뉴질랜드 아메리카컵 사수와 뉴질랜드 팝 "Loyal" - Dave Bobbyn

뉴질랜드에서 가장 영향력 있는 대중가수, 뉴질랜드 대중문화 아이콘, 국가적 재산이라고 불리는  Dave Dobbyn입니다.  한국에 조용필(?)이 있다면 뉴질랜드는 이 데이브 보빈입니다.  가끔은 외국인들이 갖는 자기 나라에 대한 애정과 충성심이 참으로 대단하다는 것이 느껴질 때가 있는데요. 아마 뉴질랜드인들이 가장 아끼고 사랑하는 요트 레이스 - 아메리카컵 요트 레이스와 이에 얽인 Dave Dobbyn의 "Loyal"이란 노래를 들어보세요.

'Call me loyal' by Dave Dobbyn

Dave Dobbyn is one of the most significant New Zealand musicians of the past 30 years. He's enjoyed success as a solo artist and as a member of the bands Th'Dudes and DD Smash. Dobbyn has won more awards for songwriting than any other New Zealander, and in 2001 he was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).

 

The terms 'icon' and 'national treasure' have been used in reference to Dobbyn; some of his songs have achieved a similar status.

 

'Loyal' (1988) is one of these. In 2001 APRA members voted it the third-best New Zealand song of the 20th century.

 

Team New Zealand chose it in 2002 to front its campaign to defend the America's Cup yachting trophy.  The song's anthem-like qualities were seen as ideal, and its lyrics and sentiments seemingly captured the mood of the campaign.

 

By the time Russell Coutts and the Swiss had sailed away with what some believed to be New Zealand's cup, there was a feeling that 'Loyal' had also lost something. Some people were unhappy about its association with a nationalistic campaign to drum up support for Team New Zealand. For others, it was a case of the song suffering from overexposure.

 

Once the seas had settled in the wake of the America's Cup defeat, New Zealanders reaffirmed their loyalty. In 2006 an online survey of 3000 people chose 'Loyal' as New Zealand's greatest song ever.

 

See also Dave Dobbyn's website.