{"id":52140,"date":"2021-04-13T11:25:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T01:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=52140"},"modified":"2021-04-13T11:25:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T01:55:59","slug":"mark-bickley-comments-on-to-calls-to-change-racist-carlton-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/fiveaa-sports-show\/mark-bickley-comments-on-to-calls-to-change-racist-carlton-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Bickley Comments On To Calls To Change \u2018Racist\u2019 Carlton Song"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>FIVEAA\u2019s Mark Bickley says Carlton\u2019s club song does not represent the racist origins of the original tune amid a push to have the club change it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/fiveaa-sports-show-with-rowey-bicks\/roweys-sports-show-podcast-12-april-2021\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Rowey's Sports Show Podcast - 12 April 2021\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephen Hagan &#8211; who led the campaign to rename Coon cheese &#8211; wants Carlton to ditch its \u2018We are the Navy Blues\u2019 song sung to the tune of Lily of Laguna, which is considered \u201cone of the most racist songs of all time\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bicks told Rowey\u2019s Sports Show on Monday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cSurely that\u2019s 150 years ago and they\u2019ve changed the words and they\u2019re not singing about the things that are nasty.\u2019<\/p><p><strong>ROWEY<\/strong>: \u201cNo they\u2019re not, but if it\u2019s offensive it\u2019s offensive.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>BICKS<\/strong>: \u201cThere\u2019s only one person that\u2019s been offended so far. It is all about perspective. What is the song representing? It\u2019s representing a footy club, activity and it\u2019s celebrating sport. It\u2019s got nothing to do with anything else.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>ROWEY<\/strong>: \u201cThat\u2019s why it it\u2019ll be changed.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Blues have said they will not compose a new song because the new lyrics \u201ceffectively removed the original song\u2019s racist connotations\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LISTEN HERE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bicks.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>FIVEAA FACEBOOK LIVE STREAM &#8211; TUESDAY 13 APRIL &#8211; WATCH HERE:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F1395FIVEAA%2Fvideos%2F461478601636483%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIVEAA\u2019s Mark Bickley says Carlton\u2019s club song does not represent the racist origins of the original tune amid a push to have the club change it. 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