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Well, long before this, I've heard AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL sang in place of the Star Spangled Banner in major sports events.
1 posted on 06/25/2020 7:56:18 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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[[[is the Star Spangled Banner too problematic]]]

Liberals are too problematic.


92 posted on 06/26/2020 5:27:19 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
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Let’s face WHAT? The fact that our country is being torn down around us? That the foundation of this country is being redefined as evil and oppressive? That it is now a crime to defend one’s identity as traceable back to Europe/the UK?

The left is currently destroying all the familiar symbols of this country, and it is for a definite purpose: to condition us for what they really want to do: transform this country into a non-White redistributionist nightmare.


93 posted on 06/26/2020 5:44:49 AM PDT by I want the USA back (THERE ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE A DEBATE TRUMP VS BIDEN! It will be the best show ever!)
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Let’s Face It, It’s Time To Cancel The Star Spangled Banner

Let’s Face It, It’s Time To Cancel The Star Spangled Banner Yahoo!

95 posted on 06/26/2020 5:55:18 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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Lets face it. It’s time to cancel Yahoo.


98 posted on 06/26/2020 1:39:49 PM PDT by Bookshelf
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I am a hockey fan, and I will have to admit that from a musical perspective the Canadian National anthem is much more melodic. It even sounds better in French.

Of course, that’s not the point. The idea is to tear down America and rebuild it in the model of Venezuela. Or in Bernie Sanders wet Dreams, Norway or Sweden.

Ironic, since they are a completely white small community who have the same cultural heritage.

Socialism does work. In a small environment. A family. A sports team.


99 posted on 06/26/2020 2:57:13 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084 (I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer to drink a bunch of them. Stay thirsty my FRiends)
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If it’s replaced, it should be replaced by something about as old....”Chester”, an American national air from the Revolution.

It focuses too much on New England, but the lyrics could be altered and the name to be much more fulfilling.

It is GREAT both for solemn reverential arrangement AND quick march.


102 posted on 06/27/2020 8:50:06 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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Few of the people always scrambling to change and divide the USA actually represent the values of our Christian nation of old. We need to understand that an organized few can hijack an America of many millions.

Not long ago we had a nation with some stability and cohesiveness. We had that divided but not by the many but by the few. We need to wake-up before we have nothing or worse, and then work towards understanding and implementing a solution of major push back by the masses. There is commonality but a dangerous lack of common sense or ethics in the left.


109 posted on 06/27/2020 4:49:21 PM PDT by apoliticalone (SOCIAL JUSTICE is as much about justice as PATRIOT ACT is about patriotism.)
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" I've heard AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL sang in place of the Star Spangled Banner in major sports events."

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL works for me. You should hear the version by Ray Charles and the recent rock version by Madison Rising. Of course, there are many others who are known for their versions.

"The band [Madison Rising] describes themselves as being "constitutional" and "America's most patriotic rock band"—having frequently invoked themes of conservatism in their lyrics, and having conducted initiatives in support of first responders and the United States Armed Forces."

You should also hear their version of Star Spangled Banner. I have both songs on the intro to one of my music thumb drives. They do both great respect even if not a rock fan. I listen to their versions all the time and still get choked up.

111 posted on 06/28/2020 2:40:32 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Also LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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"“The Star-Spangled Banner” is notoriously unsingable. A professor of music, Caldwell Titcomb of Brandeis, pointed out years ago in the New Republic that its melody spans nearly two octaves, when most people are good for one octave, max. The first eight lines are one enormous sentence with subordinate clauses, leaving no really good place to take a breath. There are far too many mandatory leaps off the high board"

I'm no music professor nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn, but the above is a load of crap. Yeah, so it modulates to a higher key. There are countless renditions that are spot on since I first heard it as a kid. That is a lame excuse for changing our National Anthem. Plus, he says, "its melody spans nearly two octaves, when MOST people are good for one octave." Sheesh, even Roy Orbison could hit two octaves.

Another BS excuse, "no really good place to take a breath."

Billshit, billshit, billshit. Has this guy ever listened to opera?

Since there is a problem with the third verse - just change some lyrics.

112 posted on 06/28/2020 3:26:43 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Also LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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I have thought that America the Beautiful should be the national anthem for many years. It is simply a better song


114 posted on 06/29/2020 7:18:03 PM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no justice until The PIAPS is legally executed)
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