[Dixielandjazz] How not to perform our National Anthem
Kmstrmldr@aol.com
Kmstrmldr@aol.com
Fri, 25 Oct 2002 13:51:14 EDT
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In a message dated 10/24/02 02:01:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
nancyink@ulink.net writes:
> Could you gentlemen
> please tell me where we're supposed to draw the line? What songs are
> touchable vs. untouchable?
Its a matter of class..........some has it and some doesn't. If you want to
know what class is............ask your grandmother. Grandmothers always know.
Perhaps one problem is that we "use" our national anthem too much. On friday
nights in this country, it is sung hundreds of thousands of times at football
games. It is sung at virtually every sporting event. Maybe we hear it so
much that some think it is O.K. to make a jazz piece out of it.
It is more patriotically inspiring to hear a russian choir sing their
national anthem than to hear what many have done with ours.
Now before I am chastised for going too far afield in my non-DJML
musings.............I will stop. Incidentally, Bob, I enjoyed Molly on the
tube the other night.
Don Hale
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 10/24/02 02:01:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, nancyink@ulink.net writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Could you gentlemen
<BR>please tell me where we're supposed to draw the line? What songs are
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<BR>Its a matter of class..........some has it and some doesn't. If you want to know what class is............ask your grandmother. Grandmothers always know.
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<BR>Perhaps one problem is that we "use" our national anthem too much. On friday nights in this country, it is sung hundreds of thousands of times at football games. It is sung at virtually every sporting event. Maybe we hear it so much that some think it is O.K. to make a jazz piece out of it.
<BR>It is more patriotically inspiring to hear a russian choir sing their national anthem than to hear what many have done with ours.
<BR>Now before I am chastised for going too far afield in my non-DJML musings.............I will stop. Incidentally, Bob, I enjoyed Molly on the tube the other night.
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<BR>Don Hale</FONT></HTML>
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