Posted on 04/28/2006 6:52:16 AM PDT by Racehorse
Can "The Star-Spangled Banner," and the republic for which it stands, survive? Outrage over what's being called "The Illegal Alien Anthem" is already building in the blogosphere and among conservative commentators.
Timed to debut the week Congress returned to debate immigration reform, with the country riven by the issue, "Nuestro Himno" is intended to be an anthem of solidarity for the movement that has drawn hundreds of thousands of people to march peacefully for immigrant rights in Washington and cities across the country, says Adam Kidron, president of Urban Box Office, the New York-based entertainment company that launched the project.
"It's the one thing everybody has in common, the aspiration to have a relationship with the United States . . . and also to express gratitude and patriotism to the United States for providing the opportunity," says Kidron.
The song was being prepared for e-mailing as MP3 packages to scores of Latino radio stations and other media last night, and Kidron was calling for stations to play the song simultaneously at 7 Eastern time this evening.
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Even some movement supporters are puzzled by the use of Spanish.
"Even our Spanish media are saying, 'Why are we doing this, what are you trying to do?' " said Pedro Biaggi, the morning host with El Zol (99.1 FM), the most popular Hispanic radio station in the Washington area. "It's not for us to be going around singing the national anthem in Spanish. . . . We don't want to impose, we don't own the place. . . . We want to be accepted."
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When I heard about this yesterday my blood pressure jumped 30 points.....
Ha! You know, if they'd rallied in the streets carrying signs that said, "Thank You America!" and "May We Please Stay?" I'd still be for sending them home, but I wouldn't be so demnably angry about it.
I forgot to mention it was written by a Brit!
I heard something on Fox (came into the room just in time to catch the tail-end of the report) that seemed to indicate they'd added some verse of their own? Is that right?
For you and every other real American out there.
>>"Even our Spanish media are saying, 'Why are we doing this, what are you trying to do?' " said Pedro Biaggi, the morning host with El Zol (99.1 FM), the most popular Hispanic radio station in the Washington area. "It's not for us to be going around singing the national anthem in Spanish. . . . We don't want to impose, we don't own the place. . . . We want to be accepted."<<
This man may not want to take over, but many do.
I better get going on Spanish lessons for my kids.
Dora the Explorer isn't gonna cut it anymore.
'68 World Series - Jose Feliciano
I heard this "anthem" on the Laura Ingram show this morning. Call me silly, but I always thought an anthem was supposed to be structured such that it could be sung by a large group of people. For starters, a simple, instantly-recognizable melody might help. Might want to leave out the breathy, porn-movie vocals, too.
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
Oh yeah, saying that the white man stole their land is really expressing gratitute and patriotism.
Yeah, something about the "bombs bursting in air" was changed because it was not PC - I'm so angry, I can't even stand it!
It will be a cold day in Hades before I give in to them by speaking Spanish instead of English.
We don't want to impose, we don't own the place.
freep this poll!!!!
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And he said that was ok, since the melody is based on an old British drinking song.
People in this country better wake up. We're right on the very edge of letting Mexico take over, without so much as a shot fired (on our side--they seem to be firing plenty, at our border patrols).
When Americans get angry, good things happen.
Songs are poetry put to music. Poetry cannot be translated to another language with out it becoming an completely different poem.
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