit over-the-top, though that's sort of the point of it in the context of the film, as the withdrawn, bookish schoolteacher Mr. Chipping is dragged against his wishes to see a major vaudeville show at the Palladium. Which leads to the big showstopping number with the show's popular star Katherine Bridges -- "London is London."
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