[simpson96]

I recall the rendition of the Anthem that way played at Olympics 20-30 years ago was very different. It started off with a military style drumroll. It was very strong, upbeat, and stirring. It made your heart swell with pride.

This 2016 version is the very opposite. Someone at the US Olympic Committee sent this version to Rio to be the one played whenever the US won a gold medal. And that someone chose this version for a reason. I would be interested to know who that was, and to hear an explanation as to why they chose it.

[Carriage Hill]

The way it should be played, w/ drumroll:

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

[TEXOKIE]

I agree. And I bet the one(s) who chose it did not think we would notice and see (hear) through it. Very ham-fisted, aren’t they? We hear. We see. We take note.