national anthem
Did anyone just hear Franklin's rendition of our National Anthem?? [:(!]
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Could have the NFL network with the help of to Motown princesses have screw up the one song that I don't like to see modified any worse? 0 -
Old video but still cool.
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Just wondering how many have seen it in it's entirety? Also wonder what happened to the push to replace it? Haven't heard much about that lately.....[:)][:)]
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Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' 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 mists 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: O, 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 wash'd out their foul footsteps' 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.
O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,
Between their lov'd 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 preserv'd us as a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause 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!0 -
Went to a motorcycle hillclimb Sunday. During the National Anthem, the singer paused at certain points, and fireworks were set off. This was very dramatic with the flash booms.
Anytime I hear the National Anthem live I tend to choke up a little. I always look at the crowd, and 99.999% of the crowd is respectful & quiet. I aoways think to myself that across this great nation, everyday, hundreds of thousands of Americans listen to this tribute.
No way any foreign nation or "force" is EVER going to land on these shores and push us around. NO WAY.
I am proud to be an American. I am not always proud of what we do, or how we act, but I am always proud to live under this flag.0 -
Was I the only one that was wholly unimpressed by the National Anthem performance at the Super Bowl? I had been previously unaware that it required additional lyrics. 0 -
That was awful. She was a looker but COULD NOT sing. 0 -
I was singing and playing my guitar at a joint tonight when a lady asked me to sing the anthem if I could. Well the national anthem is one of the hardest songs to sing because of the range required and the emotion that must be conveyed. Be that as it may it is one of the songs I sing everyday to keep the pipes in shape. I tell this as the honest to God truth, Pavoratti ain't got nothing on me. I can belt it out with the best of them. The place I was playing was on a lake and when I finished you could hear from around the shore the applause of all of the people from around the lakeshore. Made me proud to be an American. Very proud. 
Big Daddy my heros have always been cowboys,they still are it seems0 -
pro bowl yesterday ...info says that it was sung by ssgt Richard Vasquez of the AF band of the Pacific...straight forward with respect and a super job ....THANKS...and always wondered how fly over is co-ordinated to the perfect moment 0 -
just read where the NFL and Pittsburgh steelers did not play or sing the national anthem due to a storm delay . they figured that they could get the game over two minutes earlier. that really sucks[:(!][:(!][:(!] 0 -
I just heard the worst rendition of our natinal anthem ever. Kelly Clarkson and some guy I never heard of,prior to the start of the Indy 500 these 2 clowns made up their own tune for the Star Spangled Banner.It was so bad I had to write it down somewhere.Then the great Jim Nabors sang "Back Home Again in Indiana" and was great as always. I realize The Star Spangled Banner is a tough song to sing but I'm sure they can find somebody that can sing it.Maybe Jim Nabors??????????????? 0 -
Listen to this - absolutely great!!!
This is from the Texas Tech-vs-University of Texas basketball game. (The group is called the "Cactus Cuties")
This is the way the national anthem should be sung!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKCVS57j2840 -
Dedicate this version to _____________: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gItsdEMCDQIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRLh55L9Ls4&feature=related0 -
One of the best I've heard by a rock band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iADXhG5MUj8
Not much in the way of "lookit me!" but it jams to the bone, nevertheless.0 -
I'm no fan, but Lady Gaga gave the best performance I have ever seen. Better than Whitney Houston's even. I'm very impressed.
And my Blue Angels did the flyover! GO NAVY!!! [:D]0 -
Maybe the band got waterlogged? 0 -
They didn't want to rig up the sound equipment and microphone for the anthem so they went straight to the coin toss (with the referee carrying a microphone I bet) 0 -
Making a deal with the NFL for a song
By Mike Klis
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 12/01/2007 12:27:16 AM MST
The NFL and the Pittsburgh Steelers decided to start their Monday Night Football game without the National Anthem. Bad enough football has taken away all our free time in the fall and early winter. Now, it's going to take away our patriotism?
This time, it seemed like the NFL had gone too far. The game between the hometown Steelers and hapless Miami Dolphins was delayed roughly 25 minutes because of horrendous weather. Understood. The rain drove with the intensity of a hurricane residue. There were frightening lightning strikes, a strong wind, a swampland for a Heinz Field playing surface.
Everyone ran for cover, from the fans in the stands to the players on the field.
But the Star-Spangled Banner was written with bombs bursting in air. Nothing's tougher than the National Anthem.
The NFL hardly seemed worthy of its red, white and blue insignia colors by canceling America's most honorable song so the show could on two minutes less late.
Afterward, Steelers president Art Rooney II apologized. He was involved in the decision not to play the National Anthem in large part because the stands were empty.
Imagine if the Florida Marlins followed this logic.
To its credit, the NFL came to regret the decision made by league officials who were attending the game. Maybe, you had to be there. But the league has all but said the only way the National Anthem won't be played again is if the game is canceled, too.
"We didn't anticipate not having the National Anthem on Monday," said NFL spokesman Greg Aiello. "It was a decision made based on extreme weather conditions. We don't support the decision. But it was a decision made under extremely difficult circumstances. We don't anticipate this happening again."
Good enough for me. The knee has stopped jerking. Initially, I wanted to rail on about how the league had desecrated America by silencing our most traditional song. Pat Tillman died trying to defend our country, yet the league allows stormy weather to stop the Anthem?
I wanted to blame TV. No matter that Tony Kornheiser or any other ESPN official was not consulted in the decision to pull the amplifier plugs on singer Vince Neil. Everyone knows TV is behind everything in sports.
The next day, I waited for the moral outrage. Surely, bypassing the National Anthem would become the searing topic on radio talk shows across our beloved land. Newspapers were certain to represent the fourth estate by filling its editorial pages with the sad commentary of what our nation has become. Bloggers capable of feeling vitriol toward Mary Poppins would have an incident worthy of their contempt.
Instead, barely a word. The Associated Press sent along a straight, well-reported story covering all the pertinent facts. Strangely, Americans seemingly bought the explanations.
I was beginning to resent the lack of resentment, when it occurred to ask myself what the National Anthem meant to me.
Indignation was quickly drenched in shame. All those years of covering sports - one baseball season of Cactus League, regular season and postseason games can leave a guy hearing more than 200 National Anthems a year - had left me jaded.
It got to the point where us press-box wags would roll our eyes at National Anthem singers who would turn their 90 seconds of fame into three minutes. For night games when deadline demands a pregame notebook, there have been times when I would stop typing only to look up and realize "Oh, say can you see " had been sung without me.
I'm a proud American, all right. So rather than denounce the NFL, I have decided to offer it a deal: If the league promises to never again skip the National Anthem, I'll promise to stop typing before the first note is played.
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no national anthem....no game ...is America so lazy now that we cannot uphold tradition through a minor adversity??????????????????????? 0 -
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