angelophile | Bee Gee hit "Stayin' Alive" upsets Anzac Cove pilgrims

Some of the thousands of Australians who flocked to Turkey's Anzac Cove to commemorate their war dead were reportedly outraged when Australian organisers of the ceremony played the Bee Gees' hit song "Stayin' Alive."

The disco hit, along with "You Should Be Dancin", was played on a large screen to entertain some 20,000 people -- mainly Australians and New Zealanders -- during a break in the official programme.

Don Rowe, an senior official from the veterans' organisation the Returned and Services League, said the music was highly inappropriate.

"The connotations of that song (Stayin' Alive) in particular ... I think they (organisers) totally missed the point," he said.

"I think they must have rocks in their heads."

More than 11,000 Australians and New Zealanders were killed in the failed nine-month Gallipoli campaign along with more than 31,000 British, French and Indian soldiers. Turkey lost some 86,000 men.

Australian visitors pray during the "Dawn ceremony" in Anzac Cove marking the 90th anniversary of Anzac Day in Gallipoli.

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