[SOC] Empire State

[Bob Nielsen]

I supposed the next step will be to adopt a politically-correct
national anthem!

On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 11:09:33AM -0500, Rob Matherly wrote:
> Speaking of America the Beautiful, am I the only one that gets SERIOUSLY cheesed off
> when that gets sung before a sporting event in place of the national anthem?  "Here
> to sing the 'national anthem', some whiny anti-war nut job who doesn't like our real
> anthem because it's about a war and that's not something she agrees with so she's
> going to sing a song she thinks is better!"
> 
> Also, America the Beautiful will never become our national anthem... "God shed his
> grace on thee" is too *offensive* to another group of whiny nut jobs ;^)
> 
> 72/73/oo
> Rob, W?JRM
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ng3o <ng3o@earthlink.net>
> To: <soc@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 3:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [SOC] Empire State
> 
> 
> 
> > When I was in school (a long time ago), we sang this and "America the
> > Beautiful) probably as often as the Star Spangled Banner. It's probably
> > a bit more singable than the latter (the notes to that are way too high
> > unless one is a eunuch).  There have been occasional proposals to
> > replace it, but not many countries seem to make such changes (Canada
> > excepted).
> 
> The Star-Spangled Banner became the U.S. National Anthem by an Act of
> Congress in 1931. It is sung to the tune of an old British drinking song
> called "To Anacreon in Heaven." I remember once seeing Frank Sinatra try to
> sing it on live TV, but he was so drunk, he forgot the words. It's tough
> enough to sing even if you're not drunk.
> 
> Bill NG3O