The definition of an "anthem" is a song everyone sings together and we don't do that because the one we picked has too big a range for anyone who doesn't have professional training to sing comfortably and not sound like crap
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And it encourages the people we get who do have training to sing it to embroider it with all these flourishes and show off and shit It's just musically disastrous
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My one friend brings that up every Super Bowl lol. She’s right!
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Even better if it was replaced by Lets Groove by Earth Wind And Fire “All rise, and then get *down* for the National anthem.”
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Harry Truman once derided a song he didn't like (the Missouri Waltz - long story) by saying "It's almost as bad as the damn Star Spangled Banner"
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But Star Spangled Banner had rockets and bombs, so it's more in keeping with our theme.
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Bonus of being almost impossible to sign. On the other hand, it stands out at the Olympics
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I heard that it wasn’t chosen because it includes a specific reference to God. But yeah I totally agree
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It’s a lovely song, but I’m not thrilled about its overt religiosity or the way it leans into Manifest Destiny. “Across the wilderness! / America! America!” reinforces colonial propaganda that the Americas were empty for the taking.
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Basically we should replace the national anthem anyway.https://youtu.be/cOyVho1E4ZY
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