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TUSooner
3/1/2010, 09:14 AM
At least they have a national anthem that everybody can sing and that everybody doesn't mind singing. And it's really not a bad song, although I heard it more than enough in the last 2+ weeks.

I got nothin against the Star Spangled Banner, but it's not real easy to sing. I've often thought America the Beautiful or God Bless America would be a better national anthem for us, but "land of the free and home of the brave" is pretty hard to part with.
sooneron
3/1/2010, 09:22 AM
And it's really not a bad song, although I heard it more than enough in the last 2+ weeks.



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OKLA21FAN
3/1/2010, 09:25 AM
At least they have a national anthem that everybody can sing and that everybody doesn't mind singing. And it's really not a bad song, although I heard it more than enough in the last 2+ weeks.

I got nothin against the Star Spangled Banner, but it's not real easy to sing. I've often thought America the Beautiful or God Bless America would be a better national anthem for us, but "land of the free and home of the SOONERS!" is pretty hard to part with.


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TUSooner
3/1/2010, 09:27 AM
...but "land of the free and home of the SOONERS!" is pretty hard to part with.

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Damn you!!!

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Okla-homey
3/1/2010, 11:34 AM
At least they have a national anthem that everybody can sing and that everybody doesn't mind singing. And it's really not a bad song, although I heard it more than enough in the last 2+ weeks.

I got nothin against the Star Spangled Banner, but it's not real easy to sing. I've often thought America the Beautiful or God Bless America would be a better national anthem for us, but "land of the free and home of the brave" is pretty hard to part with.

Nothing wrong with "The Star-Spangled Banner," especially since its lyric was lifted from a bawdy c.1778 English drinking song (Google "To Anacreon in Heaven".) Moreover, it can more easily be sung if set in a lower key, as advocated and demonstrated by Garrison Keillor.

Hear "To Anacreon in Heaven" sung:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9lYC0lBfkA
47straight
3/1/2010, 11:56 AM
I'll admit that their anthem is better than their safety precautions or their referee'ing of short track speed skating.

But that's about it. Screw em.
TUSooner
3/1/2010, 12:41 PM
Nothing wrong with "The Star-Spangled Banner," especially since its lyric was lifted from a bawdy c.1778 English drinking song (Google "To Anacreon in Heaven".) Moreover, it can more easily be sung if set in a lower key, as advocated and demonstrated by Garrison Keillor.

Hear "To Anacreon in Heaven" sung:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9lYC0lBfkA

This is true about the lower key. And, as i havbe said before, you gotta keep it moving: Slow crooners of the SSB need shootin'! Nice rendition of "To Anacreon" as well. :D