Than you, Bozo, for affording me the opportunity to digress. German Bands, I am sorry to say, have long been around for a very long time. As W.S. Gilbert had it in 1884,
“When German bands
From music stands
Play'd Wagner imperfectly I bade them go
They didn't say no,
But off they went directly!”
I must say that any soldier who served under me found listening to a German Band would have been on a Number One for a whole month.. That sort of thing just wasn’t done, don’t you know. The Hun were given short shrift, and a good thing too, otherwise you wouldn’t be here.
Here is a splendid recording of Jack Hylton and his boys showing off their versatility
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3IaYaKeeRE&mode=related&search=