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Old 01-30-2013, 11:26 PM   #41
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Thanks for your opinion.

Why it's forgettable:

It has no hook, nothing that to comes back to. It's pretty thorough-composed. I absolutely detest GSTQ, but it serves as an anthem well purely because you can hum it back straight after hearing it once.

Why it's technically difficult:

3 octave register
Awkward rhythmic metre (stuttering rhythms, triplets, time signature)
Leaps all over the shop
Sustained top register passages

By technically difficult, I mean that not everybody can sing it. Regardless of age (with obvious exceptions). What 5 year old can sing in a 3 octave register and leap a major 6th?

All in all, it's a bloody difficult song to sing.


Hardly 1/100th as offensive as OP is being, yet you're not jumping on his dick.


I agree with all of this
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Old 01-30-2013, 11:27 PM   #42
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A "sophisticated" Englishman, ladies and gentlemen.


At least what he's saying is correct
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Old 01-30-2013, 11:27 PM   #43
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It's a bit offensive don't you think?


How? How does saying your national anthem is shit offend you? Are you really that attached to a song that insulting the song insults you also?

Our national anthem is shit.
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Old 01-30-2013, 11:29 PM   #44
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ALL national anthems are shit
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Old 01-30-2013, 11:29 PM   #45
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i think the reason he's on your dick is because you're up on your high horse yet you're acting similarly insensitive (though you are right about OP, not OK).
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Old 01-30-2013, 11:29 PM   #46
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Thanks for your opinion.

Why it's forgettable:

It has no hook, nothing that to comes back to. It's pretty thorough-composed. I absolutely detest GSTQ, but it serves as an anthem well purely because you can hum it back straight after hearing it once.

Why it's technically difficult:

3 octave register
Awkward rhythmic metre (stuttering rhythms, triplets, time signature)
Leaps all over the shop
Sustained top register passages

By technically difficult, I mean that not everybody can sing it. Regardless of age (with obvious exceptions). What 5 year old can sing in a 3 octave register and leap a major 6th?

All in all, it's a bloody difficult song to sing.


It was adapted from a drinking song. Drunk idiots invented the melody, and they managed just fine.

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Thanks for your opinion.
How? How does saying your national anthem is shit offend you? Are you really that attached to a song that insulting the song insults you also?


You called him a ******. That's an insensitive thing to say ( I think is what he's getting at)
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Old 01-30-2013, 11:30 PM   #47
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A "sophisticated" Englishman, ladies and gentlemen.


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EEWWWWWWWWW

But for real, am I wrong to not be excited about this? Seriously, a ****ing elementary school choir singing the superbowl national anthem, where the likes of the greatest vocalists of all time should be? I care about Sandy Hook, but not enough to let some untrained little kid class butcher the national anthem. The national anthem is part of the show. People dont really want to see that... they will be disappointed to not be able to see a Celine Dion or Whitney Houston doing it.

And besides, why are we giving the incident further spotlight anyway? Isn't that part of the problem? Dramatized media acknowledgement?


Giving kids who watched their friends innocently get killed is dramatised media acknowledgement? A famous face singing it is more important?

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Excuse me for caring about who sings the national anthem at the super bowl. I happen to take great interest in the different great interpretations on the song. Often, if its really good, it can be a really nice pump up to the game. Now it's gonna be like "awwww, but ickk they are not good"


Again? You're moaning about some kids who watched their friends die? Read back what you're saying, please.
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Hahaha, thank god. I heard it was the national anthem from somewhere else. But good, the Super Bowl people know better than to feature the sandy hook elementary choir for the national anthem. at least THEY agree with me.


I'm glad you set your standards so high. You don't even know how good these kids can sing.

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ALL national anthems are shit


Exactly. I can't stand them at all, I don't know how Americans still like theirs when they hear it pretty much every day.
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How? How does saying your national anthem is shit offend you? Are you really that attached to a song that insulting the song insults you also?

Our national anthem is shit.


I was referring to his use of the word ******. Im not american btw.
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i think the reason he's on your dick is because you're up on your high horse yet you're acting similarly insensitive (though you are right about OP, not OK).


I'm being as insensitive by calling him out on being a hateful, disgusting human being? Yah ok.

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It was adapted from a drinking song. Drunk idiots invented the melody, and they managed just fine.


Adapted? Yes. But changed. There's no getting away from how difficult it is for the exact reasons I posted
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I was referring to his use of the word ******. Im not american btw.


It's a word. I'm not saying he's gay or implying gay people are bad or any shit. I'm just using a word for emphasis, because I'd already used cunt.
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Old 01-30-2013, 11:34 PM   #51
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Thanks for your opinion.

Why it's forgettable:

It has no hook, nothing that to comes back to. It's pretty thorough-composed. I absolutely detest GSTQ, but it serves as an anthem well purely because you can hum it back straight after hearing it once.

Why it's technically difficult:

3 octave register
Awkward rhythmic metre (stuttering rhythms, triplets, time signature)
Leaps all over the shop
Sustained top register passages

By technically difficult, I mean that not everybody can sing it. Regardless of age (with obvious exceptions). What 5 year old can sing in a 3 octave register and leap a major 6th?

All in all, it's a bloody difficult song to sing.


So basically, what you're saying is that most Americans are better musicians than people of other nationalities because we memorize much more complex music from an early age.

Works for me.
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Not what i meant, that's why I used similarly. No he's totally being more of an ass.
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Well I apologise for my word choice then

Replace 'faggot with cunt and read it all again.
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Exactly. I can't stand them at all, I don't know how Americans still like theirs when they hear it pretty much every day.


I hate it to be honest. There are a lot of other patriotic songs that people sing that could be used.
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this makes me want to fight for the French and I fucking hate the French.
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The Russian National Anthem kicks the shit out of most National Anthems.
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I fell in love with the Russian anthem because of COD4.
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I don't really give a shit, but at the same time I do find the sound of children singing to be incredibly unnerving and obnoxious.
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