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November 24, 2005

Our National Anthem

As I am getting sickened by watching Toni Braxton sing her "rendition" of The Star Spangled Banner...I just can't hold back any longer. I have three (3) pet peeves about the majority of folks who sing our anthem before our sporting events, and the folks witnessing it themselves.

1) Quit trying to make it a rock song!

2) Our National Anthem should be performed as it was written, sound the same from arena to arena, and not have that annoying "hold" that so many performers like to have when they get to "the land of the freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" It was not written that way, and it annoys me when they do it.

3) To the fans. SHOW SOME RESPECT! Do not cheer during the anthem. Wait until that annoying performer at least starts the word "brave" at the end please. I attribute this mainly to #2 above, but maybe they would stop doing it if the fans stopped cheering during the "free" part.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, and thank you for letting me get this out of my system.

G-Dawg Posted by G-Dawg on November 24, 2005 at 12:44 PM

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I disagree with your view on this. You are too purist. This is the land where you are so freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, you can sing it how you want to.

I don't like Toni Braxton (is she still around?) so I probably wouldn't have liked her version. And I like the song in its original form. But there's nothing wrong with a performer giving it a rock (or other) spin. Annoying, maybe, but do you feel it's disrespectful or something? I don't cheer, and I think many people are disrespectful about cheering during the song, but I don't know that my opinion on that is worth much - I still think the unofficial last line of the song is "Play ball!"

Posted by: wulf at November 24, 2005 2:12 PM

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