Singer substitutes 'black national anthem' for 'Star-Spangled Banner'

[moot]

The next time I'm invited to sing a national anthem at a State of the City address, I'll sing it on a wobbly vinyl record and then say I didn't mean any harm - I had merely wept on and showered with the record the day before, in a moment of patriotism. 

[indy007]

while the anthem has been "interpreted" in many ways when it has been performed..  the meaning was always the same.

I do believe that those negros who wish to have their own anthem should have it tho..  I also believe that they should have their own country to go along with it.   Lincoln had the right idea.

lazs

Liberia.

[slipknot]

I suggest none of you guys ever invite her to sing the national anthem. That'll show her.

If you were invited to give a speech about American History and you ended up talking about the black man's ongoing battle with 'the man', don't you think your audience would have grounds for disapproval?

Of course not. Because the only topic that is relevant to anybody in this country is how the blacks were and are marginalized, and how the nation, both past and present, owes them respect that they are mysteriously not getting.

Get the hell over it and move move forward, or history will get over you and leave you behind.

[ZetaNine]

If you were invited to give a speech about American History and you ended up talking about the black man's ongoing battle with 'the man', don't you think your audience would have grounds for disapproval?

Of course not. Because the only topic that is relevant to anybody in this country is how the blacks were and are marginalized, and how the nation, both past and present, owes them respect that they are mysteriously not getting.

Get the hell over it and move move forward, or history will get over you and leave you behind.

what specifics do you suggest that non-black americans do to remedy this?

I'll wait here.....

[slipknot]

what specifics do you suggest that non-black americans do to remedy this?

I'll wait here.....

End affirmative action to start.

When the socialists elect Obama in a couple months, the next big step will occur naturally, as an entire chapter in the book of 'things to whine about' will be over and done with.

[ZetaNine]

End affirmative action to start.

When the socialists elect Obama in a couple months, the next big step will occur naturally, as an entire chapter in the book of 'things to whine about' will be over and done with.

I wasn't being serious........but yeah...affirmative action is a discrace...as is lowering the bell curve for test scores to accommodate.

[ZetaNine]

"she sometimes feels like a foreigner in the USA"

I wonder if she'll go to work on the 4th of July..........someone should follow her with a camera...if she doesn't........she's full of ****

[CAP1]

"she sometimes feels like a foreigner in the USA"

I wonder if she'll go to work on the 4th of July..........someone should follow her with a camera...if she doesn't........she's full of ****

all that keeps going through my head is the ""what if"".

 what if the races in this story were reversed? i be there'd already be talk of lawsuits.

mannn i wish i had more diagnostic work today to keep my mind off of this..............

[DREDIOCK]

Jose Feliciano at the 68 world series, Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock, Marvin Gaye's funk version at the NBA finals ... performers have been interpreting the song for a long time, as with any song. Who is to say what's the "right" way to perform it. Afterall, it was written as a poem and only later fitted to a melody, an old British drinking song.

Not exactly the most panty-bunching thing I've ever heard but hey, they're your panties.

Taking a song and "Making it your own" is one thing.

Completely changing the words is entirely another story

The Star Spangled Banner is currently our National Anthem.

If your an invited singer. and your supposed to sing the National Anthem. Then thats that you should sing.

If your putting on your own show.
Then you sing whatever the hell you want

[indy007]

People are blowing this out of proportion.

You hire somebody to sing a song, and they sing a different one, then you don't pay them.

Next time, you hire somebody else to do it.

Doesn't matter if it's the National Anthem or Happy Birthday. The free-market corrects itself in a hurry.

[DREDIOCK]

I look forward to the day that ALL Americans can focus on being American first and black, hispanic, asian, white, republican, democrat...whatever.....a distant second.

I'd say its far more likely that you will see people focus on being American first and their (whatever race) second.


Then it is  you will see a Republican or Democrat be American first and partymember second.

You may occasionally see it. Like the day and the day after the USA is attacked.
But within 48 hours they will always go back to being their party first and American second.

After that is "How can we spin this tragedy to make our party look good and the other party look bad?"

[texasmom]

This doesn't really have anything to do with race... or with the replacement song being the national black anthem...

The crux of the deal is that she was an invited guest... asked to sing the national anthem... and instead sung whatever she wanted (regardless of which song it was... and regardless of the color of her skin).

Flakes come in all colors, not just this one black gal.

[lazs2]

yes.. Liberia was what I had in mind.. the "black national anthem" would be perfect for there.

lazs

[Holden McGroin]

I thought it sucked when Steven Tyler sang, "and the home of the Indianapolis 500", even more than because he can't sing very well.

I would never invite him to sing the National Anthem again.

[Slash27]

This doesn't really have anything to do with race... or with the replacement song being the national black anthem...

The crux of the deal is that she was an invited guest... asked to sing the national anthem... and instead sung whatever she wanted (regardless of which song it was... and regardless of the color of her skin).

Flakes come in all colors, not just this one black gal.