Give me mandatory disco sing-a-longs or give me death.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 15:32 (three years ago) link
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 15:32 (twenty-one seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
'i feel love' can be yours, and 'left to my own devices' ours, and everyone wins
― imago, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 15:33 (three years ago) link
/remembers that Eric H is Canadian, not USAmerican
― imago, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 15:34 (three years ago) link
anyway, I already recorded the real national anthem:
Don't mean to embarrass you here but this is not actually an embed of 'Bring Out The Katz'
― nashwan, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 15:35 (three years ago) link
I'm Minne-Canadian.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 15:35 (three years ago) link
it's back on
― imago, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 15:36 (three years ago) link
why is there no option for "no anthems"
just to annoy everyone tbh
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 15:37 (three years ago) link
i'm annoyed
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 15:37 (three years ago) link
xxpost from the Minne-Can Republic
― Lady Antibody (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 15:37 (three years ago) link
"The Star-Spangled Banner" > "Lean On Me" musically speaking
the hideous hot take I was waiting for!
needs a guest verse IMO
― Lady Antibody (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 15:39 (three years ago) link
The Vajazzled Banner
― Well, that's a fine howdy adieu! (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:01 (three years ago) link
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.
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
if they just played the hendrix solo at every sporting event and no one sang: sure
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:06 (three years ago) link
yo Griff.... LIFT EV'RY VOICE!
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:08 (three years ago) link
half the stadium yelling OH, the other half yelling YES
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:15 (three years ago) link
currently discovering that i do support replacing the national anthem with "bring in the katz"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:16 (three years ago) link
This is truly an opportunity to bring the entire nation together
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:17 (three years ago) link
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
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:19 (three years ago) link
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.
― Blursday the Vagueteenth of Whenember (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:20 (three years ago) link
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?
― mozzy star (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:21 (three years ago) link
Neil Diamond's America
― Lady Antibody (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:22 (three years ago) link
Europe's "The Final Countdown"
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:26 (three years ago) link
Still, way too god-centric for irreligious me.
this is a major reason I like "Lean on Me"
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:28 (three years ago) link
The same could be said for "Dude Looks Like a Lady," of course
― Blursday the Vagueteenth of Whenember (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
100% OTM
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
star-spangled banner isn't a banger or anything, but i appreciate the anachronisms, SAT words, bizarre syntax, and quaint contractions.
― mozzy star (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
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.
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:31 (three years ago) link
I would vote for "Dude Looks Like A Lady", for president even
― Joey Corona (Euler), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:31 (three years ago) link
Imagine if before every football game, the crowd rose to their feet and gave a solemn rendition of "Goodies" by Ciara
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:33 (three years ago) link
they do this in atlanta already, iirc
― mozzy star (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:34 (three years ago) link
#actually the anthem should just be prince's solo on 'while my guitar gently weeps' at the 2004 r&rhof ceremony
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:34 (three years ago) link
the anthem should just be gentle weeping
― mozzy star (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
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.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:37 (three years ago) link
No, because I don't want "Lean on Me" being sullied by having to be the American National Anthem.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:41 (three years ago) link
^^that is a good reason!
meanwhile "songs that are easy to play are inferior", if that is indeed the take, baffles me
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:43 (three years ago) link
Acting like you aren't aware of the existence of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkgkThdzX-8
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:48 (three years ago) link
It's been pointed out that the normally sung lyrics are, grammatically, one really long question.
― Blursday the Vagueteenth of Whenember (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:49 (three years ago) link
this writer truly does not understand what an anthem is― imago, Wednesday, July 15, 2020 9:54 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
― 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.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:49 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cE6Pg2q3lI
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:50 (three years ago) link
in retrospect I should not have included an option that enables voters to make clear they hate america; stacks the deck
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:50 (three years ago) link
― jaymc, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:49 (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
i recanted that one p quickly, mea culpa
― imago, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:51 (three years ago) link
I humbly submit "Is That All There Is?" for consideration. Trump loves it iirc so it might even get some backing
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:52 (three years ago) link
Ok but... "What Is Love?" is also a question
― Blursday the Vagueteenth of Whenember (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:55 (three years ago) link
Hmm.... Deee-Lite or Haddaway? Or... MASHUP?????
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 17:02 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVgasCtUM4s
― trapped out the barndo (crüt), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 17:07 (three years ago) link
DJP: mashup, no question
― Blursday the Vagueteenth of Whenember (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 17:48 (three years ago) link
Altho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=w34vnz_LEX4&feature=emb_logo
― Blursday the Vagueteenth of Whenember (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
(never mind, it was Howard Jones fwiw)
― Blursday the Vagueteenth of Whenember (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 17:52 (three years ago) link
"No One is to Blame" does kinda feel like this country's national anthem rn
― Lady Antibody (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 17:53 (three years ago) link
Most EW&F songs would be great new national anthems.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Thursday, 30 December 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
otm
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 December 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
dying at the CPAC rendition upthread which I somehow missed. holy shit.
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Monday, 15 April 2024 14:46 (three days ago) link
It’s incredible
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Monday, 15 April 2024 15:51 (three days ago) link