Yo ho ho! - updated
Arrr, today be Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Time for a sing-along.
As some o'ye landlubbers know, t'last weekend, I's been playin' the cello in a certain Victorian piratical-themed light opera. So without further ado...
I've never liked the synthesized orchestra in this film version, but Kevin Kline is one of the best Pirate Kings ever. (And I say this having seen Jon English do it live. Twice.)
It's based on the New York Metropolitan Opera production from around 1980, which a lot of companies subsequently copied.
This song is one of my favourites from the whole Gilbert & Sullivan corpus. There's a very fine line between a life of politics and a life of crime. The main difference is that crime is more violent, yet, in a way, much more honest.
Update
And, what do you know, here's the Jon English version, complete with purple pants:
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And it is it is a glorious thign to be a pirate king!
I'd have Kevin Kline's babies if he didn't already have Phoebe Cates to do that for him.