Samira wrote:
Ambrya wrote:
At any rate, adding a whole bunch of yodels and grace notes and glissandi--all of which are done in order to make the performance about the performer, rather than about honoring the nation in question--is just tacky.
Agreed, with the stipulation that an exception be made for Hendrix.
I agree, I loved his Stars and Stripes.
And if you think the American National Anthem is violent... The French one has a line which translates, roughly, as "May we use the blood of the unpure as fertiliser for our soil" (Qu'un sang impure abreuve nos sillons). That's like Muslim-extremist-violent.
I do agree the English one is really ****, though. If there's one person on this bloody planet that doesn't need saving, surely it's the freaking Queen.