Dan - bottom line - No, you wouldn't "feel" disrespected - because you aren't normal....
MissB You are right on in all aspects! You go girl!
I'm not an American and have no real right to comment. So just ignore me if you choose.
I think if someone is asked to sing the National Anthem of thier country and they decide to sing something entirely different without permission, they are inviting criticism. To sing the national anthem at an event is a great honor.
The National Anthem of the United States is for every American Citizen to sing proudly. Black, White, Hispanic, or even Texan
The land of the free and the home of the brave.
I think it speaks for itself.
It seems to me that the lady wanted to make a statement and garner attention. Even the "brother" behind her was looking with a "whaaaaa???" expression.
I'm with Miss B, if I were an American I'd be a bit turned off.
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What was an insult to me was she tried to make the words fit to the tune of our national anthem.
As Miss Brat mentioned, it would be like someone singing "Amazing Grace" to the tune of the national anthem when asked to perform "The Star Spangled Banner"before an important public gathering. I would be just as insulted!
Well, she got her 15 minutes of fame! What a cockroach!
What was an insult to me was she tried to make the words fit to the tune of our national anthem.
As Miss Brat mentioned, it would be like someone singing "Amazing Grace" to the tune of the national anthem when asked to perform "The Star Spangled Banner"before an important public gathering. I would be just as insulted!
Well, she got her 15 minutes of fame! What a cockroach!
She did not use wisdom, that is for sure...
I can remember as a teen, the only Black station was a low powered one. At 6 pm it went off the air with a choir singing "Lift every voice and sing..."
I thought it was so beautiful...
The tragedy about this recent event is not just her total disrespect, but that it now may cause some look with disdain at truly beautiful and moving song.
I always thought it was interesting that they hung their heads.......why didn't they raise them up if they were so proud?
Yeah, If I just won the olympics, I think I'd be raisin' my big swelled head up, and stick my chest out just as far as I could regardless of either anthem.
I primarily only have one problem with it, which is in the last line: true to our native land. What about being true to our United States of American land. There could be hint of question on loyalty to America, since it wasn't mentioned.
__________________ As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world’s interest in me has also died.- Gal. 6:14
Yeah, If I just won the olympics, I think I'd be raisin' my big swelled head up, and stick my chest out just as far as I could regardless of either anthem.
I primarily only have one problem with it, which is in the last line: true to our native land. What about being true to our United States of American land. There could be hint of question on loyalty to America, since it wasn't mentioned.
One must remember the time in which the poem was written...
My thoughts re the young men with bowed heads...as a teen seeing this, I thought their bowed heads were in respect...and they were making a statement.
Last edited by Barb; 07-03-2008 at 06:46 AM.
Reason: Afterthought...
Yeah, that's a good point on probably being "bowed heads for respect". I do think they could stand to throw some "American Loyalty"(true to America) in the last line, since their singing it "nowadays", long after the break away from slavery.
I just wish I could hear the video. My speakers aren't working, so all I can do is watch it.
__________________ As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world’s interest in me has also died.- Gal. 6:14
I agree with Miss Bratty on this. Personally, I kind of like the song "Lift E'vry Voice..." but things do have their place and time. To completely usurp the National Anthem sends a message of divisiveness.
Artists are given a tremendous amount of liberty to interpret and express themselves, but there are lines that should not be crossed. For example, Mickey Mangun's "... the free! ... the free ...!" went over okay whereas Rosanne Barr's crotch scratching was rightly vilified.
Add to this event in Denver the fact that the mayor himself was shut out of the last minute "change" in the program and one really is left with the impression that the whole affair was a usurpation and subversion.
It was supposed to be the one day of the year when the local mayor gets to stand in the spot light and set forth his goals for the city and region - instead it became a soap box for a stranger and no one even remembers anything that the mayor said.
That's the problem often encountered in making such statements. As someone else pointed out concerning the 1968 Olympics "salute," then American men held their heads down. As I recall, one of them said at the time that they bowed their heads out of humility and "respect" for the fact that they were disrupting the Olympic spirit and tradition with their raised fists.
The singer in Denver would have done well to show a little more respect for the venue that she was usurping by immediately breaking into the National Anthem immediately after "Lift E'vry Voice..." Her antics will probably end up costing Obama some Colorado votes.
Yeah, that's a good point on probably being "bowed heads for respect". I do think they could stand to throw some "American Loyalty"(true to America) in the last line, since their singing it "nowadays", long after the break away from slavery.
Just to be sure I was not misunderstood in starting this thread... I have little or no issue with the words.
The issue is that someone would so disrespect others as to make a political and racial statement when afforded the opportunity to sing the National Anthem.
Agenda or ignorance it matters not. Things like this that hurt the cause she hopes to promote (if it includes good PR for the black community).
I feel the same way about it as I would if she had sung CLC's "I'm a Pentecostal"
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Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
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Just to be sure I was not misunderstood... I have little or no issue with the words.
The issue is that someone would so disrespect others as to make a political and racial statement when afforded the opportunity to sing the National Anthem.
Agenda or ignorance it matters not. Things like this that hurt the cause she hopes to promote (if it includes good PR for the black community).
I feel the same way about it as I would if she had sung CLC's "I'm a Pentecostal"
The thing I have the most problem with is that she used the melody of our national anthem to sing a song which has a totally different melody.
Next it will be sung to the tune of "God Save the Queen"!
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