Thursday, August 28, 2008
Torturing "America the Beautiful"
Who signed off on Michael MacDonald's horrendous arrangement of "America the Beautiful" in the middle of the DNC? This is a setback for the Democrats; nobody wants to hear our few sacrosanct national hymns, including this one, sung any way other than straight and true, the way we were all taught in school. It is always a bad idea to art up the patriotism, especially when your own bona fides are your opponent's constant theme.
4 Comments:
By 
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Thu Aug 28, 09:25:00 PM:
Do you remember Ray Charles version of "America the Beautiful" sung at the 1984 Republican convention? They still play it every July 4th and people never get tired of it.
On this one, I have to disagree.
By 
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Thu Aug 28, 09:33:00 PM:
Greetings:
And who picked that rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" that was played at the Olympics? Chairman Mao's gay brother?
Dammit, it's an ANTHEM.
By TigerHawk, at
Thu Aug 28, 09:34:00 PM:
Ray Charles has a certain license that Michael MacDonald does not.
By , at
Thu Aug 28, 11:55:00 PM:
Marvin Gaye singing the national anthem at the NBA All-Star Game. It is on youtube
