+Dave 2,322 Posted October 30, 2014 She belts the hell out of it. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+daddyairplanes 10,257 Posted October 30, 2014 amazing what you can do when its not all about yourself...................... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Do335 382 Posted October 30, 2014 not an American but i think it's pretty darn good... (altho can't beat deer hunter:D) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted October 30, 2014 I wish THAT were our Nat'l anthem. That or America the Beautiful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Dave 2,322 Posted October 30, 2014 No I love our national anthem when its played like this... Now that's how its done! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted October 31, 2014 Well, EVERYTHING is better with a full orchestra and choir! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capitaine Vengeur 263 Posted November 1, 2014 Well, EVERYTHING is better with a full orchestra and choir! Not always. Our French Marseillaise is a Revolutionary anthem, and I have always found it more significant when chanted disharmoniously by a defiant angry and hungry mob, rather than played in a pompous and starched way by a bourgeois orchestra. About "God bless America" as an anthem, it would sound like the Canadian neighbour's one, something peaceful yet proud. But some nations have to live with the fact that they have been born in the blood of those who fought and died for or against their independence. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted November 3, 2014 It's not about the lyrics, it's about the music. The man was a poet, not a songwriter, and the words are excellent while the music matched to it never did anything for me. It might be the constant climbing and descending of the octaves, I'm not sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
