Nashville Bongo Drums anthem……. Worst ever???
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Machinehead
Bring Back Olli
Maybe deaf, but he wasn't tone deaf!One of the most famous classical composers was deaf.
The composer attributed to the music that is the current US anthem was John Stafford Smith, at least for the original melody that the current music is based on (a panel of five musicians took the melody and arranged it in its current form much later). The melody was the official anthem of the Anacreontic Society in the 18th century in London, the society being a "gentlemen's club" (no, not the modern definition of that) for people towards the high end of the social hierarchy. It's arguably not much more than a drinking song that they used after dinner in order to kick off the later portion of their monthly meetings that was meant to be light-hearted revelry.
You'd think that if any country would have a drinking song as their national anthem, it would be the Republic of Ireland.
It's a pretty hideous composition and doesn't capture the energy that most national anthems do imo.
I could certainly see drunk people coming up with that melody.
BagHead
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Oh no, it's not exactly what I'm used to! I must hate it!
It was honestly a neat take on an old song. It's not going to win an award, but it a nice novelty.
It was honestly a neat take on an old song. It's not going to win an award, but it a nice novelty.
You'd think that if any country would have a drinking song as their national anthem, it would be the Republic of Ireland.
...for a very short period of time in 2023 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, THIS was Canada's Secondary National Anthem:
Takeahnase
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I mean that was pretty bad, but not as bad as that one chick whose rendition was so bad she checked herself into drug rehab the next day. I think it was before this year’s home run derby or something.
I thought this Nashville guy was going to break into “Please allow me to introduce myself, I’m a man of wealth and taste…”
I thought this Nashville guy was going to break into “Please allow me to introduce myself, I’m a man of wealth and taste…”
ohheyhemsky
Regehr DooDoo
Yup, copy this - Agreed 100%.
This world is far too consumed with avoiding being "cringe" these days, and anything different is shat on immediately.
It was a funky choice, and the guy did an alright job with his choice. No harm done.
triggrman
Where is Hipcheck85
triggrman
Where is Hipcheck85
He's a SSgt during Military Appreciation week, not a paid professional artist, so yeah, totally agreeing here.
...as a Vet, I'm torn here...I know it's an "Old School" way to think, but I don't want my National Anthem messed with; just sing it as it was originally intended...
jetsforever
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triggrman
Where is Hipcheck85
As a citizen, I'm like listen, he's signed up to fight for me, if this is what he needs as a release, have at it.
ohheyhemsky
Regehr DooDoo
Originally intended would imply the original version in 1813. I'm going to wager that you've been fine with other renditions of the anthem since then?
Whitney Houston's rendition is fairly straight forward and widely regarded as the best public rendition of the anthem, there's Chris Stapleton from the Super Bowl recently that had a lot of praise, Huey Lewis doing the acapella version for the MLB, etc.
It's been done differently throughout history, with artists taking liberties of every genre and fashion, be it from a straight forward rendition to bongos.
In the end, if any anthem is done honestly with true and sincere effort, isn't that what matters? Or is it a prerequisite for someone to press the play button on a backing track each time?
That last sentence comes off aggressively, but not my intention. Just that, the guy did his version without harm, and did better keeping it to the original song than a lot of others out there, so really, does it matter?
It's interesting to try to define what the "original" version of it is since in the 19th century there were many different versions of it floating around. I'm going to guess that your year of 1813 is you off by a year. The earliest surviving sheet music of Francis Scott Key's poem being set to music is from 1814. However, as I mentioned earlier in the thread, the melody it's set to is from even earlier than that - John Stafford Smith's melody from 1773. The current "official" version, also I also mentioned earlier, is an arrangement by five musicians dating to 1917.
I'm a bit of a nerd about these things, since I'm a classically-trained musician who also sings. Wouldn't call my singing good, and I have no formal training in it, but it's good enough to have been a member in several choirs over the years.
ohheyhemsky
Regehr DooDoo
Fantastic breakdown, thank you for this! Apologies for the incorrect date in my last post as well.
...as I said, I'm torn here...I like the creative freedom of expression...I just have a few spots where I'm VERY Old School; Hockey Fights and Anthems are two...
I'm only uppity about anthems because they're music, and music is my sphere from being a musician. I'm known to heavily criticize arrangements of a piece of music that already exists, when most people probably wouldn't even care.
Nemesis Prime
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Yes it is, but at the same time absolutely no one in the crowd paid to see this guy bang on some drums.
Well, 'Muricans are Pejorative Slured so why should this be any different.
CarolinaBlueJacket
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Do you think there is a National Anthem discussion board somewhere that discusses how bad the hockey was after the National Anthem?
JianYang
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Bart did a better job singing happy birthday to Lisa when he met white Michael Jackson.
I can't help it, but when I read "bongo" I automatically remeber NHL's most talented Bongo-Player in history, Alexander Semin:
Jesus, I'm getting old
Jesus, I'm getting old
...no, it isn't...to some of us, it's a projection of Pride & Honour in our Nations...it's what we swore on our lives to protect...again, that might be too "Old School" for some to understand, but it's part of who some of us are...
Double-Shift Lasse
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I prefer a more... direct rendition as well, if we're going to have it at all before every sports thing, which I don't think we should but whatever.
That said, the "original format" of the music is an English drinking song.
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