Tony Orlando’s “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” is one of the cheesiest pop songs in history, but decades after its release it became a symbol of strength in political protests in the Philippines and Hong Kong. It shows how a song can have a strange afterlife. #musicstory #musichistory #70smusic #philippines #hongkong #democracy #70spop #tonyorlando #yellowribbon #storysongs