Lip-synced by the singer who pretends they're singing the Anthem.Īt Boston's Fenway Park it's standard practice. It's why many ball parks and other venues have pre-recorded the song, which is Or how about just simply forgetting the words as many performers have done? At the Super BowlXLV played in Texas on Februpop singer Christina Aguilera sang the wrong lyrics replacing the song's 4th line with an alteration of the 2nd line. Some of this nation's most popular singers performing the song have either left out one of the lines or repeated the same line out of sequence. Okay, you're telling me you want a for instance? Game, it's no secret that the Anthem we have is- are you hearing me on this?. Of public sports events in this country, including before every baseball However you slice it, the song's 12-note span is a stretch for most singers,Įven though "The Star-Spangled Banner" is played at the beginning
You heard me right, friends, the words written by Key are singable, barely. Sing the Anthem without making a fool of themselves. Not really.other than few people can actually Maybe whoever said 'the mills of the gods I will not send you to the back of the classroom if you ask why it tookġ17 years to get ourselves an Anthem. When it was signed into law by President Herbert Hoover to make it It took from 1814 when Key wrote the poem until 1931 Key wrote his poem based on what he saw, it was set to musicĪnd eventually became America's National Anthem.īut hold on. Key saw the American flag atop the Fort's ramparts signaling that the The attack lasted 25 hours but when the smoke cleared, Key witnessed the "rockets red glare" and the "bombs bursting in air"Īs British frigates aimed their gunpowder at American forcesĭefending the Fort. The scene: British ships bombarding Fort McHenry in Chesapeake Bay. Wrote a poem that stirred our spirits based on what he saw during theīattle of Baltimore on the night of September 13, 1814. Getting rid of The Star-Spangled Banner may sound like treason instead of reason.īut hear me out first, friends, before you have a Stage10 Panic Attack!įrancis Scott Key may have been an amateur poet.but he Why We Should Deep-Six "The Star-Spangled Banner" As Our National Anthem By Don Vitale
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