National Anthem

[David B]

Originally posted by bluezebra
These "pop" singers usually butcher the Anthem. A National Anthem should not be open to the singer's version. Listen the the PA announcer for the Cubs sing it. Listen to someone from Cleveland sing it. Heck, a singer from Canada (on the hockey games) sings it better. Listen to a military chorus sing it.

Tonight Lew Rawls even ADDED words that are not in the song.

'“To Anacreon in Heaven.” The origin of this tune is obscure, but it may have been written by John Stafford Smith, a British composer born in 1750.'

It was an old English drinking song.

Bob

So many of our songs that we know today have come from the pubs and the bars.

The familiar song "Amazing Grace" was a german pub song originally and you really would not even recognize the tune.

Same with so many of the other tunes.

People take an old tune, rearrange it and then it becomes familiar.

Thanks
David