Author Topic: National Anthem Superbowl 1991 (Read 860 times)

Sandman · « **Reply #15 on:** November 22, 2006, 12:41:57 AM »

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Originally posted by DREDIOCK

Just sing the damn song the way it was written and let your voice speak for itself

Luckily they don't sing it the way it was written because it was not written as a song at all. It's a poem... and a long one at that.

O say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen thro’ the mist of the deep,
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream
’Tis the star-spangled banner. Oh! long may it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footstep’s pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation,
Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the Heav’n-rescued land
Praise the Pow’r that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto—“In God is our trust.”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #16 on:** November 22, 2006, 01:18:43 AM »

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Originally posted by Sandman
Luckily they don't sing it the way it was written because it was not written as a song at all. It's a poem... and a long one at that.

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I meant the music

Sing it the way the music was written.

LOL

cav58d · « **Reply #17 on:** November 22, 2006, 01:44:10 AM »

That was good, but the 91 NHL all star game still is the greatest sports national anthem in US History. If you havn't watched this video yet, I urge you to do so...I would have loved to have been there

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvpxVE_kQXg

cav58d · « **Reply #18 on:** November 22, 2006, 01:45:25 AM »

"NO FLAG BURNERS HERE! GOD BLESS THE USA"

LOVE IT!

FBBone · « **Reply #19 on:** November 22, 2006, 01:59:38 AM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
Still the best ever.

She sang 2 songs that are in my permanent collection. That is one, "I Will Always Love You" is the other. She had a helluva set of pipes.

She still does have a helluva set of pipes, but now they're crack pipes, and Bobby Brown is suing her for custody of em!

storch · « **Reply #20 on:** November 22, 2006, 07:02:19 AM »

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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
I meant the music

Sing it the way the music was written.

LOL

lol the music is an english tavern song that lushes used to sing.

culero · « **Reply #21 on:** November 22, 2006, 07:26:28 AM »

The only non-standard rendition of the Star Spangled Banner I've ever heard that I liked was Jimi Hendrix's. When I hear people sing it, I like "straight" versions.

The best ever performance at a sporting event, IMO, was by a young gal named Jewel at the 1998 Super Bowl. She sang it straight up, poured her heart in it, and demonstrated a spectacular voice. Plus, she showed off some really really nice ta-tas

culero (that last always helps anything

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DREDIOCK · « **Reply #22 on:** November 22, 2006, 07:31:16 AM »

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Originally posted by cav58d
That was good, but the 91 NHL all star game still is the greatest sports national anthem in US History. If you havn't watched this video yet, I urge you to do so...I would have loved to have been there

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvpxVE_kQXg

Absolutely positively without question in full agreement with you.
It wouldn't even be a fair debate.

I remember seeing that the first time.
This time is only the second I've seen it since.

But when I think of great national anthems
This is the one that immediately comes to mind

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #23 on:** November 22, 2006, 07:32:35 AM »

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Originally posted by storch
lol the music is an english tavern song that lushes used to sing.

I know.
Thats one of the things I love about it:aok

Gunslinger · « **Reply #24 on:** November 22, 2006, 08:12:05 AM »

Beleive it or not, it is that version that plays at MOST movie theaters before the start of the movie at most military bases.

Hawklore · « **Reply #25 on:** November 22, 2006, 12:48:15 PM »

Those F16's just finished it off..

Halo · « **Reply #26 on:** November 22, 2006, 03:08:12 PM »

That's among the all-time classics, all right. I've heard some others that were great too but unfortunately don't remember where or when. Mostly that some were by unknowns with no accompaniment. Talk about confidence!

FiLtH · « **Reply #27 on:** November 22, 2006, 03:59:30 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_J1_NcDnPg

This is my favorite that Ive found on youtube. Some versions bring a tear to my eye, this is one of them.

WilldCrd · « **Reply #28 on:** November 22, 2006, 04:04:59 PM »

Ya'll notice the sea of American Flags? The patriotisim in the crowd.
times sure have changed:(

Irwink! · « **Reply #29 on:** November 22, 2006, 06:33:37 PM »

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Originally posted by culero
The only non-standard rendition of the Star Spangled Banner I've ever heard that I liked was Jimi Hendrix's.

That's gotta be the absolute all time WORST rendition I have ever heard, and I liked Hedrix otherwise. Everytime I hear it start on the radio I immediately turn it off.