should "Lean On Me" replace "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the US national anthem?

I'm Minne-Canadian.

it's back on

why is there no option for "no anthems"

just to annoy everyone tbh

i'm annoyed

xxpost from the Minne-Can Republic

"The Star-Spangled Banner" > "Lean On Me" musically speaking

the hideous hot take I was waiting for!

needs a guest verse IMO

The Vajazzled Banner

None of the arguments in that piece seem like reasons to pick a song as the national anthem? I could understand preferring "Lift Every Voice", "God Bless America", or "This Land Is Your Land" but "Lean on Me" is political correctness gone mad. As a non-American, I voted to keep TSSB bc Hendrix.

if they just played the hendrix solo at every sporting event and no one sang: sure

Don't mean to embarrass you here but this is not actually an embed of 'Bring Out The Katz'

yo Griff.... LIFT EV'RY VOICE!

half the stadium yelling OH, the other half yelling YES

currently discovering that i do support replacing the national anthem with "bring in the katz"

This is truly an opportunity to bring the entire nation together

Also bc I <3 that every American has to sing a descending sixth and then go up to the raised subdominant in the third bar of their anthem xps

Lots of people stan for "America the Beautiful" and not without reason - way too religious for me but there is the germ of a good idea in it. It's more about what the nation can become than how allegedly awesome the nation currently is.

"Confirm thy soul in self-control; thy liberty in law" = like, we know there's still some good in you, so please start showing it. We like the representative democratic aspects of the constitution, but you need to get better at actually living up to those principles. "Crown thy good with brotherhood" = the good things about you ("the better angels of our natures," one might say) need to be backed by fostering and promoting moves toward ACTUAL real equality.

Still, way too god-centric for irreligious me. Ditto "God Bless America," obv.

I would be okay with Lift Every Voice and Sing but only if DJP's recording is the only authorized version, and all lesser musicians are prohibited from even attempting it.

national anthem should be yes's version of simon's 'america' and fans should be forced to sing steve howe's guitar solo. if they bum a note, they don't really love america, do they?

Neil Diamond's America

Europe's "The Final Countdown"

Still, way too god-centric for irreligious me.

this is a major reason I like "Lean on Me"

The same could be said for "Dude Looks Like a Lady," of course

Also bc I <3 that every American has to sing a descending sixth and then go up to the raised subdominant in the third bar of their anthem xps

100% OTM

star-spangled banner isn't a banger or anything, but i appreciate the anachronisms, SAT words, bizarre syntax, and quaint contractions.

I was just informed that Americans don't actually sing this song with a range of a 12th every morning in school and just recite some pledge instead. I no longer admire the American spirit in taking on this challenge. Now I just want your anthem to be "Don't Stop Believin'" or some shit.

I would vote for "Dude Looks Like A Lady", for president even

Imagine if before every football game, the crowd rose to their feet and gave a solemn rendition of "Goodies" by Ciara

they do this in atlanta already, iirc

#actually the anthem should just be prince's solo on 'while my guitar gently weeps' at the 2004 r&rhof ceremony

the anthem should just be gentle weeping

Also bc I <3 that every American has to sing a descending sixth and then go up to the raised subdominant in the third bar of their anthem xps

Thank you! Also, everyone who can hold their hand's shape in place for more than a few seconds can play the entirety of "Lean On Me" on the piano, which means it is not good and in fact bad.

No, because I don't want "Lean on Me" being sullied by having to be the American National Anthem.

^^that is a good reason!

meanwhile "songs that are easy to play are inferior", if that is indeed the take, baffles me

Acting like you aren't aware of the existence of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkgkThdzX-8

star-spangled banner isn't a banger or anything, but i appreciate the anachronisms, SAT words, bizarre syntax, and quaint contractions.

It's been pointed out that the normally sung lyrics are, grammatically, one really long question.

this writer truly does not understand what an anthem is

― imago, Wednesday, July 15, 2020 9:54 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

He's a guy who writes about music. You may have just seen him in your local bookshop/music paper/Private Eye.

It's been pointed out that the normally sung lyrics are, grammatically, one really long question.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cE6Pg2q3lI

in retrospect I should not have included an option that enables voters to make clear they hate america; stacks the deck

He's a guy who writes about music. You may have just seen him in your local bookshop/music paper/Private Eye.

― jaymc, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:49 (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

i recanted that one p quickly, mea culpa

It's been pointed out that the normally sung lyrics are, grammatically, one really long question.

I humbly submit "Is That All There Is?" for consideration. Trump loves it iirc so it might even get some backing

Ok but... "What Is Love?" is also a question

Hmm.... Deee-Lite or Haddaway? Or... MASHUP?????

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVgasCtUM4s

DJP: mashup, no question

Altho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=w34vnz_LEX4&feature=emb_logo

(never mind, it was Howard Jones fwiw)

"No One is to Blame" does kinda feel like this country's national anthem rn

coming from a country that doesn't really have a national anthem (Scotland) and living my life without having to ever hear an anthem regularly I really don't enjoy the mania for playing national anthems before sporting events in North America. although they're both fairly innocuous and middling as far as anthems go the one-two of o, Canada and the star spangled banner is quite loathsome.

I only like it if I'm running late to a sporting event as it lets me get to my seat before kickoff

echo the Club Nouveau 'loved it and thought it was the original when I was a kid' sentiment up thread.

folks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIOJdMdS56k