For fashionistas, The Nation has helpfully arranged a slideshow of the many coloured blazers worn by Thailand’s King Bhumibol in recent months. The show is accompanied by a new song composed and performed by an Australian, Kelly Newton-Wordsworth. It is titled “Long Live the King of Thailand”.
Is this the ballad of choice for the upcoming royal celebrations?
3 responses so far ↓
1 Andrew Llyod Webber // Nov 22, 2007 at 10:32 pm
It’s more like Bhumibol and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat… I will be filing a lawsuit, mark my words! There is no way Kelly Newton Wordsnotworthit would get even a backing vocals spot with that guff. Yuck. Next thing cats will be auspicious. Oh! The travesty. People just copy me. Where are my cream puffs?
2 Aussie // Nov 25, 2007 at 11:26 pm
Oh puke.
It saddens me that Kelly could have come from my hometown of Perth. Flag waving and ****licking were distinctly on the nose when I was finishing my school education in the 1980s.
3 Australian on the PAD stage // Dec 7, 2008 at 7:11 pm
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