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MGS 75thMEU	OMG!!!! National Anthem at Nationwide race	Lead	[-]
Posts: 850 (06/14/08 07:45 PM) Home Racing Guru! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None Did anybody else hear those people sing it for the opening of tonight's Nationwide race? It had to be the Worst I've heard since Jose Feliciano sang it for the World Series in 68 when I was in another country. Jose', I think was the 1st that changed the traditional tune, I've learned to live with people changing the tune, A LITTLE. These people didn't have a tune! LOL. I think they might have been into some of the Old No7 or something. Let me change that, they did have a tune...tunes, they each had a tune of their own. Yup, 10 or 12 different tunes all at once!!!! My Slot Car Site Last Edited By: MGS 75thMEU 06/14/08 07:51 PM. Edited 1 time.
bigmike312		#1	[-]
Posts: 1079 (06/14/08 07:59 PM) Home Racing Guru! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I'm glad I didn't hear it. Nothing makes me any madder than someone singing the National Anthem any way other than the way it was written. I would love to hear the crowd at a Nascar race or any other professional sporting event "boo" the singers for singing it the way they want to sing it. I'm sure that you wouldn't hear singers in other countries singing their national anthem any way other than the way it is supposed to be performed. So why do American performers think they can take liberties with OUR National Anthem and why do we, as Americans, put up with it? I'll get off my soapbox now. Big Mike Never argue with a fool, they'll drag you down to their level then beat you with experience.
ElSecundo		#2	[-]
Posts: 6102 (06/15/08 02:26 AM) Home Racing Guru! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	One of these days I hope it comes out that Francis Scott Key wrote it with the kazoo in mind... Guys, it was written based on an old British drinking song. The way it was intended to be sung was while drunk in a pub. I didn't hear it, but I'm sure it sucked big-time. But all singers have the right to butcher a tune, and throw their careers in the toilet in the process. All music is open to interpretation. I would think it's especially true in the 'Land of the Free'. Less devotion to symbols and more devotion to national principles (as embodied in the US Constitution) would do us a lot of good. In the meantime, we should probably accept the fact that singers in the US of A are free to completely suck. It's an American mindset to take something that's perfectly good the way it is and to change it. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it just blows. I'll tell ya...fellas......you're gonna want more cowbell! Rock legend Bruce Dickinson
Robert Livingston		#3	[-]
Posts: 252 (06/15/08 03:56 AM) Home Racing Guru! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	That is so true! I think it's the American Idol influence. Too much style, very little substance. I love the USA, but when we screw up, it can be really bigtime!
blueaxe	OMG!!!! National Anthem at Nationwide race	#4	[-]
Posts: 1015 (06/16/08 11:05 AM) Home Racing Guru! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Music, like all artforms are completely subjective. One man's junk is another man's gold. There is no copyright on how a song, (any song) is performed, if that were the case, performing somebody's tune other than the way it was written could get you in hot water. (recording another's tune w/out permission is a whole 'nother can o' woims) There is also the Bill of Rights to consider; "I may not agree with what you say, but I'll kill and die defending your right to say it". Freedom of Speech was written with just such situations in mind. ...............................Blueaxe You only let off the gas to keep the wheels from spinning... Timing is Everything
MGS 75thMEU		#5	[-]
Posts: 855 (06/16/08 11:23 AM) Home Racing Guru! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	This had nothing to do with the way they they chose to sing it...it had to do with the fact that not 1 of them could carry a tune in a suitcase! Harmonize? LMAO!!!! They downright sucked!!!! That guy that sings that song in the street for the stop smoking commericial could do better........ My Slot Car Site
super8mm		#6	[-]
Posts: 1894 (06/16/08 06:16 PM) Home Racing Guru! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Am I the only one that can't quite get over Jim Nabors singing at the Indy 500? I keep wanting to hear him say, "Well golly Andy, I guess I could try and sing that song..." and then belt out "Back Home in Indiana" - but that's just me... (FYI - for you younguns, Jim played Gomer Pyle on the Andy Griffith Show back in the day when NASCAR still had a STOCK CAR on the track.) My Wood Track Pictorial
ElSecundo		#7	[-]
Posts: 6106 (06/18/08 08:14 AM) Home Racing Guru! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	super8mm wrote: Am I the only one that can't quite get over Jim Nabors singing at the Indy 500? I keep wanting to hear him say, "Well golly Andy, I guess I could try and sing that song..." and then belt out "Back Home in Indiana" - but that's just me... (FYI - for you younguns, Jim played Gomer Pyle on the Andy Griffith Show back in the day when NASCAR still had a STOCK CAR on the track.) I almost got over it this year, after about my 10th trip to the 500. I still cringe and twitch uncontrollably when Florence Henderson sings, but I can lessen the effects by distracting myself with pinpricks and mild electric shocks. I'll tell ya...fellas......you're gonna want more cowbell! Rock legend Bruce Dickinson
super8mm		#8	[-]
Posts: 1897 (06/18/08 07:28 PM) Home Racing Guru! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I forgot about her...ahh, the multi-talented stars of yesteryear...where have they all gone... My Wood Track Pictorial
ElSecundo		#9	[-]
Posts: 6110 (06/18/08 10:55 PM) Home Racing Guru! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	super8mm wrote: ...ahh, the multi-talented stars of yesteryear...where have they all gone... Apparently to Indianapolis, where they've stuck like bugs on a windshield for the last 25 years or more. I'll tell ya...fellas......you're gonna want more cowbell! Rock legend Bruce Dickinson
Cjent		#10	[-]
Posts: 5772 (06/19/08 05:50 AM) Home Racing Guru! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I have heard the National Anthem butchered melodically many times. It still is an American singing it. I still stand and salute. I still get a little chocked up. I hope that we can still have the opportunity to witness/participate in this ceremony in times to come. Cjent "Speed Thrills"
tomtheom		#11	[-]
Posts: 128 (06/19/08 04:01 PM) Home Racing Forum Veteran Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	super8mm wrote: I forgot about her...ahh, the multi-talented stars of yesteryear...where have they all gone... Here's another one...Ruth Buzzi (!) also usually shows up at the 500 every year, although I don't think she takes part in any sort of annual ritual. Maybe she's trying to make some time with James Garner... Tom the om

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