Rules were meant to be broken

Oh the land of the fee,
and the home of the slave.

Haha!

Well, I like the idea of a law like this.

I absolutely DESPISE listening to some idiot sing the Anthem of my nation like it is some friggin audition. I care less about the range of you voice - there are other venues that are at your disposal to melodically show off.

Singing the National Anthem the way EVERY FRIGGIN PERSON has for the last 3 decades is pretty insulting to the spirit of the song, and a slap in the face to the American Combat Veteran.

I would like t see the text of this bill. I suspect they want to make it illegal for anyone but old, white Republicans to sing the National Anthem.

This is some crazy fascist, Big Brother stuff. I mean, there are acceptable and proper ways to display a flag, but it's not ILLEGAL. This sounds like a slap in the face of the First Amendment ( and therefore unconstitutional).

That is what makes America great, the freedom of EXPRESSION. For the government to say that you can't honor the country by singing the anthem in a certain was is crazy. And that is what this amounts to, who are YOU to tell ME what is a proper method of expression, especially when it does not infringe on others' rights, someone just simply "doesn't like it?"

I have heard conservative friends of mine, after the national anthem, say "Curse curse, why don't they sing it like it's supposed to be sung?" SUPPOSED to be sung? There is no way it is *supposed* to be sung, it's a song that praises a country and is open to personal, musical expression. While there are vocal and musical structures within the song that are original, the point of music is versatility. Sounds like some some stuffy old bag wants the song to remain stuffy under the guise of respect and properness.

"YOU will honor our country like WE say! You will praise her when you arise and before you go to bed. You WILL (properly) show national pride or we will lock you up, fine you."

Crazy slippery slope, my friends.

The "National Anthem", like the flag, is just another pointless faux patriotic emblem designed by those who revel in watching the little people being led around like good little sheep.

Seriously, when are people going to grow up and stop following such hollow and pointless issues? Following the flag and singing the anthem only emboldens those using it to distract and lead the people along, who foolishly think they are somehow being "patriotic". It's time people stopped and used a little more thought, and started being true to themselves, using morals and ethics instead of some tune and a rag which only symbolises the will of a select few, not the majority. Or is it too late for that and so, right or wrong, they'll just follow the imagery as it's what they have been brainwashed to do?

Originally posted by azbowhunter
Well, I like the idea of a law like this.

I absolutely DESPISE listening to some idiot sing the Anthem of my nation like it is some friggin audition. I care less about the range of you voice - there are other venues that are at your disposal to melodically show off.

Singing the National Anthem the way EVERY FRIGGIN PERSON has for the last 3 decades is pretty insulting to the spirit of the song, and a slap in the face to the American Combat Veteran.

The complete irony of this post is mind boggling.

The spirit of the song is about freedom. Freedom of expression, freedom of speech, American freedom, our basic human rights that no man can take from us. The spirit of the song is about pride in a flag that is suppose to represent the Constitution which every combat veteran has vowed to uphold.

For any veteran to be for such a law is against freedom, against the basics of what America was founded on. Sorry I would rather the song never be sung again and tossed in the trash than to have regulation on how it should be sang. That regulation is left open to interpretation my view of good might be different from yours. If this is the America any veteran wants then I want no part of it or them.

I always thought veterans fought for our freedoms not fought to remove our freedoms. If others feel like this post then I guess I have misjudged veterans and been lied to throughout life.

It is a song that is supposed to express how you love you country, such legislation is why America is failing at its roots.

Raist

Originally posted by Raist

Originally posted by azbowhunter
Well, I like the idea of a law like this.

I absolutely DESPISE listening to some idiot sing the Anthem of my nation like it is some friggin audition. I care less about the range of you voice - there are other venues that are at your disposal to melodically show off.

Singing the National Anthem the way EVERY FRIGGIN PERSON has for the last 3 decades is pretty insulting to the spirit of the song, and a slap in the face to the American Combat Veteran.

The complete irony of this post is mind boggling.

The spirit of the song is about freedom. Freedom of expression, freedom of speech, American freedom, our basic human rights that no man can take from us. The spirit of the song is about pride in a flag that is suppose to represent the Constitution which every combat veteran has vowed to uphold.

For any veteran to be for such a law is against freedom, against the basics of what America was founded on. Sorry I would rather the song never be sung again and tossed in the trash than to have regulation on how it should be sang. That regulation is left open to interpretation my view of good might be different from yours. If this is the America any veteran wants then I want no part of it or them.

I always thought veterans fought for our freedoms not fought to remove our freedoms. If others feel like this post then I guess I have misjudged veterans and been lied to throughout life.

It is a song that is supposed to express how you love you country, such legislation is why America is failing at its roots.

Raist

Is the song ever sung with pride? Are the singers ever proud Americans? Or is it more of a "Hey, look at me, and listen to what I can do with my voice! Please buy more of my albums."

I did not enlist in the service, put my life on the line (in 3 different countries) so people could do what they do to our nation's anthem. People's freedom to vocally destroy a song that tells a story of how our country became free and has stood the test of time was not my motivation for enlistment. Keeping my family, friends and absolute and complete strangers that I will never meet, like yourself, safe from all of those ugly, nasty, scary and armed things that make loud bangs in the night - so that you can be free to choose where you live, work, eat, sleep, play and of course - criticize wherever and whenever you see fit.

Friend, I have witnessed horrible things all over this world - things that I have a hard time dealing with, even to this day. The National Anthem is a testament to the men that fought hard, to the death for the freedom's that we have today - and our flag lay as witness.

Is it too much to ask that the song be sang with HONOR and sang correctly as a tribute to those that have fought to keep this country safe? Can the idiots that attempt the song put aside their "It's my right to sing how I want to." rhetoric for the few moments it takes to complete it?

Jesus, and now I am getting blasted by you people because I am contradicting myself and the idea of freedom.

I'll tell ya what........

Enlist as I have enlisted.
Promise as I have promised.
Train as I have trained.
Travel to far away and unfamiliar lands as I have traveled.
Place yourself in harms way, as I have.
Kill in the name of freedom and safety for those back home, as I have.

Then, and only then, will you have earned as I have earned to criticize the way our National Anthem is performed.

While I don't think there should be a law, I do think the National Anthem should be sung the way it was written. Imagine someone changing a nations flag to whatever they think is more artistic. Heck, imagine the furor if someone did this to their college or university's alma mater song.

Just sing it the way it was written.

LOL at the utter idiocy and waste of time and money of a legislature trying to pass a law on how one sings the Anthem of a supposed free country. She can sing it anyway she likes if you don't like it move to North Korea where I am sure they enforce how thier national anthem is sung...

Wow amazing the ignorance of some people in the supposed land of free. I guess it is just a reflection of why our freedoms are being eroded daily when those who are supposed to protect it are more concerned with how someone sings our national anthem then losing our bill of rights...