Okay...I have nothing against the tune..it's a beautiful melody...if you've ever seen the movie Brassed Off, one of the most touching parts of the film is when the colliery brass band plays it outside their fallen director's hospital window...it gets me entirely verklempt just like the part where they sing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" under Babe Ruth's hospital window in The Babe Ruth Story.

I'm just kinda fed up with the abuse and overuse of the song...and if Dennis Day is listening from the afterlife, yeah...I mean you, buddy.

But here's the Brassed Off scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKDYE6ZGUV8

...you will, no doubt, recognize several very familiar faces.

And if you need to cheer back up after that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbuRA_D3KU

...damn, I love youtube!

Best

AA